Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Wilkins, Natalie Jayne Author's Email Address nmccoy2@student.gsu.edu URN etd-02092007-133412 Title Why Try? Achievement Motivation and Perceived Academic Climat Among Latino Youth Degree Master of Arts Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Gabriel Kuperminc Committee Chair Christopher Henrich Committee Member Julia Perilla Committee Member Keywords
- Achievement Motivation
- Immigrant
- Latino
- Adolescent
- Youth
- School
- Hispanic
- Academic Climate
- Academic Achievement
Date of Defense 2006-10-25 Availability unrestricted Abstract Elliot and McGregor’s (2001) 2x2 model of achievement motivation (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach and performance-avoidance) was used among 143 Latino adolescents to examine how achievement motivation relates to demographic factors (immigration age, gender, grade), perception of academic climate, and academic outcomes and how these associations change over time. Girls reported higher levels of mastery-avoidance achievement motivation and 8th graders reported a greater increase in mastery-approach achievement motivation over time. Perception of a task-focused academic climate moderated the association between mastery-approach achievement motivation and teacher-rated academic outcomes. The findings suggest 1) that Latino adolescents’ gender and grade level relate significantly to their achievement motivation 2) that perception of a task-performance focused academic climate plays an important role in their academic achievement.Files
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