Predicting Motivational Beliefs among Talented and High-Achiever Medical Sciences University Students Accoreling to Self-Leadership

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between motivational beliefs and self-leadership among talented and high-achiever medical sciences university students. The statistical population of the research included all talented and high-achiever medical sciences university students in 1390-1391 who were in the list of the Shiraz Medical Sciences University office of Gifted Students. 222 participants (139 female, 83 male) were selected using purposeful sampling method. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MLSQ3) and Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ) were used as measurement instrument. Reliability of these measurement instruments was investigated by calculating Cronbach alpha coefficient. The pattern of correlations between factors showed it's construct validity. The results showed that motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, task value, control beliefs about learning, intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation and test anxiety) and self-leadership (behavior focused, natural reward and constructive thought) were correlated. Multiple regression analyses revealed that self-leadership predict gifted student's motivational beliefs.