Autonomy support environment and autonomous motivation on nursing student academic performance: An exploratory
1School of Nursing, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32304, United States.
Nurse Education Today
|July 19, 2016
Summary
Nursing students
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Student Motivation
- Academic Performance
Background:
- Baccalaureate nursing program enrollment and graduation rates are increasing.
- Rigorous curricula can challenge nursing students' adjustment.
- Supportive faculty foster autonomous motivation, engagement, and academic success.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine nursing students' autonomy support environments.
- To investigate the role of autonomous motivation (spirituality) in engagement and academic performance.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional correlational design.
- Convenience sample of 150 senior baccalaureate nursing students.
- Data collected from four Florida universities over three months.
Main Results:
- The learning climate moderately supported student motivation.
- No significant link found between autonomy support and autonomous motivation (r=.034, p=.676).
- Autonomous motivation significantly correlated with work engagement (F (2, 147)=28.28, p=.000).
Conclusions:
- Developing strategies to enhance student autonomy is crucial for a positive learning environment.
- Future research should explore spirituality and autonomous motivation as distinct variables.
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