Relation of motivation and religiosity: an empirical research on the relation of academic motivation and intrinsic religious motivation

This study examined the relation between religiosity and academic motivation on high school and university students in Turkey. The purpose of this study was to reveal the motivating influence of religion on students’ progress through their educational life. In the study intrinsic religious motivation, academic motivation and different factors that effect academic motivation were assessed among 471 participants. According to the results, the basic hypothesis suggesting that the positive relationship between academic motivation and intrinsic religious motivation has not been supported, however there is a significant relationship between academic motivation and teacher attitudes. The results also show that there is no significant relationship between academic motivation and socio-economic level, self-determination, and parental pressure to elicit extrinsic motivation