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Students' motivational orientations and their study well-being across different disciplines




AuthorsLaitinen, Satu; Laakkonen, Eero; Tuominen, Tiina; Kaukiainen, Ari

PublisherElsevier BV

Publication year2025

JournalLearning and Individual Differences

Journal name in sourceLearning and Individual Differences

Article number102674

Volume120

ISSN1041-6080

eISSN1873-3425

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102674

Web address https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102674

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/485120980


Abstract

The study aimed to analyze motivational orientation among 1st to 5th year students from different disciplines. Students were clustered according to motivation scores, and the relationships between the disciplines and the students' perceptions of their study well-being were examined. The study was conducted with two cohorts from a sample of 2347 students. Students completed a questionnaire exploring motivational orientation and study well-being, including engagement, burnout, and self-compassion. The latent profile approach facilitated examination of motivational orientation profiles and the extent to which perceived study well-being was related to motivational group identification. From the results, the students were classified into three motivation groups: mastery-oriented, moderation-oriented, and avoidance-oriented. The seven faculties showed significant differences relative to the motivational profile groups. Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed differences between motivation group variables and study well-being factors.


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Funding information in the publication
The project to develop Learning Ability-Wellbeing-Participation in higher education (grant number OKM/180/523/2016) on which this article is based was partially funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland.


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