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Putwain, D.W., Remedios, R. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7717-6421 and Symes, W.,
2015.
Experiencing fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences attainment value and academic self-efficacy.
Learning and Instruction, 40, pp. 21-28.
ISSN 0959-4752
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Abstract
Fear appeals are persuasive messages that highlight the negative consequences of a particular course of action. Studies have shown that attainment value and academic self-efficacy predict how fear appeals are appraised. In this study we examined how the appraisal of fear appeals might also influence subsequent attainment value and academic self-efficacy. Self-report data were collected from 1433 students in their final two years of secondary education over three waves. Findings revealed that when students saw fear appeals as a challenge attainment value and academic self-efficacy were higher. When students saw fear appeals as a threat, attainment value and academic self-efficacy were lower. These results highlight the functional importance of how fear appeals are appraised. Challenge and threat appraisals were not mere by products of attainment value or academic self-efficacy but impacted on attainment value and academic self-efficacy; variables that are likely to make a critical impact on educational progress and attainment. We conclude that initial teacher education and teacher professional development programs would benefit from enhanced interpersonal and relational-skills training to enable teachers to judge more effectively how fear appeals are appraised.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||||
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| Alternative Title: | The appraisal of fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences a subsequent decline or increase in attainment value and academic self-efficacy | ||||||||
| Publication Title: | Learning and Instruction | ||||||||
| Creators: | Putwain, D.W., Remedios, R. and Symes, W. | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| Date: | December 2015 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 40 | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0959-4752 | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||||
| Date Added: | 08 Feb 2021 09:03 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 15:07 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42206 |
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