%0 Journal Article %T Prediction of Need for Achievement and Responsibility based on Perceived Competence and Novelty-seeking in Islamic Azad University, Gachsaran Branch %J Iranian Journal of Learning and Memory %I Iranian Educational Psychology Association %Z 2645-5447 %A Taher Soltani, Forogh %A Jomehri, Farhad %A Bagheri, Fariborz %D 2020 %\ 08/01/2020 %V 3 %N 10 %P 7-14 %! Prediction of Need for Achievement and Responsibility based on Perceived Competence and Novelty-seeking in Islamic Azad University, Gachsaran Branch %K Need for Achievement %K Novelty-seeking %K perceived competence %K Responsibility %R 10.22034/iepa.2020.236811.1180 %X The current study aimed at predicting the need for achievement and responsibility among students based on their perceived competence and novelty-seeking. The population consisted of all the 987 students of Islamic Azad University in Gachsaran, Iran, and, based on Cochrane’s formula, a sample of 350 students was assessed using random cluster sampling. The study was practical and used a correlational design. The measures comprised the Herman’s Achievement Motivation Test, the Responsibility Questionnaire, the Perceived Competence Scale, the Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale, and the Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory. Data from Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multivariable regression analyses showed that perceived competence and novelty-seeking could both meaningfully predict the need for achievement. Novelty-seeking was also a meaningful predictor of responsibility. However, perceived competence did not predict responsibility. The independent variables also, directly and indirectly, predicted the level of responsibility through the need for achievement, novelty-seeking, and perceived competence.Keywords: Need for achievement; Novelty-seeking; Perceived competence; Responsibility. %U https://journal.iepa.ir/article_120436_e576ff2caf722ad18a5f4556b2cfa892.pdf