Abstract
<p class="apa">The present study aimed to examine the relationship of mental pressure with optimism and academic achievement motivation among second grade second period male high school students. This study followed a descriptive-correlational method. The sample included 200 second grade second period male high school students in Sooran. Data collection tools in the current study were the Ursula Markham Mental Pressure Inventory (1976), the Tschannen-Moran et al. Optimism Scale (2013), and the Hermans Academic Achievement Motivation Questionnaire (1977). The obtained data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis) via SPSS software. The results indicated that mental pressure was significantly and negatively related to optimism (P&lt;0.01), such that with an increase in mental pressure, students’ optimism decreased. The results of regression analysis revealed that mental pressure predicted 5% of the variance in students’ optimism. Moreover, mental pressure was significantly and negatively related to students’ academic achievement motivation (P&lt;0.01), such that with an increase in mental pressure, students’ academic achievement motivation decreased. The results of regression analysis revealed that mental pressure predicted 4% of the variance in students’ academic achievement motivation.</p>
Highlights
Today, almost all human beings are familiar with the term mental pressure, since it has become an inseparable part of human life and human faces with stressful situations since childhood (Khodaiarifard & Parand, 2011)
This study investigated the relationship of mental pressure with optimism and academic achievement motivation among second grade male high school students
The results related to the first research hypothesis indicated a negative significant relationship between mental pressure and optimism, suggesting that an increase in students’ mental pressure reduces their optimism
Summary
Almost all human beings are familiar with the term mental pressure, since it has become an inseparable part of human life and human faces with stressful situations since childhood (Khodaiarifard & Parand, 2011). The transition from childhood to adulthood occurs in parallel with a set of physical and mental changes This is a period when individuals satisfy social roles in peer groups and in relationship with the opposite gender, learn social skills, provide requirements and conditions for presence in learning situations and make decisions for their own future job. Optimism and pessimism are among the main factors that affect the mental health In this regard, Seligman (2007) studied a unique case and concluded that bitter events do not have a great effect on our misery; the way people cope with these events shows how much they are vulnerable. Considering the above literature, the main research question of the present study is whether there is a significant relationship between mental pressure, optimism and academic achievement motivation among second grade male high school students in Sooran?
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