Prior profile research links maladaptive motivational profiles to poorer school adjustment and achievement¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
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q2 i? The review reports that prior person-centered studies found maladaptive profiles (e.g., challenged, helpless) characterized by low confidence, external attributions, and poorer achievement among students, including those with learning difficulties. → Nyman 2025

Evidence¶

Nyman 2025¶

Nyman, L., Koivuhovi, S., Greiff, S., Hotulainen, R., Little, T. D., & Vainikainen, M.-P. (2025). A person-centered approach to action-control beliefs of students with special educational needs and their relation to student performance and time on task. Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001000

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Narrative review of prior profile studies: the article reports, citing Malmberg and Little (2007), that the challenged profile showed "the most maladaptive patterns" with low confidence in abilities and effort, extrinsic motivation, and high perceived task difficulty, reflecting signs of learned helplessness.

"The challenged pro ﬁle (9.3%) was characterized by the most maladaptive patterns with emphasized beliefs on the role of abil- ity on achievement, low con ﬁdence in own 's abilities and effort, extrinsic motivation, and relatively high perceived task dif ﬁculty"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Self-Efficacy — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Maladaptive motivational profiles are associated with less time on task and lower cognitive task achievement — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Students with SEN are more likely to belong to motivational profiles with maladaptive patterns — related
Learners' task-specific self-efficacy beliefs predict whether they initiate, persist through, and recover from difficulty on academic tasks. — related

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`title`	`Prior profile research links maladaptive motivational profiles to poorer school adjustment and achievement`
`description`	`Prior profile research links maladaptive motivational profiles to poorer school adjustment and achievement`
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