University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 3 1 2014 02 20 The causal relationship of self-efficacy and negative incentives with school performance mediated by perceived control, task value, hope and hopelessness in female secondary high school students The causal relationship of self-efficacy and negative incentives with school performance mediated by perceived control, task value, hope and hopelessness in female secondary high school students 83 100 160 jsp-3-1-93-3-6 FA N Golestani Nia M. A. in educational Psychology student, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz M Shehniyailagh Professor of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz G Maktabi Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Journal Article 2013 07 07 The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship of<br />academic self-efficacy and negative incentives with academic performance<br />mediated by perceived control, task value, hope and hopelessness of female<br />secondary high school students in Dezful. The population of this study was all of<br />the students who were studying in 2012-2013 academic year. The method of the<br />study was path analysis. The subjects consisted of 250 students who were selected<br />by multiple-stage random sampling method. Academic performance of the students<br />was measured by their grade-point average. The research instruments used in this<br />study were Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory, the Student Perceptions of<br />Control Questionnaire, Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, Miller<br />hope Scale and hopelessness Scale for Children. The proposed model of the<br />relationship between variables was tested, using path analysis. The indirect<br />relationships were tested by using bootstrapping method. The results revealed that<br />self-efficacy and negative incentives had indirect relationships with hope and<br />hopelessness through perceived control and task value. Also self-efficacy, negative<br />incentives, perceived control and task value had indirect relationships with<br />academic performance through hope and hopelessness. Also, %74 of the variance<br />in academic performance was determined by the proposed variables The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship of<br />academic self-efficacy and negative incentives with academic performance<br />mediated by perceived control, task value, hope and hopelessness of female<br />secondary high school students in Dezful. The population of this study was all of<br />the students who were studying in 2012-2013 academic year. The method of the<br />study was path analysis. The subjects consisted of 250 students who were selected<br />by multiple-stage random sampling method. Academic performance of the students<br />was measured by their grade-point average. The research instruments used in this<br />study were Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory, the Student Perceptions of<br />Control Questionnaire, Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, Miller<br />hope Scale and hopelessness Scale for Children. The proposed model of the<br />relationship between variables was tested, using path analysis. The indirect<br />relationships were tested by using bootstrapping method. The results revealed that<br />self-efficacy and negative incentives had indirect relationships with hope and<br />hopelessness through perceived control and task value. Also self-efficacy, negative<br />incentives, perceived control and task value had indirect relationships with<br />academic performance through hope and hopelessness. Also, %74 of the variance<br />in academic performance was determined by the proposed variables https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_160_42f24e99ba518699caa13d50bb6a3df4.pdf