Measuring Motivational Concepts and Personality Aspects in the National Educational Panel Study

Wohlkinger, Florian; Blumenfelder, A. Raphaela; Bayer, Michael; Maurice, Jutta von; Ditton, Hartmut and Blossfeld, Hans-Peter (2019): Measuring Motivational Concepts and Personality Aspects in the National Educational Panel Study. In: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Roßbach, Hans-Günther (eds.) : Education as a Lifelong Process. Edition ZfE, Vol. 3. Second revised edition. Wiesbaden: Springer. pp. 155-169

Abstract

This chapter outlines the use and measurement of motivational concepts and personality aspects in the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The selection of concepts combines elements that prevalent motivation and personality theories have in common, thereby promoting research from different theoretical perspectives. The constructs measured are learning motivation and effort, personal goals and goal pursuit, general interest orientations, topic-related interests, self-concept (both general and domain-specific), personality aspects, and selected social skills and parenting behavior dimensions. These theoretical constructs and their corresponding measurements presented in this chapter were chosen on the basis of their applicability across the complete life course. Within NEPS, this integrated compilation of motivational concepts and personality aspects improves our understanding of educational processes and competence development from infancy to late adulthood.

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Psychology and Education Science > Department Education and Rehabilitation > Div. 1: Pedagogy and Education and Socialization Research > General Educational Sciences/ Education and Socialization Research
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 370 Education
• ISBN: 978-3-658-23161-3; 978-3-658-23162-0
• Place of Publication: Wiesbaden
• Language: English