Title
Mediating relationships between academic motivation, academic integration and academic performance
Abbreviated Journal Title
Learn. Individ. Differ.
Keywords
Academic motivation; Academic integration; Academic performance; Bootstrap mediation; First-year college students; COLLEGE-STUDENTS; VALIDITY EVIDENCE; SELF-EFFICACY; SCALE; EDUCATION; MODEL; ACHIEVEMENT; PERSISTENCE; METAANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; Psychology, Educational
Abstract
Using 81 first-year college students, researchers examined the indirect effects of seven types of academic motivation on academic performance when mediated by academic integration. When accounting for all other types of academic motivation in the statistical model, academic integration only mediated the relationship between intrinsic motivation to accomplish things and first-year grade point average (GPA). Therefore, students who attend college to gain a sense of accomplishment believe that college helps them develop intellectually and they perform well academically. However, when each motivation type was considered independently of the others, intrinsic motivation to know was also indirectly related to GPA, suggesting that students who enjoy learning are likely to perceive the intellectual benefits of college as well. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Learning and Individual Differences
Volume
33
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
30
Last Page
38
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1041-6080
Recommended Citation
"Mediating relationships between academic motivation, academic integration and academic performance" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 5189.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/5189
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