Agentic goal incongruity negatively predicts Indigenous students' persistence intentions indirectly through reduced sense of belonging¶
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q2 i? A larger discrepancy between agentic goal affordances and agentic goal endorsement predicts lower belonging, which in turn predicts lower persistence intentions. → Yu Fanyi 2025
Evidence¶
Yu Fanyi 2025¶
Yu Fanyi, Nyanamba Juliet M., Anderson Brittany, DeerInWater Kathy, Estrada Mica, Hosoda K. Kanoho, Maldonado Natalia, Smith Tiffany, Flores Lilibeth, & Hernandez Paul R. (2025). Navigating Science Pathways: Belonging Mediates the Impact of Goal Congruity on Persistence (but Not Life Satisfaction) Among Indigenous Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000967
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Regression-based mediation model with bias-corrected bootstrapping (5000 repetitions) in the longitudinal study of Indigenous STEM participants (analytic N = 127), controlling for baseline belonging, intentions, cohort, and education level. The article reports a "significant negative indirect effect on STEM career intentions through belonging"; no standardized effect size is printed.
"Consistent with our expectations, communal and agentic goal incongruity exhibited a significant negative indirect effect on STEM career intentions through belonging (see Figure 3; complete details are shown in Supplemental Table 7)"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Belonging — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Communal goal incongruity shows a significant negative indirect effect on persistence intentions through belonging, though weaker than expected — related
- Girls' lower sense of belonging mediates the relation between gender-interest stereotypes and their lower interest in computer science, with the opposite mediation for boys — related
- Perceived communal goal affordances in STEM roles positively predict later persistence intentions among Indigenous STEM students, controlling for baseline — related
- Indigenous STEM students endorse communal goals more strongly than agentic goals, but perceive similar levels of communal and agentic affordances in STEM — related
- Goal affordances, goal incongruity, and belonging show no association with global life satisfaction among Indigenous STEM students — related
- No significant gender differences in communal or agentic goal affordances, endorsements, or incongruity among Indigenous STEM students — related
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Agentic goal incongruity negatively predicts Indigenous students' persistence intentions indirectly through reduced sense of belonging |
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Agentic goal incongruity negatively predicts Indigenous students' persistence intentions indirectly through reduced sense of belonging |
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2025 |
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