Exploring the Motivational Orientations of Counseling Graduate Students in Relation to Non-Counseling Graduate Students in the U.S.

Authors : Cebrail KARAYİGİT, Waganesh ZELEKE, Matthew BUNDİCK

Pages : 102-110

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Publication Date : 2019-12-02

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This quantitative study investigated different motivational orientations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(e.g. intrinsic/extrinsic and approach/avoidance); held by counseling graduate students in relation to their level of education insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(e.g. master’s and doctoral);, and in relation to non-counseling graduate students. Using two well-validated measures of motivation -The Academic Motivation Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AMS, Vallerand, Pelletier, Blais, Briere, Senecal, & Vallieres,1992); and Achievement Goal Questionnaire- Revised insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AGQ- R, Elliot & Murayama, 2008);, data were collected from graduate students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( N = 205); enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions. The findings revealed that counseling graduate students more frequently experience intrinsic and performance-approach motivation, and their motivational orientations vary based on their level of education. Finally, the study addresses some of its limitations and recommendations for future research based upon the results.
Keywords : Motivational orientations, Counseling students, U S