Relación entre dimensiones motivacionales y satisfacción académica en estudiantes de tercer ciclo de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca, en el período 2022-2023

Abstract

Motivation and academic satisfaction are essential variables in the teaching-learning process. In general, different investigations have been carried out in the university environment, in which they demonstrated that motivation and academic satisfaction maintain a dynamic behavior, it was also found that students feel more intrinsically motivated. So, this research proposes as a general objective to determine the relationship between the motivational dimensions and academic satisfaction in third cycle students of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca, in the period 2022-2023, in addition it is intended to describe the dimensions of motivation and identify levels of academic satisfaction. The present

investigation was carried out under a quantitative approach with a non-experimental, cross- sectional design and descriptive-correlational scope. We worked with a population of 134 third- cycle students from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca. The research

instruments were applied digitally and were the MAPE 3-M to measure motivational dimensions and ESA for academic satisfaction. The research obtained as results that the predominant dimension was performance facilitating anxiety with 59% of students showing a high level, it was also found that the level of academic satisfaction is medium high with 69.4%. Also, it was determined that there is no correlation between motivational dimensions and academic satisfaction. Likewise, a database was created that will provide updated information, which can be used for future research.