Affiliation:
1. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Education in Sombor, Serbia
Abstract
This paper focuses on the relationship between the factors of self-regulation
and academic motivation in adults who are in the education system. A number
of 1711 respondents from four Eastern European countries participated in the
research: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Serbia. Self-regulation and
academic motivation have long been recognized as factors in successful
learning; however there is relatively little research on these concepts in
adults. Two instruments were used in the research: Academic Motivation Scale
(AMS-28) and the Self- Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-27), which were
translated from English into four languages. The survey was conducted in
electronic format during the first three months of 2022. The results show
that the three factors of self-regulation: self-control, decision-making and
goal orientation are in positive correlation. Significant positive
relationships were established between the dimensions of academic
motivation, where the factor of a-motivation is negatively related to the
factors of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. All three researched factors
of self-regulation are related to different aspects of internal and external
motivation, as well as a-motivation. The research confirmed that the
instruments used can be significant tools for researching self-regulation
and academic motivation, as important determinants of readiness to learn in
adults.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
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