Associations Among Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Anxiety in Primary School Writing

436 primary school students in Mardin, Turkey, participated in a survey for this mixed-methods study. The dataset includes quantitative survey results and qualitative teacher interview analyses, authored by Kayhan Bozgün and last updated in June 2026. It investigates the mediating role of anxiety between writing motivation and self-efficacy.

Use Cases

• Conducting mediation analysis on the relationship between writing motivation, anxiety, and self-efficacy based on the described survey data.
• Triangulating quantitative student survey findings with qualitative teacher interview statements mentioned in the description.
• Studying the impact of topic interest on writing motivation (WMO) in primary school students, as highlighted in the conclusion.

Strengths

• Includes data from 436 primary school participants, providing a substantive sample size.
• Employs a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative survey data and qualitative teacher interviews.
• Clear research aim and methodology described in the background and methods sections.

Limitations

• The core data file is a 667.3 KB DOCX document, which is a small and unstructured format for quantitative analysis.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, making field semantics and structure unclear.
• Data is from a single city (Mardin, Turkey), which may limit geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kayhan Bozgün.

Collection Method

Quantitative survey of 436 students and qualitative interviews with classroom teachers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:40:36.

Geography

Mardin, Turkey.