EXPECTANCY FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT-OUTCOME OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the expectancy belief constructs in a sample of high school students. The students completed questionnaires on various expectancy beliefs. Their responses on the performance-outcome expectancy were factor analyzed, and four interpretable factors emerged: Intrinsic Outcome, Extrinsic Outcome, Social Outcome, Interpersonal Outcome. Three of them were comparable to the four dimensions discussed by Henson. In addition, the correlations of the factors with personality variables of self-esteem, internal-external control revealed that the variables were related to the constructs of expectancy beliefs and effort. These findings were seen to be offering valuable suggestion for education settings.