Relationship Between School Music Context and Music Career Choice Among Chinese Adolescents: A Framework Based on a Context–Process–Outcomes Model

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Figure 1 Hypothesis model of context–process–outcomes related to music career choice.

Table 1 Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations

	Choice	Interest	Value	Activities	Classroom	Broadcasting	Teachers	Gender	Age	SES
Choice	1
Interest	0.001	1
Value	0.014*	0.508***	1
Activities	0.056***	−0.002	0.011	1
Classroom	0.015*	−0.005	0.009	0.188***	1
Broadcasting	−0.018**	0.002	0.006	0.232***	0.141***	1
Teachers	0.076***	0.003	0.005	0.216***	0.063***	0.067***	1
Gender	−0.005	0.000	0.000	−0.003	−0.010	−0.004	−0.009	1
Age	−0.042***	0.001	−0.004	−0.042***	−0.033***	−0.007	−0.033***	0.000	1
SES	0.003	0.023***	−0.001	−0.005	0.005	−0.002	−0.007	0.000	0.008	1
M	0.304	5.330	0.891	1.840	0.890	0.700	0.520	–	14.490	4.139
SD	0.533	45.267	23.101	1.019	0.311	0.459	0.500	–	0.583	32.034

Note: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: Choice, music career choice; Interest, music interest; Value, music value; Activities, school musical activities; Classroom, school musical classroom; Broadcasting, school musical broadcasting; Teachers, school music teachers; SES, socioeconomic status; M, means; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Mediation Model Between Music Context and Music Career Choice Through Music Interest and Music Value

Predictors	Music Interest			Music Value			Music Career Choice
	β	SE	p	β	SE	p	β	SE	p
Gender	−0.016	0.010	0.122	0.004	0.002	0.059
Age	0.008	0.009	0.379	−0.008***	0.002	< 0.001
SES	−0.012	0.006	0.051	−0.008***	0.001	< 0.001
Activities	0.065***	0.005	< 0.001	0.029***	0.001	< 0.001	0.029***	0.003	< 0.001
Classroom	0.183***	0.017	< 0.001	0.028***	0.003	< 0.001	0.026*	0.010	0.010
Broadcasting	0.081***	0.012	< 0.001	0.001	0.002	0.558	−0.021**	0.007	0.003
Teachers	0.241***	0.011	< 0.001	0.039***	0.002	< 0.001	0.082***	0.006	< 0.001
Music interest							0.091***	0.004	< 0.001
Music value							0.397***	0.020	< 0.001
R^2	0.041	0.002	< 0.001	0.067	0.003	< 0.001	0.052	0.003	< 0.001

Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.

Figure 2 Model of the mediating roles of music interest and music value in the relationship between school context and music career choice.

Notes: The direct path and the relationships between control variables (ie, gender, age, SES) are not depicted due to lack of conciseness. The orange dashed line indicates that the predictive effect is not significant. ***p < 0.001.