Presenting a structural model of analyzing the relationship between family communication patterns and achievement motivation with emphasis on the mediating role of students' academic adjustment

The aim of this study was to present a structural model of analyzing the relationship between family communication patterns and achievement motivation with emphasis on the mediating role of academic adjustment of Qazvin junior high school girls. The research method is essentially descriptive-correlative. The statistical population of the study consists of 2613 students of Qazvin high school girls. The sample size was obtained by cluster random sampling of 270 people. Data were collected using the Ritchie and Fitzpatrick (1990) Communication Patterns Questionnaire, Hermans' Progress Motivation Questionnaire (1970), and Sinha and Singh (1993) Academic Adjustment Questionnaire, which was validated by academic experts and its reliability also confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. In order to analyze the data, the structural equation technique was used by means of Lisrel statistical software and Spss statistical software. Findings showed that family communication patterns had a direct and indirect relationship with students' achievement motivation and academic adjustment played a mediating role in this relationship.