Academic motivation, psychological distress and student adjustment in black female first year university students living on campus

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dc.contributor.authorRasoaisi, Lerato
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-24T08:48:04Z
dc.date.available2019-01-24T08:48:04Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionResearch Report submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of MA in Clinical Psychology University of the Witwatersrand School of Human and Community Development, 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study was aimed at investigating the relationship between academic motivation, psychological distress, and various aspects of adjustment. The specific aim of this research was to explore the unique contributions of each of the seven types of academic motivation, depression, anxiety and stress in predicting each of four types of student adjustment in the first year of university education. Quantitative data collection methods were used to collect data from a sample of predominantly Black, first-year female students residing within the Wits University campus. The collected data were analysed utilising Pearson’s product moment correlations and step-wise multiple regression analyses. Results suggested that psychological distress, particularly depression was a critical factor in academic, personal emotional and attachment adjustment, whereas anxiety and stress were mostly strongly related to social adjustment. A motivation and the lack of certain types of intrinsic motivation were also found to be risk factors for poorer adjustment. Implications of this research as well as limitations and directions for future research are discusseden_ZA
dc.description.librarianGR2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (47 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationRasoaisi, Lerato (2017) Academic motivation, psychological distress and student adjustment in black female first year university students living on campus, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/26318>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26318
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMotivation in education--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Higher--South Africa
dc.titleAcademic motivation, psychological distress and student adjustment in black female first year university students living on campusen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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