Research Article

Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education

Volume: 10 Number: 2 April 30, 2025
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Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between the individual instrument practice habits of students receiving vocational music training and their motivation toward instrumental lessons, as well as their self-efficacy beliefs regarding instrumental performance. In this study, a multifactor predictive correlational research model was employed to test direct and indirect relationships within the framework of quantitative research. The data used in this study were obtained from 255 students receiving professional music education at three different faculties of a university, following a purposive sampling approach. During the data collection process, the Individual Instrument Practice Habits Scale, the Individual Instrument Lesson Motivation Scale, and the Instrument Performance Self-Efficacy Belief Scale were utilized in a single session to collect data. The results show that, all three variables were positively related to each other, but the relationship between instrument practice habits and instrument lesson motivation was the strongest. This means that individual’s instrument practice habits play a significant role in determining motivation toward their instrument lesson. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed the effects of students’ instrument practice habits on their instrument lesson motivations and instrument performance self-efficacy beliefs. Our model predicted that instrument practice habits directly influence both motivation and self-efficacy beliefs and that motivation has a direct effect on self-efficacy beliefs. In this case, instrument practice habits may have an indirect effect on self-efficacy beliefs.

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Ethical Statement

This study was conducted in full compliance with all the regulations outlined in the “Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive”. None of the violations specified under the section “Violations of Scientific Research and Publication Ethics” in the directive were committed. The data collection procedure of the study was approved in terms of ethical principles by the Fine Arts Unit Ethics Committee, affiliated with the Atatürk University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee, with the decision dated 18/03/2020 and numbered 1.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Music Education, Music Performance

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 27, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 27, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 10 Number: 2

APA
Şen, Ü. S., Akçay, Ş. Ö., & Şen, Y. (2025). Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education. Online Journal of Music Sciences, 10(2), 291-303. https://doi.org/10.31811/ojomus.1648128
AMA
1.Şen ÜS, Akçay ŞÖ, Şen Y. Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education. ojomus. 2025;10(2):291-303. doi:10.31811/ojomus.1648128
Chicago
Şen, Ülkü Sevim, Şevki Özer Akçay, and Yavuz Şen. 2025. “Examining the Relationship Between Instrument Practice Habits, Motivation towards Instrument Lessons, and Instrument Performance Self-Efficacy in Music Education”. Online Journal of Music Sciences 10 (2): 291-303. https://doi.org/10.31811/ojomus.1648128.
EndNote
Şen ÜS, Akçay ŞÖ, Şen Y (April 1, 2025) Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education. Online Journal of Music Sciences 10 2 291–303.
IEEE
[1]Ü. S. Şen, Ş. Ö. Akçay, and Y. Şen, “Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education”, ojomus, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 291–303, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.31811/ojomus.1648128.
ISNAD
Şen, Ülkü Sevim - Akçay, Şevki Özer - Şen, Yavuz. “Examining the Relationship Between Instrument Practice Habits, Motivation towards Instrument Lessons, and Instrument Performance Self-Efficacy in Music Education”. Online Journal of Music Sciences 10/2 (April 1, 2025): 291-303. https://doi.org/10.31811/ojomus.1648128.
JAMA
1.Şen ÜS, Akçay ŞÖ, Şen Y. Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education. ojomus. 2025;10:291–303.
MLA
Şen, Ülkü Sevim, et al. “Examining the Relationship Between Instrument Practice Habits, Motivation towards Instrument Lessons, and Instrument Performance Self-Efficacy in Music Education”. Online Journal of Music Sciences, vol. 10, no. 2, Apr. 2025, pp. 291-03, doi:10.31811/ojomus.1648128.
Vancouver
1.Ülkü Sevim Şen, Şevki Özer Akçay, Yavuz Şen. Examining the relationship between instrument practice habits, motivation towards instrument lessons, and instrument performance self-efficacy in music education. ojomus. 2025 Apr. 1;10(2):291-303. doi:10.31811/ojomus.1648128