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. 2018 Nov 30;9:2334. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02334

Table 1.

Autonomy-oriented support, content-oriented support, and effort items.

Scales Items Mean (SD)
α (CI)
Time 1 Time 2 Time 1 Time 2
Autonomy-oriented supporta My parents encourage me to ask questions about math homework assignments. 2.67 (0.72) 2.63 (0.68) 0.90 (0.88–0.91) 0.90 (0.89–0.92)
My parents listen to my ideas about math homework assignments.
My parents listen to how I would like to do math homework assignments.
My parents convey confidence in my ability to do with math homework assignments.
Content-oriented supporta My parents often ask how they can help me with my math homework. 2.46 (0.67) 2.42 (0.66) 0.86 (0.83–0.88) 0.87 (0.85–0.90)
My parents help me with math if I ask them.
My parents always help me if I get stuck with my math homework.
I can always ask my parents if I don’t understand something in math.
Efforta I have recently been doing my math homework to the best of my ability. 3.20 (0.61) 3.09 (0.58) 0.78 (0.73–0.82) 0.80 (0.76–0.84)
I do my best on my math homework.
I always try to finish my math homework.

aRating: 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Agree, 4 = Strongly agree.