AbstractThe present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the development of a causalmodel of exam anxiety based on family communication patterns and parental perfectionismwith the mediation of learning styles and its effectiveness on students' exam anxiety. Thestatistical population was 9th grade male students of Kermanshah city in the academic yearof 1400-1401 (6578 people), of which 338 people were selected using multi-stage clustersampling method and random method. And in the second study, 30 people (15 people in theexperimental group and 15 people in the control group) were selected using the stagedcluster sampling method. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 90 minutes and thecontrol group did not receive any training. The measurement tools were Ahvaz TestAnxiety Questionnaire (TAI), Koerner and Fitner Patrick Family Communication Patterns(RFCP), Ahvaz Perfectionism (APS) and Kolb's Learning Styles (LSI). The findingsshowed that family communication patterns and parents' perfectionism and learning styleshave a significant causal relationship with exam anxiety. And finally, the results determinedthe mediating role of learning styles in the relationship between the mentioned variables,and it was also found that the educational program developed based on the extracted modelwas effective in reducing exam anxiety. Based on the findings, it is suggested to use theprogram of teaching family communication patterns, parental perfectionism and learningstyles to reduce students' exam anxiety.
Manuscript profile