Predicting academic achievement based on academic self-concept and locus of control

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Imam Reza International University

2 Professor of Psychology , Allameh Tabataba'i University

3 Professor of Psychology, University of Tehran

4 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch

Abstract

          The purpose of this study was to predict the academic achievement based on academic self-concept and locus of control. The design of this study was correlational-descriptive. The population consisted of all male and female pre-university students in public high schools of Tehran majoring in natural sciences in the academic year of 2014-2015. From this population, 560 male and female students were selected using multi-stage random sampling. The instruments were academic self-concept scale, and interiority, powerful people and chance scale. Also, the students’ GPA was considered as the criterion of their academic achievement. Data analysis was performed through Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression analysis in SPSS 21. The results showed a positive significant correlation between academic self-concept and locus of control with academic achievement (p<0.01). The result of regression analysis also revealed that almost 23% of students’ academic achievement variance was predicted positively based on academic self-concept and internal locus of control. Hence, it can be concluded that by increase of the level of academic self-concept and locus of control, the academic achievement increases accordingly. In other words, academic self-concept and locus of control are the most important variables in academic achievement of the students.

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Journal of School Psychology
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 23
December 2017
Pages 102-115

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