The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in the Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy, Academic Engagement, and Academic Meaningfulness with Academic Achievement Among Students in Wasit, Iraq
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Psychological capital, academic self-efficacy, academic engagement, academic meaningfulness, academic achievement, Wasit, IraqAbstract
The present study aimed to determine the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between academic self-efficacy, academic engagement, and academic meaningfulness with academic achievement.
This study is descriptive in nature and employs a correlational-structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The statistical population consists of middle school students in Wasit, Iraq, during the spring of 2024. A total of 174 students were selected as the sample through convenience sampling. The research instruments included the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans, 2007), the Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Midgley et al., 2000), the Academic Engagement Questionnaire (Fredricks et al., 2004), the Academic Meaningfulness Questionnaire (Henderson-King & Smith, 2006), and the Academic Achievement Questionnaire (Wells, 2010). The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling through SPSS 22 and AMOS 19 software. The results indicated a significant and positive direct relationship between academic self-efficacy, academic engagement, academic meaningfulness, and psychological capital with academic achievement (p < .01). Additionally, the relationship between academic self-efficacy, academic engagement, and academic meaningfulness with psychological capital was also found to be significantly positive and direct (p < .01). Furthermore, the results of structural equation modeling demonstrated that psychological capital mediates the relationship between academic self-efficacy, academic engagement, and academic meaningfulness with academic achievement (p < .01).
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