Uncovering the Moderating Role of Grit and Gender in the Association between Teacher Autonomy Support and Social Competence among Chinese Undergraduate Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Teacher Autonomy Support
1.2. Grit
1.3. Gender Differences
1.4. The Present Study
2. Method
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Social Competence
2.2.2. Teacher Autonomy Support
2.2.3. Grit
2.2.4. Sociodemographic Characteristics
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Linear Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | M | SD | Range | Skewness | Kurtosis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. TAS | 4.64 | 1.04 | 1–7 | −0.21 | 0.36 | - | ||||||
2. Perseverance | 3.40 | 0.77 | 1–5 | 0.08 | −0.24 | 0.29 *** | - | |||||
3. Consistency | 3.28 | 0.72 | 1–5 | −0.17 | 0.48 | 0.15 *** | 0.23 *** | - | ||||
4. Gender a | - | - | 1–2 | - | - | 0.06 * | −0.08 ** | −0.05 | - | |||
5. Social Competence | 3.48 | 0.55 | 1–5 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.38 *** | 0.44 *** | 0.11 *** | −0.02 | - | ||
6. Age | 20.66 | 1.30 | 18–25 | - | - | −0.10 *** | 0.06 * | 0.04 | −0.04 | −0.04 | - | |
7. Socioeconomic Status | 0.00 | 3.76 | −4.99–16.39 | - | - | 0.03 | −0.07 * | 0.02 | 0.10 *** | 0.05 | −0.18 *** | - |
Variables | b | b SE | 95% CI | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAS | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 9.25 | <0.001 |
PE | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 12.12 | <0.001 |
Gender a | −0.03 | 0.03 | −0.09 | 0.03 | −0.99 | 0.32 |
Age | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.01 | −0.77 | 0.44 |
SES | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 2.73 | 0.01 |
CI | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.39 | 0.70 |
TAS × PE | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.05 | 0.02 | −0.92 | 0.36 |
TAS × Gender | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.09 | 0.04 | −0.81 | 0.42 |
PE × Gender | −0.09 | 0.04 | −0.17 | −0.01 | −2.10 | 0.04 |
TAS × PE × Gender | 0.01 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.82 |
Variables | b | b SE | 95% CI | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAS | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 8.92 | <0.001 |
CI | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.53 | 0.59 |
Gender a | −0.04 | 0.03 | −0.10 | 0.02 | −1.42 | 0.16 |
Age | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.01 | −0.83 | 0.41 |
SES | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 2.58 | 0.01 |
PE | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 12.55 | <0.001 |
TAS × CI | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 2.83 | 0.01 |
TAS × Gender | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.10 | 0.01 | −1.53 | 0.13 |
CI × Gender | 0.01 | 0.04 | −0.07 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.74 |
TAS × CI × Gender | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 2.44 | 0.02 |
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Ma, Y.; Ma, C.; Lan, X. Uncovering the Moderating Role of Grit and Gender in the Association between Teacher Autonomy Support and Social Competence among Chinese Undergraduate Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6398. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176398
Ma Y, Ma C, Lan X. Uncovering the Moderating Role of Grit and Gender in the Association between Teacher Autonomy Support and Social Competence among Chinese Undergraduate Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6398. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176398
Chicago/Turabian StyleMa, Yongfeng, Chunhua Ma, and Xiaoyu Lan. 2020. "Uncovering the Moderating Role of Grit and Gender in the Association between Teacher Autonomy Support and Social Competence among Chinese Undergraduate Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6398. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176398