The mediational pathway among integrationist intelligence and vocational interests with academic achievement of special lessons in high school students

The aim of this research was investigate the role of integrationist intelligence in vocational interests with mediated by academic achievement of special lessons among students. Method This is a descriptive-analytical study and from type of structural equation modeling. The population included all high school students at the mathematical, experimental and humanistic fields of Urmia city in 2015-16 academic years. Totally 370 person were selected by multi-step cluster sampling method and completed the analytical intelligence’ scale (Gardner, 1983) and vocational interests’ scale. The average of special lessons of mathematical, experimental and humanistic field considered as an indicator of academic achievement. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling methods from type of path analysis with the LISREL software. The findings showed integrationist intelligence has a direct positive and significant effect on academic achievement at the special lessons. Academic achievement at the mathematic, physics, chemistry and biology lessons has a direct positive and significant effect on all aspect of vocational interests. Academic achievement at the islamic studies, arabic, english and persian literature lessons has a direct negative and significant effect on social, enterprising and conventional aspect of vocational interests. Also the integrationist intelligence with mediated academic achievement at the mathematic, physics, chemistry and biology lessons has an indirect positive and significant effect on all aspect of vocational interests. In addition the integrationist intelligence with mediated academic achievement at the islamic studies, arabic, english and persian literature lessons has an indirect negative and significant effect on social, enterprising and conventional aspect of vocational interests. So the variable of academic achievement at the special lessons was a good mediated between analytical intelligence and vocational interests. Regarded to the impact of integrationist intelligence and academic achievement at the special lessons on vocational interests of high school students to improve the vocational interests of students and their future vocational success can enhance their vocational interests and academic achievement of special lessons.