A structural model of attitudes towards school subjects, academic aspiration and achievement

Maher M. Abu-Hilal

doi:10.1080/014434100110399

A structural model of attitudes towards school subjects, academic aspiration and achievement

Maher M. Abu-Hilal^*

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Abstract

The aims of this study were to test the structure of attitudes to school subjects and to test the causal relationship between attitudes, level of aspiration (goal) and achievement with SEM procedures. A total of 280 high school students participated in the study. Items measuring attitude towards each subject matter clustered around one factor indicating that each school subject is unique, but related, to other subjects. These distinct, but related, factors seemed to be underlined by a higher-order construct: `attitudes to school’. The structural analysis revealed that `attitudes to school’ infl uence achievement, but only indirectly. Level of aspiration had signi® cant direct effect on achievement and mediated between `attitudes’ and achievement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-84
Number of pages	10
Journal	Educational Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/014434100110399
Publication status	Published - Mar 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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