Associations between Parents' and Teachers' Autonomy Support and the Bifactor Model of Academic Motivation: A Short-Term Cross-Lagged Analysis

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Title: Associations between Parents' and Teachers' Autonomy Support and the Bifactor Model of Academic Motivation: A Short-Term Cross-Lagged Analysis
Language: English
Authors: Zi Yang Wong, Ser Hong Tan, Gregory Arief D. Liem, Melvin Chan, Woon Chia Liu (ORCID 0000-0002-6607-9351), Kenneth K. Poon, Trivina Kang, Siow Chin Ng
Source: Educational Psychology. 2025 45(8):863-885.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Elementary Education
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Grade 8
Grade 9
High Schools
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Parent Role, Teacher Role, Adolescents, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Mathematics Education, Secondary School Students, Predictor Variables, Self Determination, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Teacher Influence, Parent Influence
Geographic Terms: Singapore
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2025.2529996
ISSN: 0144-3410
1469-5820
Abstract: This study investigated the bidirectional associations between teacher and parent autonomy support and adolescents' academic motivation in mathematics. A total of 2317 secondary students (49.10% female; M[subscript age] = 14.07 years) completed the same survey twice within a year. Using bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling to specify the global and specific motivational types in self-determination theory, a cross-lagged analysis revealed that (a) T1 teacher autonomy support did not significantly predict any T2 student motivation types, though the effect sizes of the cross-lagged paths were small-to-medium in magnitude, (b) T1 parent autonomy support significantly predicted T2 external regulation, (c) T2 teacher autonomy support was significantly predicted by T1 parent autonomy support and identified regulation, and (d) T2 parent autonomy support was significantly predicted by T1 global self-determined motivation. These results emphasise the role of autonomy support in shaping students' motivation and highlight the interdependencies of students, parents, and teachers in the process.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1485656
Database: ERIC
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