Abstract

Objectives In this study, it was checked whether parental empathy affects elementary school students' self-determination learning motivation through parenting attitude as a medium. And in this influence, the moderating effect of elementary school students' basic psychological needs was analyzed. Methods A survey was conducted with 600 students and their parents in grades 3 to 6 of elementary school. As suggested by Muller, Judd, and Yzerbyt (2005), the mediating effect, the moderating effect, and the regulated mediating effect were sequentially analyzed. Results Parents' cognitive empathy was found to be mediated by parenting attitudes and affect children's self- determination learning motivation, and this mediating effect was found to be controlled by relationship among sub-factors of children's basic psychological needs. Conclusions Negative parenting attitude partially mediated the effect of cognitive empathy on self-determination learning motivation. This means that parental empathy not only directly positively affects self-determination learning motivation, but also indirectly negatively affects it through negative parenting attitudes. In addition, relation among children's basic psychological needs means that the negative effects of negative parenting attitudes on self-determination learning motivation through indirect paths can be mitigated.

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