The Investigate effect of psychological capital and spirit of inquiry on research autonomy of postgraduate students of Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz

Subject Areas : Educational

yaser garavand ¹ (Ph.D. Student of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran)
Gholamhossien Maktabi ² (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran)
Mohammad Koohi ³ (Masters student of Educational Research Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran)
Maryam Samadi Taher Gorabi ⁴ (M.A. Student of Clinical Psychology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran)

Received: 2019-03-15 Accepted : 2019-10-30 Published : 2021-01-20

Keywords: psychological capital, spirit of inquiry, Research autonomy, Graduate Students,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological capital and spirit of inquiry on research autonomy of postgraduate students of Chamran university of Ahvaz. The research method was descriptive correlational. the statistical population of the study included all postgraduate students of the faculties of humanities of Chamran university who were studying in the academic year 1396-97 that is total of 368 students of these, 190 people were selected by stratified sampling method as research sample. data were collected using Research autonomy questionnaire (Gravand, 2016), Psychological capital (Lutans et al., 2007) and Spirit of inquiry (Sherzad, 2012). data were analyzed by SPSS-21 software using multiple regression. The results of regression analysis showed that among the subscales of psychological capital, two subscales of resiliency and self-efficacy subscales were able to influence research autonomy. in addition, among the subscales of the spirit of inquiry, two subscales of perseverance and the curiosity subscale were able to influence research autonomy. Therefore, it is necessary to nurture and enhance resilience, self-efficacy, perseverance, and curiosity as effective factors in enhancing students' autonomy and research spirit, to consider the relevant professors, authorities, and policy makers and provide context for the realizing of these traits in educational settings.

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