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Motivation towards learning and behaviour deviance in eight to eleven year old children attending an urban primary school

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Sylvia O'Regan ,
Michael Fitzgerald  and
Anthony Kinsella
Sylvia O'Regan
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychiatry, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8
Michael Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatric Services, Eastern Health Board
Anthony Kinsella
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 8
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Abstract

Motivation towards learning was assessed in a class of 3rd, 4th and 5th standard, using a self report scale. Results for children identified as behaviourally deviant were compared with those of their non-disturbed peers. The findings show no significant difference on motivational scores between both groups; behaviourally deviant children differing from their non-disturbed peers only on an informational subscale of judgment.

Keywords

Motivationintrinsic orientationbehavioural deviance
Type
Original Papers
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , September 1991 , pp. 128 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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