Challenging study demands combined with resources boost emotional engagement, though interaction effects on cognitive and behavioral engagement were mainly nonsignificant¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students were more emotionally engaged when teachers combined high study demands with autonomy and support (boost effect). → Arnold B. Bakker 2024 q2 i? The demands × resources interaction showed only marginal, mainly nonsignificant effects on cognitive and behavioral engagement. → Arnold B. Bakker 2024

Evidence¶

Arnold B. Bakker 2024¶

Arnold B. Bakker, Karina Mostert. (2024). Study Demands–Resources Theory: Understanding Student Well-Being in Higher Education. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09940-8

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The review reports, citing Hospel and Galand (2016), that students were "more emotionally engaged" when high demands (high expectations, strong guidance) were combined with autonomy and support; the same passage notes mainly nonsignificant interaction effects on cognitive and behavioral engagement.

"Hospel and Galand (2016) found evidence for a boost effect by showing that students were more emotionally engaged (e.g., curious, interested, enthusiastic) in the lessons when teachers combined high study demands (i.e., high expectations, strong guidance) with study resources in the form of autonomy and support."

Discussion¶

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