Satisfaction with Relationship with Supervisor among Students with Different Academic Motivation: Case of Students Majoring in Psychology and Pedagogy
- Authors: Miklyaeva A.V.1, Bezgodova S.A.1, Panferov V.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
- Issue: Vol 21, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 992-1011
- Section: PERSONALITY IN CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL SPACE: ACADEMIC SUPERVISION, DIGITALIZATION, COMMUNICATION
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2313-1683/article/view/326313
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2024-21-4-992-1011
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/LGENVA
- ID: 326313
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Satisfaction with the relationship with the academic supervisor is a significant factor in students’ academic success; however, its motivational determinants, which may significantly contribute to students’ expectations of interaction with their supervisor, remain understudied. The purpose of this study was to analyze satisfaction with the relationship with the supervisor among students with different academic motivations in the context of modern Russian higher education. The study involved 192 final-year undergraduate and graduate students majoring in psychology and pedagogy (average age = 26.5 years, females = 85.4%). The empirical data were collected using a short version of the questionnaire “Scales of Academic Motivation” by T.O. Gordeeva, O.A. Sychev, & E.N. Osin, the authors’ questionnaire for assessing student satisfaction with the relationship with the supervisor and the questionnaire on supervisor-doctoral student interaction (QSDI) by T. Mainhard, R. van der Rijst, J. van Tartwijk, & T. Wubbels, translated into Russian with acceptable indicators of structural validity and scale consistency. The results showed that the students with autonomous academic motivation, regardless of their educational level, were more satisfied with the relationship with their supervisor than the students with controlled motivation and, in addition, characterized their supervisor as more collaborative. The predictors of satisfaction with this relationship were leadership, friendly help and, negatively, unpredictability for the students with autonomous academic motivation, but only friendly help for the students with controlled motivation. The motivation indicators were not significant predictors of satisfaction for the undergraduate students, although they made a significant contribution to it in the sample of the graduate students. In addition, the authors discuss the possibilities of applying the research results in the practice of scientific supervision of students majoring in psychology and pedagogy, the limitations of the study, as well as the prospects for overcoming them.
About the authors
Anastasia V. Miklyaeva
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: a.miklyaeva@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8389-2275
SPIN-code: 9471-8985
Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology
48 Moika Emb., Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian FederationSvetlana A. Bezgodova
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Email: s.a.bezgodova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5425-7838
SPIN-code: 6644-6059
Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology of Professional Activity and Information Technologies in Education
48 Moika Emb., Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian FederationVladimir N. Panferov
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Email: v-panferov@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3528-3122
SPIN-code: 1910-5422
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology
48 Moika Emb., Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian FederationReferences
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