Mental Health in School

Mental Health in School

Comparison of fatigue tendency of students with high and low academic achievement of elementary school students in Qazvin city, academic year 1403-1402

Document Type : Original Article

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Master of Educational Sciences majoring in educational management
10.22034/jmhs.2024.457505.1047
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to compare the tendency of students to be tired with high and low academic achievement of elementary school students. The causal study method is comparative. The statistical population of the research includes all elementary school students in Qazvin city in the academic year of 1402-1403. The sampling method in the present study was random, based on Morgan's table, 370 students were selected as the sample group. The data was collected using cognitive impairment, fatigue and aggression questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and using SPSS software. The results showed that the average scores of cognitive fatigue and mental fatigue in students with low academic performance were higher than students with high academic performance (P<0.001). Based on this, it can be concluded that fatigue is one of the effective factors in students' academic performance.
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