Considering the Mediating Role of Academic Achievement Anxiety in Relationship between parental psychological control and academic engagement in Applicants for university entry

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of academic anxiety in relation between parental psychological control and academic engagement. The statistical population included all the students of the last year of high school in Ahwaz, who were volunteers to enter the university during the academic year of 2018-2019. 353 of them were selected by multistage cluster random sampling. They responded to parental psychological control questionnaire, progression anxiety questionnaire, and academic engagement questionnaires. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling by Amos software. The Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Results indicated a direct and significant relationship between parental psychological control with academic anxiety (β = 0.28, P = 0.01) and academic anxiety with academic involvement (β = -0.20, P <0.01). , Also, academic anxiety completely mediated the relationship between parental psychological control and academic engagement. As a result, reducing the level of psychological control by parents can reduce the level of academic anxiety and thereby improve students' academic engagement.