Collegiate athletes are required to excel both academically and athletically throughout their college careers. To maintain ...

The researchers discovered that when an action feels consistent with one’s identity, obstacles are seen as significant. In ...

Are you finding it difficult to get started or sustain already devised study plans? Are you tempted to slip back to the fatal illusion of promising yourself that you will start studying tomorrow?

Why did you decide to go to college? Asking that question of new students in a more formal way might help colleges find ways to encourage more students to complete their programs, according to a new ...

Struggling to find motivation for work or study is a universal experience, but for many people there is little thought given to the reason behind a dip in enthusiasm. A Canterbury scientist is trying ...

This paper reports the results of a cross-age study dealing with high school students' motivational traits in science. Students' motivational traits in science were explored by a questionnaire whose ...

To assess if the correlations with the DA measures were specific for the surrogate trait measure of motivation, we also inspected correlations with the broad trait measures of Positive Emotionality ...

Research involving more than 1,200 adults found that a daily 10-minute mindfulness practice can improve workout motivation. Regularly practicing mindfulness also lead to other healthy habits, like ...

Among 52 incentives to exercise, giving people a 9-cent award if they returned to the gym after missing a workout helped the most. By Gretchen Reynolds Receiving a tiny monetary reward at the right ...