Review of Communication· 2026Q2
An integrative approach to predicting student motivation
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Instructional communicative behaviors (teacher confirmation, student communication satisfaction), resilience, and Machiavellianism collectively explained 78% of the variance in student motivation among 367 US university students.
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Key points
- Instructional communicative behaviors, resilience, and Machiavellianism significantly predicted student motivation.
- These key predictors, along with other variables, explained 78% of the variance in student motivation.
- Communicative classroom behaviors were found to be particularly central and proximal in shaping student motivation.
- Data were collected from 367 university students in the United States and analyzed using path analysis.
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Abstract
This study examined the extent to which demographics (sex), personality traits (extraversion and neuroticism), cognitive dispositions (resilience and locus of control), social-personal dispositions (Machiavellianism), and instructional communicative behaviors (teacher confirmation and student communication satisfaction) predict state student motivation. Drawing on an integrative framework and informed by Self-Determination Theory, data from 367 university students in the United States were analyzed using path analysis. Results revealed that, collectively, these variables explained 78% of the variance in student motivation; however, only instructional communicative behaviors (responding to questions, demonstrating interest, communication satisfaction), resilience, and Machiavellianism emerged as significant predictors. These findings indicate that while individual differences contribute to motivation, communicative classroom behaviors play a particularly central and proximal role in shaping student motivation, underscoring the importance of instructor–student interaction in higher education.
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Field: Social Psychology
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