Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement

Social and educational psychology have been concerned with analysing the variables that are both associative and predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement as high achievement is believed to indicate excellent performance in school and promote better opportunities for selection of preferred aca...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Khamsiah, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima
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Language:English
Published: Lambert Academic Publishing 2012
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spelling iium-433662016-03-28T08:35:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43366/ Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement Ismail, Khamsiah Abdul Rahman, Shukran Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima BF Psychology Social and educational psychology have been concerned with analysing the variables that are both associative and predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement as high achievement is believed to indicate excellent performance in school and promote better opportunities for selection of preferred academic specializations and subsequent career selection. This longitudinal study was designed to determine the magnitude of the variables in predicting their achievements. Proposed model and competing model in this longitudinal study had consistently illuminated career aspiration as a more dynamic variable, both as a predictor and as a mediator between career-related construct and academic achievement. This study provides implications that schools, counsellors, teachers and parents can exert a powerful influence on the career development of adolescents as the school is believed to be the most important venue where students learn to bridge education and the world of work. Parents can also encourage and support their adolescents’ efforts to obtain good academic achievement by helping and supporting their career plan. Lambert Academic Publishing 2012 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43366/3/Binder-9.pdf Ismail, Khamsiah and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima (2012) Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken. ISBN 978-3-8484-0725-5 / 3848407256 https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details//store/gb/book/978-3-8484-0725-5/psychosocial-predictors-of-academic-achievement-of-adolescents
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Ismail, Khamsiah
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
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Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
description Social and educational psychology have been concerned with analysing the variables that are both associative and predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement as high achievement is believed to indicate excellent performance in school and promote better opportunities for selection of preferred academic specializations and subsequent career selection. This longitudinal study was designed to determine the magnitude of the variables in predicting their achievements. Proposed model and competing model in this longitudinal study had consistently illuminated career aspiration as a more dynamic variable, both as a predictor and as a mediator between career-related construct and academic achievement. This study provides implications that schools, counsellors, teachers and parents can exert a powerful influence on the career development of adolescents as the school is believed to be the most important venue where students learn to bridge education and the world of work. Parents can also encourage and support their adolescents’ efforts to obtain good academic achievement by helping and supporting their career plan.
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author Ismail, Khamsiah
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima
author_facet Ismail, Khamsiah
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima
author_sort Ismail, Khamsiah
title Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
title_short Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
title_full Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
title_fullStr Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
title_full_unstemmed Psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of SEM: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
title_sort psychosocial predictors of academic achievement of adolescents: practical reference on employment of sem: examining variables that were predictive of adolescents’ academic achievement
publisher Lambert Academic Publishing
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43366/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43366/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43366/3/Binder-9.pdf
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