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. 2026 Jan 30;16:1680752. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680752

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, reliability, and correlation matrices.

Part A: descriptive statistics and reliability indices
Variable Sample N Mean SD Skew Kurt α CR AVE
Goal-setting Student 1,247 5.23 1.14 −0.32 −0.18 0.91 0.92 0.65
Teacher 358 5.41 1.08 −0.28 −0.15 0.89 0.90 0.63
Learning motivation Student 1,247 4.76 1.33 −0.15 −0.42 0.88 0.89 0.62
Self-efficacy Student 1,247 4.93 1.19 −0.21 −0.35 0.86 0.87 0.61
Student behavior Student 1,247 4.89 1.26 −0.18 −0.29 0.89 0.90 0.64
Professional identity Teacher 358 5.28 1.02 −0.35 0.12 0.90 0.91 0.66
Teaching efficacy Teacher 358 5.15 1.07 −0.31 0.08 0.92 0.93 0.68
Teacher behavior Teacher 358 5.12 1.15 −0.24 −0.16 0.87 0.88 0.62
Org. support Student 1,247 4.68 1.28 −0.12 −0.45 0.93 0.94 0.67
Teacher 358 4.85 1.21 −0.19 −0.38 0.94 0.94 0.68
Variable 1 2 3 4 5
Part B: student sample correlations (N = 1,247)
1. Goal-setting
2. Learning motivation 0.48***
3. Self-efficacy 0.51*** 0.64***
4. Student behavior 0.58*** 0.71*** 0.66***
5. Org. support 0.42*** 0.38*** 0.35*** 0.41***
Part C: teacher sample correlations (N = 358)
1. Goal-setting
2. Professional identity 0.44***
3. Teaching efficacy 0.46*** 0.61***
4. Teacher behavior 0.52*** 0.67*** 0.69***
5. Org. support 0.43*** 0.45*** 0.48*** 0.48***

α = Cronbach’s alpha; CR = Composite Reliability; AVE = Average Variance Extracted. All skewness/kurtosis within ±2. ***p < 0.001. VIF<3.0 for all variables. Missing data handled via FIML.