Relationship between cognitive function and prevalence of decrease in intrinsic academic motivation in adolescents

Table 2 Correlations between cognitive function score and grade or intrinsic academic motivation score

		Intrinsic academic motivation score
Cognitive function score	Grade [4th - 9th (n = 267)]	Elementary school [4th - 6th (n = 134)]	Junior high school [7th - 9th (n = 133)]
List learning test, score	.240**	.107	.209^†
List recall test, score	253**	.086	.186^†
Digit span forward test, score	.370**	.159	.262^††
Symbol digit modalities test, score	.544**	.255^††	.098
Semantic fluency test, score	.433**	.197^†	.152
Figure copying test, score	.126*	.070	.152
Kana pick-out test
Kana pick-out number	.555**	.117	.036
Kana omission number	-.044	-.014	-.040
Kana pick-out score	.529**	.102	.051
Score for story comprehension	.264**	.074	.264^††
Modified advanced trail making test
RT on task A, s	-.525**	-.102	-.112
RT on task B, s	-.501**	-.224^†	-.095
RT on task C, s	-.476**	-.225^†	-.107
RT on task D, s	-.419**	-.269^††	-.135
RT on task E, s	-.461**	-.235^††	-.144

RT, reaction time. Values are presented as Spearman's rank or Pearson's correlation coefficients. * p < .05, **p < .01, significant correlation (Spearman's rank correlation test); ^†p < .05, ^††p < .01, significant correlation (Pearson's correlation test).

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