academic competence

collocation in English

meaningsofacademicandcompetence

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academic
adjective
uk
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/
relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with ...
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competence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/us
/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬əns/
the ability to do ...
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Thus,academiccompetencemay moderate the effects of changes in social skills on antisocial behavior.
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These scale scores are combined into six factor scores:academiccompetence, social competence, externalizing-aggressive, externalizing-hyperactive, internalizing-social isolated, and internalizing-anxious, and depressed.
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We used self-perceptions ofacademiccompetenceand academic values as indices of academic motivation.
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Each sibling's teacher provided data onacademiccompetence, externalizing symptoms, and internalizing symptoms.
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Ouracademiccompetencescale was a composite of two self-report subscales.
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This suggests that adolescents'academiccompetencebeliefs and quality of emotional functioning are related in reciprocal ways over time.
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Thus, perceivedacademiccompetencehas been linked to internalizing problems and, insofar as it reflects academic investment, also predicts problem behavior.
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All groups also differed in perceivedacademiccompetence, with the exception of the average and behavioral risk groups, who did not differ from each other.
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This study documented an indirect link between siblings' self-presentations to peers and development of externalizing and internalizing symptoms throughacademiccompetence.
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Peer-directed selfpresentations, in turn, forecast internalizing symptoms for both siblings through its association withacademiccompetence.
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The clustering was based on three seventh grade variables:academiccompetencebeliefs, academic values, and emotional functioning as reported by the youth.
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Reactive control and resiliency did not contribute to the development ofacademiccompetence, actually worsening model fit by their inclusion.
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Psychological profiles and adjustment risk proneness, self-worth, and perceivedacademiccompetence.
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The strongest predictor of eighth gradeacademiccompetencebeliefs in this model was again seventh gradeacademiccompetencebeliefs.
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A pattern-oriented analysis identified five configurations of boys who showed different profiles of social andacademiccompetenceat the age of 13 years.
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A treatment that improves adolescents' social skills may reduce delinquent behaviors only among those youngsters who also have high levels ofacademiccompetence.
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In multivariate, multilevel models, executive functions contributed toacademiccompetence, whereas resiliency and interference control jointly predicted social competence.
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Additionally, seventh grade perceptions ofacademiccompetenceand academic values were significant positive predictors of eighth grade emotional adjustment even after accounting for demographic variables.
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