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Making the grade but feeling exhausted? Developmental and situational dynamics of motivation, perfectionism, and academic well-being across secondary education

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01.09.2022 - 31.08.2027
School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, Philosophical Faculty
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The main objective of this Academy Research Fellow project (2022–2027) funded by the Research Council of Finland, is to examine the developmental and situational dynamics between students’ motivation, perfectionism, and academic well-being across upper secondary education, and to consider the role of student welfare in supporting students’ learning and well-being.

A four-year longitudinal data on the development of students’ motivation, perfectionism, and academic well-being will be collected and complemented with city- and school-level information on student welfare, and in-the-moment measures of students’ situational motivation and emotions (i.e., experience sampling data).

The theoretically integrative perspective and the project design enable us to uncover motivational dynamics that contribute to student well-being, both longitudinally and situationally. The knowledge and understanding yielded will be topical in the current societal situation and important for developing student welfare.

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  • PhD theses in preparation:

    • Anna Kuusi, University of Eastern Finland: “Perfectionism, achievement striving, and study-related well-being during secondary education: Gender differences and developmental dynamics”
    • Kukka-Maaria Polso, University of Helsinki: “Motivated to engage? The interplay of motivational development and behavioral engagement in adolescence”


    If you are interested in doing a PhD thesis in the project    , please contact Heta Tuominen.

  • Master’s theses in preparation:

    • Emmi Kujala, University of Eastern Finland: “Koetut oppimisvaikeudet sekä niiden yhteys opiskeluhyvinvointiin toisella asteella”


    If you are interested in doing a Master’s thesis in the project    , please contact Heta Tuominen.

  • Conference presentations:

    • Tuominen, H., Rasa, E., Kujala, E., Viljaranta, J., & Niemivirta, M. (2023). School engagement and burnout profiles in upper secondary school: Associations with perceived learning difficulties. Paper to be presented at the Oppimis- ja oppimisvaikeustutkijatapaaminen, 5–6 October, Jyväskylä, Finland.
    • Kuusi, A., Tuominen, H., & Niemivirta, M. (2023). Students’ perfectionism: Gender differences and development in upper secondary education. Paper presented at the 27th Conference of the JUnior REsearchers of EARLI, 20–21 August, Thessaloniki, Greece.
    • Polso, K.-M., Tuominen, H., Ihantola, P., & Niemivirta, M. (2023). Networks and dynamics of secondary students’ momentary expectancies, values, costs, and engagement. Paper presented at the 27th Conference of the JUnior REsearchers of EARLI, 20–21 August, Thessaloniki, Greece.
    • Research information can be found here (pdf).
    • Information om studien finns här (pdf)

Keywords

achievement goal orientation burnout development educational psychology emotions expectancy-value general upper secondary education learning longitudinal research motivation perfectionism school achievement situational dynamics student engagement student welfare student well-being vocational upper secondary education well-being youth

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