Presenting a Model based on the Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Enthusiasm and Academic Procrastination with the mediating role of Academic Burnout

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Associate Professor, Counseling Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Master's degree in Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

10.22084/j.psychogy.2025.30429.2765

Abstract

Introduction: Paying attention to the effective factors in academic performance has been the focus of education
Objective: Paying attention to the effective factors in academic performance has been the focus of education experts and higher education system for many years. This research was done with the aim of Presenting a model based on the relationship between academic self-efficacy and academic enthusiasm and academic procrastination with the mediating role of academic burnout in secondary school female students Kermanshah.
Methods: The method of the current research is correlational and path analysis. The research population includes all female students of the second secondary school who were studying in Kermanshah in the academic year of 1400-1401. The research sample consisted of 300 female students who were selected by cluster random sampling method and responded to self-compassion questionnaire, procrastination assessment scale, academic enthusiasm questionnaire and academic burnout questionnaire.
Results: Data analysis showed that the educational self-efficacy model has a good fit. Also, this model showed that academic enthusiasm has a positive relationship with academic self-efficacy and procrastination has a negative relationship with academic self-efficacy. Also, the indirect effect of academic enthusiasm and procrastination with the mediation of academic burnout is significant.
Conclusions: By confirming the mediating role of academic burnout and the effective role of academic enthusiasm in increasing students' self-efficacy, there is a need to implement effective therapeutic solutions such as self-efficacy training on these students.

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