CREATING RICH PORTRAITS: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Profiles of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

A person-centered, mixed-methods approach (self-report surveys, semistructured interviews, school records) was used to characterize and evaluate profiles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations among 243 third-through eighth-grade students. Cluster analysis suggested four distinct profiles: high quan...

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Published in:The Elementary school journal 2016-03, Vol.116 (3), p.365-390
Main Authors: Corpus, Jennifer Henderlong, Wormington, Stephanie V., Haimovitz, Kyla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Ability
Cluster analysis
Elementary School Students
Emotional Adjustment
Middle School Students
Mixed Methods Research
Motivation
Multivariate Analysis
Profiles
Semi Structured Interviews
Student Motivation
Student Surveys
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Summary:A person-centered, mixed-methods approach (self-report surveys, semistructured interviews, school records) was used to characterize and evaluate profiles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations among 243 third-through eighth-grade students. Cluster analysis suggested four distinct profiles: high quantity (high intrinsic, high extrinsic), primarily intrinsic (high intrinsic, low extrinsic), primarily extrinsic (low intrinsic, high extrinsic), and low quantity (low intrinsic, low extrinsic) motivation. The primarily intrinsic profile showed the most adaptive pattern of responses; the primarily extrinsic and low quantity profiles, conversely, displayed similarly maladaptive patterns. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses suggested that particular combinations of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations may explain students’ academic and emotional functioning in school better than levels of each variable in isolation.
ISSN:0013-5984
1554-8279
DOI:10.1086/684810