Self-regulation, behavioral activation system, and its role in predicting academic distinguished performance among superior students at the University of Hail

Document Type : Original Article

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Psychology department , Faculty of Education ,Hail University – kingdom Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The study was prepared for identifying whether the skill of self-regulation and the behavioral activation system had a role in predicting academic distinguished performance and identifying the differences among students according to the dimensions of self-regulation.
The descriptive correlative method was followed. The sample was chosen randomly, and amounted to 156 academically superior students, from the humanities and medical specialties.
The Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Scale (rRST-Q) measured the behavioral activation system, and using Shortened Self-Regulation Scale (SSRQ), the tools were translated into Arabic by the researcher.
The result showed that there is a positive statistical relationship between self-regulation (SR), behavioral activation system (BAS), and grade point average (GBA).
The (BAS), and (SR); Predict the (GBA). Moreover, students in the first and second rank have similar skills in most self-regulation dimensions, while the second rank has higher Receiving relevant information, and the first rank has higher Assessing the plan's effectiveness.

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