The generalized internal/external frame of reference model with academic self-concepts, interests, and anxieties in students from different language backgrounds
[en] Student motivation and affect play an important role in successful language learning. To investigate the formation of language learning motivation and affect, this study extended the generalized internal/external frame of reference (GI/E) model framework to multiple languages (German and French, along with math) and multiple motivational-affective outcomes (academic self-concept, interest, and anxiety). We examined whether social and dimensional comparisons play similar roles in the formation of students’ self-concepts, interests, and anxieties concerning different languages and whether dimensional comparisons result in contrast or assimilation effects. Moreover, we tested the generalizability of the GI/E model assumptions across students with different language backgrounds. Using a data set comprising virtually all ninth-grade students (N=6275; 48.0% female) from Luxembourg’s multilingual educational system, our findings indicated (1) clear contrast effects in the formation of self-concept and interest in math, German, and French, and (2) a combination of contrast, assimilation, and no effects in the formation of anxiety in math, German, and French. Using a subsample of 5837 students with valid language information (48.0% female), invariance tests demonstrated that the GI/E achievement–outcome relations operated equivalently across students from different home language backgrounds.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Lindie ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
Arens, A. Katrin; DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
GREIFF, Samuel ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
FISCHBACH, Antoine ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Education and Social Work (DESW)
NIEPEL, Christoph ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
The generalized internal/external frame of reference model with academic self-concepts, interests, and anxieties in students from different language backgrounds
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Contemporary Educational Psychology
ISSN :
0361-476X
eISSN :
1090-2384
Publisher :
Elsevier, Atlanta, Georgia
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
Name of the research project :
enhanCe; C16/SC/11333571
Funders :
University of Luxembourg - UL FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche
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