@misc{10481/67969,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67969},
abstract = {Motivational development represents a key element for academic performance in the
university context. A non-experimental study with a cross-sectional and ex post facto design through
a single measurement in a single group was conducted. The sample was made up of a total of
2736 university students (♂= 33.8% (n = 924); ♀= 66.2% (n = 1812)) belonging to a total of 19 Spanish
universities. The main instrument used was the Basic Psychological Needs scale, using the IBM
SPSS 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) software for data analysis. The results showed that
the need for autonomy was higher in social sciences students, those who accessed their studies
through vocational training and those who attended their degree in person. In addition, this need
was positively related to score, but inversely related to age and grade. The need for competence
was higher in students who studied in private centers, those who accessed their university studies
through other ways and those students who studied online. Likewise, this need was directly related
to the score. Finally, it should be noted that the need for relationships was higher in university
students from public institutions, students who accessed their studies through vocational training
and those who studied in face-to-face universities. The need for a relationship correlated positively
with the score, although with less strength than other needs. In this way, the relevance of various
academic factors in the motivational development of students can be established, from which various
educational implications are derived in order to favor academic performance.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Higher education},
keywords = {Motivation},
keywords = {Academic performance},
keywords = {Grant},
keywords = {Teaching},
title = {Basic Psychological Needs and Their Association with Academic Factors in the Spanish University Context},
doi = {10.3390/su13052449},
author = {Chacón Cuberos, Ramón and Lara Sánchez, Amador Jesús and Castro Sánchez, Manuel},
}