Academic motivation–achievement cycle and the behavioural pathways: A short‐timeframe experiment with manipulated perceived achievement
British Journal of Educational Psychology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025
Abstract
Background
The
purported
reciprocity
between
motivation
and
academic
achievement
in
education
has
largely
been
supported
by
correlational
data.
Aims
Our
first
aim
was
to
determine
experimentally
whether
are
reciprocally
related.
second
objective
investigate
a
potential
behavioural
mediation
pathway
measuring
the
effort
expended
on
learning.
Finally,
we
studied
causality
of
these
relations
analysing
dynamics
(rather
than
examining
them
as
individual
constructs)
when
perceived
manipulated.
Sample(s)
study
employed
short‐timeframe
experiment
which
309
Dutch
undergraduate
students
(M
age
=
19.89,
SD
2.08)
learned
new
English
vocabulary.
Methods
Their
motivation,
effort,
were
measured
at
multiple
time
points
within
one
hour.
Midway
through
experiment,
participants
received
manipulated
feedback
indicating
an
decline,
expected
influence
their
subsequent
actual
achievement.
A
random‐intercept
cross‐lagged
panel
framework
model
how
construct
influenced
another
over
time.
Results
We
found
unilateral
effect
(i.e.,
no
reciprocity),
remained
stable
across
points.
experimental
manipulation
partially
causal
interpretation
achievement→motivation
pathway.
Additionally,
identified:
not
associated
with
nor
linked
Conclusions
findings
underscore
importance
further
exploration
pathways,
broad
operationalization
application
appropriate
modelling
strategies
motivation‐achievement
reciprocity.
Язык: Английский
Meta-analytic prospective associations between self-esteem and eating disorders appear to be spurious: a reanalysis and comment on Krauss et al. (2023)
Frontiers in Psychology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025
In
a
recent
meta-analysis,
Krauss
et
al.
found
support
for
reciprocal
model
of
low
self-esteem
and
eating
disorders
where,
in
vicious
circle,
makes
people
more
vulnerable
to
developing
disorders,
turn,
scars
individuals'
self-esteem.
However,
the
present
reanalyses
same
meta-analytic
data,
we
that
prospective
effects
between
are
likely
spurious,
meaning
they
do
not
reflect
true
causal
effect,
but
rather
correlations
with
residuals
regression
mean.
Consequently,
claims
by
can
be
challenged.
To
avoid
statistical
artifacts,
recommend
researchers
fit,
as
did
study,
complementary
models
their
data
order
evaluate
if
may
genuinely
increasing
or
decreasing
appear
spurious.
Язык: Английский
Inconclusive Evidence for a Prospective Effect of Academic Self-Concept on Achievement: A Simulated Reanalysis and Comment on Marsh et al. (2024)
Educational Psychology Review,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
37(2)
Опубликована: Март 29, 2025
Язык: Английский
Detecting spurious effects in cross-lagged panel models: Triangulation is not a valid test
European Journal of Personality,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2024
The
cross-lagged
panel
model
(CLPM)
is
an
analytic
technique
used
to
examine
the
reciprocal
causal
effects
of
two
or
more
variables
assessed
on
occasions.
Although
widely
used,
CLPM
has
been
criticized
for
relying
implausible
assumptions,
violation
which
can
often
lead
biased
estimates
effects.
Recently,
a
triangulation
method
proposed
identify
spurious
in
simple
analyses
(e.g.,
Sorjonen,
Melin,
&
2024).
We
use
simulations
and
discussion
formulas
underlying
regression
coefficients
show
that
this
does
not
provide
valid
indicator
spuriousness.
This
identifies
true
as
realistic
situations
should
be
diagnose
whether
effect
estimated
from
not.
There
are
clear
reasons
doubt
CLPM,
but
results
do
add
information
about
such
spurious.
Язык: Английский