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Predicting student self‐concept, anxiety, and responsibility from self‐evaluation and self‐praise
Author(s) -
Brady Peter J.,
Figuerres Cyril I.,
Felker Donald W.,
Garrison Wayne M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197807)15:3<434::aid-pits2310150324>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - praise , psychology , anxiety , developmental psychology , self concept , social psychology , psychiatry
Nineteen elementary teachers were observed for the frequency with which they modeled self‐praise for their students and taught their students to praise and evaluate themselves. Measures of student self‐concept, anxiety, and achievement responsibility were taken at the end of the year. It was found that teacher modeling of self‐praise correlated negatively with boys' selfconcept and positively with girls'. Teacher encouragement of students to praise other students correlated positively with boys' anxiety and negatively with girls'. Teacher modeling of self‐praise and teacher encouragement of students to praise other students were the best predictors of self‐concept.