Longitudinal effect of action orientation on willpower is mediated by sense-making

Self-regulation of the motivation to learn

“…According to the Ivannikov's theory of 'willpower' developed on the basis of activity theory, willpower is a form of self-regulation responsible for strengthening weakened motivational elements and restoring an impulse for action and corresponding operations (Ivannikov, 1985b. Ivannikov and colleagues' empirical works focused on studying the relation of willpower measured as general level of selfcontrol with meaningfulness (Ivannikov, Gusev, Barabanov, & Aidman, 2020), with sensemaking processes (Ivannikov, Barabanov, & Aidman, 2018), with the type of performed activity (Ivannikov & Monroz, 2016), and with the type of ethnic and cultural group (Ivannikov & Shlyapnikov, 2019). However, the concept of willpower has not been studied in relation to students' motivation in the educational domain.…”

“…We should note, however, that Ivannikov and colleagues did not analyse this assumption in their empirical studies, as they mainly studied the relationship between self-control and various factors, without specifying the different MRSs and investigating their relationship with the elements and associated problems of motivation (Ivannikov et. al., 2020;Ivannikov et. al., 2018;Ivannikov & Monroz, 2016;Ivannikov & Shlyapnikov, 2019).…”