Status, pride, and educational motivation : Understanding differences in attitudes to education from the perspective of evolutionary emotion theory
(2022) In Nordic Psychology 74(2). p.138-149- Abstract
The present study suggests that the theoretical framework of evolutionary psychology, in particular theories and models relating to social status and pride, can be used to further our understanding of educational motivation. Our assumption was that the desire for social recognition and high status is a universal human phenomenon. Based on this, we suggested that differences in educational motivation among high school students would be related to differences in the extent to which one sees academic achievements as a viable path to social status and source of pride. The present study examined this topic using a cross-sectional design in a sample of high school students. In general, the results provided support for the hypothesis that... (More)
The present study suggests that the theoretical framework of evolutionary psychology, in particular theories and models relating to social status and pride, can be used to further our understanding of educational motivation. Our assumption was that the desire for social recognition and high status is a universal human phenomenon. Based on this, we suggested that differences in educational motivation among high school students would be related to differences in the extent to which one sees academic achievements as a viable path to social status and source of pride. The present study examined this topic using a cross-sectional design in a sample of high school students. In general, the results provided support for the hypothesis that status and pride are reliably related to educational motivation in high school students, and that the theoretical framework employed could be used to understand differences in educational motivation related to both gender and level of parental education.
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- author
- Wolgast, Martin LU ; Ajdahi, Sami ; Hansson, Erik LU and Wolgast, Sima LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- authentic pride, dominance, educational motivation, hubristic pride, prestige, social status
- in
- Nordic Psychology
- volume
- 74
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 138 - 149
- publisher
- Dansk Psykologisk Forlag
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85109658624
- ISSN
- 1901-2276
- DOI
- 10.1080/19012276.2021.1939110
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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- e434368d-6c78-4e9b-b8a8-8816592129d7
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- 2021-09-16 14:36:00
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- 2022-06-29 18:26:26
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