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The relationship between academic achievement motivation and academic performance among medical students
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2016
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Educational PsychologyEducationAcademic Motivation QuestionnaireStudent OutcomePsychologyStudent MotivationAcademic PerformanceAchievement GoalStudent SuccessMotivationEducational TestingEducational StatisticsEducational MeasurementMedical StudentsHigher EducationAcademic Achievement MotivationSecondary EducationEducational AssessmentMotivational LearningAchievement MotivationAcademic Achievement
Introduction: Academic achievement motivation is critical particularly among university students. With this motivation, individuals gain the essential momentum to successfully complete a task, achieve a goal or a certain degree of competence in their effort, so as to finally be able to acquire the required success in learning and academic achievement. Since making constructive changes requires descriptive information about the status quo and very few studies have been conducted in this area in Zahedan (Iran), it was decided to investigate the relationship between academic achievement motivation and academic performance among medical students. Methodology: This was across-sectional analytical study. The sample size was 200 students of medical sciences who selected randomly. Data were collected through a two-part questionnaire. The first part included demographic characteristics while the second part concerned about Harter’s academic motivation questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed through SPSS 19, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Chi Square test, Pearson correlation test. Findings: The results showed that the mean age of subjects was 22.74±2.22 and their GPA was 15.82±1.5. Moreover, 149 subjects were male and 51 were female, where academic performance was greater in women while academic achievement was greater in men. The relationships between academic performance and intrinsic motivation (P<0.001) and academic achievement motivation (P<0.001) were significant, whereas it was statistically insignificant with extrinsic motivation of individuals (P=0.068). Conclusions: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between academic achievement motivation and academic performance, indicating motivational factors play an important role in academic achievement. Since the progress of medical students is associated with public health, it is recommended that medical education managers and planners pay more attention to motivational factors. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.