Investigating the role of Responsibility and Emotional Intelligence in predicting the Academic Achievement of female high school students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran

2 Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Saveh, Iran

10.22098/jsc.2023.10024.1021

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the present research was to investigate the role of the aspects of academic involvement and responsibility in the academic self-efficacy of eighth-grade female students.

Method: The present research method was descriptive-correlational. Its statistical population included all eighth-grade female students of schools in district one of Baharestan County in the academic year of 2020-2021, from which 331 subjects were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data were collected using Apleton et al.’s students academic involvement questionnaires, Nemati responsibility, and Morris's children and adolescents self-efficacy. Multiple regression analysis was also used to analyze the data.

Results: After the investigation and confirmation of assumptions, the results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables of academic involvement as well as responsibility and their aspects with academic self-efficacy (P<0.01).

Conclusion: Therefore, it is possible to increase academic involvement and responsibility in order to increase self-efficacy and ultimately, academic achievement in students by implementing macro-policies in the long-term and school planning in the short-term.

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