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- Anxiety and social support as predictors of student academic motivation during the COVID-19Publication . Camacho, Ana; Correia, N.; Zacoletti, S.; Daniel, J. R.In this study we examined whether parents’ perceptions of students’ anxiety as well as perceived support from both teachers and classmates were predictive of changes in students’ academic motivation during the first wave of COVID-19. To this end, we used a retrospective pretest-posttest design together with a latent change score model to analyze our data.
- Impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate business students: a longitudinal study on academic motivation, engagement and attachment to universityPublication . Camacho, AnaThis study aims to explore whether the COVID-19-related circumstances hindered these academic-related variables. The authors surveyed two groups of undergraduate business students (42% male) who completed the questionnaires at the beginning and at the end of the semester. One group of students attended only face-to-face classes in the 2018/2019 academic year (n = 126) and the other group transitioned to online classes because of the COVID-19 outbreak in the 2019/2020 academic year (n = 99).
- Relations among motivation, behaviour, and performance in writing: A multiple-group structural equation modeling studyPublication . Camacho, Ana; Alves, Rui A.; Smedt, Fien De; Keer, Hilde Van; Boscolo, PietroWriting is a particularly demanding activity, which poses unique motivational challenges for students. Despite the wealth of research on the relation between writing motivation and writing performance, little is known about the role of students’ writing frequency in writing motivation and writing performance.
- Parents’ Perceptions of Student Academic Motivation During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-Country ComparisonPublication . Zaccoletti, Sónia; Camacho, Ana; Correia, Nadine; Aguiar, Cecília; Mason, Lúcia; Alves, Rui A.; Daniel, João R.The COVID-19 outbreak has ravaged all societal domains, including education. Home confinement, school closures, and distance learning impacted students, teachers, and parents’ lives worldwide. In this study, we aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on Italian and Portuguese students’ academic motivation as well as investigate the possible buffering role of extracurricular activities. Following a retrospective pretest–posttest design, 567 parents (nItaly = 173, nPortugal = 394) reported on their children’s academic motivation and participation in extracurricular activities (grades 1 to 9).