Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor of Educational psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Educational psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

3 PhD. Student of Educational psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Sense of Belonging to School and academic engagement by examining the mediating role of academic self-efficacy and Academic Hardiness Among high school students in Khorramabad city. The current of research is basic in terms of purpose and in terms of the type of survey method of research was descriptive type of correlational and and specifically type of the structural equation modeling. the statistical population included all students of all secondary school students of Khorramabad in the academic year 2023-2024, that among the samples, 357 students are entered to the analysis by were selected using random cluster sampling. The data are collected by Academic Engagement Scale (Reeve, 2013), Sense of Belonging to School Questionnaire Brew and Beatty, (2005), Academic Efficacy Scale Patrick and et.al (1997) and Academic Hardiness Questionnaire (Benishek & Lopez, 2005). The structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the relationships between variables. The results show that Sense of Belonging to School have a positive, direct, predictive effect on students’ academic engagement (p<0.01). Additionally, Sense of Belonging to School indirectly predict academic engagement through academic self-efficacy and Academic Hardiness (P<0.05). This research confirmed the mediating role of Academic Self-Efficacy and achievement emotions, based on the Sense of Belonging to School and academic engagement.

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