标题：Motivational profiles and their relationships with basic psychological needs,academic performance,study strategies,self-esteem,and vitality in dental students in Chile
期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2018
卷号：15
期号：1
页码：1-6
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.11
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Purpose:To determine dental students’ motivational profiles through a person-centred approach and to analyse the associations with the satisfaction of their basic psychological needs,study strategies,academic performance,self-esteem,and vitality.Methods:A total of 924 students from the University of San Sebastian (Chile) participated in this cross-sectional cor¬relational study in spring 2016.Data were collected through 5 self-reported instruments,in addition to students’ academic performance.The Cronbach alpha,descriptive statistics,and correla¬tion scores were computed.A k-means cluster analysis with intrinsic and controlled motivation was conducted to identify different mo-tivational profiles.Subsequently,multivariate analysis of covariance controlling for the effects of gender and year of study was carried out to assess differences among the retained motivational profiles and learning variables.Results:All instruments showed acceptable Cronbach alpha scores.A 4-cluster solution was retained for the motivational profile over a 3- or 5-cluster solution.Students’ motiva-tional profiles were characterized by different degrees of intrinsic and controlled motivation.The high intrinsic moti_x0002_vation groups showed higher perceptions of their basic psychological,a greater propensity for a deep rather than surface study strategy,better academic performance,and higher scores for self-esteem and vitality than the low intrinsic motivation groups,regardless of the degree of controlled motivation.Conclusion:Students with a high intrinsic motivation profile,regardless of their controlled motiva?tion scores,reported better learning characteristics.Therefore,special attention should be paid to students’ motivational profiles,as the quality of motivation might serve as a basis for interventions to support their academic success and well-being.
关键词：Purpose:To determine dental students’ motivational profiles through a person-centred approach and to analyse the associations with the satisfaction of their basic psychological needs,study strategies,academic performance,self-esteem,and vitality.Methods:A total of 924 students from the University of San Sebastian (Chile) participated in this cross-sectional cor¬relational study in spring 2016.Data were collected through 5 self-reported instruments,in addition to students’ academic performance.The Cronbach alpha,descriptive statistics,and correla¬tion scores were computed.A k-means cluster analysis with intrinsic and controlled motivation was conducted to identify different mo-tivational profiles.Subsequently,multivariate analysis of covariance controlling for the effects of gender and year of study was carried out to assess differences among the retained motivational profiles and learning variables.Results:All instruments showed acceptable Cronbach alpha scores.A 4-cluster solution was retained for the motivational profile over a 3- or 5-cluster solution.Students’ motiva-tional profiles were characterized by different degrees of intrinsic and controlled motivation.The high intrinsic moti_x0002_vation groups showed higher perceptions of their basic psychological,a greater propensity for a deep rather than surface study strategy,better academic performance,and higher scores for self-esteem and vitality than the low intrinsic motivation groups,regardless of the degree of controlled motivation.Conclusion:Students with a high intrinsic motivation profile,regardless of their controlled motiva?tion scores,reported better learning characteristics.Therefore,special attention should be paid to students’ motivational profiles,as the quality of motivation might serve as a basis for interventions to support their academic success and well-being.
