Mediating role of academic self-efficacy in predicting achievement goals based on positive and negative affect

The purpose of this paper was to predict achievement goals based on positive and negative affect by Mediated academic self-efficacy beliefs.

Method of this study was Correlation and the study population included 5,000 students in Yazd that with cluster sampling method were selected a sample of 225 high school students in three academic disciplines (humanities, experimental and mathematical). Inventories of learning approaches (Greene & Miller, 1996), self-efficacy in children and adolescents (Morris, 2001) and the positive and negative affect Scale (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988) were used.

The results of using multivariable regression analysis showed when not present academic self-efficacy beliefs on the regression equation, is Significant Relationship between positive and negative affect and achievement goals can be achieved while this relationship when controlled this variable is not significant.

Thus, positive and negative affect was predictor achievement goals by academic self-efficacy beliefs in high school students. The results of the present study for organizations such as the Education In order to apply programs to enhance self-efficacy beliefs and improving academic performance of students it seems useful