Abstract
BackgroundThis study identified and investigated the relationship between demographics, mental health problems, positive personality traits and perceived social support and motivation in medical education (MME) among first year medical students.MethodsOne hundred-thirty eight first year medical students completed the Academic Motivation Scale, Outcome Inventory, Strength Based Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support. Path analysis was conducted to identify relationships between the variables of interest and each type of motivation, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and amotivation.ResultsThe mean age of the sample was 18.86 ± 0.74 and 60% of the subjects were female. Path analysis showed that extrinsic motivation was positively associated with being female, personal choice for studying medicine, and grade point average at high school. Intrinsic motivation was correlated with perceived family support, personal choice for studying medicine and the positive attribute of determination. Amotivation was related to being male, personal choice, and depression. While both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation were correlated, they were uncorrelated with amotivation. All variables accounted for 18, 13, and 45% of variance of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation, respectively.ConclusionEach type of motivation has different but related predictors. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation can be promoted, whereas amotivation represents an exclusive issue, one related more to depression, that needs to be reduced to not interfere with academic achievement and quality of life of medical students.
Highlights
This study identified and investigated the relationship between demographics, mental health problems, positive personality traits and perceived social support and motivation in medical education (MME) among first year medical students
Kunanitthaworn et al BMC Medical Education (2018) 18:140 satisfaction [7]. Another common way for investigators to describe motivation is autonomous vs. controlled motivation; autonomous motivation is a combination of identified regulation, integrated regulation, and intrinsic motivation, whereas a combination of external regulation and introjected regulation defines controlled motivation [8]
Personal choice for medicine was significantly correlated with total motivation and all types of motivation
Summary
This study identified and investigated the relationship between demographics, mental health problems, positive personality traits and perceived social support and motivation in medical education (MME) among first year medical students. Extrinsic motivation can be ranked along a continuum; it includes external regulation (reward/ punishment), introjected regulation (self-control, internal reward or punishment), identified regulation (personal importance, conscious valuing), and integrated regulation. Kunanitthaworn et al BMC Medical Education (2018) 18:140 satisfaction [7]. Another common way for investigators to describe motivation is autonomous vs controlled motivation; autonomous motivation is a combination of identified regulation, integrated regulation, and intrinsic motivation, whereas a combination of external regulation and introjected regulation defines controlled motivation [8]
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