The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on social anxiety of students

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Assistant Professor, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

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    The aim of present research was to investigate the role of perfectionism and emotional intelligence in predicting academic burnout in high school students. The research was descriptive correlation. The population was all high school students who were studding in 2013-2014 in Namin high schools. The sample was 175 students (112 boys and 63 girls) that were selected by categorical sampling and Frost multiple perfectionism scale, Shering emotional intelligence and academic burnout questionnaire were administered among selected samples. Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is positive relationship between the academic burnout and their perfectionism (p<0.05) and negative relationship between students’ academic burnout and their emotional intelligence (p<0.05). The results of multiple regression showed that perfectionism and emotional intelligence explained 14% of academic burnout and 20-27% of the components of academic burnout (p<0.05). These results showed the necessity of respondent’s attention to students’ academic burnout and have implications for the use of interventions based on perfectionism and emotional intelligence in order to prevention of the negative consequences of academic burnout among students.

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