Assessing motivational styles of students in the south-east Asian context of Singapore |
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Authors: | Caroline Koh David Galloway |
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Institution: | (1) Psychological Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 637616 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore;(2) University of Durham, UK |
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Abstract: | High levels of academic achievement in Asian educational systems have generated interest in the study of motivational patterns
of students in these contexts. The objectives of this paper are firstly, to provide a review of existing literature on the
study of motivational styles amongst students and secondly, to identify the occurrence of different motivational styles amongst
students in Singapore,. The method of identifying different motivational styles was adapted from a procedure first developed
by Craske (1988). The findings of this study indicate that although the distribution of motivational styles amongst the Singaporean
students was consistent with that as obtained by Craske, there was a higher tendency for maladaptive motivation amongst the
males than the females. In contrast, Craske found no gender differentiation, though earlier researchers had found that maladaptive
motivation was more common among the females. |
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Keywords: | Motivational styles attribution theory mastery orientation maladaptive motivation self-worth motive learned-helplessness |
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