| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of this study is to verify whether academic motivation is related to the psychological well-being of students and to assess the impact of work on academic motivation and psychological well-being. This study involves 163 students from various Lithuanian universities. The sample of students consists of 103 women and 60 men. Of these are 143 bachelor‘s students and 20 master‘s students. The study participants are aged between 18 and 31 years. The study was conducted using these methods: Student Academic Motivation Scale (SAMS-21), the authors of which are Kairys, Liniauskaitė, Brazdeikienė, Bakševičius, Čepienė, Mažeikaitė-Gylienė, Rugevičius, Žakaitienė and Žakaitis; Lithuanian Psychological Well-being Scale designed for Young People (LPGS-J), the authors of which are Kairys, Bagdonas, Liniauskaitė, Pakalniškienė; demographic data profile. The results of the study show that there was no link between students academic motivation and the fact if the student was employed or not while studying. Employed students were found to be less satisfied with the overall sense of their physical health compared to unemployed students. No correlation between academic motivation and students' gender or their academic degree has been found. Also no link between bachelor‘s and master‘s student groups and their psychological well-being was identified in the study. When comparing psychological well-being of women and men, it was found that men were more satisfied with themselves, their physical health and also their life in general, and were less likely to experience negative emotions. The results of the study show that the academic motivation of emplyed and unemployed students is related to their psychological well-being, - when the students psychological well-being is increasing or decreasing, their academic motivation is also increasing or decreasing. When analyzing which factors could predict students' academic motivation, it was found that the sense of satisfaction in one‘s life and one‘s self, the factor of expediency and the sense of satisfaction in one‘s relationships with close relatives and loved ones can be good predictors of academic motivation. |
