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Mouratidis, Athanasios; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Lens, Willy; Michou, Aikaterini; Soenens, Bart – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Grounded in self-determination theory, this longitudinal study examined the academic correlates of middle and high school students' (N = 923; 33.4% male) intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations (i.e., life goals) and the type of aspirations that they perceive their parents to promote to them. Person-centered analysis revealed 3 meaningful groups: a…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Middle School Students
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Lens, Willy; Lacante, Marlies; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Herrera, Dora – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
In order to understand and predict students' achievement and persistence at learning activities, many contemporary motivational models consider how much students are motivated for their school work. However, students' achievement and persistence might not only be affected by their amount of study motivation, but also by the motivation to engage in…
Descriptors: Persistence, Leisure Time, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation