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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
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The present study conducted with the aim of investigating the structural relationship between basic psychological needs and academic enthusiasm with the mediation of academic perfectionism. The research method was correlational. The statistical population included all students of the second level of secondary education in Shiraz city, in the academic year 1399-1400 with a sample size of 150 individuals. The tools used in this research were Desi and Ryan's Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaire (2000), Ahvaz, Najarian et al.'s Perfectionism Questionnaire (2004), and Friedrichs et al.'s Academic Enthusiasm Questionnaire (2004). The relationships between the structures of the proposed model analyzed using the structural equation modeling method in AMOS software version 24. The fit indices of the proposed model indicated an acceptable fit with the data. The results showed that basic psychological needs have a direct and significant effect on perfectionism (P=0.01, =24) and academic enthusiasm (P=0.01, =18). Perfectionism also has a direct and significant effect on academic enthusiasm (P=0.01, =21). Considering the reduction of path coefficients, it can said that perfectionism plays a mediating role in the relationship between students' basic psychological needs and academic enthusiasm. By discovering the relationships between the variables related to education, it is possible to prevent dropout and academic failure, and suggest appropriate treatment models to enhance the quality of their education.
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