Modeling Causal Relationships between Positive Academic Emotions and Academic Grit and Engagement among First Grade of Secondary School Students

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أستاذ الصحة النفسية المساعد - كلية التربية- جامعة الاسكندرية.

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the possibility of understanding and interpreting the best structural model that explains the causal relationships or the direct and indirect effects of the dimensions of each of the positive academic emotions (as an independent variable) in academic engagement (as a dependent variable) through academic grit (as an intermediate variable), among a sample of (587) male and female students in the first year of secondary school, by using the following tools: Positive Academic Emotion Scale Developed by: Bieleke, et al. (2021), and translated by/ the researcher, the Scale of Academic Grit among High School Students prepared by: the researcher, and the Scale of Academic Engagement among High School Students prepared by: the researcher, The results show that, there is an conformity with the proposed structural model of the relationships between the dimensions of each of the positive academic emotions (as an independent variable) and academic engagement (as a dependent variable) through academic grit (as a mediating variable), there are also direct and indirect positive and statistically significant effects for the dimensions of positive academic emotions on the dimensions of academic engagement, except for the effect of pride on behavioral engagement, there are also positive and direct statistically significant effects for the dimensions of positive academic emotions on the dimensions of academic grit, except for the effect of pride on perseverance, and there are also positive and direct statistically significant effects of the dimensions of academic grit on the dimensions of academic engagement among first-year secondary students.

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