The Mediating Role of Agentic Engagement in the Relationship Between Academic Enthusiasm and Commitment to the University

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of agentic engagement in the relationship between Academic Enthusiasm and commitment to the university. The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The population data contained all male and female students of 15 faculties of the University of Tehran in the academic year 1399-1400. Among them, 650 students were selected by the available sampling method. The research instruments were the Factor Involvement Questionnaire (AE) Rio (2013), Student Achievement Questionnaire (SES Gonius and Cozo (2015)) and Pascarla and Transzini (SAI) Questionnaire of Academic and Social Cohesion (1980).. SPSS-21 software was used for Descriptive statistics analysis and Amos-22 software was used for structural equation modeling. The results showed that there are significant positive relationships between the variables of cognitive enthusiasm, factor involvement, and commitment to the university (P <0.01). Cognitive enthusiasm has a direct and significant effect on students agentic engagement (β = 0.66, P <0.001), and agentic engagement has a positive and significant effect on student's commitment to the university (β = 0.22, P <0.001). Therefore, it is suggested that for increasing the academic engagement of students in the higher education system, the status of students' commitment and academic enthusiasm to universities should be considered.