Adolescent well-being and learning in times of COVID-19—A multi-country study of basic psychological need satisfaction, learning behavior, and the mediating roles of positive emotion and intrinsic motivation

Iliev, Dean and Holzer, Julia (2021) Adolescent well-being and learning in times of COVID-19—A multi-country study of basic psychological need satisfaction, learning behavior, and the mediating roles of positive emotion and intrinsic motivation. PLoS ONE.

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Abstract

The sudden switch to distance education to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
has fundamentally altered adolescents’ lives around the globe. The present research aims
to identify psychological characteristics that relate to adolescents’ well-being in terms of
positive emotion and intrinsic learning motivation, and key characteristics of their learning
behavior in a situation of unplanned, involuntary distance education. Following Self-Determination Theory, experienced competence, autonomy, and relatedness were assumed to
relate to active learning behavior (i.e., engagement and persistence), and negatively relate
to passive learning behavior (i.e., procrastination), mediated via positive emotion and intrin�sic learning motivation. Data were collected via online questionnaires in altogether eight
countries from Europe, Asia, and North America (N = 25,305) and comparable results
across countries were expected. Experienced competence was consistently found to relate
to positive emotion and intrinsic learning motivation, and, in turn, active learning behavior in
terms of engagement and persistence. The study results further highlight the role of perceived relatedness for positive emotion. The high proportions of explained variance speak n favor of taking these central results into account when designing distance education in
times of COVID-19

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Educational sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Media and communications Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Psychology Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Education
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r Dean Iliev
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2021 07:32
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2021 07:32
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/6393

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