Motives for Going to College and Their Relationships with Academic Grit and Academic Self-Control in Senior High School Students

• Main Authors: CHENG, I-JU, 鄭伊茹
• Other Authors: CHEN, PIN-HWA
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60609885261598248773

碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系碩士班 === 105 === This study aimed to investigate senior high school students’ motives for going to college as well as their relationships with background variables, academic grit and academic self-control. The survey participants were 724 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students from Kaohsiung’s and Pingtung’s senior high schools. The instrument comprised the Motives for Going to College Scale, the Academic Grit Scale, and the Academy Self-control Scale. By performing descriptive statistics, cluster analyses, test of homogeneity of proportions and one-way analysis of variance, it revealed the following findings: 1.In estimating the high school students’ motives for going to college profiles, a four-cluster solution was suggested to be suitable. The four clusters differed from one another on self-transcendent motive, self-oriented motive and extrinsic motive. 2.Grade differences were found in the four clusters of motives for going to college. 3.Gender differences were found in the four clusters of motives for going to college. 4.Socioeconomic status differences were found in the four clusters of motives for going to college. 5.Significant differences on academic grit were found in the four clusters of motives for going to college. 6.Significant differences on academic self-control were found in the four clusters of motives for going to college.