The relations between growth mindset, motivational beliefs, and career interest in math intensive fields in informal STEM youth programs.

ABSTRACT: Past research has shown that growth mindset and motivational beliefs have an important role in math and science career interest in adolescence. Drawing on situated expectancy-value theory (SEVT), this study extends these findings by investigating the role of parental motivational beliefs (e.g., expectancy beliefs, utility values) and parent growth mindset in math on adolescent career interest in math-intensive fields (e.g., mathematics, computer science, statistics, and engineering; MCSE) through adolescent motivational beliefs in math. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model using data from 290 adolescents (201 girls, 69.3%; Mage = 15.20), who participate in informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) youth programs, and their parents (162 pa

SUBMITTER: Ozturk E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003616 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature