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Achievement strategies in peer groups and adolescents' school adjustment and norm-breaking behavior.
Sami MäättäJari-erik NurmiHåkan Stattinsubject
MaleAdolescenteducationPoison controlAcademic achievementSuicide preventionPeer GroupComprehensive schoolArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Surveys and QuestionnairesDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyHumansStudentsGeneral PsychologySchoolsHuman factors and ergonomicsSocial Behavior DisordersPeer groupGeneral MedicineAchievementFemaleSelf-handicappingNorm (social)PsychologySocial AdjustmentClinical psychologydescription
The present study examined the extent to which the achievement strategies deployed by adolescents, and those used by their peers would predict adolescents' school adjustment, academic achievement and problem behavior. The participants were 287 14-15-year-old comprehensive school students (121 boys and 165 girls) from a middle-sized town in central Sweden. The results showed that not only the maladaptive strategies used by adolescents, but also those reported by their peers predicted adolescents' norm-breaking behavior, low school adjustment and low level of achievement: high levels of failure expectations and task-avoidance among adolescents' peers were positively associated with adolescents' own norm-breaking behavior, and indirectly via this, also with their maladjustment at school and low grades. These associations were found after controlling for the impact of adolescents' own achievement strategies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-01 | Scandinavian journal of psychology |