Social Adjustment And Identity Styles And Their Association With Academic Achievement Motivation (A Study On Karaj Non-Native Students)
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This research examines the association of social adjustment and identity styles with academic achievement motivation in non-native Azad University students. This applied research was descriptive and correlational. Its statistical population includes 2000 students of Karaj branch of Azad University. Through Tabachink and Fidel's formula, 200 people were selected by simple random sampling method. Its data collection tools include three Bell social adjustment questionnaires (1961), (BAI), Berzonsky identity styles questionnaire (1989), (ISI-6G) and Kazemi's academic achievement motivation questionnaire (2016). This research was conducted in the academic year 2022-2023. It used two methods of descriptive and inferential statistics in order to analyze the data; as for inferential statistics, it used Pearson's correlation coefficient test and regression analysis. As the results showed, social adjustment and identity styles are associated with the academic achievement motivation (with a significance level of 0.05). There is a relationship between social adjustment and academic achievement motivation (with a significance level of 0.05). There is a relationship between identity styles and academic achievement motivation (with a significance level of 0.05). Social adjustment can predict identity styles and academic achievement motivation. Social adjustment and identity styles can explain the perception of academic achievement in non-native students.
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