Perceived motivational climate as a predictor of intrinsic motivation in medical students

Motivational climate is the situational structure of goals through which success
or failure is judged in the social environment. This study aimed at examining the relationship
between perceived motivational climate and intrinsic motivation of medical students. It was
hypothesized that perceived mastery climate predicted medical students’ intrinsic motivation
positively and perceived performance climate predicted it negatively.
Methods: The design was a cross-sectional study. The Iranian version of two instruments for
measuring intrinsic motivation and perceived motivational climate were completed by 232
medical students. In order to identify the predictability relationship between the research
variables, structure equation modeling was adopted.
Results: Investigations revealed that perceived mastery climate positively and meaningfully
predicted medical students’ intrinsic motivation (0.85). Perceived performance climate
negatively predicted medical students’ intrinsic motivation (-0.47).
Conclusion: Building mastery climate in a learning environment promotes medicine students’
intrinsic motivation