The Relationship Between Self-determined Motivation and School Engagement for 8th Grade Students: The Mediating Effect of Achievement Goal

Abstract

Abstract: Self-regulation academic questionnaire, achievement goal questionnaire and school engagement questionnaire are used in the sample of Tangshan 292 8th grade students. Correlation and path analysis results were as follows 1)The students self-determined motivation was positively correlated with mastery(approach, avoidance)goals, and negatively correlated with performance(approach, avoidance)goals; mastery(approach, avoidance)goals and performance approach goal were positively correlated with school engagement; self-determined motivation was positively correlated with school engagement. 2)The students mastery(approach, avoidance)goals and performance avoidance goal played full mediation effect between self-determined motivation and school engagement. Furthermore, the self-determined motivation played as an intermediary through mastery goal and positively predicated school engagement. The students performance avoidance goal didn′t play mediation effect between self-determined motivation and school engagement.

Key words: self-determined motivation, achievement goal, school engagement, 8th grade students.

摘要： 采用中学生学业自我调控问卷、成就目标问卷和学业投入问卷,对唐山市322名初二学生进行了调查,分析初二学生的自我决定动机、成就目标、学业投入三者之间的关系并探讨自我决定动机通过成就目标对学业投入的影响机制。相关和路径分析的结果显示：（1）初二学生的自我决定动机、成就目标与其学业投入均呈显著相关关系,但相关程度不同,其中掌握接近目标与学业投入呈高度正相关。（2）初二学生的掌握接近、掌握回避、成绩回避目标在自我决定动机与学业投入之间起到了完全中介作用,其中,自我决定动机通过掌握接近目标的中介作用对其学业投入的正向预测效应最大;成绩接近目标在自我决定动机与其学业投入之间不发挥中介作用。由此得出结论,初二学生的自我决定动机通过掌握接近、掌握回避、成绩回避目标对其学业投入产生影响,其中掌握接近目标的中介作用最大。

关键词: 自我决定动机, 成就目标, 学业投入, 初二学生。

Dong Cunmei, Liu Bingyao. The Relationship Between Self-determined Motivation and School Engagement for 8th Grade Students: The Mediating Effect of Achievement Goal[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(1): 57-63.

董存梅, 刘冰瑶. 初二学生的自我决定动机对其学业投入的影响：成就目标的中介作用^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(1): 57-63.

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