THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SENSE OF BELONGING TO SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL JOY WITH ACADEMIC SELFEFFICACY IN MALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF AHVAZ

The aim of current research was to determine the relationship between sense of belonging to school and educational joy with academic self-efficacy. The research is of correlation and predicting type. Statistical population included male high school students of Ahvaz, Iran from whom 180 people were selected using multi stage randomized sampling method. Data were collected using Sakiz's Sense of Belonging to School (2007), Educational Joy Subscale of Pekrun's Progress Emotions Questionnaire (2002) and Patrrick, Hix, and Ryan's (1997) Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and were analyzed by coefficient correlation and regression analysis methods. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between sense of belonging to school and educational joy with academic self-efficacy. Also, the results obtained from regression analysis in simultaneously entry showed that predicting variables could explain 37% of academic self-efficacy. Furthermore, all of predicting variables play a significant role in predicting academic self-efficacy. Given low level of some students' interest and motivation to course and school and also the high prevalence of learning disabilities and school leaving, the findings of this research could be used by mental health professionals and counsellors in therapeutic institutions and counselling centers.

sense of belonging to school, educational joy, academic self-efficacy