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Dropout intentions in secondary education : Student temperament and achievement motivation as antecedents (2023)

Anttila, S., Lindfors, H., Hirvonen, R., Määttä, S., & Kiuru, N. (2023). Dropout intentions in secondary education : Student temperament and achievement motivation as antecedents. Journal of Adolescence, 95(2), 248-263. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12110

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Anttila, Satu
Lindfors, Heidi
Määttä, Sami
Kiuru, Noona

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Anttila, Satu; Lindfors, Heidi; Hirvonen, Riikka; Määttä, Sami; Kiuru, Noona

Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Adolescence

ISSN: 0140-1971

eISSN: 1095-9254

Julkaisuvuosi: 2023

Ilmestymispäivä: 03.11.2022

Volyymi: 95

Lehden numero: 2

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 248-263

Kustantaja: John Wiley & Sons

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12110

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83962

Tiivistelmä

Introduction
As early school leaving and dropping out from education pose a challenge for later life adjustment, it is important to identify antecedent factors for the risk of school dropout to tailor individual support for adolescents. Consequently, this study examines the role of adolescents' motivational beliefs and behaviors (i.e., success expectations, planning, and task-avoidance) as well as their temperament (i.e., extraversion/surgency, negative affectivity, effortful control, and affiliativeness) in their dropout intentions in the first year of upper secondary education.

Methods
Participants were Finnish adolescents' (n = 536; 57% girls, mean age 12.39 at outset, standard deviation = 0.35) and their motivational beliefs and behaviors were measured in Grades 6 and 9. Their temperament was also measured in Grade 9. As for dropout intentions, they were measured in upper secondary education. The effects of gender, academic achievement, task value, and educational track were controlled for in the analyses.

Results
The results of latent growth modeling showed that, of motivational beliefs and behaviors, high success expectations and low task avoidance independently predicted lower dropout intentions. Success expectations in Grade 6 also mediated the effects of extraversion/surgency, negative affectivity and effortful control on subsequent school dropout intentions, whereas an increase in task avoidance in lower secondary school was a mediator between extraversion/surgency and dropout intentions.

Conclusions
Our study provides novel understanding about how temperament is linked with motivational beliefs and behaviors and what roles they together play in subsequent school dropout intentions. Supporting students with different temperaments and achievement motivations would be important to prevent adverse consequences for both the individual and society.

YSO-asiasanat: varhaisnuoret; yläkoulu; yläkoululaiset; opiskelumotivaatio; koulupudokkaat; temperamentti

Vapaat asiasanat: achievement motivation; adolescence; risk of school dropout; temperament

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