Academic Motivation in University : The Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Identity Formation

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The decline of academic motivation during adolescence: an accelerated longitudinal cohort analysis on the effect of psychological need satisfaction (2016, unknown): “…higher satisfaction of the need for autonomy (Flink, Boggiano, & Barrett, 1990; Krapp, 2005; Patall, Cooper, & Wynn, 2010), the need for competence (Faye & Sharpe, 2008; Jacobs, Lanza, Osgood, Eccles, & Wigfield, 2002; Mac Iver, Stipek, & Daniels, 1991) and also the need for social relatedness…”
The relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement for first generation Latino college students (2014, background): “The author suggests that Canadian Indian immigrants and Indian high school students who perceived themselves as well able to academically perform, may earn higher grades in school because their school self-concepts may help them become more intrinsically motivated toward academics (Areepattamannil 2”
College Students' Academic Motivation: Differences by Gender, Class, and Source of Payment. (2010, background): “…organismic theories (cf. Piaget, 1952, 1971; Werner, 1948/1953; White, 1959, 1960), SDT focuses on three basic psychological needs, namely, competence, relatedness, and autonomy, of which all impact an individual’s degree of self determined motivation (Deci et al., 1991; Faye & Sharpe, 2008).”