Validity and Reliability of the Socio-Contextual Teacher Burnout Inventory (STBI)

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Adolescents' achievement goal orientations, goal appraisals, and subjective well-being : A person-centered approach

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How Do Young Adults Orchestrate Their Multiple Achievement-Related Goals? : Associations of Achievement Goal Orientations With Identity Formation and Goal Appraisals

Young adults strive for multiple achievement goals. Frameworks for achievement goal orientations, personal goals, and identity formation have emphasized the role of goal-specific exploration and commitment in the interpretation of goals. However, researchers have yet to combine these different perspectives in an empirical study. Therefore, to explore the processes involved in the selection of multiple goals, the present study investigated the associations of young adults’ achievement goal orientations (mastery-intrinsic, mastery-extrinsic, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work-avoidance orientations) with distinct styles of exploring and committing to goals, by considering different dimensions of identity formation (commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration) and achievement-related personal goal appraisals (commitment, effort, and progress). Latent change score models were applied to a longitudinal sample of 577 young Finns followed from age 23 to 25 to investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with achievement goal orientations. The analyses revealed significant associations of identification with commitment and exploration in breadth and goal effort with the initial levels of mastery-intrinsic and mastery-extrinsic orientations. Notably, these dimensions of identity formation, goal effort, and mastery goal orientations accentuate motives for self-development and self-improvement. Although the associations were not supported by the longitudinal analyses, it seems fruitful to integrate different theoretical frameworks to further the understanding of the underlying processes in the pursuit of multiple goals.Peer reviewe

Why leave the teaching profession? A longitudinal approach to the prevalence and persistence of teacher turnover intentions

Teacher turnover has been recognized as a significant problem in the education worldwide. This study focuses on exploring reasons behind the turnover intentions, and persistence of such intentions in 5-year follow-up among Finnish teachers. Longitudinal survey data were collected from Finnish comprehensive school teachers in 2010 (T1n = 2310) and 2016 (T2n = 1450). The results showed that 50% of the teachers had turnover intentions. Turnover intentions were remarkably persistent, but the reasons for them varied significantly. Lack of professional commitment and factors related to the school system and workload were the main reasons for teacher turnover intention. The results suggest several factors that should be improved simultaneously in the teaching profession to increase teacher job satisfaction and retention.Peer reviewe

Linking student motivation and well-being : Achievement goal orientation profiles and socio-emotional outcomes

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Is Student Motivation Related to Socio-digital Participation? : A Person-oriented Approach

5th ICEEPSY International Conference on Education & Educational Psychology in Kyrenia Cyprus (Oct 22-25, 2014)/ guest editors: Zafer Bekirogullari, Melis Minas.There is a hypothesized gap between the technology-mediated practices of adolescents and school, hindering student motivation and well-being. This study examined how students’ school motivation is associated with ICT-use. Previous research has shown that achievement goal orientations are related to students’ academic and emotional functioning. Simultaneously, adolescents engage in various socio-digital activities on a daily basis. Our aim is to integrate these two approaches to examine whether students with different motivational profiles display different patterns of socio-digital participation. The participants were Finnish high school students (N=1342) who filled in a self-report questionnaire assessing school motivation and ICT-use both in and out of school. We examined the structural validity of the measurement model by confirmatory factor analyses, classified the students by latent profile analyses and examined group and gender differences by ANOVAs. Four groups were identified: indifferent, success-oriented, mastery-oriented, and avoidance-oriented. The groups differed in their generalized motivational beliefs and there were meaningful differences in terms of their orientations to socio-digital participation: e.g. indifferent students were more likely to engage in hanging-out and gaming, avoidance-oriented students were the least engaged in academic activities. Also, there were some interesting group × gender interaction effects. We found that students’ indifference towards school is associated with ICT-engagement outside of school (gaming and hanging-out). We conclude that there appears to be evidence of discontinuities between today's schools and their students, raising a question of whether the indifference is the cause or the outcome. Furthermore, the findings raise new insights on achievement goal and gender interaction effects.Peer reviewe

Ajallinen pysyvyys ja sukupuolierot nuorten opiskelumotivaatiossa

Motivaatiota voidaan tutkia monesta näkökulmasta käsin. Tässä artikkelissa näkökulmana on tavoiteorientaatiot eli oppimiseen ja suoriutumiseen liittyvät suuntautumistavat. Jotkut opiskelijat pyrkivät oppimaan ja ymmärtämään opiskeltavia asioita, toiset pyrkivät menestymään ja olemaan parempia kuin muut, kun taas toiset pyrkivät lähinnä välttelemään opiskeluun liittyvää työtä. Opiskelija voi kuitenkin tavoitella useampia asioita samaan aikaan ja olennaista silloin on se, mikä tai mitkä orientaatiot korostuvat. Kyse ei siis ole motivaation määrästä vaan paremminkin laadusta eli pyrkimysten erilaisista sisällöistä. Opiskelijat voidaan ryhmitellä sen mukaan, miten heidän eri pyrkimyksensä painottuvat, jolloin on mahdollista tarkastella opiskelijoiden motivationaalisia profiileja ja yksilöllisiä eroja kokonaisvaltaisemmin. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tutkia nuorten tavoiteorientaatioprofiileja, niiden ajallista pysyvyyttä ja kehitystä sekä sukupuolieroja tavoiteorientaatioissa. Artikkelissa pohditaan myös sitä, miten eri tavoin orientoituneet nuoret eroavat toisistaan motivaation ja hyvinvoinnin suhteen. Artikkeli on julkaistu aikaisemmin Psykologia-lehdessä 45 (5–6), 386–401.Peer reviewe

Stability and gender differences in adolescents’ achievement goal orientations

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan ajallista pysyvyyttä ja sukupuolieroja yhdeksäsluokkalaisten ja lukiolaisten tavoiteorientaatioissa. Kahdessa pitkittäistutkimuksessa hyödynnettiin henkilösuuntautunutta lähestymistapaa ja tutkittiin nuorten tavoiteorientaatioiden pysyvyyttä ja muutosta lukuvuoden sisällä (9. luokan aikana, N = 530) ja lukuvuosien välillä (siirryttäessä lukion 2. luokalta 3. luokalle, N = 519). Nuoret voitiin jakaa neljään ryhmään heidän motivationaalisen orientaationsa mukaan (sitoutumattomat, menestysorientoituneet, oppimisorientoituneet ja välttämisorientoituneet) ja samankaltaiset ryhmät löydettiin molemmista opiskelukonteksteista. Ryhmät olivat hyvin pysyviä sekä 9. luokalla että lukiossa. Yleisesti ottaen pojat korostivat tyttöjä enemmän suhteellista menestymistä, mutta pyrkivät samalla selviämään koulutöistä mahdollisimman vähällä. Tytöt sen sijaan näyttäytyivät poikia oppimishakuisempina ja he korostivat koulussa menestymistä. Sukupuolierot tavoiteorientaatioissa olivat johdonmukaiset, mutta pienet ja ne korostuivat lukiolaisten otoksessa enemmän kuin yhdeksäsluokkalaisten otoksessa. Suurin ero liittyi poikien tyttöjä voimakkaampaan välttämisorientaatioon.Peer reviewe