Joostens, Remko (2024) Disentangling the Relationship Between Purpose in Life, Academic Self-concordance, and Self-reflection on Academic Satisfaction: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study attempts to disentangle the relationship between purpose in life and academic satisfaction in first-year’s university students. Specifically, it was proposed that the ability to set academically self-concordant goals, would mediate the relationship between purpose in life and academic satisfaction, so that with more purpose in life there would be more academic self-concordance leading to more academic satisfaction amongst students. Further, this paper hypothesized that the student’s ability to self-reflect would moderate the relationship between purpose in life and academic self-concordance, such that the mediation pathway would be stronger for those students higher in self-reflection. An online survey was carried using a convenience sample of 184 university students who completed measures of purpose in life, academic self-concordance, academic satisfaction and self-reflection. A bootstrap analysis using PROCESS (Hayes, 2022) found no support for the hypothesized moderated mediation model. However, significant effects were found for follow-up mediation analysis where purpose in life and self-reflection each independently enhance academic satisfaction through academic self-concordant goal setting. Findings add to the current knowledge by further explaining the role self-concordance plays in the academic setting to promote academic satisfaction amongst university students. The findings highlight the importance of targeting students with a low sense purpose in life and self-reflection by implementing extracurricular activities focusing on enhancing the awareness of the student’s purpose in life and increasing student’s self-reflection.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Dalley, S.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2024 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 10:57 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3983 |
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