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Use of the Motivation and Engagement Scale–University/College as a Means of Identifying Student Typologies
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 58, Number 3, April 2017
- pp. 457-462
- 10.1353/csd.2017.0034
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The Motivation and Engagement Scale–University/College (MES-UC) was used to identify student typologies on the basis of adaptive and maladaptive academic cognitions and behaviours. The sample comprised first-year (n = 390), second-year (n = 300), and third-year (n = 251) undergraduate students with 4 student typologies identified: high engagement/skills, low engagement/skills, and 2 moderately engaged groups distinguished by either high or low levels of maladaptive cognitions (e.g., anxiety). Additional analyses which displayed theoretically appropriate differences between these groups suggest that the MES-UC is suitable for identifying student typologies.