Life Stress Events and Their Relationship to Academic Achievement Motivation: A Field Study on a Sample of Secondary School Students in Misrata City

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the relationship between life stressors and academic achievement motivation among secondary school students in the city of Misurata. It also sought to identify differences based on variables such as gender, parental attendance at school meetings, parental monitoring of academic performance, and parental communication with the school counselor or social worker. The study adopted a descriptive research design, targeting a population of 469 male and female students, from which a proportional stratified sample of 124 students was selected. Data were collected using the Life Stressors Scale developed by Mohamed Fateh (2012) and the Academic Achievement Motivation Scale adapted from Bakri's study (2019), which was based on the scales of El-Shaerawy (2000) and El-Zoghbi (2003).  The results revealed a weak positive correlation between life stressors and academic achievement motivation. The findings also showed significant differences in the level of life stressors based on gender, favoring females. Furthermore, differences in academic achievement motivation were observed due to parental monitoring of academic performance, favoring students who receive continuous monitoring

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