Çocuk Gelişimi Öğrencilerinin Ait Olma Düzeyleri İle Yetişkin Motivasyonları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between child development university students' belonging levels and adult motivations. The research was designed according to the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research designs. The study group of the study consists of 166 child development undergraduate students selected by random sampling method from universities in Istanbul. The " Belonging Scale " and the " Adult Motivations Scale " were used as data collection tools in the study. As a result of the research, no significant difference was found between the grade levels of the students and the scores of the Belonging Scale and Adult Motivations Scale. However, a significant difference was found between students' gender variable and scale scores. It is concluded that this differentiation is in favor of female undergraduate students. In addition, a moderate positive correlation was found between the scores of " Friendship Group ", " Family " and " Profession " and " Intrinsic Motivation ", " Extrinsic Motivation " and " Total Motivation " scores.