%0 Journal Article
%T Validation of a Newly Developed Instrument Establishing Links Between Motivation and Academic Hardiness
%A Evangelia Karagiannopoulou
%A Spiridon Kamtsios
%J -
%D 2016
%R 10.5964/ejop.v12i1.997
%X The purpose of the study was to establish the reliability, the structural and the convergent validity of the ¡°Dimensions of Academic Hardiness Questionnaire¡± for late elementary school children. A sample of children (N = 1264) aged 10-12 years completed the questionnaire and the ¡°Athens Coping Scale¡±. Multiple fit indices provided support that the 9-factor model had a good fit to the data. Reliability coefficients ranged from .68 to .83. The study provided also preliminary evidence of convergent validity of the ¡°Dimensions of Academic Hardiness¡± scores with one theoretically related measure, the ¡°Athens Coping Scale¡±. The results enrich the notion of Academic Hardiness in late elementary school children as the role of awareness and the role of children¡¯s previous experiences has been distinguished. The relation between the ¡°Dimensions of Academic Hardiness¡± and achievement goal orientations in children learning is also noted. These findings are discussed in the context of the relevant literature
%K [academic hardiness
%K elementary school children
%K validation
%K convergent validity]
%U https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/997