Houshang Garavand; Salman Zarei
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The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of corona stress in the relationship between loneliness with academic engagement. The research method was correlation of the type structural equation modeling. The population of this study included all undergraduate students of Lorestan University ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of corona stress in the relationship between loneliness with academic engagement. The research method was correlation of the type structural equation modeling. The population of this study included all undergraduate students of Lorestan University in the academic year 2021-2022.The statistical sample size was determined based on Klein's thumb rule equal to 240 people which was done by available sampling method and online questionnaire. The instruments used in this study were University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Corona Stress Scale (CSS) and Academic Engagement Scale (AES). Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling statistical method and by the SPSS-22, and AMOS-24 software. The results showed that loneliness has a direct relationship on the academic engagement and an indirect effect on the academic engagement due to corona stress. Due to the results, authorities are required to increase academic engagement in higher education by planning intervening programs, holding workshops and presenting counseling to reduce these factors in order to increasing students' academic engagement
hamideh pakmehr; masoumeh azizi; Houshang Garavand
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The purpose of this study was to standardize the Art education curriculum orientation questionnaire for primary school teachers by the method of survey research. In this study, the original version of the Filani art education curriculum orientation questionnaire (2003) translated into Persian and modified. ...
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The purpose of this study was to standardize the Art education curriculum orientation questionnaire for primary school teachers by the method of survey research. In this study, the original version of the Filani art education curriculum orientation questionnaire (2003) translated into Persian and modified. Then, final form was prepared for implementation. The statistical society included all primary school teachers in Mashhad in the academic year 2020-2021 (13259 people) that 360 teachers were participated in the study using available sampling method. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated from three aspects of content validity, structure and correlation between subscales. Examination of the comments of experts and teachers indicated the content validity of this tool. In order to evaluate the construct validity, the factor structure of the questionnaire was evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis with maximum likelihood method at the level of covariance matrix and the results showed that the confirmation model has an acceptable fit. Also, all extracted factor loads were higher than 0.40 and the distribution of questions in the subscales was approved. The correlation coefficients between subscales also showed that there are good internal relationships between subscales (P <0.001). To assess the validity of the art education curriculum orientation questionnaire, internal consistency was evaluated and Cronbach's alpha coefficients for child-centered, disciplinary and cultural subscales were 0.87, 0.88 and 0.87, respectively. Moreover, in order to compare the results of future research with the norm group in Iranian culture, the mean and standard deviation of each of the subscales of the questionnaire were reported. According to the findings, it can be said that the art education curriculum orientation questionnaire has desirable psychometric indicators.
Houshang Garavand; Hamideh Pakmehr
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The aim of this study was to investigate the mediatory role of the research spirit in relationship between motivational orientations and academic stress, with research self-efficacy to illustrate the relationship between research variables in the causal model. The research population included all Graduate ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the mediatory role of the research spirit in relationship between motivational orientations and academic stress, with research self-efficacy to illustrate the relationship between research variables in the causal model. The research population included all Graduate students of Kharazmi University in the academic year 2019-2020, that according to Loehlin & Beaujean, (2016), for sampling a statistical sample group with a sufficient number for the model, 15 persons were considered for each variable, of which 280 people were selected using random multi-stage cluster sampling method. The instruments for data gathering were: research self-efficacy questionnaire of salehi (2010), motivational orientations Questionnaire of salehi (2011), research spirit Questionnaire of shirzad & et al (2016) and the academic stress Questionnaire of kamkari & et al. (2010). The data were analysis by method structural equation modeling using softwares of 22-SPSS and 24-AMOS. The results showed that the proposed model has a good fit with the data of this study (RMSEA = 0.044, GFI = 0.99, AGFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.997). The directions of internal research motivation and external research motivation had a positive effect on research spirit and research self-efficacy. Research apathy had a direct and negative effect on research spirit; but it did not have a direct effect on research self-efficacy. Academic stressors had no direct effect on research morale and self-efficacy. Also, the direct effect of research spirit on research self-efficacy was positive and significant. Indirect results of the paths showed that the orientation, intrinsic motivation and research motivation have an indirect effect on research self-efficacy mediated by research spirit; however, external research motivation and academic pressures mediated by research spirit did not have an indirect effect on research self-efficacy. 46% of the dispersion of research spirit scores and 16% of the dispersion of research self-efficacy scores were explained by research motivation orientations and academic pressures. The findings were consistent with the results of previous similar studies and are an important step in explaining the factors affecting research self-efficacy and also as a suitable model for designing comprehensive programs affecting research.
