The association between public regard and intrinsic motivation differs by gender, and between status and motivation differs by ethnicity¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Lower public regard was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for boys but not for girls. → Gillen-O’Neel 2011 q3 i? Perception of lower status was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for Chinese children only. → Gillen-O’Neel 2011 (2)

Evidence¶

Gillen-O’Neel 2011¶

Gillen-O’Neel, C., Ruble, D. N., & Fuligni, A. J. (2011). Ethnic Stigma, Academic Anxiety, and Intrinsic Motivation in Middle Childhood. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01621.x

q3 · i? · associational · r1

ANCOVA testing equal slopes for the public regard × gender interaction on intrinsic motivation. The study found "lower public regard was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for boys (b = 0.22, p = .008), but not for girls (b = 0.01, p = .926)".

"the association between public regard and intrinsic motivation differed by gender, F(1,402) = 4.21, p = .041, η2 = .01. Separate regressions of intrinsic motivation on public regard for each gender indicated that lower public regard was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for boys (b = 0.22, p = .008), but not for girls (b = 0.01, p = .926)."

Gillen-O’Neel 2011 (2)¶

Gillen-O’Neel, C., Ruble, D. N., & Fuligni, A. J. (2011). Ethnic Stigma, Academic Anxiety, and Intrinsic Motivation in Middle Childhood. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01621.x

q3 · i? · associational · r2

ANCOVA testing the group status × ethnicity interaction on intrinsic motivation. The article reports "perception of lower status was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for Chinese children only".

"the association between group status and intrinsic motivation differed by ethnicity, F(4,399) = 3.07, p = .016, η2 = .03. Separate regressions of intrinsic motivation on perception of status for each ethnicity showed that perception of lower status was associated with lower intrinsic motivation for Chinese children only (b = 0.28 p = .002; all other bs = −0.14 to 0.07, ps = .186 to .991)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group
• Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it

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