Estudio sobre la utilización de estrategias de automotivación en estudiantes universitarios

This research addresses the use of self-motivational strategies by university students. A descriptive and inferential study is carried out with a sample of 228 university students with the aim of knowing their use of these strategies. Also, it is studied if their use of these strategies relates to labor activity and academic achievement. Results indicate that students tended to exhibit a more frequent use of learning goal generation, positive expectations generation, and self-reinforcement strategies; the existence of three groups of students with different profiles with regard to the use of these self-motivational strategies; that only the strategy of cost value shows significant differences between the students who make compatible their studies with a job and those without a job; and finally, that only the self-reinforcement strategy informs about significant differences according to students’ achievement. These results guide us in favoring actively the use of the learning motivational strategies, showing them as cognitive tools for university students.