How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model
Participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) represents an effective strategy for students to become better competitors in the labor market. Their benefits extend the academic area to professional and personal domains. Therefore, this paper examines the predictive relationship between autonomo...
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| author | Gabriela Monica Assante Carmen Gabriela Lișman |
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| description | Participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) represents an effective strategy for students to become better competitors in the labor market. Their benefits extend the academic area to professional and personal domains. Therefore, this paper examines the predictive relationship between autonomous motivation, cognitive engagement, and ECA participation. We assumed that individual attributes such as cognitive emotional self-regulation, autonomous motivation, and cognitive engagement will have an impact on students’ involvement in ECAs. The results of the structural equation model results show the positive impact of positive refocus and positive reappraisal on ECA participation. Further, emotional self-regulation positively impacts autonomous motivation and cognitive engagement, which, in turn, have a positive impact on students’ involvement in ECAs. The implications and limitations of the study are further discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eee829ab6bcc4388999c7fdaca9078282023-11-24T14:38:37ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022023-11-011311112110.3390/educsci13111121How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation ModelGabriela Monica Assante0Carmen Gabriela Lișman1Educational Sciences Department, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 700506 Iași, RomaniaStudents and Alumni Department, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 700506 Iași, RomaniaParticipation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) represents an effective strategy for students to become better competitors in the labor market. Their benefits extend the academic area to professional and personal domains. Therefore, this paper examines the predictive relationship between autonomous motivation, cognitive engagement, and ECA participation. We assumed that individual attributes such as cognitive emotional self-regulation, autonomous motivation, and cognitive engagement will have an impact on students’ involvement in ECAs. The results of the structural equation model results show the positive impact of positive refocus and positive reappraisal on ECA participation. Further, emotional self-regulation positively impacts autonomous motivation and cognitive engagement, which, in turn, have a positive impact on students’ involvement in ECAs. The implications and limitations of the study are further discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/11/1121extracurricular activitiesuniversity studentsemotional self-regulation |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela Monica Assante Carmen Gabriela Lișman How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model Education Sciences extracurricular activities university students emotional self-regulation |
| title | How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model |
| title_full | How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model |
| title_fullStr | How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model |
| title_short | How to Increase Students’ Involvement in Extracurricular Activities: A Structural Equation Model |
| title_sort | how to increase students involvement in extracurricular activities a structural equation model |
| topic | extracurricular activities university students emotional self-regulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/11/1121 |
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