Trajectories of early adolescents' perceptions of school motivation and effort during the pandemic in Perú: A four time point longitudinal observational study

Yi Heng Tsai; Tieme W.P. Janssen; Tuong Van Vu; Martijn Meeter; Nienke M. van Atteveldt; Brenda R.J. Jansen; Lucía Magis-Weinberg

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103984

Trajectories of early adolescents' perceptions of school motivation and effort during the pandemic in Perú: A four time point longitudinal observational study

Yi Heng Tsai, Tieme W.P. Janssen, Tuong Van Vu, Martijn Meeter, Nienke M. van Atteveldt, Brenda R.J. Jansen, Lucía Magis-Weinberg^*

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In this longitudinal, observational study, following 883 adolescents (aged 11–15 years, grades 6th - 8th) we tracked changes in perceived school motivation and effort across four time points during the two years of remote education in Perú as a consequence of COVID-19 (retrospective reports before the pandemic, May 2020, July 2021, and November 2021). Compared to before the pandemic, levels of perceived school motivation and effort dropped sharply in May 2020 and continued to decrease across 2 years. Perceived school motivation was positively associated with perceived school effort at almost all time points. Furthermore, students with lower levels of perceived school motivation had a steeper decline in perceived school effort. In a subsample of 380 students in 8th grade, perceived school effort in July 2021 predicted objective math performance in November 2021. Our findings suggest that COVID-19 has further compounded decreases in subjective and objective indices of school engagement and performance that are typically observed in early adolescence. Our results from a large sample of low- to middle-class Peruvian adolescents highlight the experiences of youth in a country that had particularly long school closures, and that is under-represented in the literature.

Original language	English
Article number	103984
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Acta Psychologica
Volume	239
Early online date	29 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103984
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Jacobs Foundation Science of Learning pilot grant to Nienke van Atteveldt and Brenda R. J. Jansen [project number 2019 1329 00 ] and by Study Abroad Programme for Future Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of Sociology to Yi-Heng Tsai. The funders had no role in study design, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank adolescents and their families in Innova Schools for their participation in the study, especially during COVID-19 remote instruction. This work was supported by the Jacobs Foundation Science of Learning pilot grant to Nienke van Atteveldt and Brenda R. J. Jansen [project number 2019 1329 00] and by Study Abroad Programme for Future Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of Sociology to Yi-Heng Tsai. The funders had no role in study design, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Keywords

Adolescent
COVID-19
Effort
Learning performance
Motivation
Perú

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Tsai, Y. H., Janssen, T. W. P., Vu, T. V., Meeter, M., van Atteveldt, N. M., Jansen, B. R. J., & Magis-Weinberg, L. (2023). Trajectories of early adolescents' perceptions of school motivation and effort during the pandemic in Perú: A four time point longitudinal observational study. Acta Psychologica, 239, 1-10. Article 103984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103984

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