Causality, agency, and control beliefs in East versus West Berlin children: a natural experiment on the role of context.
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Output type: Journal article
Author list: Oettingen, Little, Lindenberger, Baltes
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication year: 1994
Journal: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (0022-3514)
Volume number: 66
Issue number: 3
Start page: 579
End page: 95
Number of pages: -483
ISSN: 0022-3514
eISSN: 1939-1315
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Full text URL: https://pure.mpg.de/pubman/item/item_2517932_5/component/file_2522142/GOE_Causality_1994.pdf
Abstract
Beliefs about factors that affect school performance (means-ends or causality beliefs) and about self-efficacy and control (agency and control beliefs) were assessed in 313 East Berlin children (grades 2-6) before unification and 516 West Berlin children shortly after unification. Multiple-group analyses of mean and covariance structures yielded 2 major differences: (a) East Berlin children showed lower agency and control beliefs than West Berlin children, and (b) their agency and control beliefs were more highly correlated with school grades than West Berlin children's, with strong correlations already emerging in East Berlin 2nd graders. Findings were consistent with differences between East and West Berlin school systems. East Berlin regulations (a) emphasized public performance feedback and public self-evaluation and (b) enforced unidimensional teaching strategies. Results point to a risk factor for development in East Berlin children.
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