Table 4.
Descriptive statistics and correlations among study variables for Grade 8 students.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
M
(boys)
SD
(boys)
M
(girls)
SD
(girls)
1. Autonomy
-
.52
***
.57
***
-.50
***
-.36
***
.21
*
.56
***
.65
***
.73
***
3.10
0.80
3.06
0.91
2. Competence
.66
***
-
.57
***
-.31
***
-.32
***
.21
*
.56
***
.60
***
.61
***
3.36
0.85
3.38
0.89
3. Relatedness
.51
***
.61
***
-
-.26
**
-.28
**
.17
.54
***
.55
***
.58
***
3.65
0.79
3.52
0.87
4. Amotivation
-.42
***
-.42
***
-.37
***
-
.52
***
.03
-.43
***
-.57
***
-.62
***
1.86
0.91
1.84
0.89
5. External regulation
-.48
***
-.42
***
-.37
***
.58
***
-
.18
*
-.30
**
-.43
***
-.49
***
2.53
1.05
2.65
1.07
6. Introjected regulation
.25
**
.15
.10
-.02
.16
-
.46
***
.12
.19
*
2.57
0.97
2.88
1.07
7. Identified regulation
.71
***
.56
***
.58
***
-.39
***
-.37
***
.40
***
-
.70
***
.69
***
3.26
0.99
3.51
1.01
8. Intrinsic regulation
.58
***
.60
***
.50
***
-.43
***
-.38
***
.28
**
.67
***
-
.80
***
3.62
1.01
3.56
1.11
9. Enjoyment
.70
***
.70
***
.58
***
-.51
***
-.52
***
.22
*
.62
***
.67
***
-
3.70
1.06
3.60
1.16
M=mean, SD= standard deviation. Lower side = Grade 5 boys (n=130), Upper side = Grade 5 girls (n=133).
*** p < *.001***
** p < 0.01**
* p < 0.05