Mohammad-Hossein Dehghanizadeh; Mas’oud Hossienchari; Morteza Moradi; Abbass-Ali Soleymani Khashab
Volume 10, Issue 32 , July 2014, , Pages 1-30
Abstract
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.