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The Study of the Relationship Between Mental Health and Academic Performance and Self-Efficacy and Academic Procrastination of High School Students


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1 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of General Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and academic performance and self-efficacy and academic procrastination of high school students. For this purpose, among all high school students of lamerd schools in 1396, a sample of 200 people (100 girls & 100 boys) was selected through two-stage cluster sampling. The samples were evaluated by the Goldberg Hiller General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Sherer's General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES), Pham and Taylor Educational Performance Questionnaire (EPT), Solomon and Roth Blum Educational Inventory Questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test. Therefore, the results showed that there is a relationship between mental health and academic performance and self-efficacy and academic procrastination of high school students. There is a relationship between mental health and academic performance dimensions of high school students. There is a relationship between mental health and self-efficacy dimensions of high school students. There is a significant relationship between mental health and educational attainment of high school students.

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Mental Health and Academic Achievement, Self-Efficacy, Academic Procrastination.
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Authors

Fatemeh Karami
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mitra Mahmoodi
Department of General Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and academic performance and self-efficacy and academic procrastination of high school students. For this purpose, among all high school students of lamerd schools in 1396, a sample of 200 people (100 girls & 100 boys) was selected through two-stage cluster sampling. The samples were evaluated by the Goldberg Hiller General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Sherer's General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES), Pham and Taylor Educational Performance Questionnaire (EPT), Solomon and Roth Blum Educational Inventory Questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test. Therefore, the results showed that there is a relationship between mental health and academic performance and self-efficacy and academic procrastination of high school students. There is a relationship between mental health and academic performance dimensions of high school students. There is a relationship between mental health and self-efficacy dimensions of high school students. There is a significant relationship between mental health and educational attainment of high school students.

Keywords


Mental Health and Academic Achievement, Self-Efficacy, Academic Procrastination.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2018%2Fv9i4%2F181022