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ERIC Number: EJ1472731
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
EISSN: EISSN-1940-0683
Available Date: 0000-00-00
A Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Model of Students' Growth-Focused Motivation
Journal of Experimental Education, v93 n2 p340-362 2025
In the current longitudinal study, we investigated the structure of students' (N = 1,469) specific growth constructs and their broader growth orientation using a bifactor exploratory structural equation model. We also examined the extent to which each of these components was associated with gains in students' academic and nonacademic outcomes across one year of school. Results demonstrated unique variance attributable to specific growth constructs "and" broader growth orientation, suggesting that there is an integrative network of growth-focused motivation. These specific and broad growth components also presented different patterns of associations with students' outcomes. Findings suggest educational interventions should target different components of students' growth-focused motivation depending on the desired academic or nonacademic outcome that researchers and educators wish to improve.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Description Questionnaire
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Author Affiliations: 1University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia; 2Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia