Explaining Academic Emotions Based on Academic Support and Achievement Goal Orientation: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-regulation

The main purpose of this study was to explain the academic emotions based on academic support and achievement goal orientation through the mediating role of academic self-regulation. The research method was correlational of structural equations modeling type. The statistical population included all male and female students of junior high schools in Sanandaj in the academic year of 2021-2022, from which 390 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. They answered the Academic Emotions questionnaire, Academic Support questionnaire, Achievement Goal orientation questionnaire and Academic self-regulation questionnaire. The data were analyzed with the structural equations modeling via SPSS-21 and AMOS-21 softwares. The findings corroborated the good fitness of the model with research data. According to the findings, the direct paths from the academic support, mastery and performance orientation to positive and negative academic emotions were significant (P <0.01). Also, the indirect paths from the academic support, mastery orientation and functional orientation through the academic self-regulation to positive and negative academic emotions were significant (P <0.01). In conclusion, the academic self-regulation can play a mediating role in the relationship between academic support and achievement goal orientation with positive and negative academic emotions in students.