Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western Sample
Many theories of motivation suggest that motivation and academic achievement reinforce each other over time, yet few longitudinal studies have examined behavioral pathways that may mediate interplay from motivation to achievement. Moreover, empirical studies so far have mostly focused on Western cou...
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| description | Many theories of motivation suggest that motivation and academic achievement reinforce each other over time, yet few longitudinal studies have examined behavioral pathways that may mediate interplay from motivation to achievement. Moreover, empirical studies so far have mostly focused on Western countries. In this study, we first examined whether students’ value of education, as a measure of motivation, is reciprocally related to achievement (class rank and self-rated performance) in a sample of junior high schoolers in an East-Asian country (N = 3445, Korean Youth Panel Study). We tested this reciprocity using different statistical models. Second, we investigated whether the relation between motivation and achievement was mediated by time invested in learning. Reciprocal effects between value of education and academic achievement were found in classic cross-lagged panel models, but only unilateral effects (from achievement to value of education) were found when we used random-intercept and random-curve cross-lagged panel models. Adding the time investment variable, a reciprocal effect between value of education, time investment, and academic achievement was not found with the random-intercept model. In conclusion, the reciprocity between of motivation and achievement are more elusive than previous research suggested; further studies should be dedicated to scrutinizing its existence with various statistical models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f1021c3530dc4574a98913dd2b09b8402025-01-10T11:36:18ZengMDPI AGJournal of Intelligence2079-32002023-07-0111713310.3390/jintelligence11070133Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western SampleMeimei Liu0TuongVan Vu1Nienke van Atteveldt2Martijn Meeter3Department of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Educational and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMany theories of motivation suggest that motivation and academic achievement reinforce each other over time, yet few longitudinal studies have examined behavioral pathways that may mediate interplay from motivation to achievement. Moreover, empirical studies so far have mostly focused on Western countries. In this study, we first examined whether students’ value of education, as a measure of motivation, is reciprocally related to achievement (class rank and self-rated performance) in a sample of junior high schoolers in an East-Asian country (N = 3445, Korean Youth Panel Study). We tested this reciprocity using different statistical models. Second, we investigated whether the relation between motivation and achievement was mediated by time invested in learning. Reciprocal effects between value of education and academic achievement were found in classic cross-lagged panel models, but only unilateral effects (from achievement to value of education) were found when we used random-intercept and random-curve cross-lagged panel models. Adding the time investment variable, a reciprocal effect between value of education, time investment, and academic achievement was not found with the random-intercept model. In conclusion, the reciprocity between of motivation and achievement are more elusive than previous research suggested; further studies should be dedicated to scrutinizing its existence with various statistical models.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/11/7/133value of educationreciprocal effect modelmotivationtime investmentacademic achievement |
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| title | Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western Sample |
| title_full | Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western Sample |
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| title_short | Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western Sample |
| title_sort | testing the reciprocal effect between value of education time investment and academic achievement in a large non western sample |
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