The Relationship between Cultural Intelligence and Creativity with Social Anxiety in English Language Learning among Students

Sociological Studies of Youth

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 10 اسفند 1400

نوع مقاله: Original Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/ssyj.2021.687069

نویسندگان

Marzieh Eslami¹؛ Jamal Sadeghi^{* 2}؛ Alireza homayouni³

¹Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

²Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

³Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran

چکیده

The cultural difference between the new language and the mother tongue of language learners is an important factor in creating social language anxiety in learners. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence and creativity with English social anxiety in students.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-‌ ‌ correlation and specifically structural equation modeling. The statistical population was the whole of humanities students of Babol Azad University. A total of 380 people were selected as a statistical sample by stepwise cluster sampling method and with English language class anxiety questionnaire, Abedi creativity and Ang and Early cultural intelligence questionnaires. Were evaluated.
Results: The results showed that English cultural intelligence and social anxiety have a direct and inverse relationship. Creativity and English social anxiety are inversely related. Cultural intelligence also has an indirect effect on English social anxiety through the mediation of creativity.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that by increasing and improving cultural intelligence and creativity, English social anxiety will decrease.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Cultural intelligence؛ creativity؛ social anxiety؛ English