Structural equation Modelling of family communication patterns on academic performance by mediating identity styles in students

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Shahrbanoo Dehrouyeh, ¹ , Najmeh Tavakoli ² , Naghmeh Tavakoli ³

1 - PhD in Educational Psychology, Adib Higher Education Department, Mazandaran, Iran.
2 - Mazandaran Institute of Higher Industrial Education, Babol, Iran.
3 - Department of Educational Psychology, Sari, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

Received: 2021-08-29 Accepted : 2021-11-07 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: Students, academic performance, Identity Styles, Family Communication Patterns,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was structural model of family communication patterns on academic performance by mediating identity styles in students. Correlation research method was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study included all male students of ninth grade in Ghaemshahr city in the second semester of 2018-2019. In this study, 330 people were selected as the available sample size (considering that all students participated in English language classes). In order to collect data, Fam and Taylor Academic Performance Questionnaire (EPT), Berzonsky Identity Style Scale (ISI-6G) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that parental perfectionism, family communication patterns, perceived psychological pressure, resilience, procrastination and identity style had a direct and significant effect on academic performance and also indirect effect of parental perfectionism, family communication patterns, perceived psychological pressure, resilience and procrastination mediated by identity style on academic performance were confirmed. The present study indicates the importance of cognitive factors such as perceived psychological pressure, identity style, resilience, parental perfectionism and prioritisation and social factors such as family communication patterns in explaining academic performance.