Structural relationships of e-learning with self-directed learning: the mediating role of academic motivation and academic vitality in secondary school students

Torabi, Seyed Saeed; Rezaee Rezvan, Shahrzad; Bagherpiri, Solmaz; Nagibi Rad, Marzieh

doi:10.22034/jitle.2025.498992.1018

Structural relationships of e-learning with self-directed learning: the mediating role of academic motivation and academic vitality in secondary school students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Seyed Saeed Torabi ¹

Shahrzad Rezaee Rezvan ²

Solmaz Bagherpiri ³

Marzieh Nagibi Rad ⁴

¹ Department of Psychology, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan. Iran

² PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.

³ MA in Clinical psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

⁴ MA in Educational Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.

10.22034/jitle.2025.498992.1018

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the structural relationships of e-learning with self-directed learning through academic motivation and academic vitality in high school students. The method of the present research was descriptive in terms of the applied purpose and correlation type in terms of the nature of the data. The statistical population of the present study included all female students of the second secondary level in the 14th district of Tehran in the academic year of 1402-1401. 400 people were selected by random sampling, out of which 372 answer sheets were collected without defects and became the basis of the calculations. Participants responded to scales of e-learning (Watkins et al., 2004), self-directed learning of SDL students (Fisher et al., 2001), academic motivation (Harter, 1981), and academic vitality (Martin and Marsh, 2006). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (path analysis) and SPSS 26.0 and Amoos 24.0 software. The results showed that electronic learning is meaningful with academic motivation and academic vitality. Academic motivation and academic vitality also have a positive and significant relationship with self-directed learning. Also, academic motivation and academic vitality play a mediating role in the relationship between e-learning and self-directed learning.

Keywords

Academic motivation

Academic vitality

E-learning

Self-directed learning

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