Relationship between Academic Engagements, Self-efficacy and Academic Motivation with Academic Achievement among High School Students in Bandar Abbas

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between academic engagements, self-efficacy and academic motivation with academic achievement among high school students in Bandar Abbas. 364 people, including 180 girls and 184 boys were selected by multistage random sampling and responded to academic self-efficacy, academic motivation and academic engagements scales. Academic performance of students assessed by their GPA at the end of the first semester of the academic year 2014-2015. For data analysis, correlation and multiple regression analysis were used. The results showed that academic achievement can be predicted significantly by the dimensions of academic engagement, academic self-efficacy and academic motivation. Only the relationship between agency engagement and academic achievement was not significant. Also, the results showed there were a significant and positive relationship between Self-efficacy and academic achievement (r=0.34), academic motivation and academic achievement (r= 0.26), cognitive engagement and academic achievement (r = 0.27), emotional engagement and academic achievement (r = 0.11), behavioral engagement and academic achievement (r = 0.33), and agency engagement and academic achievement (r = 0.13).