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Social relationships and motivation in middle school: The role of parents, teachers, and peers.
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Adolescents ' upportive relationships with parents, teachers, and peers were examined in relation to motivation at school (school- and class-related interest, academic goal orientations, and social goal pursuit). On the basis of 167 sixth-grade students, relations of perceived support from parents, teachers, and peers to student motivation differed depending on the source of support and motivational outcome: Peer support was a positive predictor of prosocial goal pursuit, teacher support was a positive predictor of both types of interest and of social responsibility goal pursuit, and parent support was a positive predictor of school-related interest and goal orientations. Perceived support from parents and peers also was related to interest in school indirectly by way of negative relations with emotional distress. Pursuit of social responsibility goals and school- and class-related interest in 6th grade partly explained positive relations between social support in 6th grade and classroom grades 1 year later. Continued research on the social origins of classroom motivation in early adolescence is needed. For most students, early adolescence is a time of change and transition. With respect o interpersonal relationships
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- Authors
- Wentzel, K. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wentzel, Kathryn R.
- ORCID
- Wentzel, Kathryn R.
- Venue
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 202-209
- ISSN
- 0022-0663 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2176
- OpenAlex
- W2161569591
- Cited by
- 1,828
- References
- 55
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- FWCI
- 26.62
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- student motivation, social support, parental support, teacher support, peer support, academic goal orientation, school interest, class interests, social responsibility, emotional distress, early adolescence, junior high school students
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