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The link between vocational identity, study choice motivation and satisfaction with studies

Agita Smitina

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Vocational/ professional identityVocational educationPerceptionmedia_common.quotation_subjectApplied psychologyintrinsic and extrinsic motivationIdentity (social science)Intrinsic motivationGeneral Materials ScienceGoal theoryPsychologya-motivationmedia_common

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Abstract The study explores the link between student's vocational identity, motivation for their study choice, satisfaction with different aspects of studies and thoughts of leaving their studies. The following instruments were administered: 1) Questionnaire on satisfaction with different aspects of study process and student's future 2) My Vocational Situation (MVS, Holland, Daiger, Power, 1980); 3) Questionnaire of motivation for study choice. The study was conducted with 120 students at the Vidzeme's University of Applied Sciences in Latvia. The results show the correlation between the high level of student's vocational identity, intrinsic motivation for study choice and higher satisfaction with university, teachers, chosen study programme and also the perception of fewer barriers in continuing their education

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-01-01Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.250