Attributive Styles and Motivation for Scientific Research in Postgraduate’s Student of a Peruvian University

Abstract

This research aims to determine the influence of attributional styles and motivation towards scientific research in students of the graduate program at Cesar (Vallejo, Daher, & Rincón, 2020). Methodology: basic type quantitative approach, non-experimental design, causal correlational level, and cross-sectional scope. Population: 1188 students. Sample: 290 students. For data collection, the survey was used. Two questionnaires were used as instruments: one for each variable, which was validated through Expert Judgment and validated by Cronbach’s Alpha with a value of α ≥ 0.9 for both variables, denoting high reliability. The Attributive Styles questionnaire was used for the first variable, which consists of seven dimensions and 42 items. The Motivation towards scientific research questionnaire was applied for the second variable, consisting of three dimensions: Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral, and 34 items. Data processing: SPSS software, version 25, was used, which allowed a descriptive analysis with frequency tables to be established, taking into account the scale and its levels for the variables. Results and Conclusion: the attributions that motivate graduate students towards scientific research are shown as controllable and uncontrollable, internal (stable and unstable) and external (stable and unstable), without the individual ability or effort prevailing as a determining condition for scientific research.