فرایندهای ارزیابی شناختی و استرس تحصیلی: نقش تعدیل کننده‌ی جنس و فرهنگ

نویسندگان
1 دانشگاه شهید بهشتی
2 دانشگاه خوارزمی
3 دانشگاه اربرو سوئد
چکیده
مطالعه حاضر با هدف آزمون نقش تعدیل کننده فرهنگ و جنس در رابطه ارزیابی­های شناختی و استرس تحصیلی در دانشجویان ایرانی و سوئدی انجام شد. 212 دانشجو ]112 ایرانی (34 پسر و 78 دختر) و 100 سوئدی (29 پسر و 71 دختر)[ به فرایندهای ارزیابی شناختی اولیه و ثانویه (فولکمن و لازاروس، 1985) و پرسشنامه استرس تحصیلی (زاژاکووا، لینچ و اسپنشاد، 2005) پاسخ دادند. نتایج تحلیل رگرسیون سلسله­مراتبی نشان داد که رابطه بین ارزیابی­های شناختی اولیه و استرس تحصیلی در دانشجویان ایرانی مثبت معنادار و در دانشجویان سوئدی مثبت و غیرمعنادار بود. همچنین، نتایج تحلیل رگرسیون سلسله­مراتبی نشان داد که رابطه ارزیابی­های شناختی ثانویه و استرس تحصیلی در دانشجویان ایرانی و سوئدی منفی و معنادار بود. علاوه بر این، نتایج نشان داد که در دو جنس رابطه بین ارزیابی­های شناختی اولیه و استرس تحصیلی مثبت و غیرمعنادار و رابطه ارزیابی­های شناختی ثانویه و استرس تحصیلی منفی و معنادار بود. در مجموع، نتایج مطالعه حاضر در پیش­بینی تجارب تحصیلی استرس­زا بر عدم تشابه ویژگی­های کارکردی ارزیابی­های شناختی اولیه و تشابه ویژگی­های کارکردی ارزیابی­های ثانویه در دو فرهنگ و در مقابل، بر تشابه ویژگی­های کارکردی ارزیابی­های اولیه و ثانویه در دو جنس تاکید کرد.
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عنوان مقاله English

Cognitive Appraisal Processes and academic Stress: the Moderting role of Sex and Culture

نویسندگان English

Omid Shokri 1
Mohammad Naghi Farahani 2
Reza Kormi Nouri 3
Alireza Moradi 2
چکیده English

This study examined the moderating effect of cultural and sex differences on the relationship between appraisal processes with academic stress among male and female Iranian and Swedish university students. On a sample consisting of 212 students [112 Iranian (male 32 and female 78) 100 Swedish (male 29 and female 71)] were administrated the primary and secondary appraisal processes and Academic Stress Questionnaire. The results of multiple regression model showed significant positive relationship between primary appraisal and academic stress among Iranian students and nonsignificant positive relationship between primary appraisal and academic stress among Swedish students. Results also indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between secondary appraisal and academic stress among Iranian and Swedish students. Results also showed that there was a nonsignificant positive relationship between primary appraisal and academic stress and a significant negative relationship between secondary appraisal and academic stress among both sexes. Therefore, the relationship between primary and secondary appraisals and academic stress by sex was not moderated. In sum, these findings emphasize that for the purpose of prediction of academic stress the functional properties of primary appraisal were dissimilar and the functional properties of secondary appraisal were similar in two cultural contexts and the functional properties primary and secondary appraisals were similar in tow sex groups.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

primary and secondary appraisals
academic stress
sexual differences
cultural differences
moderating effects model
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