Academic Self-Perceptions and Academic Achievement in Chinese Children: A Multiwave Longitudinal Study

Rui Fu,Jinsol Lee,Xinyin Chen,Li Wang

Child Development, 2020

【摘要】This study examined reciprocal contributions between academic self-perceptions and academic achievement.Data were collected each year in four consecutive years from a sample of children in China (initial N = 1,156;581 boys; initial Mage = 9.33 years). Analyses using random intercept cross-lagged panel models revealed thatthe effects of academic achievement on self-perceptions tended to be more evident in lower grades and theeffects of academic self-perceptions on achievement tended to be more evident in higher grades. Latentgrowth curve analyses showed that the initial level of academic self-perceptions and achievement moderatedthe growth of each other. The results indicate the contributions between academic self-perceptions andachievement that occur in a progressive cascading manner in Chinese children.