Examining the relationship between academic optimism and academic self-efficacy Students of the second year of high school in Abpakhsh city

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between academic optimism and academic self-efficacy of second year high school students in Abpakhsh city. The type of this research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptivecorrelation in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the present study was made up of 471 second year high school students in Abpakhsh city. The sample size of this research included 212 people, which was obtained through random cluster sampling. In order to collect information, Moran et al.'s academic optimism questionnaires (2013) and Jing and Morgan's (1999) academic self-efficacy questionnaires were used. The results of the findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between trust and academic selfefficacy of second year high school students in Abpakhsh city, in the sense that the higher the level of trust, the stronger the students' academic self-efficacy. There is a positive and significant relationship between academic emphasis and academic self-efficacy of second year high school students in Abpakhsh city, in the sense that the higher the academic emphasis, the stronger the students' academic self-efficacy. There is a positive and significant relationship between academic unity and academic self-efficacy of second year high school students in Abpakhsh city, in the sense that the higher the level of academic unity, the stronger the students' academic self-efficacy.