Social Integration in Higher Education and Development of Intrinsic Motivation: A Latent Transition Analysis.

ABSTRACT: This study, based on the self-determination theory, investigates the link between university students' social peer and teacher integration and intrinsic motivation development. Both integration contexts are expected to contribute to the student's development, either additive or compensatory. The analyses rely on a nationally representative sample of 7,619 German university students (NEPS data set) and cover the time between the 3rd and 5th semesters in a longitudinal design. Person-centered analytical tools were applied to tap interindividual differences in the motivational trajectories as well as in integration profiles. Latent transition analyses revealed distinct links between the motivational trajectories (Increase [n = 532], Moderate Decrease [n = 2580],

SUBMITTER: Reindl M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239343 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature