Reinwand, Luca Daniel (2024) Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation as predictors of academic performance among university students with flow as a mediator. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
|
Text
reinwand_l.d_thesis.pdf Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
This study aimed to expand the current understanding of the interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, flow, and academic performance using linear regression and mediation analysis. We explored the direction of the associations between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on academic performance and flow. Additionally, we explored a possible mediating role of flow between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and academic performance. Our study looked at the results of 554 undergraduate psychology students who filled out a self-report questionnaire measuring academic motivation and flow experiences during their academic activities. To measure academic performance, we accessed their grades and calculated their GPA. We found significantly higher academic performance of intrinsically motivated students and students who experience more flow states. Students who were higher intrinsically motivated showed more flow experiences. Extrinsically motivated students did not show higher academic performance and flow experiences. We found that flow experiences partially explain the effect of intrinsic motivation on academic performance, but not for extrinsic motivation. Our results contribute to the literature by demonstrating flow experiences as a partial mediator and an important part of the predictiveness of the relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic performance. We cannot confirm extrinsic motivation as a significant predictor for both academic performance and flow states, which questions extrinsic motivation's relevancy in the context of academic performance and flow. Keywords: motivation, flow, academic performance, mediation
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Garcia Pimenta, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2024 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2024 09:21 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3303 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |