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In-the-moment profiles of expectancies, task values, and costs
Dietrich, Julia Moeller, Julia Guo, Jiesi Viljaranta, Jaana Kracke, Bärbel
Dietrich, Julia
Moeller, Julia
Guo, Jiesi
Viljaranta, Jaana
Kracke, Bärbel
Abstract
This study focuses on the situational heterogeneity of motivation by investigating in-the-moment profiles of expectancies, task values, and costs within learning situations during a university lecture. In a sample of 155 undergraduate students followed across one semester we examined the occurrence of six hypothesized profiles, situational profile change, and the associations of situational motivation profiles with students’ dispositional motivation. Results of multilevel latent profile analysis revealed three profiles with symmetric levels of expectancies, values, and costs (reflecting high, medium, and low motivation situations), and one profile reflecting motivating but costly situations. Furthermore, situational profiles were associated with students’ motivational dispositions at beginning and end of the semester, and partly related to changes in these dispositions during the semester.
Keywords
situational motivation, diary study, experience sampling method, intensive data, expectancy-value theory, multilevel latent profile analysis
Date
2019
Type
Journal article
Journal
Frontiers in Psychology
Book
Volume
10
Issue
July
Page Range
1-12
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Event URL
Open Access Status
Open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open