M.A. Thesis:

The relationship between academic boredom and social desirability with social adequacy of ninth grade female students in Sabzevar.

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic boredom and social desirability with social adequacy of ninth grade female students in Sabzevar in 2020-2021. The present study is a descriptive correlational research and is one of the applied projects. The statistical population of the study consisted of all ninth grade female students in Sabzevar, 1914 people in the academic year 2020-2021, of which 320 people were selected as a sample using multi-stage cluster sampling. To collect data, Pekran, Goetz and Perry (2000) Academic Boredom Scale, Carlo and Randall (2002) and Flenner (1990) Social Sufficiency Questionnaire were used. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and multivariate regression) using SPSS software version 23. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between the variables of academic boredom and social desirability with social adequacy. Key words: Academic boredom, Social desirability, Social adequacy, Students.

Keywords: Academic boredom, Social desirability, Social adequacy, Students.