مدل‌یابی رابطه بین نظریه ذهن و کارکردهای اجرایی (انعطاف‌پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ) در نوجوانان: نقش میانجی هوش هیجانی

نویسندگان
1 دانشگاه اردکان
2 دانشگاه خلیج فارس
چکیده
کارکردهای اجرایی ساختار­های مهمی هستند که در کنترل و هدایت رفتار نقش مهمی ایفا می­کنند. این پژوهش، با هدف بررسی نقش میانجی هوش هیجانی در رابطه نظریه ذهن و کارکردهای اجرایی (انعطاف­پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ) انجام شد. روش پژوهش حاضر، همبستگی و از نوع مدل­سازی معادلات ساختاری بود. جامعه آماری پژوهش شامل کلیه دانش­آموزان دختر 13 تا 18 سال شهرستان خمینی شهر در سال 1400 بود که 300 نفر از آنان به روش در دسترس برای نمونه پژوهش انتخاب شدند. برای جمع­آوری داده­ها از پرسشنامه­ هوش هیجانی (شات و همکاران، 1998)، آزمون­های نرم افزاری دسته­بندی کارت­های ویسکانسین (گرانت و برگ، 1984)، برو- نرو (هافمن، 1984) و ذهن­خوانی از طریق تصاویر چشم (بارون-کوهن و همکاران، 2001) استفاده شد. برای تجزیه و تحلیل داده­ها از ضریب همبستگی پیرسون و مدل معادلات ساختاری در نرم­افزار 24AMOS استفاده شد. یافته­ها نشان داد نظریه ذهن با ضریب 233/0 بر هوش هیجانی و بر انعطاف­پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ به ترتیب با ضرایب 133/0 و 218/0 اثر مستقیم مثبت و معنادار داشت (01/0>P)، هوش هیجانی با انعطاف­پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ به ترتیب با ضرایب 144/0 و 337/0 اثر مستقیم مثبت و معنادار داشتند (01/0>P). اثر غیرمستقیم نظریه ذهن بر انعطاف پذیری و بازداری پاسخ با نقش میانجی هوش هیجانی به ترتیب ضرایب 033/0 و 078/0 بود. بنابراین می­توان گفت نتایج حاکی از نقش تعیین­کننده­ی نظریه ذهن و هوش هیجانی، در پیش­بینی کارکردهای اجرایی سرد (انعطاف­پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ) بود. نهایتاً با توجه به رابطه بین نظریه ذهن، هوش هیجانی، انعطاف­پذیری شناختی و بازداری پاسخ، با افزایش نظریه ذهن و هوش هیجانی می­توان به بهبود مؤلفه­های کارکردهای اجرایی کمک کرد.
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عنوان مقاله English

Modeling the relationship between theory of mind and executive functions (cognitive flexibility and response inhibition) in adolescents: the mediating role of emotional intelligence

نویسندگان English

Elaheh Shirovi 1
Shekoofeh Mottaghi 1
Afsaneh Moradi 2
1 Ardakan University
2 Persian Gulf University
چکیده English

Executive functions are important structures that play an important role in controlling and directing behavior. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between theory of mind and executive functions (cognitive flexibility and response inhibition). The current research method was correlation and structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all female students aged 13 to 18 in Khomeini Shahr city in 2021, of which 300 were selected for the research sample using the available method. To collect data from the emotional intelligence questionnaire (Schutte et al., 1998), software tests of Wisconsian card sorting (Grant and Berg, 1984), go /no go (Hoffman, 1984) and mind reading through eye images (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001) were used. For data analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equation model were used in AMOS-24 software. The findings showed that theory of mind had a positive and significant direct effect on emotional intelligence with a coefficient of 0.233 and on cognitive flexibility and response inhibition with a coefficient of 0.133 and 0.218 respectively (P<0.01), intelligence Emotion with cognitive flexibility and response inhibition had a positive and significant direct effect with coefficients of 0.144 and 0.337 respectively (P<0.01). The indirect effect of theory of mind on flexibility and response inhibition with the mediating role of emotional intelligence was 0.033 and 0.078, respectively. Therefore, the results indicated the decisive role of theory of mind and emotional intelligence in predicting cold executive functions (cognitive flexibility and response inhibition). Finally, considering the relationship between theory of mind, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility and response inhibition, by increasing theory of mind and emotional intelligence, it is possible to help improve the components of executive functions.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Cognitive Flexibility
response inhibition
Executive Functions
theory of mind
Emotional Intelligence
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