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Students' perceived competence across academic and social-emotional domains: Unique roles in relation to autonomy-supportive teaching, academic engagement, and well-being

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Researchers have long accepted the important role of perceived academic competence for students' outcomes. Recent work has started to examine the role of perceived social-emotional competence for these outcomes. The aim of our study was to jointly examine these two types of perceived competence assessed at the start of a school term, the role of perceived autonomy-supportive teaching in predicting them, and end-of-term academic engagement and well-being outcomes following from them (cognitive engagement, homework practices, school satisfaction, mental well-being). Among 373 secondary school students , results demonstrated that perceived autonomy-support was positively associated with both perceived competence factors. In turn, perceived academic competence uniquely predicted greater cognitive engagement, homework practices, and school satisfaction. Perceived social-emotional competence uniquely predicted greater cognitive engagement and mental wellbeing. Findings have the potential to guide practice around efforts to better support students' academic and social-emotional development.

Source: Learning and Individual Differences

DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102563

Authors: Rebecca J. Collie, Andrew J. Martin

Institution: UNSW Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,530