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Table 3 Profiles for clusters a of children in MSM pathways (Time 1 to Time 2) for skills, self concepts, feelings, strategies and participation in literacy, social and physical activities

From: Motivational Spiral Models (MSM): common and distinct motivations in context

MSM pathways

Cluster A

Cluster B

Profiles

Time1

Time2

Time1

Time2

MSM-L Literacy

Cluster A (38%)

Cluster B (62%)

 

skills b

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.4

 

task strategies

1.0

1.1

3.8

4.5

 

self concepts

1.4

1.8

4.4

4.8

 

positive feelings

3.7

2.3

5.0

5.0

 

negative feelings

1.7

1.0

5.0

2.0

 

participation

1.0

2.0

5.0

5.0

MSM-S Social

Cluster A (18%)

Cluster B (82%)

 

skills b

3.5

4.4

4.0

4.7

 

task strategies

3.9

2.5

2.7

3.8

 

self concepts

4.0

3.2

4.8

5.0

 

positive feelings

2.3

1.0

5.0

5.0

 

negative feelings

1.3

1.3

2.0

1.3

 

participation

1.0

5.0

1.0

5.0

MSM-Physical

Cluster A (18%)

Cluster B (82%)

 

skills b

3.7

4.0

4.0

4.5

 

task strategies

3.5

5.0

1.0

4.2

 

self concepts

3.2

2.6

5.0

5.0

 

positive feelings

5.0

1.0

2.3

5.0

 

negative feelings

5.0

2.3

1.3

1.0

 

participation

3.0

1.0

2.0

5.0

  1. Notes:
  2. a Cluster analysis used ‘K-means’ non-hierarchical method (e.g., Aunola et al. 2002).
  3. b For ease of comparison skills scores are re-scaled to range from 1 (low) to 5 (high).