Studying The Role of Mediating Academic Self-efficacy in the Relationship between Academic Optimism and Student Conflict

.Background and Objectives: The purpose of this research was the relationship between academic optimism and academic involvement with the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the sixth grade students of Shiraz. Method :This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population of the research is the 6th grade students of Shiraz city (3500 people), according to the number and the minimum required number and based on the Morgan table, there were 401 people (191 boys and 210 girls) from the 6th grade students of regions one to four. They were selected by random cluster method and completed academic optimism questionnaires (reliability 0.93), academic self-efficacy (reliability 0.92) and academic engagement (reliability 0.96). The validity of the questionnaires was checked using face and face validity methods. Structural equation modeling method was used for data analysis using Amos software version 24. Findings: The results showed that academic optimism had an effect on students' academic engagement both directly (p=0.001, β=0.17) and through the mediation of self-efficacy (b=0.57, p=0.004). The increase in academic optimism and efficiency of students was associated with the increase in their education level (p<0.001). Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that by increasing the components of academic optimism and self-efficacy of students, the level of academic involvement of students can be improved.