Educational Psychology
Marziye Eskandaripour; Javad Mesrabadi; Masoud Baghbani
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This research was conducted with the aim of quantitatively combining researches in the field of relationship between social growth indicators and academic achievement using meta-analysis method. Also, determining the role of variables such as types of social growth indicators, dependent variable, place ...
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This research was conducted with the aim of quantitatively combining researches in the field of relationship between social growth indicators and academic achievement using meta-analysis method. Also, determining the role of variables such as types of social growth indicators, dependent variable, place of research, the gender and age of subjects on this relationship was another goal of this meta-analysis. According to the entry criteria, 42 primary studies were analyzed. After removing an outlier effect size based on the results of the funnel plot, the summery effect size between these two variables was equal to 0.33. Also, heterogeneity analysis showed the possible role of moderating variables on the relationship between these two constructs. Social capital and social support had a larger effect size than other indicators in the relationship between social growth indicators on academic achievement. In relation to the dependent variable, using the GPA of literature and math courses as the dependent variable had a greater effect than using the overall academic GPA as the dependent variable. It was also found that the effect size of research implementation in school is not much different from research implementation in university. In relation to gender, it was also found that the effect size of the relationship between social growth indicators and academic achievement is slightly higher in men than in women. Also, the effect sizes of the relationship between the two mentioned variables increase with the age of the examinees.
Fatemeh Alipour; javad mesrabadi; Salaam Rahimi
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Aim: Anxiety is one of the most common problems in societies, which impairs the perception, thinking, and optimal functioning of individuals. Problem-solving skills have received increasing support as a short-term psychotherapy method for managing anxiety and depression. Method: This research was conducted ...
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Aim: Anxiety is one of the most common problems in societies, which impairs the perception, thinking, and optimal functioning of individuals. Problem-solving skills have received increasing support as a short-term psychotherapy method for managing anxiety and depression. Method: This research was conducted by meta-analysis method to combine the research on problem-solving skills and anxiety relation. The Statistical population of the present meta-analysis was the available research related to problem solving and anxiety published from 2007 to 20021 and from 2000 to 2021. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria of initial studies and sensitivity analysis, 69 effect sizes, and 47 initial studies were analyzed by CMA software. Results: The results showed that the random model summary effect size was -0.678, which was statistically significant and indicated the positive effect of problem-solving skills on reducing anxiety types, including Trait Anxiety, State Anxiety, Math Anxiety, Test Anxiety, and Social Anxiety. The results also showed no significant difference between the two genders in the effectiveness of the problem-solving training and its application, whereas there was a significant difference between the types of anxiety, the type of research method, and the age of the subjects. Conclusion: As a result, supplying programs to educate, develop, and enhance problem-solving skills in the community is a necessity that needs to be considered more than before.
