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ArticleThe British journal of educational psychology2026

The formation of self-concept and intrinsic value in arts-related domains: Extending the generalized internal/external frame of reference model to music and visual arts.

A Katrin Arens, Daniel Fiedler, Johannes Hasselhorn, Jens Möller

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A Katrin ArensDepartment on Research on Education and Human Development and IDeA Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk, DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-4199
Daniel FiedlerChair of Music Education Research, Department of Didactics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
Johannes HasselhornChair of Music Education Research, Department of Didactics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
Jens MöllerInstitute of Psychology of Learning and Instruction, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.

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Abstract

backgroundThe internal/external frame of reference (I/E) model explains the formation of domain-specific academic self-concepts. The generalized I/E (GI/E) model extends the I/E model to other motivational constructs, such as intrinsic value, and to various school subjects. When extending the I/E model to various school subjects, the domains of music and visual arts have seldom been examined.

aimsThis study examined a GI/E model that included achievements, self-concepts and intrinsic values in eight school subjects, including music and visual arts. SAMPLE: We used a sample of N = 442 German secondary school students.

methodsThe analyses were built upon structural equation modelling.

resultsThe findings demonstrated negative achievement-self-concept and achievement-intrinsic value relations between math-like and verbal-like domains, indicating contrast effects. In addition, the findings demonstrated positive achievement-self-concept and achievement-intrinsic value relations among math-like domains, indicating assimilation effects. The findings further indicated negative relations between physics achievement and music self-concept, implying a contrast effect. In addition, the findings showed a positive relation between music achievement and English self-concept and between visual arts achievement and German intrinsic value, implying assimilation effects. Academic self-concept was found to fully mediate the relation between achievement and intrinsic value within the same domains and across different domains in most cases. The findings were shown to be invariant across gender groups.

conclusionThe present study adds to the broad field of research on the I/E and GI/E models by considering the two neglected domains of music and visual arts.

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Academic SuccessModels, PsychologicalMusicSelf ConceptStudentsAdolescentFemaleGermanyHumansMaleacademic achievementacademic self‐conceptI/E modelintrinsic valuemusicvisual arts

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