Whitney, Lavinia (2024) Examining Student Engagement as a Mediator Between Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Performance. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
As undergraduate graduation rates continue to remain low in the Netherlands, the need to deepen our understanding of what predicts academic success beyond the Grade Point Average (GPA) has become apparent. Rather than relying solely on GPA as an admissions criterion, researchers have highlighted the potential in investigating the predictive power of psychosocial factors, such as intrinsic motivation and engagement to predict academic success. Previous research has already identified that intrinsic motivation is positively associated with academic performance, but whether engagement mediates this relationship still remains unanswered. This paper aims to examine whether and how student engagement acts as a mediator in the relationship between academic intrinsic motivation and academic performance. We postulate that academic intrinsic motivation is positively related to student engagement, which in turn is positively related to academic performance, thus mediating this relationship. We investigate this relationship by utilising a convenience sample of Dutch Psychology students and cross-sectional survey design. Our sample consists of 653 participants, of whom around 70% were of Dutch or German nationality. Our findings do not support our mediation model, and in doing so indicate the possibility of further variables moderating the relationship between academic intrinsic motivation and academic performance. Specifically, our findings suggest that student engagement does not mediate the relationship between academic intrinsic motivation and academic performance. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings for promoting academic success. Keywords: academic intrinsic motivation, academic performance, student engagement
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Garcia Pimenta, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2024 12:00 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2024 12:00 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4041 |
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