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Teachers' and parents' beliefs about children's competence: Longitudinal and interactive associations with children's interest and self-concept of ability in literacy and math
Tekijät: Maurer, Mia M.; Hiltunen, Vilija; Aunola, Kaisa; Silinskas, Gintautas
Kustantaja: Elsevier
Julkaisuvuosi: 2026
Lehti: Learning and Individual Differences
Artikkelin numero: 102891
Vuosikerta: 128
ISSN: 1041-6080
eISSN: 1873-3425
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2026.102891
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Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2026.102891
We investigated the longitudinal relations between parents' (T1 n = 582, T2 n = 564) and teachers' (T1 n = 39, T2 n = 39) beliefs about children's (T1 n = 582, T2 n = 576) competence at primary school grade 3 (T1) and the subsequent interest and self-concept of ability of children during grade 4 (T2) in literacy and math, using longitudinal cross-lagged panel models. Furthermore, we explored the interactive effects of parents' and teachers' beliefs on children's subsequent interest and self-concept of ability. While parental beliefs did not predict children's interest and self-concept in either subject, teacher beliefs predicted children's self-concept, but not their interest, in both literacy and math. Parent and teacher beliefs also showed a significant interaction effect with parental beliefs positively predicting self-concept in both subjects when teacher beliefs were high. When teacher beliefs were low, parent beliefs were not associated with children's self-concepts.
Avainsanat:
child motivation, interest, parents' beliefs, self-concept of ability, teachers’ beliefs
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We would like to acknowledge and thank the funders of this research: the Research Council of Finland (#296082, #331525, #336148, and #358041) and EDUCA Flagship, as funded by the Research Council of Finland (#358924 and #358947) to GS and the EDUCA Flagship, funded by the Research Council of Finland (#358924) to VH.