Causal Model of the Relationship between Perception of Social Environment and Academic Motivation with the Mediating Role of Academic Expectations, Attributional Styles and Academic Emotions

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Perception of the social environment in which teachers and classmates play an important role in improving it has important effects on students' academic motivation. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the causal model of perception of social environment with academic motivation by the mediating role of academic expectations, attributional styles and academic emotions. Method: This study had a descriptive correlational design. The study population consists of all junior high school students (grades 7, 8 and 9) of Tehran in the year 2020-2021, from which 295 students were selected to participate in the study by available sampling method through online