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The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review

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Valentine, JC; DuBois, DL; Cooper, H
Published in: Educational Psychologist
March 1, 2004

There has been extensive debate among scholars and practitioners concerning whether self-beliefs influence academic achievement. To address this question, findings of longitudinal studies investigating the relation between self-beliefs and achievement were synthesized using meta-analysis. Estimated effects are consistent with a small, favorable influence of positive self-beliefs on academic achievement, with an average standardized path or regression coefficient of .08 for self-beliefs as a predictor of later achievement, controlling for initial levels of achievement. Stronger effects of self-beliefs are evident when assessing self-beliefs specific to the academic domain and when measures of self-beliefs and achievement are matched by domain (e.g., same subject area). Under these conditions, the relation of self-beliefs to later achievement meets or exceeds Cohen's (1988) definition of a small effect size.

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Educational Psychologist

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0046-1520

Publication Date

March 1, 2004

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

111 / 133

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
 

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Valentine, J. C., DuBois, D. L., & Cooper, H. (2004). The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review. Educational Psychologist, 39(2), 111–133. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep3902_3
Valentine, J. C., D. L. DuBois, and H. Cooper. “The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review.” Educational Psychologist 39, no. 2 (March 1, 2004): 111–33. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep3902_3.
Valentine JC, DuBois DL, Cooper H. The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review. Educational Psychologist. 2004 Mar 1;39(2):111–33.
Valentine, J. C., et al. “The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review.” Educational Psychologist, vol. 39, no. 2, Mar. 2004, pp. 111–33. Scopus, doi:10.1207/s15326985ep3902_3.
Valentine JC, DuBois DL, Cooper H. The relation between self-beliefs and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review. Educational Psychologist. 2004 Mar 1;39(2):111–133.
Journal cover image

Published In

Educational Psychologist

DOI

ISSN

0046-1520

Publication Date

March 1, 2004

Volume

39

Issue

2

Start / End Page

111 / 133

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education