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ERIC Number: EJ1106836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
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Does Self-Determination Predict the School Engagement of Four Different Motivation Types in Adolescence?
Raufelder, Diana; Regner, Nicola; Drury, Kate; Eid, Michael
Educational Psychology, v36 n7 p1239-1260 2016
In order to enhance our understanding of inter-individual differences in scholastic motivation, this study examined if self-determination predicts the school engagement of four different motivation types (MT) in a large sample of adolescent students (N = 1088) from Brandenburg, Germany: (1) peer-dependent MT, (2) teacher-dependent MT, (3) peer-and-teacher-dependent MT and (4) peer-and-teacher-independent MT. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), the four types were first compared on latent variables (perceived self-determination and school engagement) and then, a latent multigroup SEM was conducted to test whether self-determination (competence, relatedness and autonomy) would predict emotional and behavioural school engagement separately by MT. The findings underscore the relevance of the typology as well as important inter-individual differences in the association between students' psychological needs (competence, relatedness and autonomy) and their school engagement.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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