Modeling academic achievement and self-efficacy as joint developmental processes: Evidence for education, counseling, and policy

In this study, repeated measures of math achievement and self-efficacy are used to fit a variety of latent curve models that jointly estimate growth in both constructs. Results indicate that, while there is a significant association between growth in self-efficacy and growth in math, within-person deviations from those growth trajectories at a given point in time do not appear related across constructs. Implications for education, psychology, and policy are discussed.
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - Category: Child Development Source Type: research