Academic self-concept, autonomous academic motivation, and academic achievement: Mediating and additive effects

Author: Guay, F.; Ratelle, C.F.; Roy, A.; Litalien, D.

Description: Three conceptual models were tested to examine the relationships among academic self-concept, autonomous academic motivation, and academic achievement. This allowed us to determine whether 1) autonomous academic motivation mediates the relation between academic self-concept and achievement, 2) academic self-concept mediates the relation between autonomous academic motivation and achievement, or 3) both motivational constructs have an additive effect on academic achievement. A total of 925 high school students (404 boys and 521 girls) were asked to complete a questionnaire on two occasions separated by a year interval. Results from SEM analyses provided good support for the hypothesized model positing that autonomous academic motivation mediates the academic self-concept–academic achievement relation. Results are discussed in light of self-determination theory and self-concept theory.

Subject headings: Academic self-concept; Autonomous academic motivation; Academic achievement; Structural equation modeling

Publication year: 2010

Journal or book title: Learning and Individual Differences

Volume: 20

Issue: 6

Pages: 644-653

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Type: Journal Article

Serial number: 1952