The Influence of Emotions, Motivation and Habits in the Academic Performance of Primary Education Students in French as a Foreign Language
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Emotions
1.2. Motivation
1.3. Habits
1.4. Objective and Hypothesis
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary and Reliability Analysis
3.2. Structural Equation Model
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Factor | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1. Embarrassment | 2.12 | 0.96 | 0.52 ** | 0.59 ** | 0.59 ** | −0.41 ** | −0.23 ** | −0.24 ** | −0.28 * | −0.52 ** | −0.27 ** | −0.29 ** | |
2. Boredom | 2.17 | 1.05 | 0.62 ** | 0.57 ** | −0.31 ** | −0.28 ** | −0.26 ** | −0.33 ** | −0.45 ** | −0.25 * | −0.32 ** | ||
3. Hopelessness | 1.90 | 1.18 | 0.50 ** | −0.24 ** | −0.29 ** | −0.29 ** | −0.37 ** | −0.28 ** | −0.22 ** | −0.22 ** | |||
4. Anxiety | 2.01 | 1.29 | −0.31 ** | −0.31 ** | −0.30 ** | −0.41 * | −0.37 ** | −0.32 ** | −0.13 * | ||||
5. Pride | 4.74 | 1.55 | 0.40 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.49 * | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.19 ** | |||||
6. Confidence | 4.68 | 1.27 | 0.48 ** | 0.62 ** | 0.21 * | 0.24 ** | 0.41 ** | ||||||
7. Calmness | 4.79 | 1.44 | 0.78 ** | 0.17 * | 0.25 ** | 0.35 ** | |||||||
8. Enjoyment | 4.93 | 1.11 | 0.74 ** | 0.19 ** | 0.48 ** | ||||||||
9. SDI | 11.99 | 4.26 | 0.56 ** | 0.64 ** | |||||||||
10. Habits French | 3.27 | 2.18 | 0.57 ** | ||||||||||
11. Academic Performance | 8.11 | 1.75 |
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Méndez-Aguado, C.; Aguilar-Parra, J.M.; Álvarez, J.F.; Trigueros, R.; Fernández-Archilla, J.A. The Influence of Emotions, Motivation and Habits in the Academic Performance of Primary Education Students in French as a Foreign Language. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2531. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062531
Méndez-Aguado C, Aguilar-Parra JM, Álvarez JF, Trigueros R, Fernández-Archilla JA. The Influence of Emotions, Motivation and Habits in the Academic Performance of Primary Education Students in French as a Foreign Language. Sustainability. 2020; 12(6):2531. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062531
Chicago/Turabian StyleMéndez-Aguado, Cristina, José M. Aguilar-Parra, Joaquín F. Álvarez, Rubén Trigueros, and José A. Fernández-Archilla. 2020. "The Influence of Emotions, Motivation and Habits in the Academic Performance of Primary Education Students in French as a Foreign Language" Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2531. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062531