Studying the Moderating Role of Academic Buoyancy in Relationship between Students' Intrinsic Motivation and their Academic Engagement in Farhangian University of Zahedan City

The present research aimed at studying the moderating role of academic buoyancy in the relationship between the students' intrinsic motivation and their academic engagement in the Farhangian university of Zahedan city. This study was a descriptive correlational research. The statistic population included 2410 students of Farhangian University of Zahedan city. 330 students were selected as the sample by applying simple random sampling method. To collect data, McCallie et al(1991) Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, Academic Engagement Questionnaire of Schaufeli et al. (2002) and, Martin and Marsh's (2006) questionnaire of Academic Buoyancy were applied. The questionnaire content validity was confirmed by 8 connoisseurs based on the content validity index and content validity ratio. Moreover, by applying Cronbach's alpha, the internal consistency of the questionnaires was estimated 0.907, 0.723 and 0.720, respectively. Furthermore, the results of correlation coefficient and structural equation model showed that the intrinsic motivation has direct influence on the academic engagement and buoyancy. In addition, the academic engagement has direct effect on the academic buoyancy. Moreover, the indirect influence of intrinsic motivation on the academic engagement by the moderating role of academic buoyancy has been a little more than its direct effect. Therefore, regarding this matter that the students' academic buoyancy leads to their academic engagement, the planning for the creation of academic buoyancy in the students of Farhangian University is suggested to be noticed.