A survey on motivation and psychological well-being of IIUM KOED postgraduate students

Abstract

This study sought to address the motivational aspects and psychological well-being of students. Specifically, the objectives of this study are: (1) to explore the extent of the effects of intrinsic motivation on postgraduate students’ psychological well-being; (2) to discover the extent of the effects of extrinsic motivation on postgraduate students’ psychological well-being; (3) to examine the extent of the effects of amotivation on postgraduate students’ psychological well-being; and (4) to identify the relationship between motivation and psychological well-being among postgraduate students. This research applied the quantitative method research approach. Data were collected from a total of 320 postgraduate students at Kulliyyah of Education (KOED, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) using non-random sampling. The researcher used Descriptive static, Simple regression, Pearson correlation, Independent Sample T-Test and ANOVA to analyse the main research question. The results show that; Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation is a statistically significant predictor of psychological well-being while Amotivation was a negative significant predictor of psychological well-being. Also, it was found that there is a statistical relationship between Motivation and Psychological well-being of students. This study recommended students to engage with students' activities to have a sense of value and have positive relationships with others; and lastly, to find their goals of life and plan to achieve them to have better motivation. Keywords: Extrinsic motivation, Intrinsic motivation, Amotivation, Postgraduate Students and Psychological Well-Being.