Rakou, Ioulita (2024) Investigating the Role of Hyperfocus in the Relationship between Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Performance. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Hyperfocus encompasses a state of increased attention toward a task, including an increased sense of timelessness and decreased environmental awareness. So far, this phenomenon has predominantly been investigated within the scope of psychopathology, especially in ADHD research. Drawing on the principles of self-determination theory, the current study aims to examine the degree to which hyperfocus mediates the relationship between the intrinsic motivation of university students and their academic performance. We initially hypothesized that intrinsic motivation would positively predict academic performance, and hyperfocus. Additionally, we hypothesized that hyperfocus would positively predict academic performance. By means of a cross-sectional correlational study (N = 594), we found evidence that intrinsic motivation positively predicts academic achievement and hyperfocus. The study did not provide sufficient evidence to conclude that hyperfocus predicts academic performance, nor that hyperfocus mediates the intrinsic motivation-academic performance association. Identifying a link between intrinsic motivation and hyperfocus constitutes a novel discovery in the field of educational psychology, which introduces intrinsic motivation as a plausible antecedent of hyperfocus. Differing results on the mediating function of hyperfocus in the intrinsic motivation-academic performance relationship could be partially linked to varying definitions and operationalizations of the construct, which should be addressed in future research.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Garcia Pimenta, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2024 14:42 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2024 14:42 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3014 |
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