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This entry describes the Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Model, which is used to study individuals’ achievement-related choices and performance in various domains, such as after-school activities and academic course selection. We provide an overview of the model and use empirical findings to demonstrate how the framework has been used to understand adolescents’ achievement-related choices. We focus on two components of the model, namely the development of achievement motivational beliefs (i.e., competence beliefs and subjective task values) and how motivational beliefs are shaped by contextual influences related to parents’ beliefs and gender stereotypes. The entry underscores how adolescents’ motivational beliefs are important determinants of their achievement-related choices, which has significant implications for understanding their educational and occupational pathways.
Expectancy Value Models
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Lin, A., Ettekal, A., Simpkins, S.D. (2016). Expectancy Value Models. In: Levesque, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_251-2
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