The Relationship between Academic Self-Concept and Academic Engagement with regard to the Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulatory Learning Approaches

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between academic self-concept and academic engagement of students with regard to the mediating role of academic self-efficacy and self-regulatory learning approaches. This paper is applied in terms of purpose, and is correlational in terms of method. The statistical population consists of 41,876 male students of Isfahan studying the first high school in 2016–2017. A sample of 979 individuals were selected via cluster sampling in several phases. The Academic Engagement Questionnaire (AEQ), the School Self-Concept Inventory (SSCI), the Academic Self-Efficacy Inventory (ASEI), and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) were applied in order to collect data. The data was analyzed by using structural equation modeling method and by employing SPSS and Amos statistical software. The results of the analysis indicated that academic self-concept, academic self-efficacy, and self-regulatory learning approaches had a direct impact on academic engagement. In addition, self-concept had an indirect relationship with academic engagement in two ways of academic self-efficacy and academic self-regulatory learning approaches. Therefore, academic self-concept, academic self-efficacy, and academic self-regulatory learning approaches must be considered to increase academic engagement in students.

Keywords

• academic self-concept
• academic engagement
• academic self-efficacy
• self-regulatory learning approaches