the relationship of family affective climate, self-effectiveness, personal-social adjustment with academic achievement of university students: a study in islamic azad university, ahvaz, iran

objective: this research aimed to investigate the relationship of family affective climate, self-effectiveness, and personal-social adjustment variables with academic achievement of university students in islamic azad university, ahvaz branch, ahvaz, iran.  methods: the research sample included 300 individuals (150 females and 150 males) who were selected through random stratified sampling method. california personal-social adjustment, scherer and adams self-effectiveness, and family’s affective climate questionnaires were administered to collect the data. correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis were used for analyzing the data. results: the results of the data analysis indicated that there is a significant relationship between variables of family’s affective climate, personal and social adjustment, and self-effectiveness with academic achievement of students (p<0.001). furthermore, the results of linear regression analysis indicated that the variables of self-effectiveness, personal and social adjustment, and family’s affective climate were significant predictors of academic achievement. conclusion: improving student’s self-effectiveness, personal-social adjustment, and family’s affective climate may have positive influences on their academic achievement.