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Academic Performance as a Function of Approaches to Studying and Affect in Studying

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  • Jekaterina Rogaten
  • Giovanni Moneta
  • Marcantonio Spada

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Based on the model of approaches to studying and the control-process model of self-regulation of behavior, it was hypothesized that students’ strategic approaches to studying and positive affect in studying would be positively associated with academic performance, whereas students’ surface approach to studying and negative affect in studying would be negatively associated with academic performance. A sample of 406 undergraduate students completed the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Evaluation Anxiety Scale, and their end-of-semester and past semester academic performance were recorded. Regression analyses controlling for past semester performance and evaluation anxiety showed that positive affect predicted better examination grades, coursework grades and Grade Point Average, negative affect measured in the second half of a semester predicted worse examination grades and Grade Point Average, whereas approaches to studying did not predict performance. The implications of the findings are outlined. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Jekaterina Rogaten & Giovanni Moneta & Marcantonio Spada, 2013. "Academic Performance as a Function of Approaches to Studying and Affect in Studying," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(6), pages 1751-1763, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:14:y:2013:i:6:p:1751-1763
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9408-5
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