What matters when? Social and dimensional comparisons in the context of university major choice.

Autor/inn/en	Keyserlingk, Luise von; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Becker, Michael; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.
Titel	What matters when? Social and dimensional comparisons in the context of university major choice.
Quelle	In: AERA open, 7 (2021) 1, S. 1-16 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
DOI	10.1177/23328584211020711 10.25656/01:25172
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-251726
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mehrebenenanalyse; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Vergleich; Fähigkeit; Selbstkonzept; Schuljahr 12; Sekundarbereich; Schüler; Leistungsbeurteilung; Fächerwahl; Deutsch; Datenanalyse; Mathematik; Messung; Universität; Studienfach; Leistung; Standard; Student; 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.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2022/2