Provide a Causal Model of Entrance Exam Performance Based on Family Performance and Self-Regulation: The Mediating Role of Academic Adjustment in Students of Khorramabad Public Universities

Today, having a university education has become a value and one of the important factors of social mobility, and for this reason, entering the university is an important event; Because it affects employment, income, social relationships, and possibly future spouse choices; Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to provide a causal model of entrance exam performance based on family performance and self-regulation and the mediating role of academic adjustment in students of Khorramabad public universities. In this descriptive correlational study, the statistical population consisted of all first year male and female undergraduate students in the experimental subgroup of October entrance of Khorramabad State Universities (Lorestan University and Medical Sciences) in the academic year 2021-2022. 300 people were selected as a sample by available sampling method. To evaluate the performance of students in the entrance exam, average percentages obtained in the entrance exam courses in 2020-2021, Mc Master (1983) Family performance questionnaire, Bouffard, Boisvert, Vezeau, & Larouche (1995) Self-regulation and Academic adjustment of Anderson, J. R., Guan & Koc (2016) questionnaires were used. The proposed model was evaluated using a path analysis. The results showed that all of the direct paths, except family performance path with entrance exam performance, were significant (p>0.05). Also, the indirect paths of family performance with entrance exam performance with the mediating role of academic adjustment and also the relationship of self-regulation with entrance exam performance with the mediating role of academic adjustment were significant (p=0.05). Based on the results of this study, the proposed model has a good fit and is an important step in identifying the factors affecting students' entrance exam performance.In this descriptive correlational study, the statistical population consisted of all first year male and female undergraduate students in the experimental subgroup of October entrance of Khorramabad State Universities (Lorestan University and Medical Sciences) in the academic year 1401-1400. 300 people were selected as a sample. Also indirect pathways were significant family performance and self-regulation with entrance exam performance with mediating role of academic adjustment and also, self-regulation with entrance exam performance with mediating role of academic adjustment (p=0.05). Based on the results of this study, the proposed model has a good fit and is an important step in identifying the factors affecting students' entrance exam performance.