While prior research shows that motivational regulation (MR) predicts study motivation and academic success, its relations with students' subjective well-being (SWB) are not yet well understood. It can be theoretically assumed that MR and SWB are reciprocally linked over time, but longitudinal evidence is lacking. To advance our understanding of these associations, we conducted a three-wave longitudinal study with 527 university students across one semester. We included frequency of strategy use, situation-specific fit, and application quality as MR components. Results from cross-lagged panel analyses indicate that high SWB serves as a resource for applying MR strategies frequently and with a high quality, while situation-specific fit and application quality can boost SWB over time. These findings provide insight into the interplay between MR and SWB over time, illuminate the role of SWB as a MR precondition, and can help to develop support measures fostering study success and health in higher education.
Educational relevance and implications statement
This longitudinal study advances our understanding of how three core components of motivational regulation as well as students' overall tendency to engage in motivational regulation are linked with students' subjective well-being over time. The results indicate that high subjective well-being serves as a resource for applying motivational regulation strategies frequently and with a high quality. The situation-specific fit between regulation strategies that are used and the motivational problems they target, and the application quality of strategy use, in turn, can boost subjective well-being over time. Students' overall tendency to engage in motivational regulation has a positive impact on subjective well-being over time, and vice versa. In conclusion, developing integrative support programs that foster motivational regulation competencies (e.g., how to select suitable motivational regulation strategies and how to implement these strategies well) as well as skills to master emotional challenges while studying is a valuable pathway for fostering students' learning, success, and health.
扫码关注我们
求助内容:
应助结果提醒方式:
