Table 5.
Comparison between the two studied groups according to the situational motivation scale.
| Situational Motivation Scale | Phone Calls Group (n = 16) |
No Phone Calls Group (n = 11) |
U (p) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre M ± SD |
Post M ± SD |
Pre M ± SD |
Post M ± SD |
||
| Intrinsic motivation | 22.56 ± 7.04 | 19.19 ± 6.21 | 22.91 ± 3.83 | 19.73 ± 6.20 | 84 (0.865) |
| Z (p0) | 1.838 (0.066) | 1.684 (0.092) | |||
| Identified regulation | 22.0 ± 5.69 | 19.75 ± 6.94 | 23.18 ± 4.53 | 22.0 ± 6.32 | 68.5 (0.342) |
| Z (p0) | 1.162 (0.245) | 0.409 (0.683) | |||
| External regulation | 17.0 ± 5.30 | 15.06 1± 6.06 | 14.91 ± 6.04 | 13.45 ± 7.93 | 74 (0.512) |
| Z (p0) | 1.166 (0.244) | 1.186 (0.236) | |||
| Amotivation | 6.0 ± 2.45 | 8.50 ±1 4.76 | 7.36 ± 4.97 | 10.36 ± 7.23 | 69 (0.368) |
| Z (p0) | 1.694 (0.090) | 1.130 (0.258) | |||
| SDI | 38.13 ± 16.03 | 26.06 ± 19.68 | 39.36 ± 16.88 | 27.27 ± 20.66 | 84.5 (0.865) |
| Z (p0) | 1.967 (0.049) | 1.468 (0.142) | |||
Note. SD: standard deviation; U: Mann–Whitney test; Z: Wilcoxon signed-rank test p0: p-value for comparing between pre and post in each group; p: p-value for comparing between the studied groups.