background: the importance of increasing adolescence girl’s level of physical activity is recognized as a priority for having a healthy lifestyle. however, adolescent girls especially iranian, are at high risk for physical inactivity. social cognitive theory (sct) is a successful theory to explain physical activity behavior. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of physical acti...

Informed by the expectancy-value and social cognitive theories of learning, the present study proposed a path model to investigate the impact of motivational beliefs as defined by listening self-efficacy, three types of goal orientations, and task value on self-regulation of Iranian EFL learners, in addition to the unique contribution of each to the variability in the listening comprehension sc...

the purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of ego depletion on arousal of elite iranian swimmers. the sample comprised elite swimmers invited to the national swimming team as focused and semi focused (36 subjects). the research design was as pre- and post-test—in two phases of ego depletion conditions and the lack of ego depletion conditions in two experimental and control group...

Objective: The present study aimed to predict internet addiction based on general self-efficacy, difficulty in emotion regulation, and resilience in medical students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The statistical population included all medical students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The research sample consisted of 96 medical students selected by random sampli...

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the causal modeling of death anxiety in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies and experiential avoidance with the mediating role of coping self-efficacy. Instrument & Methods: The research method was descriptive and structural equations. The statistical population of the present study...

Objective: According to cognitive models, maladaptive beliefs play a major role in social anxiety disorder and can lead to dysfunctional behavioral reactions and emotion dysregulation. This study examines the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies in the relationship of beliefs about emotions and emotion regulation self-efficacy with social anxiety.  Method: 650 college students from ...

Background: Academic motivation in students is one of the essential factors for academic achievement and growth of societies, which emphasizes the importance of examining academic motivation correlations. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the structural equation model of explaining academic motivation in students based on emotion regulation with the mediating role of academic self-effi...