Peranan Openness terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa Dengan Motivasi Sebagai Mediator

Abstract

Openness , which is indicated by high curiosity, open-mindedness, imaginativeness and willingness to try new things, has often been associated with academic achievement. Motivation directs traits and behaviors towards achievement and is therefore considered a determinant of academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine motivation as a mediator in the role of openness on student academic achievement. Students fill out a questionnaire to measure the four variables. The measurement of academic achievement uses data grade point average (GPA) of students. The instrument for measuring openness uses the openness scale on the Neo-FFI (Costa & McCrae, 1992), which was translated by the Research and Measurement Section of the Faculty of Psychology, Tarumanagara University (Cronbach’s alpha = 0,740). Motivation, as a mediator variable, was measured using the Academic Motivation Scale (Vallerand, 1992), which was adapted into Indonesian by Marvianto & Widhiarso (2018) (Cronbach’s alpha = 0,854). Participants were 207 undergraduate students (S1) from various universities and study programs aged 17 – 22 years. Data analysis used moderation regression analysis from Barron and Kenny (1986). The results showed that academic motivation is a mediator in the role of openness on student academic achievement.