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Want-to, have-to, amotivation, grit, self-control, and tolerance ambiguity among university students: latent profile analysis

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Alhadabi, Amal, Al-Harthy, Ibrahim, Aldhafri, Said, Alkharusi, Hussain·2023·BMC Psychology
DOI 10.1186/s40359-023-01298-wPMC PMC10475198
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The current study adopted a person-centered approach to identify distinctive university students’ profiles based on three variables (i.e., three academic motivations, grit, and self-control), regress multiple covariates (i.e., gender, age, study level, and college) on profile membership, and estimate differences on ambiguity tolerance across the estimated profiles. Data on 525 university students were modeled using Latent Profile Analysis. The findings found three latent profiles, which were: [1] Unmotivated and undisciplined students with low grit, [2] Moderately motivated and disciplined students with average grit, and [3] Highly motivated, gritty and disciplined students. Gender, study level, and college significantly predicted profile affiliation, identifying the characteristics of students within each profile. Significant differences were revealed in the ambiguity tolerance among the obtained profiles. These valuable results offer customized recommendations and prospective initiatives, strengthening the constructive effect of proper academic motivation types, purposeful grit, and intentional self-control (143 words).

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  • Amotivation leads to disengagement, higher procrastination, and lower academic adjustment.

    “Their high levels of procrastination significantly impair their academic adjustment and performance [48–50] found that amotivation leads to disengagement, higher procrastination, and lower academic adjustment, which aligns with this profile.”

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    The Literature review > Academic Motivation (page unavailable) describes amotivation as a lack of interest in tasks, which is consistent with disengagement. But it associates active procrastination with have-to motivation, not amotivation. The Results > An Examination of Descriptive Statistics (page unavailable) identify a high-amotivation profile but do not show that amotivation causes procrastination or lower academic adjustment. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Alhadabi, A., Al-Harthy, I., Aldhafri, S., & Alkharusi, H.
Affiliations
  • National University of Science and Technology (OM)
  • Sultan Qaboos University (OM)
Corresponding author
Alhadabi, Amal
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Venue
BMC Psychology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-09-02
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
260-260
ISSN
2050-7283 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s40359-023-01298-w
PMC
PMC10475198
OpenAlex
W4386387151
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2026: 7 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4
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Language
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Funders
Sultan Qaboos University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
Keywords
academic motivation, amotivation, grit, self-control, ambiguity tolerance, university students, student profile, gender differences, study level, college differences
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Humans, Motivation, Prospective Studies, Students, Universities

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