an article by Markus Rump, Wiebke Esdar and Elke Wild (Bielefeld University, Germany) published in European Journal of Higher Education Volume 7 Issue 4 (2017)
Abstract
The present study investigated individual differences in the effects of academic motivation based on self-determination theory (SDT), particularly intrinsic motivation, as well as identified, introjected, and external regulation on higher education students’ intention to drop out.
Based on previous research, we challenged the assumption of a single global relationship between academic motivation and the intention to drop out and hypothesized there would be at least two groups or subpopulations, each of them with a unique group-specific academic motivation-intention to drop out relationship.
A sample of 1,002 first semester bachelor students from nine different German higher education institutions were analysed with the person-oriented approach of clusterwise linear regression analysis.
Supporting our expectation, we identified three subpopulations of students.
Results showed that intrinsic motivation was the strongest significant predictor in each of the three groups, whereas in none of the groups external regulation did significantly predict the intention to drop out.
Moreover, our results revealed that the stronger the group-specific effect of intrinsic motivation, the higher the group-specific average intention to drop out.
Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications for higher education institutions.
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Tuesday, 2 January 2018
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Mental health and education decisions
an article by Francesca Cornaglia (School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, UK), Elena Crivellaro (Directorate for employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, France) and Sandra McNally (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and School of Economics, University of Surrey, UK) published in Labour Economics Volume 33 (April 2015)
Abstract
Mental health problems have been rising internationally.
The link between poor mental health and low educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child well-being and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and education.
We study this issue using a large longitudinal study of a recent cohort of teenagers in England. We use the General Health Questionnaire to derive measures of poor mental health. We find a large negative association between being at risk of poor mental health and educational outcomes – where we consider examination results before leaving compulsory education and the probability of being ‘not in education, employment or training’ at a young age.
Results are stronger for girls and also vary according to the different components of the mental health measure. It is important for practitioners and policy makers to pay attention to symptoms of poor mental health.
Abstract
Mental health problems have been rising internationally.
The link between poor mental health and low educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child well-being and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and education.
We study this issue using a large longitudinal study of a recent cohort of teenagers in England. We use the General Health Questionnaire to derive measures of poor mental health. We find a large negative association between being at risk of poor mental health and educational outcomes – where we consider examination results before leaving compulsory education and the probability of being ‘not in education, employment or training’ at a young age.
Results are stronger for girls and also vary according to the different components of the mental health measure. It is important for practitioners and policy makers to pay attention to symptoms of poor mental health.
Monday, 1 June 2015
Mental health and education decisions
an article by Francesca Cornaglia (Queen Mary, University of London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics), Elena Crivellaro (Directorate for employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, France) and Sandra McNally (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and School of Economics, University of Surrey) published in Labour Economics Volume 33 (April 2015)
Abstract
Mental health problems have been rising internationally. The link between poor mental health and low educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child well-being and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and education.
We study this issue using a large longitudinal study of a recent cohort of teenagers in England.
We use the General Health Questionnaire to derive measures of poor mental health.
We find a large negative association between being at risk of poor mental health and educational outcomes – where we consider examination results before leaving compulsory education and the probability of being ‘not in education, employment or training’ at a young age.
Results are stronger for girls and also vary according to the different components of the mental health measure.
It is important for practitioners and policy makers to pay attention to symptoms of poor mental health.
Hazel’s comment:
Is poor mental health rising or is the reporting of poor mental health rising?
Abstract
Mental health problems have been rising internationally. The link between poor mental health and low educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child well-being and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and education.
We study this issue using a large longitudinal study of a recent cohort of teenagers in England.
We use the General Health Questionnaire to derive measures of poor mental health.
We find a large negative association between being at risk of poor mental health and educational outcomes – where we consider examination results before leaving compulsory education and the probability of being ‘not in education, employment or training’ at a young age.
Results are stronger for girls and also vary according to the different components of the mental health measure.
It is important for practitioners and policy makers to pay attention to symptoms of poor mental health.
Hazel’s comment:
Is poor mental health rising or is the reporting of poor mental health rising?
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