Developing a Causal Model of Academic Hope based on Motivational Self-Regulation and Perceived Teacher Support of Autonomy with the Mediating Role of Students' Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

The aim of this study was developing a causal model of academic hope based on motivational self-regulation and perceived teacher support of autonomy with the mediating role of students' cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The research method according to its purpose is practical and the method of implementation is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of all 12th grade high school students in Hamadan in the 2019-2020 academic year. 500 students were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. The employed instruments were Kamari and Khormaee academic hope questionnaire, Walters's motivational self-regulation questionnaire, perceived teacher support as the social context of Belmont et al., and the Garnfsky and Craig's cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Data analysis was performed by SPSS and Amos software. The findings showed an indirect and significant effect of motivational self-regulation and perceived teacher autonomy support by mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the academic hope of students. The findings also showed that motivational self-regulation and perceived teacher autonomy support have a direct and significant effect on students' academic hope. The results of the present study showed that in general, motivational self-regulation and perception of teacher support for autonomy can be good predictors of students' hope for education through their cognitive emotion regulation strategies.