Modeling the relationship between emotional balance, social intelligence and speech anxiety: The mediating role of outcome expectation and emotional arousal in students

Subject Areas : Educational Science

mohammad esmaeilzadeh ¹ , sadegh nasri ² , abotaleb sadati ³

1 - azad
2 - دانشیار، گروه علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجایی، تهران، ایران(نویسنده مسئول) [e-mail]
3 - استادیار، گروه مشاوره واحد علوم تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران.

Received: 2022-09-01 Accepted : 2022-12-17 Published : 2022-12-21

Keywords: هوش اجتماعی, انتظار پیامد, کلید واژه ها: تعادل عاطفی, اضطراب سخنرانی, برانگیختگی هیجانی,

Abstract :

AbstractIntroduction: Speech anxiety originates from various factors. Two important factors in this field can be emotional balance, social intelligence mediated expectation of outcome and emotional arousal. Therefore, the aim of this study was to model the relationship between emotional balance, social intelligence and speech anxiety through the mediation of outcome expectation and emotional arousal in Farhangian University student teachers. Methods: This was a correlational study of structural equations. The statistical population of the study included all student teachers of Farhangian University of Kerman province in the academic year 1399-1400. 740 people were selected by cluster sampling method and used the scales of speech anxiety Pal (1996), emotional balance Bradborn (1969), social intelligence Silvera at all (2001), outcome expectation Betz & E (1997) and emotional arousal Gross & Jaun (2003). They replied. Pearson correlation test and path analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the model of explaining emotional balance, social intelligence and speech anxiety through mediation of outcome expectation and emotional arousal in Farhangian University student teachers has an acceptable fit. Emotional balance and social intelligence have a direct effect on speech anxiety, outcome expectation, and emotional arousal. Expectation of outcome plays a mediating role in the relationship between emotional balance and social intelligence with speech anxiety. Emotional arousal also mediates the relationship between emotional balance and social intelligence with speech anxiety. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be concluded that students' speech anxiety, which is one of the most common social anxietie