TY - T1 - Mutual relationships between the levels of and changes in interest, self-efficacy, and perceived difficulty during task engagement SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/336115 T3 - A1 - Nuutila, Katariina; Tapola, Anna; Tuominen, Heta; Molnár, Gyöngyvér; Niemivirta, Markku A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - This study examined how students' interest, self-efficacy, and perceived difficulty change during a task, how those changes relate to each other, and how they predict performance. Sixth-graders (N = 1024) rated their interest, self-efficacy, and perceived difficulty repeatedly during a dynamic problem-solving task. Results from the estimated non-linear and piecewise latent growth curve models showed interest and self-efficacy to decrease, and perceived difficulty first to increase, and then to d... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Dynamic problem solving; Latent growth curve modeling; Perceived difficulty; Self-efficacy; Situational interest; 516 Educational sciences N1 - PP - ER -