Role of Social Adjustment, Emotional Intelligence and Motivational Strategies in Academic Anxiety among Students

Abstract

Background & Aim: Academic anxiety affects all aspect of student's life and seems that plays a central role on the social adjustment, emotional intelligence and motivational strategies. The aim of study was to prediction of academic anxiety Based on social adjustment, emotional intelligence and motivational strategies among students of Islamic Azad University. Methods: In this correlation study 130 M.A. students selected by convenient sampling method from Islamic Azad University Varamin Branch. The instruments were social adjustment questionnaire, emotional intelligence questionnaire and motivational strategies for learning questionnaire. Data were analyzed by stepwise regression analysis method. Results: The findings showed that social adjustment, emotional intelligence and motivational strategies self-efficacy and help seeking have a significant relation with academic anxiety. These variables predicted 42 percent of variance of academic anxiety. Self-efficacy had the most contribution in prediction of academic anxiety. Conclusion: The results are due to the importance of social adjustment, emotional intelligence and motivational strategies self-efficacy and help seeking variables in predicting academic anxiety in students. Therefore ‌paying attention to this variables have crucial role in predicting academic anxiety.

Keywords

• social adjustment
• emotional intelligence
• motivational strategies
• academic anxiety