The Role of Mental Health on Academic Performance of University Students with the Meditation of Academic Achievement Motivation

Subject Areas : Educational

Seyed -Mohammad Mirkamali ¹ (عضو هیأت علمی دانشکدۀ روان‌شناسی و علوم تربیتی دانشگاه تهران)
kobra khabare ² (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه خوارزمی)
ebrahim mazari ³ (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزش عالی دانشگاه تهران)
farhad farhadi amjad ⁴ (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: academic achievement motivation, mental health, university students, Academic Performance,

Abstract :

This study aimed to explain the role of mental health on academic performance of students with the meditation of academic achievement motivation. The research method was descriptive and the design was correlation of the kind of structural equation modeling. Statistical population was 4020 university students in Birjand University. Through stratified random sampling and cocranꞌs formula, 351 students were selected as the sample. Mental Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1972) and Academic Achievement Motivation Questionnaire (Hoseini et al., 2008/1387s.c.) and academic mean scores were used to collect the data. Correlation analysis showed that there were significant correlations between mental health and academic achievement motivation, (P < 0.01), academic achievement motivation and academic performance (P < 0.01) and depression and academic performance (P < 0.01). Structural equation modeling of mental health, academic achievement motivation and academic performance with respect to fit indices were confirmed and also the results showed that mental health had effect on academic achievement motivation (γ =0.62). Also, academic achievement motivation was effective on academic performance (β=0.44). Finally, mental health had effect on students academic performance with the meditation of academic achievement motivation (γ=0.51).

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