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The promise of a better group future: Cognitive alternatives increase students' self-efficacy and academic performance.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Psychology; Dec2017, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p750-765, 16p, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Drawing on classic social identity theorizing (Tajfel, Differentiation between social groups: Studies in the social psychology of intergroup relations, London, UK, Academic Press, 1978), we propose that low-status minority group members' self-efficacy and performance on intellectual tasks can be enhanced by prompting them to believe in a better future for their group (i.e., increasing awareness of cognitive alternatives to the existing low-status position). Study 1 manipulated cognitive alternatives among 157 migrant workers' children in China, showing that self-efficacy was enhanced in the high compared to the low cognitive alternative condition. Study 2 extended this experimental finding among 114 migrant workers' children: Participants in the high cognitive alternative condition performed better on mathematics and attention tasks than did participants in the low cognitive alternative condition. Results highlight the power of believing in a better future for the collective as a means of enhancing self-efficacy and educational outcomes among members of disadvantaged groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01446665
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126530923
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12201