Prediction of Unproductive Behaviors of Female Second Year High School Students Based on Meta-Emotion, Androgynous Personality and Family Functioning

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.

2 MA in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran.

10.22034/jmpr.2023.58187.5782

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The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the prediction of unproductive behaviors of female second year high school students based on meta-emotion, androgynous personality and family functioning. This research is descriptive of the type of correlation studies. The statistical population of this research was the female students of the second year of high school in the academic year of 2022-2023 in Urmia city, their number was 7315, and from this population, using Morgan's table and using random cluster sampling method, the number 364 people were selected. To collect data, Rimex's non-productive academic behavior questionnaire (2012), Mitmansgraber et al.'s meta-emotion questionnaire (2009), Bam's gender role scale (1974) and Epstein et al.'s (2003) family functioning questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed with the Pearson's correlation and step-by-step regression analysis. The results of the research showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between positive meta-emotion and unproductive academic behaviors. there is a positive and significant relationship between negative meta-emotion and unproductive academic behaviors. There is a negative and significant relationship between androgynous personality and unproductive academic behaviors. There is a positive and significant relationship between family functioning and it’s components with academically unproductive behaviors. Also, The results of the regression analysis showed that androgynous personality with a coefficient of -0.28, family functioning with a coefficient of 0.20 and positive meta-emotion with a coefficient of -0.18 and negative meta-emotion with a coefficient of 0.12 are able to predict changes in academic unproductive behaviors (p<0.05). According to the findings, it is suggested that counselors in schools should pay attention to personality aspects, extra-excitement and family functioning in students and design appropriate programs based on that to reduce academically unproductive behaviors.

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  • Receive Date: 29 August 2023
  • Revise Date: 10 October 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 October 2023

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