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Measuring Motivation and Volition of Nursing Students in Nontraditional Learning Environments
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Measuring Motivation and Volition of Nursing Students in Nontraditional Learning Environments

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jbryer/nursingsrl
• Owner: jbryer
• Created: 2014-12-11T23:30:03.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-12-16T14:51:46.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-12T10:55:31.113Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: R
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### Measuring Motivation and Volition of Nursing Students in Nontraditional Learning Environments

[Journal of Nursing Measurement 2012, Volume 20, Issue 2](http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/nmeas/2012/00000020/00000002/art00002)

Authors:

* [Laurie Nagelsmith, Ph.D., R.N.](http://www.excelsior.edu/laurie_v_nagelsmith_faculty_profile)

* [Jason Bryer, Ph.D.](http://jason.bryer.org) ([email protected])

* [Zheng Yan, Ed.D.](http://www.albany.edu/educational_psychology/yan.php)

Contents:

* [Paper](Document/Nagelsmith_Bryer_Yan.pdf)

* [Reproducible SEM Slides](http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jbryer/NursingSRL/blob/master/Slides/ReproducibleSEM.html)

* [AERA 2009 Slides](Slides/2009-04-15.SEM.AERA.pdf)

* [Analysis Script in R](R/Analysis.R)[^1]

Abstract: 

The purpose of this study was to identify the best fitting model to represent interrela- tionships between motivation, volition, and academic success for adult nursing students learning in nontraditional environments. Participants (N = 297) completed a survey that incorporated two measures: the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and the Academic Volitional Strategies Inventory (AVSI) as well as demographic informa- tion. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used for data analysis. In Phase 1, EFA resulted in factors that generally aligned with previous theoretical factors as defined by the psychometrics used. In Phase 2 of the analysis, CFA validated the use of predefined factor structures. In Phase 3, SEM analysis revealed that motivation has a larger effect on grade point aver- age (GPA; Beta = .28, p < .01) than volition (Beta = .15, p < .05). The covariance between motivation and volition (r = .42, p < .01) was also found to be significant. These results suggest that there is a significant relationship among motivation, volition, and academic success for adult learners studying in nontraditional learning environments. These findings are consistent with and elaborate the relationship between motivation and volition with a population and setting underrepresented in the research.

[^1]: The analysis for the original paper was done using [AMOS](http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/spss-amos) but was later redone using [R](http://www.r-project.org). As a result, some of the statistics may be different up to one one hundredth.