Motivational Aspects Research Articles

‘Am I to blame because my child is not motivated to do math?’: Relationships between parents’ attitudes, beliefs and practices towards mathematics and students’ mathematics motivation and achievement

Research on parental involvement is broad and specifies diverse kinds of parental practices that have specific associations with children’s learning outcomes. However, the involvement of parents in education, the dynamics of parent–child interactions and the actions and practices they employ and their impact on student’s motivation and achievement are intricate processes characterised by numerous intervening variables that require further clarification.In this study, we aimed to examine the association between parental beliefs and involvement and their children’s motivation and mathematics achievement. Data were collected from 8071 third- and fourth-graders from six European countries and their parents. Students fulfilled the Expectancy-Value Scale, self-reporting on motivational aspects towards mathematics and performed two math tests to assess their performance. Parents also reported on their math attitudes, mindsets and involvement practices with their children.Data analysis was performed using structural equation modelling. Several theoretically meaningful associations were found in the tested model, showing the detrimental impacts of a fixed mindset on parents’ practices. Furthermore, we found significant relationships between parents’ attitudes towards mathematics, their practices and students’ perceptions of math-related values and cost. Finally, associations between parental practices, the child’s outcomes and the association between children’s mathematics motivation and achievement were also observed. Some implications are presented, particularly concerning interventions with parents.

On the socio-political reserves and imperatives of special military operation

Two years have passed since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Survey data show trends in the social and political understanding of the events by citizens: the growth of consolidation, the activation of volunteer activities, adaptability to Western sanctions. The author of the article draws attention to the key positions of the doctrinal foundation and conceptual content of the special military operation and practical aspects of managerial interactions of citizens, actors and institutions of civil society and the state in the processes of conducting the SWO, considers the serious problem of motivational and psychological aspects and social and power processes around the SWO. The article attempts to analytically comprehend the socio-political trends and prospects of the special military operation, its possible development and completion. According to the author, the transformation and restructuring of the industrial and financial system, approaches to state and corporate governance and other measures in the processes of governance in the zone of the special military operation, in civil society and the state, require the achievement of the necessary degree of information reliability. The discussion of possible scenarios for the completion of a special military operation through the prism of geopolitical and political-economic realities leads to the conclusion that it is necessary to optimize the interaction of military-technical and socio-political mechanisms for the implementation of the available reserves for achieving the goals of a special military operation.

The motivational aspect of feedback: A meta-analysis on the effect of different feedback practices on L2 learners’ writing motivation

With the growing body of research on writing feedback and the recognition of the critical role of writing motivation, controversy has emerged over the motivational function of feedback in second language (L2) writing contexts. To provide further evidence for the impact of different feedback practices on L2 learners’ writing motivation, the present meta-analysis synthesizes the results of 13 quantitative studies on the relationship between feedback and L2 writing motivation. It examines the effect of different feedback practices on L2 learners’ writing motivation and the variables moderating the effectiveness of those feedback practices. The results show that feedback generated from multiple sources has the greatest motivational function in L2 writing, followed by single-source feedback, including peer feedback, teacher feedback, and automated feedback. Moderator analysis indicates that feedback type is a statistically significant variable moderating the effectiveness of feedback. In light of the findings, implications for L2 writing instruction and future L2 writing research are discussed.

Nucleus accumbens and dorsal medial striatal dopamine and neural activity are essential for action sequence performance.

Separable striatal circuits have unique functions in Pavlovian and instrumental behaviors but how these roles relate to performance of sequences of actions with and without associated cues are less clear. Here, we tested whether dopamine transmission and neural activity more generally in three striatal subdomains are necessary for performance of an action chain leading to reward delivery. Male and female Long-Evans rats were trained to press a series of three spatially distinct levers to receive reward. We assessed the contribution of neural activity or dopamine transmission within each striatal subdomain when progression through the action sequence was explicitly cued and in the absence of cues. Behavior in both task variations was substantially impacted following microinfusion of the dopamine antagonist, flupenthixol, into nucleus accumbens core (NAc) or dorsomedial striatum (DMS), with impairments in sequence timing and numbers of rewards earned after NAc flupenthixol. In contrast, after pharmacological inactivation to suppress overall activity, there was minimal impact on total rewards earned. Instead, inactivation of both NAc and DMS impaired sequence timing and led to sequence errors in the uncued, but not cued task. There was no impact of dopamine antagonism or reversible inactivation of dorsolateral striatum on either cued or uncued action sequence completion. These results highlight an essential contribution of NAc and DMS dopamine systems in motivational and performance aspects of chains of actions, whether cued or internally generated, as well as the impact of intact NAc and DMS function for correct sequence performance.

Systematic Literature Review: Factors Influencing The Lack of Participation in TVET Among Students: Motivational Aspects

Systematic Literature Review: Factors Influencing The Lack of Participation in TVET Among Students: Motivational Aspects

The Role Of Ambition For Freedom In Entrepreneurship Education As Entrepreneurial Motivation

Entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in advancing the Indonesian economy with the potential to reduce unemployment and support economic growth. Although the government intensively encourages the spirit of entrepreneurship, there are still obstacles, especially related to not daring to face business risks. Amid the pandemic, unemployment is rising, prompting some individuals to turn to self-employment as a way of surviving. However, the number of entrepreneurs in Indonesia is still below international standards, reflecting obstacles to stimulating entrepreneurial interest. Phenomenological research on the role of ambition for freedom as an entrepreneurial motivation among students and alumni of Commerce Education at State University of Malang is still limited. Further understanding of ambition for freedom in the context of entrepreneurial learning at universities is needed to inform effective educational strategies, encourage interest in entrepreneurship at the local level, and support national economic growth. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. The subject of the study involves Students. Data was collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis involves the reduction, display, and inference of data, with tringulation used to ensure validity. The results showed that comprehensively, the findings of the three data collection methods consistently supported the central role of Ambition for Freedom in motivating Commerce Education students to choose and succeed in entrepreneurial careers. These overall findings provide a deep understanding of the dynamics of intrinsic motivation in the context of entrepreneurial learning. This research provides a strong foundation for advanced research related to the development of entrepreneurial learning strategies that focus more on aspects of intrinsic motivation. In addition, longitudinal research can provide a clearer picture of the long-term impact of entrepreneurial learning on the careers of students and alumni.

Relation between metacognitive strategies, motivation to think, and critical thinking skills.

Critical thinking is a complex reasoning skill, and even though it is hard to reach a consensus on its definition, there is agreement on it being an eminently cognitive skill. It is strongly related with reflective and metacognitive skills, as well as attitudinal or motivational aspects, although no model has yet been able to integrate these three elements. We present herein the preliminary results of a study seeking to establish these relations, in a sample of Chilean university students. 435 students from three universities participated, of which 88 were men, 333 were women, and 14 did not indicate their gender. Their ages ranges between 18 and 51 years old (M = 21, SD = 3.09). Three instruments were applied, one to measure metacognitive strategies, one to measure motivation to critical thinking, and a third to measure critical thinking skills. The relation was analyzed via structural equations. The results show a positive, strong, and significant relation between metacognition and motivation to think. However, only a weak significant relation was observed between motivation to think and critical thinking, and no direct relation was found between metacognition and critical thinking. We hypothesize a significant but moderate relation between the variables, where metacognition influences motivation to think, which in turn influences critical thinking skills. Factors are discussed which could negatively affect the studied relations, as well as the importance of generating integrated models between the three variables, as they would show a theoretical and empirical link.

Vital rhythms of spiritual being in the foundations of canonical psychology

This article undertakes a methodological reflection of the concept of spirituality, which is ontophenomenally structured as a revealed aspect of human existence in the existential act of life. It emphasizes the interplay between noumenal and phenomenal forms in shaping the content of spirituality and their connection to the transcendental and existential dimensions of materiality. Spiritual phenomena are analyzed as concrete expressions of the existential substantiality of real human life, which prompt individuals (both intuitively and rationally) to feel the contradictions and doubts inherent in their existence, to place their own value accents, to make existential decisions, to perceive everyday life as a personal responsibility. Spirituality is considered a constantly renewed process of interaction between man and the world, occurring within the immediate unity of the transcendental (metaphysical and unknowable) and the immanent (natural and known). The core of an individual’s spiritual life, capable of integrating and focusing the potential for self-creation and serving as a source of self-motivation, is their inherent spiritual potential. This potential represents a person’s innate capacity for self-development and self-determination within the realm of motivational and value relationships, and it is an act-event of transcendence. The updating of this resource is a source of manifestation of a person’s spiritual testimonies. Its deployment, on the one hand, takes a person beyond the limits of the individual, and elevates it to transpersonal experiences, on the other hand, through self-reflection, directs it to the different world of its own inner world. From the perspective of the cyclical-action approach, the text delineates the attributive traits-qualities, groups of internal conditions, and dominant forms of self-organization within an individual’s psycho-spiritual potential. It is posited that the identified components of an individual’s spiritual potential (mental-experiential, cognitive-semantic, need-motivational, conative-volitional, spiritual-reflexive) constitute the substantial reality of the human spiritual world. Using cognitive-semantic components as an example, specifically spontaneity, intuitiveness, reflexivity, and creative activity, the text reveals a cycle for the unfolding of an individual’s spiritual potential. This cycle alternately visualizes the pre-situational, situational, motivational, active, and post-active aspects of supramaterial action.

Human Enhancement Without Organizational Knowledge and by Organizational Order

Organizations strive to ensure and maintain the reliability, safety, security, usability, and competitiveness of their processes, goods, and services. Improvement of employees’ skills and abilities contributes to these ends and is a relevant issue for the field of human factors. However, going a step further than designing ergonomics, implementing protocols, and conducting training is the attempt to enhance employee skills directly through various technological means. So-called Human Enhancement aims at direct technological interference with the employees’ skills and is a notoriously controversial yet deeply historical phenomenon. Drawing from empirical and theoretical literature on Human Enhancement, we seek to provide an initial analysis of this phenomenon in an organizational context. One motivational aspect of contemporary Human Enhancement is the need to meet internal, often self-related, or external, usually social or organizational, demands. Given the different effects and means of Human Enhancement, some forms are illicit, sanctioned, and/or condemned as morally wrong, while others are obligatory and well-established. Enhancement efforts can be based on individual initiative and, hence, without organizational knowledge. The opposite of the spectrum are enhancements applied by organizational order. We also emphasize how an organizational culture may incentivize engagement with illicit means of Human Enhancement. Potentially linked to safety and security-related aspects, its enhancement effects in relation to these two poles can inform stakeholders in their regulatory decisions.

Peran Motivasi dalam Meningkatkan Kualitas Pembelajaran Siswa di Sekolah

The quality of education that students receive at school is important in shaping their future. One of the main factors that influences the quality of learning is motivation. This article discusses in depth the critical role of motivation in improving the quality of student learning in schools. We explain various aspects of motivation, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and how motivation influences students' learning behavior. We also present theories of motivation in learning. Understanding the role of motivation in improving the quality of student learning is an important step in the quest for a more meaningful and productive education. In this research, researchers used qualitative literature study methods.

Understanding Motivations for Dating App Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Validation, Latent Profile Analysis, and Differences in Health Outcomes.

While there has been a proliferation in gay dating app (GDA) use in China, research into their potential effects on health outcomes, particularly mental health outcomes, among gay and bisexual men is lacking. The motivations for GDA use are diverse, and understanding users' motivation profiles may provide a necessary starting point for exploring the heterogeneous effects of GDA use on health outcomes. A cross-sectional survey of the motivations for GDA use and other health outcome variables (i.e., condom use frequency, self-stigma, and subjective emptiness) was conducted among 366 Chinese gay and bisexual men. The results of exploration structure equation modeling indicate that the GDA Use Motivation Scale, with a four-factor first-order model, had strong psychometric properties. Then, latent profile analysis (LPA) based on the mean scores of four aspects of motivation was performed. The results of the LPA revealed the existence of four profiles: "Weak motivations" (30.9%), "Differentiated motivations" (17.8%), "Moderate motivations" (30.3%), and "Strong motivations" (21.0%). Differences in health outcomes among the motivation profiles were found by using the Bolck-Croon-Hagenaars approach. Overall, most participants (60.1%) tended to use condoms consistently, regardless of how strong their GDA use motivation was; however, stronger GDA use motivations were associated with higher levels of self-stigma and subjective emptiness. We call for more research to focus on the real needs behind and motivations for GDA use so that all such app users' voices can be heard, as well as to raise awareness about the potential health risks associated with GDA use among Chinese gay and bisexual men.

Dimensions of Emotional Fit

Abstract Emotions are open to various kinds of normative assessment. For example, we can assess emotions for their prudential or moral value. Recently, philosophers have increasingly attended to a distinct form of normative assessment of emotions—fittingness assessment. An emotion is fitting when it is merited by its object. For example, admiration is fitting when it is felt towards the admirable, and shame towards the shameful. This paper defends a hybrid account of emotional fittingness. Emotions are complex, and typically involve various elements. As well as involving representations that can be assessed for accuracy, emotions typically motivate their subjects in characteristically urgent ways. The fittingness of an emotion as a whole is a function of the fittingness of both its representational and motivational aspects.

Development of inbound extreme tourism from Southeast Asian countries in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Forms of tourism associated with risk and danger are now dynamically developing cultural industries all over the world. The article is devoted to the development of tourism in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), first of all, to the problems of attracting foreign fans of extreme and adventure tourism, mainly from Southeast Asian countries. As drivers of the tourist flow, it is proposed to pay attention to tourists from the People's Republic of China. In order to implement a competent marketing policy to attract Chinese tourists, it is proposed to take into account the peculiarities of traditional and modern spiritual culture of China in the aspect of tourist motivation. To attract tourists from China, it is considered necessary to develop and offer short-term winter tours with extreme elements in central Yakutia. To study the tourist value and semantic orientations of tourists from Southeast Asia, using the example of Chinese citizens, the works of Chinese researchers in English were used. The author believes that in order to offer a competitive product in the market of extreme tourism, it is necessary to take into account the influence of cultural values and traditions on motivational attitudes, basic requirements and expectations from extreme tours, depending on region or country. Due to the change in the foreign policy situation in the 20s of the XXI century, as well as the increased flow of Chinese tourists on the international market, the policy of attracting tourists from Southeast Asia is becoming the main and decisive for the development of international tourism in the republic. For the development of mass tourism with extreme elements, it is proposed to use the tourist resources of central Yakutia, where winter, short-term tours can be offered that can meet the needs of foreign, primarily Chinese tourists.

A Study Based on Contemporary Consumer Behavior of Women of Different Age Groups

Consumption behavior refers to the psychological and practical aspects of consumers' demand psychology, purchase motivation, and consumption willingness. Women are the core mainstay of China's consumer army, with a total female population of 688.44 million in 2023, accounting for 48.76% of the total population. This paper analyzes different age groups, explains the characteristics and influencing factors of female consumers' consumption behavior, and combines practical cases to study women's consumption behavior in different age groups. It is found that female consumers pursue image and pay attention to the image of the consumer behavior qualities, and their consumption behavior appears emotional, rationalization, active, and passive characteristics, accelerating the broadening of the consumer market and promoting the transformation of the current economic structure. Female consumers have become the key object of enterprise market competition; they fully understand the consumption psychology and behavioral characteristics of female consumers and formulate appropriate marketing strategies to improve the competitiveness of enterprises to win in the fiercely competitive market.

THE ROLE OF ACHIEVEMENT SUCCESS MOTIVATION IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL FORMATION OF POTENTIAL MANAGER-LEADERS

Professional activity is an important component of personality development and determines psychological state, physical health, well-being and life satisfaction. The process of assimilation and implementation of professional activity is a holistic process of becoming a specialist, including internal and external means. Internal means include knowledge, skills, motivation, character, and other aspects, while external means include social regulators, materials, and informational means. Professional development leads to the achievement of professional maturity and level of professionalism. The development of professional motivation in university education plays an important role in the formation of future managers as professionals. In the article, the authors provide a systematization of the components of the motivation system at various stages of opting and professional training. A detailed study of the motives of educational and professional activity indicates common and different aspects for both stages. Learning motives include cognitive need, motivation to achieve success, interest in the process and results of learning. Motives for professional activity include prestige, material means, recognition, development, and self-realization. In particular, the motivation to achieve success is defined as a key motive for the professional development of future managers, organizing their behavior, influencing the goals and the choice of ways of achievement, promoting satisfaction with the choice of profession and self-realization. To determine the level of achievement motivation among students majoring in «Management» at Alfred Nobel University, an experimental study was conducted using the Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS). At the same time, it is evaluated which of these two motives dominates. 71 applicants - future managers - participated in the empirical study. To determine the main professional motives, the test «Motives for choosing a profession» was used. Based on the results of the analysis, the predominant motives for the applicants who obtain professional training in the specialty «Management» were determined. According to the respondents, the most important motivations for the profession were that the profession of a manager allows you to realize your abilities for managerial work; makes it possible to develop professional skills; makes it possible to benefit people; corresponds to the respondent’s abilities and is highly paid. As a result of the experiment, it was determined that applicants who choose to study in the «Management» specialty and have a dominant desire for success make a more conscious choice of a profession that matches their abilities. The conclusions can be used, firstly, to improve educational programs for training future managers in institutions of higher education in the context of filling them with educational components that will correspond to the motives for choosing a profession and develop the motivation to achieve in the acquirers – future managers of leaders. Secondly, the research findings will be useful in management and business, namely, in the personnel management system of organizations. The use of achievement motivation tests and «Profession Choice Motives» are proposed to evaluate candidates who have a diploma in the specialty «Management» or are still taking senior courses, as a tool to focus on more promising and motivated candidates.

Mediasi Intrinsic Motivation pada Islamic Work Ethic terhadap Performance (Freelance Kota Bogor)

The development of digitalization has contributed to massive changes currentlyaround the world, including in Indonesia. Technological developments also contribute to the work demands of HR (Human Resources) so it is necessary to know the ideal capacity size of an HR. The job performance aspect of an employee can influence the achievement of a company's goals so it requires further study. Furthermore, employee competency through the aspect of work ethic has a crucial role in shaping the change of an employee in today's massive era and to support components in adapting during the digitalization era is the role of Motivation. Motivation is tendency of human nature to get apprecition or incentive to get better performance. This research analysis uses method of SEM (Structural Equation Model) to deliver result with SmartPLS software version 3.0 as a tool. This research aims to audit the effect of mediation by Intrinsic Motivation on Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) on Job Performance by taking a sample of 112 freelancers in creative fields in Bogor City. Results of the study show that Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) has a positive and significant effect on Job Performance. On the other hand, the Intrinsic Motivation aspect is unable to mediate either directly or indirectly.

Integrating Service-Learning through Practice and Exploration in the Second Classroom of Medical School Students, Huzhou University, China

“Service-Learning” is a practical teaching method based on experience, and the “second classroom” of medical students also has strong practicality, and the two have a strong convergence. It is of great application value to explore the fusion mode of Service-Learning and the second classroom of medical students. This paper expounds the concept and connotation of Service-Learning and the second classroom, analyzes the necessity of their integration, and takes Huzhou University as an example to explore the application of Service-Learning in the second classroom of medical students in local universities in China from the aspects of motivation, ideas, practices and effects. The results show that the deep integration of service-learning with the second classroom of medical students is of great significance for improving the quality of talent training, expanding teaching resources and enhancing the effect of social welfare.

Gender-based violence comes on the scene: Creative Arts Therapies intervention in prison with men who committed or tried to commit feminicide

Gender-based violence is a pervasive phenomenon to be prevented. This study presents the findings of an intermodal psychodrama intervention aimed at counteracting the risk of future violent behaviour. Six prisoners who committed or tried to commit femicide participated in 10 psychodrama sessions in prison. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the sessions’ transcripts and interviews. Four themes were found: (1) participants’ preliminary motivation, (2) positive and critical aspects of the intervention, (3) personal and relational changes, and (4) reflections on gender roles. The project increased participants’ well-being and led them to new reflections on themselves, others and their relationship with women.

Analisis Motivasi Kinerja Karyawan PT. Kelola Mina Laut Gresik

This research aims to analyze the motivational factors that influence employee performance at PT Kelola Mina Laut Gresik. The research method uses a qualitative approach with data collection through interviews. The research sample consisted of 20 respondents who were employees from various company divisions. The analysis results show that intrinsic motivation, such as recognition, responsibility, and opportunities for development, has a significant positive impact on employee performance. Apart from that, extrinsic factors such as financial incentives and work environment also have a strong influence on performance. These findings illustrate the importance of paying attention to aspects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in improving employee performance at PT Kelola Mina Laut Gresik. The practical implication of this research is the need for companies to pay attention to the recognition system for achievements, provide appropriate incentives, and create a work environment that supports employee development. This research contributes to company management in designing more effective motivation strategies to improve employee performance, which in turn can have a positive impact on productivity and work quality at PT Kelola Mina Laut Gresik.

Game on: Notes on Language Learning Potentials Through MMORPGs’ Social and Motivational Dynamics

This paper explores the dynamic intersection between Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) and second language learning, focusing on the intertwined elements of motivation and social interaction. Through a review of existing research, including works by Peterson (2010), Zheng et al. (2009), Thorne et al. (2009), and Sylvén and Sundqvist (2017, 2012), the paper highlights how MMORPGs provide immersive and authentic contexts for language practice. MMORPGs foster receptive and productive language skills by engaging players in complex linguistic exchanges and culturally rich narratives. The intrinsic motivational aspects of gaming and the social dynamics of MMORPGs create an engaging learning environment. However, the paper also acknowledges challenges such as cognitive overload, the use of informal language, the potential propagation of incorrect language use, and the possibility of negative social interactions. In conclusion, while MMORPGs offer innovative platforms for language learning, careful consideration of their opportunities and challenges is essential. The article calls for continued exploration and thoughtful implementation to fully harness the educational potential of MMORPGs in language education.