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School motivation, goal orientation and academic performance in secondary education students

BACKGROUND: In the students' school stage can appear many psychological variables that can positively or negatively affect the academic life of the students as well as their learning process. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the relation between school motivation, goal orientation a...

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Autores principales: Usán, Pablo, Salavera, Carlos, Teruel, Pilar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6757190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572033
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S215641
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description BACKGROUND: In the students' school stage can appear many psychological variables that can positively or negatively affect the academic life of the students as well as their learning process. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the relation between school motivation, goal orientation and academic performance in adolescent students. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on adolescent students (N=3512) from 18 public Secondary Education (ESO) centers. The Scale of School Motivation (EME-S), the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ) and academic performance, quantified by each student’s mean mark, were instruments used. RESULTS: The results revealed significant relations among, on the one hand, intrinsic school motivations, task-oriented goal orientations and academic performance in a more adaptive pattern behavior and, on the other hand, relations between extrinsic motivations and ego-oriented goal orientations. The influence of intrinsic motivations, task-oriented goal orientations and low amotivation indices on predicting academic performance was deduced. CONCLUSION: The importance of promoting adaptive behaviors that improve adolescent students’ academic lives focus on adequate levels of school motivation and task-oriented goal orientations at their education centers was revealed.
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spelling pubmed-67571902019-09-30 School motivation, goal orientation and academic performance in secondary education students Usán, Pablo Salavera, Carlos Teruel, Pilar Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research BACKGROUND: In the students' school stage can appear many psychological variables that can positively or negatively affect the academic life of the students as well as their learning process. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the relation between school motivation, goal orientation and academic performance in adolescent students. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on adolescent students (N=3512) from 18 public Secondary Education (ESO) centers. The Scale of School Motivation (EME-S), the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ) and academic performance, quantified by each student’s mean mark, were instruments used. RESULTS: The results revealed significant relations among, on the one hand, intrinsic school motivations, task-oriented goal orientations and academic performance in a more adaptive pattern behavior and, on the other hand, relations between extrinsic motivations and ego-oriented goal orientations. The influence of intrinsic motivations, task-oriented goal orientations and low amotivation indices on predicting academic performance was deduced. CONCLUSION: The importance of promoting adaptive behaviors that improve adolescent students’ academic lives focus on adequate levels of school motivation and task-oriented goal orientations at their education centers was revealed. Dove 2019-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6757190/ /pubmed/31572033 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S215641 Text en © 2019 Usán et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6757190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572033
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S215641
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