The Effect of Value Orientation of MZ Generation College Students on their Attitude to Participate in Popular Music Education: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Educational Goal Consistency

Key Points

• The study aims to analyze how the value orientation of MZ generation college students affects their attitudes towards participating in popular music education, particularly focusing on the mediating effect of educational goal consistency.
• Analyzed the relationship between functional, social, and artistic value orientations and participation attitudes using structural equation modeling.
• Identified cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors of participation attitudes.
• Included educational goal consistency as a mediating variable.
• Functional and social value orientations positively influenced all three participation attitude factors.
• Artistic value orientation significantly affected emotional and behavioral participation, but not cognitive participation.
• Educational goal consistency was found to partially mediate the relationship between value orientation and participation attitudes.