An Investigation of the Relationship between the Fear of Receiving Negative Criticism and of Taking Academic Risk through Canonical Correlation Analysis

Cetin B., Ilhan M., Yilmaz F.

KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.146-158, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12738/estp.2014.1.1616
  • Dergi Adı: KURAM VE UYGULAMADA EGITIM BILIMLERI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.146-158
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Academic Risk Taking, Canonical Correlation, Fear of Negative Criticism, Negativeness after Failure, Recovery From A Failure, Skipping Homework, EVALUATION-SCALE, IMPLICIT THEORIES, GOAL ORIENTATION, SOCIAL-ANXIETY, ACHIEVEMENT, MATHEMATICS, MOTIVATION, PERFECTIONISM, STUDENTS, INTELLIGENCE
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the fear of receiving negative criticism and taking academic risk through canonical correlation analysis-in which a relational model was used. The participants of the study consisted of 215 university students enrolled in various programs at Dicle University's Ziya Gokalp Faculty of Education during the 2011-2012 spring semester. Of the total 215 participants, 122 were female and 93 were male. The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and the Academic Risk Taking Scale were used as data collection tools. In order to properly analyze this relationship, the data set fear of receiving negative criticism was divided into straight forward items and reverse scored item variables whereas the data set academic risk-taking was into a multitude of variables; including, (a) the tendency to manifest negativity after experiencing failure, (b) the tendency to prefer difficult actions, (c) recovery after failure and the tendency to become active again, and (d) the tendency to skip homework. The results of the canonical correlation analysis revealed that significant relationships existed between the fear of receiving negative criticism and academic risk taking behavior. The common variance shared between the two has been calculated at 35%.