Comparing College Students’ Motivation Trajectories Before and During Covid-19
A Self-Determination Theory Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22167771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Henderlong Corpus (0000-0001-7462-4447, Reed College, corresponding author), Kristy A Robinson (0000-0003-1949-8091, McGill University), Zhaoying Liu (0000-0001-6991-0123, Reed College) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2504-284X • E-ISSN: 2504-284X |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/feduc.2022.848643 |
| OpenAlex | W4221102669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
College students’ retrospective reports commonly indicate motivational declines associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Self-Determination Theory, the present study provided a more nuanced examination of the pandemic’s motivational effect by measuring actual change in six distinct types of motivation. We compared motivation trajectories from the first to the fourth year of college for two cohorts of students, with the fourth-year measurement taken prior to the pandemic in one cohort ( n = 206) but during the pandemic in the other ( n = 270). Compared to the pre-pandemic cohort, the COVID cohort showed sharper declines in identified and intrinsic motivation but no differences in controlled motivation or amotivation. Motivational declines associated with the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be both real and specific to autonomous motives
Amotivation · Cohort · Cohort study · Intrinsic motivation · Pandemic · Political science · Self-determination theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology · Internal Medicine
Unmasking the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of college students
Comparing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in bilingual children and their monolingual peers
The effect of clarity on learning
Motivational profiles in University students
The Effect of Perceived Parental Academic Involvement on Achievement
A short-term longitudinal study investigating the role of basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation in explaining students' achievement and dropout from teacher education
Are effects of academic stress on students' learning motivation and screen device usage consistent in different stressful scenarios
Parents and teachers’ compensatory strategies during Covid-19 school closures
Evaluating the Dimensionality of Self-Determination Theory’s Relative Autonomy Continuum
A Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Intervention Programs Designed to Support Autonomy
A self-determination theory approach to predicting school achievement over time
Latent Variable Modeling of Differences and Changes with Longitudinal Data
Motivational profiles from a self-determination perspective
The effectiveness and relative importance of choice in the classroom.
Identified versus introjected approach and introjected avoidance motivations in school and in sports
A classroom-based intervention to help teachers decrease students’ amotivation
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective
The psychological impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on college students in China
Student Motivation and Associated Outcomes
The Academic Motivation Scale
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being
Covid-19 disruption on college students
Remaining motivated despite the limitations
On the association between adolescent autonomy and psychosocial functioning
Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program
| Citations per year | 2.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |