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Autor*innen: Keyserlingk, Luise von; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Becker, Michael; Eccles, Jacquelynne J.
Titel: What matters when? Social and dimensional comparisons in the context of university major choice
In: AERA Open, 7 (2021)
DOI: 10.1177/23328584211020711
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-251726
URL: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-251726
Dokumenttyp: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagwörter: Schüler; Student; Studienfach; Fächerwahl; Leistung; Vergleich; Standard; Fähigkeit; Selbstkonzept; Mathematik; Deutsch; Sekundarbereich; Schuljahr 12; Universität; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Leistungstest; Messung; Befragung; Datenanalyse; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Mehrebenenanalyse; Empirische Untersuchung; Deutschland
Abstract: Students compare their achievement to different standards in order to evaluate their ability. We built on the theoretical frameworks of situated expectancy-value theory, dimensional comparison theory, and the big-fish-little-pond effect literature to examine the role of social and dimensional comparisons for ability self-concept and subjective task value (STV) in secondary school and university major choice. We used two German longitudinal data sets from different cohorts with data collection in 12th grade and 2 years after high school graduation (Study 1: N = 2,207, Study 2: N = 1,710). Dimensional and social comparisons predicted students' self-concept and domain-specific STV in school: Individual achievement was positively related to ability self-concept and STV in the corresponding domain and negatively related in the noncorresponding domain. School-level mean achievement was negatively related to ability self-concept and STV in the corresponding domain. Dimensional comparisons were directly related to university major choice, social comparisons were only indirectly related. (DIPF/Orig.)
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