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Vol. 23. Issue 2.
Pages 94-101 (July - December 2018)
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Vol. 23. Issue 2.
Pages 94-101 (July - December 2018)
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Motivational Class Climate, Motivation and Academic Success in University Students
Clima motivacional en clase, motivación y éxito académico en estudiantes universitarios
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Melchor Gutiérrez
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, José-Manuel Tomás
Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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The aim of this study is to predict academic success based on the motivational class climate, mediated by the university students’ motivation. The participants are 758 university students from the Dominican Republic, aged between 18 and 50 years (21.1% men and 78.9% women). A battery of instruments was administered to measure the indicated variables and a full structural equations model was applied to predict academic success. The results highlight the direct effect of student perceptions of autonomy support on their satisfaction with the educational center, and the effect of satisfying basic psychological needs, both on satisfaction with the center and on academic performance. Perceiving the support of teachers for autonomous work and feeling satisfied the basic needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness are the best predictors, among the ones tested, of academic success in university students.

Keywords:
Motivational climate
Self-determined motivation
Psychological needs satisfaction
Autonomy support
School satisfaction
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El objetivo de este estudio es predecir el éxito académico a partir del clima motivacional de la clase, mediado por la motivación del estudiantado universitario. Los participantes son 758 estudiantes universitarios de República Dominicana, con edades comprendidas entre 18 y 50 años (21.1% hombres y 78.9% mujeres). Se administra una batería de instrumentos para medir las variables señaladas y se aplica un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales completo para predecir el éxito académico. De los resultados destaca el efecto directo del apoyo a la autonomía de los estudiantes sobre su satisfacción con el centro educativo, y el efecto de la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas tanto sobre la satisfacción con el centro como sobre el rendimiento académico. Percibir el apoyo del profesorado para el trabajo autónomo y sentir satisfechas las necesidades de autonomía, competencia y relación son los mejores predictores, de entre los considerados, del éxito académico en los estudiantes universitarios.

Palabras clave:
Clima motivacional
Motivación autodeterminada
Necesidades psicológicas básicas
Apoyo a la autonomía
Satisfacción con la escuela

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