Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Hossein Naderipour ¹
• Abolghasem Yaghoobi ²
• Rasool kord Noghabi ³
• Shahryar Yarmohammadi Vasel ²

¹ Ph.D Student of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

² Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to developing causal model of academic engagement based on academic mindfulness with the mediating of fear of self-compassion, academic wising and core self-evaluations in the students. The research method was correlational (structural equation modeling). The statistical population consisted of all students in Bu-Ali Sina University in the academic year of 2022-2023. To determine the sample size based, 420 students were selected using multistage cluster random sampling method. The instruments for data gathering included, academic engagement questionnaire (Reeve & Tseng, 2011; Reeve, 2013), academic mindfulness questionnaire, fear of self-compassion scale (Gilbert et al., 2011), academic wising scale and core self-evaluations scale (Judge et al., 2003). Data were analyzed by using pearson correlation and structural equation modeling. The findings indicated that the model was confirmed by the excellent fit, and all fit indices confirmed the model. The results of the model showed that academic mindfulness, fear of self-compassion, academic wising and core self-evaluations had a direct and significant effect in academic engagement. Moreover, the results showed that academic mindfulness mediated by of fear of self-compassion, academic wising and core self-evaluations had a significant effect in academic engagement. In this study, the role of variables mentioned in students academic engagement was confirmed. This shows the importance of attention to these four variables in order to explain of academic engagement.

Keywords

• Fear of Self-Compassion
• Academic Wising
• Academic Engagement
• Academic Mindfulness
• Core Self-Evaluations

Main Subjects

• روانشناسی یادگیری