The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender
In recent decades, there has been extensive research on the impact of personality on academic achievement, among which conscientiousness was verified to be a stable contributor. This study aims to clarify the moderated mediation relationship among conscientiousness, gender, academic self-efficacy, a...
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| description | In recent decades, there has been extensive research on the impact of personality on academic achievement, among which conscientiousness was verified to be a stable contributor. This study aims to clarify the moderated mediation relationship among conscientiousness, gender, academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance. To achieve this purpose, the current study proposed a hypothesized model and verified it through a random sampling survey. With the informed consent of the respondents, the survey was conducted on 304 Chinese university students through the Wenjuanxing platform. For data research and analysis tools, SPSS and PROCESS macro were used, specifically, descriptive statistics analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and SPSS PROCESS macro model 83. The results indicated that conscientiousness, academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance were positively correlated. Furthermore, gender moderated the mediating relationship from conscientiousness to academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance. Such research results provided new ideas on how to improve the academic performance of college students, namely, focusing on and improving their academic self-efficacy and academic motivation. Meanwhile, it also provides more targeted help for the gender-differentiated characteristics of college students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a17f306e9e3d448ead2c44a2480159d22025-08-20T03:53:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-04-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15382001538200The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of genderJianan Li0Jianan Li1Tingting Ma2Tingting Ma3Chang Seek Lee4School of Digital Economics and Management, Software Engineering Institute of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Lifelong Education, Hanseo University, Seosan, Republic of KoreaSchool of Digital Economics and Management, Software Engineering Institute of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Lifelong Education, Hanseo University, Seosan, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Lifelong Education, Hanseo University, Seosan, Republic of KoreaIn recent decades, there has been extensive research on the impact of personality on academic achievement, among which conscientiousness was verified to be a stable contributor. This study aims to clarify the moderated mediation relationship among conscientiousness, gender, academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance. To achieve this purpose, the current study proposed a hypothesized model and verified it through a random sampling survey. With the informed consent of the respondents, the survey was conducted on 304 Chinese university students through the Wenjuanxing platform. For data research and analysis tools, SPSS and PROCESS macro were used, specifically, descriptive statistics analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and SPSS PROCESS macro model 83. The results indicated that conscientiousness, academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance were positively correlated. Furthermore, gender moderated the mediating relationship from conscientiousness to academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, and academic performance. Such research results provided new ideas on how to improve the academic performance of college students, namely, focusing on and improving their academic self-efficacy and academic motivation. Meanwhile, it also provides more targeted help for the gender-differentiated characteristics of college students.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1538200/fullacademic motivationacademic performanceacademic self-efficacyconscientiousnessgendermoderated mediation effect |
| spellingShingle | Jianan Li Jianan Li Tingting Ma Tingting Ma Chang Seek Lee The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender Frontiers in Psychology academic motivation academic performance academic self-efficacy conscientiousness gender moderated mediation effect |
| title | The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| title_full | The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| title_fullStr | The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| title_short | The dual mediating effect of self-efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in China: the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| title_sort | dual mediating effect of self efficacy and motivation between conscientiousness and academic performance of university students in china the moderated mediation effect of gender |
| topic | academic motivation academic performance academic self-efficacy conscientiousness gender moderated mediation effect |
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