Latent Transition Analysis of Self-regulated Learning during the Transition from Middle to High School Grade Levels and Influential Factors

The purpose of this study is to examine the transition patterns of self-regulated learning (SRL) profiles among adolescents transitioning from middle school to high school and to identify the factors influencing this transition. To achieve this, latent transition analysis and random forest analysis were conducted on a total of 5,720 participants who participated in the 5th (8th grade) and 7th year (11th grade) surveys of the "Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2013". The main findings are as follows: First, SRL profiles during middle and high school were classified into three levels based on quantitative differences in the subdomains of SRL: high-level SRL, medium-level SRL, and low-level SRL. Second, the latent profiles of SRL showed generally stable transition patterns according to the transition from middle to high school, with the transition from