Academic Motivation of Indonesian University Students: Relationship with Self-Compassion and Resilience
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Indonesian Universities’ Growth and Changes
1.2. Academic Motivation, Self-Compassion and Resilience
1.3. Study Aims
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Ethical Approval
2.3. Materials
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Correlations among Academic Motivation, Self-Compassion and Resilience (Aim 1)
3.2. Predicting Academic Motivation (Aim 2)
3.3. Moderation of Extrinsic-Intrinsic Motivation Pathway (Aim 3)
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | α | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
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1 | Gender (1 = M, 2 = F) | M(25), F(128), Unreported(3) | - | ||||||||
2 | Age | 19.07 | 0.98 | −0.12 | - | ||||||
3 | Intrinsic Motivation | 4.66 | 1.11 | 0.91 | −0.02 | −0.04 | - | ||||
4 | Extrinsic Motivation | 5.10 | 1.25 | 0.92 | 0.004 | −0.004 | 0.84 ** | - | |||
5 | Amotivation | 2.88 | 1.40 | 0.77 | 0.02 | −0.10 | 0.05 | −0.11 | - | ||
6 | Self-Compassion | 3.32 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.01 | −0.10 | −0.24 ** | - | |
7 | Resilience | 3.08 | 0.39 | 0.53 | −0.004 | −0.17 * | 0.20 * | 0.13 | −0.24 ** | 0.39 ** | - |
Outcome: Intrinsic Motivation | |||||
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B | SEB | β | 95%CI (L, U) | ||
Self-Compassion | −0.18 | 0.19 | −0.08 | −0.56 | 0.20 |
Resilience | 0.65 ** | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 1.13 |
Δ Adj. R2 | 0.03 | ||||
Outcome: Extrinsic Motivation | |||||
B | SEB | β | 95%CI (L, U) | ||
Self-Compassion | −0.44 * | 0.22 | −0.18 | −0.87 | −0.02 |
Resilience | 0.63 * | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 1.17 |
Δ Adj. R2 | 0.04 | ||||
Outcome: Amotivation | |||||
B | SEB | β | 95%CI (L, U) | ||
Self-Compassion | −0.49 * | 0.24 | −0.17 | −0.96 | −0.02 |
Resilience | −0.63 * | 0.30 | −0.18 | −1.23 | −0.04 |
Δ Adj. R2 | 0.07 |
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Kotera, Y.; Aledeh, M.; Barnes, K.; Rushforth, A.; Adam, H.; Riswani, R. Academic Motivation of Indonesian University Students: Relationship with Self-Compassion and Resilience. Healthcare 2022, 10, 2092. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102092
Kotera Y, Aledeh M, Barnes K, Rushforth A, Adam H, Riswani R. Academic Motivation of Indonesian University Students: Relationship with Self-Compassion and Resilience. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):2092. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102092
Chicago/Turabian StyleKotera, Yasuhiro, Muhammad Aledeh, Kristian Barnes, Annabel Rushforth, Habib Adam, and Riswani Riswani. 2022. "Academic Motivation of Indonesian University Students: Relationship with Self-Compassion and Resilience" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 2092. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102092