Table 5

Descriptive statistics of motivational regulation in the experimental group according to sex and grade.

	Sample total (N = 80)		Boys (N = 33)		Girls (N = 47)		2º		3º		4º		6º
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
IM	4.21	0.83	4.33	0.76	4.12	0.88	4.59^a	0.58	4.43^a	0.36	3.97^ab	0.87	3.52^b	1.18
IdR	3.38	1.18	3.56	1.04	3.26	1.26	4.23^a	0.65	3.40^b	0.96	2.63^b	1.33	2.91^b	1.20
IR	2.72	1.06	3.00	0.98	2.52	1.07	3.61^a	0.83	2.57^b	0.62	1.94^b	1.04	2.47^b	1.08
ER	2.89	1.16	2.95	1.07	2.85	1.22	3.49^a	1.04	2.82^a	0.67	1.60^b	0.84	3.57^a	1.06
D	2.39	1.17	2.58	1.02	2.26	1.25	2.99^a	1.14	2.12^b	0.71	1.31^c	0.61	3.15^a	1.27
Unequal superscripts in the same row indicate significant differences between groups at the p < .05 level. Note: IM = Intrinsic motivation; IdR = Identified regulation; IR = Introjected regulation; ER = External regulation; D = Demotivation.