Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students

The objective of this work was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a modified version of the Motivational Regulation Strategies Questionnaire of Wolters and Benzon (2013) in a sample of Argentinian university students. Thirty bilingual students answered the instrument in English and Spanish a...

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Main Authors: Sánchez-Rosas, Javier, Aguirre, Rocío Soledad, Bovina-Martijena, Nicolás, Galarza, Valeria Lucía
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Language:spa
Published: Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2019
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23878
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author Sánchez-Rosas, Javier
Aguirre, Rocío Soledad
Bovina-Martijena, Nicolás
Galarza, Valeria Lucía
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Aguirre, Rocío Soledad
Bovina-Martijena, Nicolás
Galarza, Valeria Lucía
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description The objective of this work was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a modified version of the Motivational Regulation Strategies Questionnaire of Wolters and Benzon (2013) in a sample of Argentinian university students. Thirty bilingual students answered the instrument in English and Spanish and the equivalence of the translation was analyzed. Spearman’s correlations between the original and the translated version were strong (.71 to .90), which showed the equivalence. Then, the adapted questionnaire (N = 329) was administered and its internal structure and internal consistency were analyzed. The exploratory factor analysis showed a questionnaire consisting of 37 items and eight factors. The scales showed good internal consistency indexes (? = .68 to ? = .95). The questionnaire evaluates value regulation, situational interest regulation, performance-approach regulation, performance-avoidance regulation, mastery-approach regulation, mastery-avoidance regulation, self-consequence, environmental structuring. The results and the need for new psychometric studies are discussed.
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spelling oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-238782019-07-28T12:18:37Z Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students Sánchez-Rosas, Javier Aguirre, Rocío Soledad Bovina-Martijena, Nicolás Galarza, Valeria Lucía regulation of motivation self-regulated learning motivation task value interest achievement goals measurement university students The objective of this work was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a modified version of the Motivational Regulation Strategies Questionnaire of Wolters and Benzon (2013) in a sample of Argentinian university students. Thirty bilingual students answered the instrument in English and Spanish and the equivalence of the translation was analyzed. Spearman’s correlations between the original and the translated version were strong (.71 to .90), which showed the equivalence. Then, the adapted questionnaire (N = 329) was administered and its internal structure and internal consistency were analyzed. The exploratory factor analysis showed a questionnaire consisting of 37 items and eight factors. The scales showed good internal consistency indexes (? = .68 to ? = .95). The questionnaire evaluates value regulation, situational interest regulation, performance-approach regulation, performance-avoidance regulation, mastery-approach regulation, mastery-avoidance regulation, self-consequence, environmental structuring. The results and the need for new psychometric studies are discussed. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Evaluación Psicológica y Educativa (LEPE) 2019-04-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23878 Revista Evaluar; Vol. 19 Núm. 1 (2019) 1667-4545 1515-1867 10.35670/1667-4545.v19.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23878/23422 Derechos de autor 2019 Javier Sánchez-Rosas, Rocío Soledad Aguirre, Nicolás Bovina-Martijena, Valeria Lucía Galarza
spellingShingle regulation of motivation
self-regulated learning
motivation
task value
interest
achievement goals
measurement
university students
Sánchez-Rosas, Javier
Aguirre, Rocío Soledad
Bovina-Martijena, Nicolás
Galarza, Valeria Lucía
Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title_full Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title_fullStr Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title_full_unstemmed Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title_short Motivational Regulation Strategies: A Questionnaire for its Measurement in Argentinian University Students
title_sort motivational regulation strategies a questionnaire for its measurement in argentinian university students
topic regulation of motivation
self-regulated learning
motivation
task value
interest
achievement goals
measurement
university students
topic_facet regulation of motivation
self-regulated learning
motivation
task value
interest
achievement goals
measurement
university students
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/23878
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