Peran Motivasi Belajar sebagai Variabel Mediator Growth Mindset dan Parenting Style Terhadap Academic Grit Siswa SMP

Abstract

Education is key to various aspects of life, with this research conducting research on the mediator variables of growth mindseat and parenting style. This research aims to find out the role of learning motivation as a mediator variable growth mindset and parenting style towards academic grit of junior high school students. The population of this study is all students in SMP Islamiyah Ciputat. The study sampled 267 students and the sampling was conducted on a non-probabality sampling basis with purposive sampling techniques. Researchers used academic grit measuring tools developed by Clarck and Malecky, growth mindset using measuring tools developed by Blackwell, Trzesniewski, and Dweck, parenting style using measuring tools developed by Dunn, and learning motivation using measuring tools developed by Pintrich and Groot. The data analysis used in this study with structural equating modeling statistical techniques used AMOS and to test the validity of constructs using LISREL 8.7. The study data was analyzed with statistical structural equation modeling techniques and resulted in the conclusion that there was a significant influence of growth mindset on academic grit, no significant influence on authoritative parenting when compared to authoritarian as control over academic grit, and no significant influence of permissive parenting when compared to authoritarian as control over academic grit. The results of structural model tests with learning motivation as mediator variables showed that learning motivation had a significant influence in mediating the influence of growth mindset and parenting style on academic grit. Advice for further research to multiply other psychological variables in order to obtain more comprehensive results related to academic grit.