A mindset for intrinsic motivation

The present study aimed to test the relationships between individual differences and\ud motivation as well as performance. It was expected that aspects of personality, goalorientation,\ud mindset (implicit self-theory), and positive self-regard (core self-efficacy)\ud would predict motivation and performance. One hundred twenty-two college students\ud from San Francisco State University were surveyed to test these hypotheses in an on-line\ud correlational study. The individual differences were generally found to significantly\ud correlate with autonomous motivation. The Big 5 personality traits had particularly strong\ud relationships with the four autonomous motivations. Though mindset was mainly\ud significantly related to intrinsic motivation to know, the learning goal-orientation was\ud significantly related to all of the autonomous motivations. A-motivation resulted in being\ud surprisingly relevant to all of the individual differences as well as to performance. The\ud patterns of results in this study suggest individual differences significantly predict what\ud types of motivations engage people in their commitments. The magnitude of these\ud correlations between individual differences and types of motivation is greatly influenced\ud by the motivation???s level of self-determination