Table 3.
Descriptive statistics and correlations among study variables for Grade 5 students.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
M
(boys)
SD
(boys)
M
(girls)
SD
(girls)
1. Autonomy
–
.40
***
.45
***
-.19
*
-.14
.19
.26
***
.41
***
.52
***
3.22
0.84
3.14
0.86
2. Competence
.47
***
–
.51
***
-.28
***
-.15
.09
.32
***
.39
***
.38
***
3.78
0.76
3.52
0.89
3. Relatedness
.44
***
.38
***
–
-.34
***
-.23
**
-.09
.27
**
.44
***
.47
***
4.00
0.69
3.90
0.75
4. Amotivation
-.28
***
-.12
-.17
–
.59
***
.19
*
-.02
-.32
***
-.35
***
1.41
0.61
1.53
0.63
5. External regulation
-.28
**
-.23
**
-.32
***
.40
***
–
.45
***
.16
-.39
***
-.32
***
1.97
1.00
2.09
1.00
6. Introjected regulation
-.03
-.05
.07
.36
***
.46
***
–
.43
***
-.06
-.02
2.58
0.93
2.77
1.01
7. Identified regulation
.26
**
.28
**
.21
*
-.07
.15
*
.19
*
–
.17
.26
**
3.92
0.80
3.67
0.88
8. Intrinsic regulation
.46
***
.28
***
.28
***
-.30
***
-.26
**
-.02
.35
***
–
.70
***
4.25
0.71
4.05
0.72
9. Enjoyment
.55
***
.31
***
.43
***
-.38
***
-.39
***
-.19
*
.31
***
.69
***
–
4.42
0.72
4.17
0.83
M=mean, SD= standard deviation. Lower side = Grade 5 boys (n=130), Upper side = Grade 5 girls (n=130).
*** p < *.001***
** p < 0.01**
* p < 0.05