Psychological Development and Education ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 64-70.

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The Measure of Learning Motivation and the Relationship Between It and Self-Efficacy of College Students

CHI Li-ping1, XIN Zi-qiang2   

  1. 1. Department of Preschool Education, University of Chinese Women, Beijing 100101;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2006-04-15 Published:2006-04-15

Abstract: Data were collected from a sample of 270 college students with the Working Motivation Inventory(WMI)and General and Domain-Special Self-Efficacy Scale.Firstly WMI was revised and its reliability and validity were tested;then the relationship of self-efficacy and learning motivation was examined.The results showed:(1)the revised WMI had a good construct validity and reliability;(2)there were gender differences on challenge and depending on others'evaluation:the males challenged more difficulties than the females,and the females more depended on others'evaluation than the males;(3)both general and domain-special self-efficacy positively correlated with intrinsic motivation,challenge and enjoyment;negatively correlated with selection of simple task.

Key words: college student, learning motivation, self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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