The relative contribution of dimensions of academic motivation to the quality of life among students of the Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University

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قسم علم النفس التربوي، كلية التربية (بنين)، جامعة الأزهر

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The current research aimed to identify the level of academic motivation and quality of life among students of the Faculty of Education for Boys, Al-Azhar University in Cairo. It also aimed to predict the quality of life through the dimensions of academic motivation, and which dimension of academic motivation contributes more to the quality of life. The research sample consisted of (368) students from the Faculty of Education for Boys, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, between the ages of (20-25) years, with an average age of (48.21) years, and a standard deviation (35, 1). During the second semester (2020-2021 AD), the academic motivation scale and the quality of life scale prepared by the researcher, were applied to the participants. The results of the research revealed that there is a high level of academic motivation and quality of life among the respondents. The results also revealed the possibility of predicting the quality of life by knowing the dimensions of academic motivation. The enjoyment of learning dimension was the most contributory dimension of academic motivation in predicting the quality of life, followed in the second place by the dimension of previous experiences with regard to learning. It is followed in the third rank by the preference of challenge, followed in the fourth rank by the fear of failure, and followed in the fifth rank by the perseverance dimension.

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