Explaining the Structural Model of Interactive Relationships of Keller Motivational Dimensions with Personality Characteristics of Medical Students of Iran University of Medical Sciences

Students' academic performance as a major indicator of the quality evaluation of higher education is one of the most important aspects of higher education system in our country, which is one of the influential factors on that personality and high motivation of students. Therefore, this research aimed to explain "Explaining the Structural Model of Interactive Relationships of Keller Motivational dimensions with Personality Characteristics of Medical Students of Iran University of Medical Sciences."

This is a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all medical students at basic sciences of the medical school and international campus of Iran University of Medical Sciences during the academic year of 96-97, 412 of whom were selected as research sample by hierarchical cluster sampling method. To obtain a structural model, Keller motivation and Neo's personality questionnaires were used and Data were analyzed by SPSS & AMOS softwares.

The results showed that there was a positive correlation between the two variables of motivation and personality (r=0.292, p< 0.001), and the satisfaction and extraversion components with the highest regression weight had the highest correlation with motivation and personality, respectively. In the obtained structural model, only a direct relation between the experiential component and the attention component was observed, and the other components of the personality with the motivational components were indirectly linked.

Due to the greater stability of personality traits, teachers should pay more attention to personality traits when choosing an educational method to improve the learning environment in order to increase students' motivation and they can achieve the success