Self-regulation factors as predictors of academic motivation in adults

Abstract

This paper focuses on the relationship between the factors of self-regulation and academic motivation in adults who are in the education system. A number of 1711 respondents from four Eastern European countries participated in the research: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Serbia. Self-regulation and academic motivation have long been recognized as factors in successful learning; however there is relatively little research on these concepts in adults. Two instruments were used in the research: Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-28) and the Self- Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-27), which were translated from English into four languages. The survey was conducted in electronic format during the first three months of 2022. The results show that the three factors of self-regulation: self-control, decision-making and goal orientation are in positive correlation. Significant positive relationships were established between the dimensions of academic motivation, where the factor of a-motivation is negatively related to the factors of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. All three researched factors of self-regulation are related to different aspects of internal and external motivation, as well as a-motivation. The research confirmed that the instruments used can be significant tools for researching self-regulation and academic motivation, as important determinants of readiness to learn in adults.

Keywords

• adult learning
• self-regulation
• academic motivation