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Academic Self-Concept, Interest, Grades, and Standardized Test Scores: Reciprocal Effects Models of Causal Ordering

Marsh, Herbert W, Trautwein, Ulrich, Lüdtke, Oliver, Köller, Olaf, Baumert, Jürgen·2005·Child Development

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Reciprocal effects models of longitudinal data show that academic self-concept is both a cause and an effect of achievement. In this study this model was extended to juxtapose self-concept with academic interest. Based on longitudinal data from 2 nationally representative samples of German 7th-grade students (Study 1: N=5,649, M age=13.4; Study 2: N=2,264, M age=13.7 years), prior self-concept significantly affected subsequent math interest, school grades, and standardized test scores, whereas prior math interest had only a small effect on subsequent math self-concept. Despite stereotypic gender differences in means, linkages relating these constructs were invariant over gender. These results demonstrate the positive effects of academic self-concept on a variety of academic outcomes and integrate self-concept with the developmental motivation literature.

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  • Much research on the reciprocity between motivation and achievement has been done with data collected at large time intervals, reflecting changes over months or years.

    “Another gap in the literature that we identified is that much research on the reciprocity between motivation and achievement has been done with data collected at large time intervals, which reflect changes that happen over months or years (e.g., Harackiewicz et al., 2008;Marsh et al., 2005Marsh et al., , 2016;;Nuutila et al., 2018).”

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Authors
Marsh, H. W., Trautwein, U., Lüdtke, O., Köller, O., & Baumert, J.
Affiliations
  • Western Sydney University (AU)
  • Max Planck Institute for Human Development (DE)
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
Corresponding author
Marsh, Herbert W
Venue
Child Development
Published
2005-03-01
Volume
76
Issue
2
Pages
397-416
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W2116249458
Cited by
1,198
References
77
Citations by year
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FWCI
35.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
Keywords
academic self-concept, student learning interest, student interest in mathematics, school grades, standardized test scores, reciprocal effects model, causal order, gender differences, adolescents
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adolescent, Educational Measurement, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Mathematics, Motivation, Self Concept, Stereotyping

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