Testing the CONIC Model: How Conscientiousness and Interest Predict Academic Effort in the Learning Lab (Poster 13): Division C - Section 2a: Cognitive and Motivational Processes, 3:17 PM

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Abstract

The Conscientiousness × Interest Compensation (CONIC, Trautwein et al., 2019) model specifies the individual and compensatory effects of conscientiousness and individual interest on academic effort. However, the assumed pathways have not yet been tested in experimental studies. We aimed to examine the CONIC model in the learning lab where conscientious or interest-based learning could be experimentally stimulated. One-hundred and twenty German university students (83.3% female, Mage = 22.60 years, SD = 3.66) were randomly assigned to two experimental groups to promote either conscientious or interest-based learning, and one control group. Group differences were examined using multigroup structural equation modeling. Results provide support for the CONIC model and particularly highlight the compensatory effects of conscientiousness and interest at the model’s heart.

Authors

• Laura Fink, University of Passau

• Detlef Urhahne, University of Passau