Evaluation of academic motivation in physiotherapy students

Abstract

Introduction: Motivation is a very important and integral part of human behaviour, which is very commonly neglected by everyone. Academic Motivation plays an important role in the student’s academic behaviour. There are various types of motivation which is also of great significance as it determines the motive behind a person’s behaviour. Objective: The aim of this study was to find the orientation of motivation in Physiotherapy Students which encouraged them to attend college. Methodology: The data was collected using Academic Motivational Scale – College version, data was collected from 378 students from different physiotherapy colleges. Results: The students were primarily motivated due to intrinsic motivation to know (89%); followed by extrinsic motivation identified (73.55%); intrinsic motivation to experience stimulation (72.67%); intrinsic motivation towards accomplishment (67.34%); extrinsic motivation of external regulation (63.48%), extrinsic motivation introjected (60.46%); and lastly amotivation (17.72%). Conclusion: Students were highly intrinsically motivated followed by extrinsic motivation and amotivation.