Prediction of Student's Achievement Motivation Based on Their Family Functioning

The purpose of the present research was to predict high school students’ achievement motivation based on their family functioning. The statistical population of the study comprised all high school girls in district 17 of Tehran. The sample which consisted of 312 individuals was selected through multi-stage sampling method. The instrumentation included Hermans’ achievement motivation questionnaire (assessing 10 components through 29 multiple-choice items) and Bloom’s family functioning questionnaire (a 75-item scale consisting of 15 components). The collected data were analyzed through descriptive as well as inferential statistics (multivariate regression analysis). The obtained results indicated that students’ achievement motivation can be predicted based on their family functioning components. Cohesion, expressiveness, recreational orientation, intellectual-cultural orientation, religious emphasis, organization, family sociability, external locus of control, and family idealization were the components which had the highest correlation with and greatest impact on students’ achievement motivation.