The effect of self-determination on behaviors that facilitate a health-oriented academic lifestyle mediated by academic optimism in elementary School students
Subject Areas : Educationalleila heidaryani 1 , ezatolah ghadampour 2 , mohamad abasi 3
1 - Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
2 - Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
3 - Asistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
Keywords: facilitator behaviors, academic lifestyle, health-oriented, self-determination, academic optimism, Secondary school students,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to self-determine the effect of self-determination on health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors mediated by academic optimism in sophomores. The research method was descriptive-correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all primary school students (second year) in Boroujerd city in the academic year 1399-400, numbering 16,000, which were randomly selected as a sample of 450 students. The research data were obtained using questionnaires of facilitators of health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors of (Salehzadeh & et al. 2017), Self-determination of (Deci & Ryan. 2002) and academic optimism of (Schenen Moran & et al. 2013). Data were analyzed using path analysis. The results showed that the direct effect of self-determination on academic optimism (β = 0.27, p <0.001) and health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors (β = 0.29, p <0.001) was significant. Also, the direct effect of academic optimism (β = 0.35, p <0.05) on health-facilitating behaviors is significant. The indirect path coefficient between self-determination and health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors facilitating the mediating role of academic optimism is also significant (β = 0.95, p <0.05). Considering the variables of self- determain and academic optimism, we can expect an increase in students' health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors.
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