Psychology
Niloufar Aghaei Kamakeli; Reza Ghorban Jahromi; Mansoureh Karimzadeh; Seyyed Rouhollah Shahabi
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Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of mediating the role of self-differentiation in the relationship between basic psychological needs and addiction to online games in secondary school students.Methodology: The cross-sectional research method is correlational. The statistical population ...
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Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of mediating the role of self-differentiation in the relationship between basic psychological needs and addiction to online games in secondary school students.Methodology: The cross-sectional research method is correlational. The statistical population of this research was made up of all students of the second level of high school in Tehran in 1402-1401, among whom 400 students (200 girls and 200 boys) were selected based on Cain's formula as a staged cluster sampling. In this research, online game addiction tools (Wang and Chang, 2002), basic psychological needs (LaGuardia et al., 2000) and self-differentiation (Skorn and Friedlander, 1998) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V23 and Lisrel-V24 software were used. Also, in order to test research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used.Findings: Also, in order to respond to the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used. The results showed that basic psychological needs have a direct effect on addiction to online games. Self-differentiation has a direct effect on addiction to online games. Basic psychological needs have an indirect effect on addiction to online games. The modified structural model of the research also had a favorable fit with the data (RMSEA=0.055, GFI=.088) and this is an important step towards knowing the factors affecting the addiction to online games in students.Conclusion: The results showed that basic psychological needs have an indirect effect on addiction to online games.
Psychology
Shahryar Abdolmaleki; Zabih Pirani; Firouzeh Zanganeh
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Purpose: Self-regulation has an effective role in other academic performance of students and can cause their academic success. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic ...
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Purpose: Self-regulation has an effective role in other academic performance of students and can cause their academic success. Therefore, the aim of this study was designing an academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic engagement.
Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was descriptive from type of survey. The statistical population of the current study was male senior students of Hamedan city in the academic years of 2020-2021 and about 4000 people. The samples of this study were 420 people who were selected by cluster sampling method and answered to the academic self-regulation questionnaire (Savari and Arabzade, 2013), basic psychological needs questionnaire (Gagne, 2003), revised family communication patterns scale (Koerner and Fitzpatrick, 2002) and academic engagement questionnaire (Schaufeli et al., 2002). For data analysis were used from Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling methods in SPSS-20 and Smart-PLS-3 software.
Findings: The findings showed that the academic self-regulation model based on basic psychological needs and family communication pattern with the mediation of academic engagement had a good fit. Other findings showed that basic psychological needs and communication patterns of conversation and conformity had a direct and significant effect on students' academic engagement and basic psychological needs, communication patterns of conversation and conformity and academic engagement had a direct and significant effect on their self-regulation (P<0.05). In addition, basic psychological needs and communication patterns of conversation and conformity with the mediation of academic engagement had an indirect and significant effect on students' academic self-regulation (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, to improve students' self-regulation can be met their basic psychological needs and can be improved their communication patterns and academic engagement through educational workshops.
Jeyran Moradi; Yahya Yarahmadi; Mahmood Goodarzi; Omid Moradi
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Purpose: Educational systems are based on the education and training of the future generation of the society, and students have a central role in this system, and the existence of social support from families, the government, the education system, and organizations. And other inputs are required for ...
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Purpose: Educational systems are based on the education and training of the future generation of the society, and students have a central role in this system, and the existence of social support from families, the government, the education system, and organizations. And other inputs are required for their growth. In this regard, psychologists and teachers consider motivation as one of the key concepts used to explain different levels of performance. The main cause of behavior is motivation and it can be defined as the driving force of human activities and the factor of his learning. Also, this concept can be used to explain the difference between students who have the same aptitude for learning, but their academic progress is different. From the point of view of psychologists, motivation is an internal process that activates, directs and maintains behavior over time, and motivation has been divided into two categories: "internal" and "external". The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between success factors and student achievement motivation.Methodology: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the present study included all 11th grade female students in Kermanshah in the academic year 2018-19. From this population, 400 people were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were the Student's Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Jink and Morgan (1999), Waz & Isaacson (2008), Schumer's Epistemological Beliefs (1990), The Basic Psychological Needs of the Guardian et al. (2000), and Progress Motivation. Were Hermans (1987). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling statistical method in SPSS24 and Amos24 software.Findings: The results showed that the fit of the measurement model and the structural model of the research were confirmed. The results showed that epistemological beliefs, successful academic identity and basic psychological needs had a direct and significant effect on academic self-efficacy and achievement motivation and academic self-efficacy on achievement motivation. Finally, basic needs have a positive effect on successful academic identity and significance of 95% confidence level (P <0.05).Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, students who have suffered from academic failure and their motivation for progress and success has a declining trend can be used by using psychological counseling to improve academic identity, epistemological beliefs and basic psychological needs. He intervened and provided the ground for their academic progress. The results of this research can also lead to proper planning in order to adopt appropriate school strategies to increase the motivation of students' progress and consequently reduce academic decline and reluctance.
