Introduction: Students' academic engagement with academic affairs is an important and vital factor for progress and success. The aim of this study was to prediction of academic engagement based on self-regulation and emotional schemas with the mediating role of academic vitality among students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch
Methods: This study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study was all undergraduate and graduate students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, in the academic year 2023-2024. A total of 265 people were selected using cluster random sampling. To collect data, demographic Questionnaire, “Reeve’s Academic Engagement Questionnaire،" “Bouffard Academic Self -Regulation Questionnaire”, “Leahy Emotional Schemas Scale” and "Academic Vitality Scale” were used”. For the validity of the instruments, previous researches were used and reliability was calculated using the internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and composite reliability. Data analysis was done through SPSS.22 and Lisrel-8.
Results: There is a positive and significant relationship between self-regulation (r=0.549, P<0.001) and academic vitality (r=0.541, P<0.001) with academic engagement. However, there was no significant relationship between emotional schema (r=0.016, P=0.147) with academic engagement. Academic vitality plays a mediating role in the relationship between self-regulation and academic engagement. Academic vitality plays a mediating role in the relationship between emotional schemas and academic engagement of students. Academic engagement can be predicted based on self-regulation and emotional schemas with the mediation of academic vitality.
Conclusions: Academic engagement is predictable based on students' self-regulation and academic vitality. It is suggested that in order to increase students' academic engagement, the importance of academic vitality and self-regulation should be emphasized and emphasized in educational workshops and webinars.