Striving for academic motivation is a complex and multifaceted endeavour in which various psychological and social factors have an impact on an individual's motivation and performance. Among these factors, readiness for change, learner autonomy and self-efficacy have been identified as important determinants of academic motivation. In addition to the aforementioned factors, one crucial factor that may mediate the relationship between these individual factors and academic motivation is social support. Although these factors have been studied independently, the interaction between them and their collective impact on academic motivation remains an area that still needs to be explored. Mediation analysis, which provides a convenient method for testing theoretical mechanisms, first reveals the relationship between outcome variables and mediating variables while increasing the relationship between predictor and mediating variables. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of social support in the effect of learner autonomy, readiness to change, and self-efficacy on academic motivation. In order to examine the mediating role of social support, structural equation models (SEM) will be examined in addition to regression-based mediation analyses. The research group of the study will consist of approximately 500 pre-service teachers studying at the Faculty of Education. The expected findings indicate that although readiness for change, learner autonomy, and self-efficacy have a positive effect on academic motivation, this effect is expected to be greater with the mediating effect of social support.

Authors:
Özge Okul, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Duygu Demirtaş, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Eylül Balâ Altunay, Kocaeli University, Turkey

About the Presenter(s)
I'm Özge Okul. I work at Kocaeli University as a research assistant in the department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation. My master's thesis is about Computerized Adaptive Tests. I also like studying about psyhological tests.

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