Mohammad-Hossein Dehghanizadeh; Mas’oud Hossienchari; Morteza Moradi; Abbass-Ali Soleymani Khashab
Volume 10, Issue 32 , July 2014, , Pages 1-30
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The present paper aims to study the influence of the perception of family communication patterns (including conversation and conformity orientations) as well as structure of the class (including tasks, meticulous assessment, emphasis on evaluation ...
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The present paper aims to study the influence of the perception of family communication patterns (including conversation and conformity orientations) as well as structure of the class (including tasks, meticulous assessment, emphasis on evaluation authority) onacademic buoyancy, and investigate the mediatory role of selfefficacy dimensions therein. Using multi-stage random cluster sampling method, ٣٣٧ subjects (١٧٦ females and ١٦١ males) were selected from among high school students in the city of Mehriz. The research instruments included a version of the Revised Family Communication Pattern (١٩٩٧), the Class Structure Questionnaire (٢٠٠١), a version of self-efficacy dimensions (٢٠٠١), and the Academic Buoyancy Questionnaire (١٣٩١). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to test the instruments’ reliability, and their validity was tested by using factor analysis and internal consistency methods. The instruments proved to be reliable and valid. The research data was analyzed using path analysis method with simultaneous regression as suggested by Baron and Kenny (١٩٨٦). In general, the results indicated that some dimensions of family communication patterns and class structure can directly predict the academic buoyancy. Moreover, some dimensions of family communication patterns and class structure directly predict selfefficacy''s dimensions. Finally, after calculating the obtained ١. Corresponding Author: MA in Educational Psychology, e-mail: hoseindehghan٧٨@yahoo.com٢. Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology٣. MA in Educational Psychology, e-mail: m٦٥_m٨٠@yahoo.com٤. MA in Educational Psychology 3 English Abstractscoefficients of the paths, it became evident that dimensions of selfefficacy had a mediatory role between conversation orientation, taskattraction and authority with academic buoyancy. The results of the study were discussed with regard to previous studies and some suggestions were made for further research in the field.
Muhammad Khayyer; Mas'oud Husseinchari; Mahmoud Bahrani
Volume 8, Issue 24 , July 2012, , Pages 144-169
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The aim of the present study is to investigate the biases of students' self-efficacy with regard to some external criteria and its impact on educational motivation, affects and performance outcomes. Participants were 273 second-grade guidance-school students (150 female, 123 male) who were selected by ...
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The aim of the present study is to investigate the biases of students' self-efficacy with regard to some external criteria and its impact on educational motivation, affects and performance outcomes. Participants were 273 second-grade guidance-school students (150 female, 123 male) who were selected by cluster random sampling. The instruments were scales about self-efficacy, motivation, affects and sense to school .On the basis of subtraction of a criterion score (yielded by the average value of teacher evaluation, peers evaluation and the students' math performance), students were divided into three self-efficacy judgmental groups, i.e. pessimists, optimists and realists. The resultsshowed that most of the students overestimated their math self-efficacy. Analysis of variance for motivation and affects outcomes showed significant differences between the means of pessimists and realists groups in benefit of the optimists group. Also, all groups were significantly different in math performance. Pessimists group had the highest and the optimists group the lowest scores. The results indicated a relationship between the kind of self-efficacy judgments and educational motivation, affects, and math performance. Due to unrealistic estimates of students' academic efficacy, it is recommended to find a solution for this problem.
