Prediction of Academic Progress Motivation Based on Meaning in Life and Basic Psychological Needs in Female Students
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raheleh rostami
1
,
roghaye Shahani Shalamani
2
,
Masoumeh zhian Bagheri
3
1 - Master of Science in Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Research Center for Social Sciences Studies and Strategic Planning, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
Keywords: academic achievement motivation, meaning in life, basic psychological needs,
Abstract :
Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting the motivation of academic progress based on meaning in life and basic psychological needs in female students.
Methods: The research method in this study was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all female students of the Faculty of Psychology of Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch in the academic year of 1402. In the present study, 110 students were selected through convenience sampling and answered the questionnaires of motivation for Hermnes progress (1977), meaning in life (2006) and basic psychological needs (2000). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 26 software and Pearson's correlation coefficient statistical test and multivariate regression statistical test.
Results: The results obtained in this research showed that the motivation for academic progress has a significant positive relationship with meaning in life (existence of meaning, search for meaning) (0.002). Also, motivation for academic progress has a significant positive relationship with basic psychological needs only in the competence component (0.000) and no significant relationship with the motivation for academic progress was observed in the components of independence and communication.
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