A study on Motivation for Achievement as an incentive of Career Progress in Psychology Students

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the present study is the motivation for achievement of the first-year students regarding their motivation degree, performance and achievement.

Method: The mixed method aims to describe the relation between students’ motivation, academic achievement and success. As correlative research as it aims to assess the relationship between several study variables as motivation and demographic factors and motivation and academic achievement. The statistical analysis can identify relationships between variables whose exploration can reveal if the relationship between them is causal or not.

Results: Results reveals there is no significant correlation between social satisfaction factor and academic performance (r= .073; p> .05) and no significant correlation between social pressure factor and academic performance (r=.291; p> .05). There is a positive  correlation between external motivation and performance academic (r= .594; p> .05), there is no significant correlation between the missing alternatives factor and academic performance (r=.065; p> .05), there is no significant correlation between the qualifications & career factor and academic performance (r= 179; p> .05) and there is no significant correlation between social satisfaction factor and academic performance (r=.073; p> .05). ANOVA indices of mean differences confirm the study findings.

Conclusions: The process of European association  has led to a paradigm shift that leads on the one hand to new methods of training research (Baelo& Arias, 2011), being also necessary, a profound change in the culture of the organization, and also recommended the incorporation of self-regulated learning programs within the university studies of Health Sciences degree.