Differences in cognitive failure and academic achievement among profiles of achievement emotions resulting from cluster analysis for female's university students.

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1 Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology Faculty of Education - Tanta University Associate Professor of Educational Psychology College of Education - King Khalid University

2 Instructor of educational psychology Faculty of Education - Tanta University Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology College of Education - King Khalid University

3 Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology College of Education - King Khalid University

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The aim of the current research is to explore the presence of clusters of university students characterized by achievement emotions with homogeneous profiles using a cluster analysis method. The sample consisted of (239) females who were randomly selected from the students of the College of Education for Girls - King Khalid University with an average age (20.88) and a standard deviation (1.51). The cluster analysis produced three groups: the first one was called a profile (boredom and not enjoying learning), which was characterized by a high level of emotions (pride, hope and boredom) and a low level of emotions (enjoyment, despair, anger, shame) ,this cluster included (55) students with a percentage (23.01%) of the sample. the second cluster called a profile of (positive emotions) and characterize by a high level of positive emotions and a low level of negative emotions ,this cluster included (90) students with a percentage (37.66%). the third cluster was called a profile of (positive emotions) it characterized by a low level of positive emotions, and a high level of  negative emotions,  this cluster included (94) students with a percentage (39.33%) . The results also found that there were statistically significant differences between the three clusters in cognitive failure and achievement. The second profile was the least in cognitive failure and the highest in achievement.

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