Relationship between the Sense of School Belonging and the Academic Achievement in the Student Athletes with the Role of Mediocrity of Academic Excellence

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Mahla Yazdanpour 1
Jafar Barghi Moghadam 2
Hesamaadin Mirsamadi 2
1 Department of Psychology, Sari, Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2 Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2019.7264.1773
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the Relationship between the feeling of belonging to the school and the academic achievement of athlete students with the role of mediocrity of academic excellence. The method research was applied and descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study was all students who participated in the thirty sixth student national sport competitions in the city of Qom. Data was gathered by field and using a questionnaire. The results showed that the feeling of belonging to the school does not improve the academic achievement of athletic students. The results showed that academic stiffness has a mediating role between the feeling of belonging to the school and the academic achievement of athletes' students. Regarding the results, it was found that academic achievement of athlete students' needs to improve academic excellence. Therefore, fitting the students' sport environment to improve their academic hardiness can facilitate academic achievement.
 
Keywords
Belonging to School
Academic Achievement
Academic Excellence
Athletes

Main Subjects

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 8, Issue 29 - Serial Number 29
January 2020
Pages 123-137

  • Receive Date 09 April 2019
  • Revise Date 16 June 2019
  • Accept Date 07 July 2019