Self‐efficacy, goal orientation, and fear of failure as predictors of school engagement in high school students

• DOI: 10.1002/pits.10092
• Publication Date: 2003-05-28T10:03:53Z
• Authors: Kirsten Caraway; Carolyn M. Tucker; Wendy M. Reinke; Charles Hall
• Keywords: Goal Orientation; School dropout; Self-Efficacy; Fear of failure

Abstract Lack of school engagement among adolescents in this country remains a problem that can have very serious consequences including increased risk for dropout, substance use, teenage pregnancy, and criminal activity. Clearly, identification psychological variables (self‐variables) individuals facilitate or hinder adolescents' levels would contribute greatly to the understanding how increase well‐being their achievement motivation associated engagement. The present study examined degree association three specific self‐variables (self‐efficacy, goal orientation, fear failure) with high students. results implications intervention future research are addressed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 40: 417–427, 2003.