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Mental Health and Academic Motivation Among Graduating College Students: A Correlational Study

Reignell Mariz Imperial | Jonan Jeff Ibanga | Josaiah David | Joana Mae Macapagal | Jhoselle Tus

Discipline: Psychology

 

Abstract:

This study investigates the significant relationship between mental health and academic motivation among graduating students. Thus, the study employed a correlational design to determine if there is a significant relationship between mental health and academic motivation among 150 graduating college students. Hence, the Mental Health Inventory 38 (MHI-38) and Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-C28) were employed to measure the study variables. Moreover, statistical analysis reveals that the r coefficient of 0.35 indicates a low positive correlation between the variables. The p-value of 0.00, which is less than 0.05,leads to the decision to reject the null hypothesis.