Motivation for PhD studies: Scale development and validation
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There is a general perception that a doctorate is a path to a successful career, making doctorate degrees highly attractive to students.
“There is a general perception that a doctorate is a path to a successful career (e.g., higher income, more employment options, better working conditions, increased professional mobility), making doctorate degrees highly attractive to students (Litalien, Guay, and Morin, 2015).”
From PhD Pathways in Canada: Sociodemographic and Disciplinary Influences That Impact Pathway, Duration, and Outcomes (2026) · cites this paper as Litalien, Guay, and Morin, 2015
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- Authors
- Litalien, D., Guay, F., & Morin, A. J. S.
- Affiliations
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Litalien, David
- Venue
- Learning and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 41
- Pages
- 1-13
- ISSN
- 1041-6080 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W365709488
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 24.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Learning and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of canada (SSHRC)
- Canada Research Chair on Motivation and Academic Success
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- doctoral attrition, self-determination theory, motivational regulation, intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation, scale development, measurement invariance, PhD completion
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