The influences of parents, teachers, peers and other factors on students' motivation in music
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This study examined influences of: parental support of music, previous musical experience, self-concept in music, teachers and peers, academic and social integration in music classes, and value of music on college nonmusic majors' intentions to continue music participation. An author-developed Choir Participation Survey was administered to 130 choir members at a large public university in the United States. The proposed path analytical model fitted data well and explained 42% ( p < .01) of variance in musical intentions. The analysis showed that students whose parents were involved in music and supportive of their children's musical participation developed better self-concepts in music, consequently felt more comfortable in choir academically and socially, valued music more, and as a result developed higher motivation to participate in various musical activities in the future. The strongest direct predictor of musical intentions was value of music (β = .65, p < .01).
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American students' valuing of music and self-concept of ability influenced their intention to participate in formal and informal music activities.
“Using path analyses, Sichivitsa (2007) showed that American students' valuing of music and self-concept of ability influenced their intention to participate in formal and informal music activities.”
From Teachers’ perceptions of declining participation in school music (2011) · cites this paper as Sichivitsa (2007)
Parental support plays an important role in instrumental music learning.
“This highlights the important role of parental support in instrumental music learning and is consistent with the extant literature about its significance (e.g.McPherson, 2009;Sichivitsa, 2007;Zdzinski, 1996).”
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Empirical evidence regarding how important personal and social factors interact with each other affecting students' motivation and intention to learn music has been reported.
“Empirical evidence regarding how important personal and social factors interact with each other affecting students' motivation and intention to learn music has also been reported (e.g.McCormick & McPherson, 2003;Sichivitsa, 2007).”
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The Development of Children's Motivation in School Contexts
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Ng, C.-H. C., & Hartwig, K. (2011) · Research Studies in Music Education · doi:10.1177/1321103x11423598 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Sichivitsa, V. O.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sichivitsa, Veronica O.
- Venue
- Research Studies in Music Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-12
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-68
- ISSN
- 1321-103X (ISSN-L)
- 1834-5530
- OpenAlex
- W2170896261
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 25.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research Studies in Music Education (publishedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- music motivation, parental support, music self-concept, value of music, choir participation, musical intention, peer influence, teacher influence
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