Need for Cognition Predicts Academic Interest Development but Not the Other Way Around: A Longitudinal Study of Secondary School Students

IF 3.9 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Child development Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI:10.1111/cdev.14262

Julia Matthes, Vsevolod Scherrer, Franzis Preckel

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Abstract

Need for cognition (NFC) reflects the tendency to enjoy and engage in cognitive challenges. This study examines the relations between NFC and academic interest among 922 German secondary school students (academic track) assessed four times in Grades 5–7 (initial age M = 10.63, SD = 0.55; 41% female; 90% first language German) in mathematics, German, and English. Data were collected between 2008 and 2012 and were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged panel models. In all domains, NFC positively predicted subsequent academic interest (β = 0.03 to β = 0.17) but interest did not positively predict subsequent NFC. Findings were comparable after controlling for students' achievement, gender, socioeconomic status, and class type. They suggest that NFC is a potential facilitator of the development of academic interest in school.

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认知需要预测学业兴趣发展而非相反：一项对中学生的纵向研究

认知需求（NFC）反映了享受和参与认知挑战的倾向。本研究对922名德国5-7年级中学生（学业轨迹）进行了四次评估(初始年龄M = 10.63, SD = 0.55；41%的女性;90%第一语言是德语)数学，德语和英语。数据收集于2008年至2012年之间，并使用自回归交叉滞后面板模型进行分析。在所有领域中，NFC正预测随后的学术兴趣（β = 0.03至β = 0.17），但兴趣不积极预测随后的NFC。在控制了学生的成绩、性别、社会经济地位和班级类型后，结果具有可比性。他们认为，近距离通信是学校学术兴趣发展的潜在促进者。

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Child development Multiple-

CiteScore

9.20

自引率

4.30%

发文量

149

期刊介绍： As the flagship journal of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Child Development has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers, and other researchers. In addition to six issues per year of Child Development, subscribers to the journal also receive a full subscription to Child Development Perspectives and Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.