Development and validation of the Family Motivational Climate Questionnaire (FMC-Q)

The goal of this study was to develop and validate the Family Motivational Climate Questionnaire (FMCQ). Parental involvement (PI) affects children’s academic orientations. However, PI questionnaires had not considered parenting behaviours from the perspective of motivational theories. It was theref...

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Autores: Alonso Tapia, Jesús, Simón Rueda, Cecilia, Asensio Fuentes, César
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/666536
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/666536
https://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.218
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Motivation
Parental involvement
Family motivational climate
Motivational change
Academic achievement
Motivación
Implicación parental
Clima motivacional de la familia
Cambio motivacional
Rendimiento académico
Psicología
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Sumario:The goal of this study was to develop and validate the Family Motivational Climate Questionnaire (FMCQ). Parental involvement (PI) affects children’s academic orientations. However, PI questionnaires had not considered parenting behaviours from the perspective of motivational theories. It was therefore decided to develop the FMCQ. Method: 570 Secondary-School students formed the sample. To validate the FMCQ, confirmatory factor analyses, reliability analysis and correlation and regression analyses were conducted. Children’s attribution to parents of perceived change in motivational variables affecting achievement, were used as external criteria. Results: Results support most of the hypotheses either related to the FMCQ structure or to its moderating role as predictor of school achievement and of attribution to parents of changes in different motivational variables —interest, effort, perceived ability, success expectancies, resilience, and satisfaction. Conclusions: The results underline the importance of acting on FMC-components in order to improve Children’s motivation and achievement