title: Medical students' academic emotions: the role of perceived learning environment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research shows that there is a relationship between students' perceptions of classroom and learning environment and their cognitive, affective, emotional and behavioral outcomes, so, in this study the relationship between medical students' perception of learning environment and academic emotions was examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research method used was descriptive-correlative. The statistical population consisted of medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Stratified sampling method was used to select 342 participants. They completed self-report questionnaires of Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ). All descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlations and simultaneous multiple regression were performed using SPSS 14 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Simultaneous multiple regression of the students' perceived learning environment on their academic achievement emotions showed that the perceived learning environment predicts the students' academic emotions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
authors.affiliation: Educational Psychology Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Naeimeh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kohoulat
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kojuri
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amini
keywords:  Emotion ;  Environment ;  Medical students; Learning 