Explaining the Causal Pattern of Academic Help-Seeking Behaviors on Psychological Capital Mediated by Self-Actualization in Tenth Grade Male Students in the Second Round Of High School in Tehran

The aim of this study was to investigate the causal pattern of academic help-seeking behaviors on psychological capital mediated by Self-Actualization of 10th grade male high school students in Tehran.

The research method is applied in terms of purpose, quantitative approach, cross-sectional in terms of data collection time and correlational in terms of research method.

 The statistical population of this study consisted of all tenth grade male students in the second year of high school in Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020, from which 510 people were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling. In this study, the tools of academic help-seeking behavior (Ryan and Pantridge, 1997), Self-Actualization (Jones and Crandall, 1968) and psychological capital questionnaire (Lutans, 2011) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. Structural equation modeling was used to answer the research hypotheses. Findings showed that the model has a good fit.

The results showed that academic help-seeking behaviors have an effect on psychological capital in students. Self-actualization affects students' psychological capital. Academic help-seeking behaviors also affect psychological capital through the mediation of self-fulfillment in students. It can be said that increasing psychological capital and Self-Actualization can improve students' academic help.