Journal of Research in Educational Systems
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Academic Hope, Academic Help-Seeking and Academic Well-Being: A Mediation Analysis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ehsan Keshtvarz Kondazi 1
Nadereh Sohrabi 2
Maryam Kouroshnia 3
Majid Barzegar 3

1 PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jiera.2026.547953.3374
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating academic help-seeking in the relationship between academic hope and academic well-being.
Method: The research method was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the research was all second-year high school students in Shiraz in the academic year 2024-2025, among whom 516 students (223 boys and 293 girls) were selected using a multi-stage random cluster sampling method and responded to the Academic Hope Questionnaire (Khormaee & Kamari, 2017) Academic Well-Being Questionnaire (Tuominen-Soini et al., 2012) and Academic Help-Seeking Scale (Ryan & Pintrich, 1997). Structural equation analysis was used to analyze the data using SPSS-26 and AMOS-24 software.
Results: The findings showed that hope for education had a direct and significant relationship with the acceptance of help-seeking (p=0.01, β=0.64) and a negative and significant relationship with the avoidance of help-seeking (p=0.009, β=-0.49). While the avoidance of help-seeking had no significant relationship with academic well-being (p=0.15, β=-0.12), the relationship between the acceptance of help-seeking and academic well-being was direct and significant (p=0.005, β=0.50). Also, hope for education indirectly, through avoidance of help-seeking (p=0.02, β=0.11) and acceptance of help-seeking (p=0.008, β=0.33) and the simultaneous effect of these two (p=0.009, β=0.39), was negatively and significantly associated with academic well-being.
Conclusions: Overall, the findings of the present study indicate the importance of paying attention to the role of academic hope and academic help-seeking in increasing students' academic well-being.

Keywords

Academic Help-Seeking
Academic Hope
Academic Well-Being
Subjects
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Journal of Research in Educational Systems
Volume 19, Issue 69
June 2025
Pages 65-78

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