MASTERY MOTIVATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF-REGULATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

MASTERY MOTIVATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF-REGULATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Author:  Azhar Ghani Ahmed, Mohammed Abbas Mohammed, Natik Fahal Al-kubaisy

Affiliation:  Educational and Psychological Research Center, University of Baghdad

Abstract:  The present research aims to explore the mastery motivation and self-regulation. It also seeks to ascertain the significance of differences in mastery motivation and self-regulation according to the gender variable (male-female), as well as to understand the correlational relationship between them.
Methodology: The researchers adopted the mastery motivation scale prepared by Wadaa (2022), and the self-regulation scale prepared by Fayad (2017). The research samples 125 students, University of Baghdad.
Results: The findings indicate that the research sample possesses both mastery motivation and self-regulation. There is no significant difference in mastery motivation and self-regulation according to the gender variable. However, there is a correlational relationship between mastery motivation and self-regulation.
Conclusion: the research sample exhibits mastery motivation and self-regulation. There is no significant difference in mastery motivation and self-regulation based on the gender variable (male-female). Nonetheless, a correlational relationship exists between mastery motivation and self-regulation among the university students.

Keywords:  Mastery Motivation, Self-Regulation, University Students.

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For citation:  Azhar, Ghani Ahmed, Mohammed, Abbas Mohammed, Natik, Fahal Al-kubaisy (2025). Mastery Motivation and its Relationship with Self-Regulation among University Students. Voprosy Kognitivnoy Lingvistiki, 1, 115-127.

Pages:  115-127