心理发展与教育 ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 73-78.

• 教与学心理学 • 上一篇    下一篇

初中生乐观主义与其学业成绩的关系及中介效应分析

刘志军   

  1. 湖南科技大学教育学院, 湘谭, 411201
  • 出版日期:2007-07-15 发布日期:2007-07-15
  • 作者简介:刘志军(1971- ),男,湖南科技大学教育学院副教授.E-mail:Liuzhijun802@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    湖南省教育厅青年项目和湖南省十一五教育科学教学规化项目(XJK06CXL018)

The Relationship between High School Student’s Optimism and their Academic Achievement and its Mediating Effect

LIU Zhi-jun   

  1. School of Education, Hunan University of Technology & Science, Xiangtan, China 411201
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2007-07-15

摘要: 通过问卷考察了初中生乐观人格和乐观解释的关系、乐观主义与学生学业成绩的关系以及积极应对策略的中介效应,分析表明两种乐观主义存在着联系,乐观主义与学业成绩存在密切关系,不同水平的乐观对学生学业成绩产生的影响不一样,积极应对策略的中介效应不明显。结论:乐观主义是影响初中生学业成绩的一个重要影响因素,不同乐观主义对学业成绩产生的直接影响不一样,高水平的乐观是有利于学业成绩的。

关键词: 乐观主义, 乐观人格, 乐观解释, 积极应对策略

Abstract: It analyzed the relationship of dispositional optimism and optimistic explanatory style, and the relationship of opt imism and student s academic achievement, and the mediating effect of positive coping strategy by questionnaire in high school students.Results showed that there were linking between the two kinds of optimism, different levels of opt imism played different effect on academic achievement; the mediating effect of positive coping strategy was not significant.It was concluded that optimism played important role on students' achievement, two kinds of optimism had different direct effect on achievement, and high level of optimism was helpful.

Key words: optimism, dispositional optimism, optimistic explanatory style, positive coping strategy

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