Abstract

The purpose of this research is to show whether there is a relationship between emotional regulation skills and academic motivation in adolescents. The study's universe consists of 969 students studying at various secondary education institutions located in the Kalecik district of Ankara in the academic year of 2017-2018. Data were collected through Personal Information Form, Emotion Regulation Scale and Academic Motivation Scale and analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling, Independent Samples T-Test and One-Way ANOVA using SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 24 programs. As a result, a significant positive correlation between emotional regulation skills and academic motivations of adolescent students was found. In addition, it was seen that the academic motivation varied according to the type of school, and this differentiation was higher in the science high school compared to the vocational high school of health, and imam hatip high school was higher than the Anatolian high school and the type of vocational high school of health. Emotional regulation skills differ significantly from both sexes and class levels. According to the students of male students, 12th grade students were found to have higher emotion regulation skills than 10th grade students. For the future research which will be done on this subject, examining of adolescents' parental relations, peer relations and socio-economic levels will have different results.