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Academic Amotivation and Intention to School Dropout: The Mediation Role of Academic Achievement and Absenteeism

open access: yesAsia Pacific Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of the current study is to examine the mediation role of academic achievement and absenteeism in the relationship between multidimensional amotivation and intention to school dropout among Turkish high school students.
Murat Balkis
exaly   +2 more sources

Cognitive effort and amotivation in first-episode psychosis.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2020
Impaired cognition and amotivation are considered core features of psychotic disorders. Amotivation may manifest as reduced willingness to expend effort on cognitive tasks. It remains unclear whether reduced effort is responsible for any of the observed cognitive deficits in these patients, as we do not generally assess continuous effort during testing.
Rebecca G. Fortgang   +2 more
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Development and Validation of the Academic Amotivation Scale

The Korean Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
본 연구는 학습무동기 척도를 개발하고 타당화하는데 그 목적이 있었다. 척도 개발을 위해 유기적 통합이론, 학습된 무기력, 기대-가치 이론을 토대로 하여 학습무동기의 잠재적 구성요인을 도출하였다. 중학생 210명을 대상으로 개방형 설문을 실시하여 측정문항을 개발하였다. 다음으로 중학생 200명을 대상으로 실시한 예비 검사를 통해 문항을 정교하게 수정하였다. 이를 통해 내재적 가치결여, 외재적 가치결여, 상대적 비용, 능력신념결여, 노력신념결여, 사회적 압력의 6요인 18문항을 최종 학습무동기 척도로 확정하였다. 697명의 중․고등학생을 대상으로 학습무동기 척도의 타당도를 검증하였다. 먼저 구인타당도 검증을 위해 탐색적 및 확인적
Changhyun Lee, Eunju Lee
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Amotivation and workplace deviance: study shows impact of career expectations and job crafting on dysfunctional elements of amotivation

Human Resource Management International Digest, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design: This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
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Amotivational Syndrome in Chronic Schizophrenics

Neuropsychobiology, 2008
An attempt is made to provide a description and a biological foundation of the amotivational syndrome as a part of the schizophrenic impairment. The role of a reward system, brain stem arousal, and cortical facilitation is discussed as a neurophysiological support for self and species preservation functions, goal directed behavior and performances ...
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Varying Levels of Marijuana Use by Adolescents and the Amotivational Syndrome

Psychological Reports, 1981
The amotivational syndrome hypothesis states that marijuana use decreases the users' activity level and will to achieve. The syndrome is a consistent feature of the clinical studies that dominate the marijuana literature, but the experimental studies have produced equivocal results. The present study used an objective measure of motivation to determine
C R, Creason, M, Goldman
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Anxiety, Amotivation, and Fatigue

1994
Anxiety may adversely influence test performance. The inverted-U function of performance vs. arousal is a well-known phenomenon in psychology (Hebb, 1958). Performance on other than extremely simple tasks is generally impaired at states of low and high arousal and is optimal at midlevels. Test anxiety can impair test performance (Sarason, 1984). Little
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Occupational Decision-Related Processes for Amotivated Adolescents

Journal of Career Development, 2010
This study developed and (statistically) confirmed a new model of the occupational decision-related processes of adolescents, in terms of the extent to which they may be amotivated about choosing a future occupation. A theoretical framework guided the study.
McCormick, John M, Jung, Jae Y
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Contextual Measurement of Sources of Exercise Amotivation: The Revised Amotivation Toward Exercise Scale-2

Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
The aim of the study was to modify the Amotivation Toward Exercise Scale-2 by dropping the outcome amotivation beliefs subscale while retaining the capacity, effort, value, and task characteristics amotivation beliefs. Data from 515 Greek nonexerciser adults aged 19–64 years and 399 Greek nonexerciser older adults aged 65–82 years, men and women ...
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Intrinsic motivation and amotivation in first episode and prolonged psychosis

Schizophrenia Research, 2015
The deleterious functional implications of motivation deficits in psychosis have generated interest in examining dimensions of the construct. However, there remains a paucity of data regarding whether dimensions of motivation differ over the course of psychosis.
Lauren, Luther   +4 more
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