Mahtab Shabani - Department of Psychology, University of Sistan and Balochestan, Iran
Farzaneh Shiralinejad - PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, University of Tehran, Iran

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between self-determination and the experience of fascination. The method of the present study is descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, ۲۶۰ students of Sistan and Baluchestan University (۱۰۴ boys and ۱۵۶ girls) were selected using stratified random sampling method using the self-determination questionnaire (Sheldon and Desi, ۱۹۹۳) and the fascination status scale (Jackson and Auckland, ۲۰۰۲) responded. The results showed that the mean of students' self-determination and experience of fascination (۱۲۲.۹۱ and ۳۹.۰۷) with ۹۵% probability, is higher than the expected average (۱۰۸ and ۳۰). The results also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the perceived selection component and the experience of infatuation. (P˂۰.۰۱) and regression results also showed that the perceived selection component can predict the amount of infatuation experience. But the predictive power of the experience of infatuation by the component of self-awareness is weaker. And there was no significant difference between the level of self-determination and the experience of fascination of male and female students.

Self-determination, Experience of fascination, Perceived Choice