Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 .Associate Professor, Educational science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Educational science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 Faculty of Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This research has been conducted with the aim of providing a causal model for predicting educational satisfaction from online classes based on family communication patterns with regard to the mediating role of self-efficacy beliefs among students of Shiraz University's virtual courses using the path analysis method. For this purpose, 331 people (214 girls and 117 boys) from students of Shiraz University's virtual courses were selected by convenience sampling method and a self-report questionnaire consisting of the subscales of Koerner and Fitterpatrick's family communication patterns (2002), self-efficacy beliefs of Morris (2001) and academic satisfaction and colleagues (2007) responded. The technical characteristics of the measuring instruments were also checked and approved. In addition, this research is descriptive and correlational from the point of view of implementation method. In general, the results of the research showed that communication patterns of dialogue and listening indirectly and positively influence the academic satisfaction of students through mediation of self-efficacy beliefs and conformity communication pattern indirectly and negatively. Also, in the fitted model of this research, 27% of the variance of academic satisfaction was explained by family communication patterns and self-efficacy beliefs.
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