Perceived control and treatment interventions in competitive achievement settings: effects for students with relinquished control and fit-focused secondary control
| dc.contributor.author | Parker, Patti C. | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Chipperfield, Judith (Psychology) Clifton, Rodney (Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Perry, Raymond (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-10T15:42:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-10T15:42:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09-10 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | According to Morling and Evered’s (2006) Fit-Focused model of secondary control, an individual can adapt to adverse circumstances by accepting the situation and adjusting the self. The present study examined this theory in a competitive achievement setting to determine whether vulnerable students who relinquish academic control (high acceptance/low adjustment beliefs) benefit from an Attributional Retraining (AR) treatment intervention compared with a Stress Reduction (SR) treatment. Based on an 8-month quasi-experimental treatment study, a priori t-tests were used to test the hypotheses within an Adjustment (low, high) x Treatment (AR, SR) Analyses of Covariance experimental design for individuals high in failure acceptance. Findings revealed that AR (versus SR) facilitated higher long-term learning-related affects and academic performance for relinquished control students. The findings reveal AR’s strategic utility for assisting vulnerable individuals who lack Fit-Focused SC, as well as provide empirical support for Morling and Evered’s (2006) Fit-Focused model. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/24014 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | secondary control | en_US |
| dc.subject | attributional retraining | en_US |
| dc.subject | acceptance | en_US |
| dc.subject | adjustment | en_US |
| dc.subject | relinquished control | en_US |
| dc.subject | achievement motivation | en_US |
| dc.title | Perceived control and treatment interventions in competitive achievement settings: effects for students with relinquished control and fit-focused secondary control | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |