Modeling self-determination theory motivation data by using unfolding IRT
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In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 37, No. 5, 01.09.2021, p. 388-396.
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T1 - Modeling self-determination theory motivation data by using unfolding IRT
AU - Freund, Philipp Alexander
AU - Lohbeck, Annette
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Hogrefe Publishing.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Self-determination theory (SDT) suggests that the degree of autonomous behavior regulation is a characteristic of distinct motivation types which thus can be ordered on the so-called Autonomy-Control Continuum (ACC). The present study employs an item response theory (IRT) model under the ideal point response/unfolding paradigm in order to model the response process to SDT motivation items in theoretical accordance with the ACC. Using data from two independent student samples (measuring SDT motivation for the academic subjects of Mathematics and German as a native language), it was found that an unfolding model exhibited a relatively better fit compared to a dominance model. The item location parameters under the unfolding paradigm showed clusters of items representing the different regulation types on the ACC to be (almost perfectly) empirically separable, as suggested by SDT. Besides theoretical implications, perspectives for the application of ideal point response/unfolding models in the development of measures for non-cognitive constructs are addressed.
AB - Self-determination theory (SDT) suggests that the degree of autonomous behavior regulation is a characteristic of distinct motivation types which thus can be ordered on the so-called Autonomy-Control Continuum (ACC). The present study employs an item response theory (IRT) model under the ideal point response/unfolding paradigm in order to model the response process to SDT motivation items in theoretical accordance with the ACC. Using data from two independent student samples (measuring SDT motivation for the academic subjects of Mathematics and German as a native language), it was found that an unfolding model exhibited a relatively better fit compared to a dominance model. The item location parameters under the unfolding paradigm showed clusters of items representing the different regulation types on the ACC to be (almost perfectly) empirically separable, as suggested by SDT. Besides theoretical implications, perspectives for the application of ideal point response/unfolding models in the development of measures for non-cognitive constructs are addressed.
KW - Psychology
KW - self-determination theory
KW - motivation continuum
KW - ideal response process/unfolding
KW - IRT
KW - Relative Autonomy Index
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098789243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000629
DO - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000629
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 37
SP - 388
EP - 396
JO - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
JF - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
SN - 1015-5759
IS - 5
ER -