Parents' Perceptions of Student Academic Motivation During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-Country Comparison.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has ravaged all societal domains, including education. Home confinement, school closures, and distance learning impacted students, teachers, and parents' lives worldwide. In this study, we aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on Italian and Portuguese students' academic motivation as well as investigate the possible buffering role of extracurricular activities. Following a retrospective pretest-posttest design, 567 parents (n _Italy = 173, n _Portugal = 394) reported on their children's academic motivation and participation in extracurricular activities (grades 1 to 9). We used a multi-group latent change score model to compare Italian and Portuguese students': (1) pre-COVID mean motivation scores

SUBMITTER: Zaccoletti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775314 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature