Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Anar Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
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Master's degree, Department of Psychology, Anar Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
10.30473/ns.2026.77125.1038
Abstract
Perfectionism and social anxiety are among the most important psychological challenges of student life that can have widespread negative consequences on mental health, academic performance, and social relationships of students. Perfectionism, especially in its uncompromising form, is associated with setting extreme standards, fear of making mistakes, and severe critical self-evaluation, and provides the basis for anxiety, avoidance, and decreased academic performance. Meanwhile, emotional intelligence, as a set of abilities related to understanding, regulating, and managing one's own and others' emotions, plays an important role in promoting psychological adjustment, improving social relationships, and reducing emotional problems. This study investigated the effects of emotional intelligence training on social anxiety and perfectionism in art students in Kerman. The study was conducted as a semi-experimental design using a pre-test, post-test, and control group design. The sample included 30 art students who were randomly assigned to two experimental (15) and control (15) groups. Data were collected using the Jerabek (1996) and Hill et al. (1978) social anxiety questionnaires. The findings showed that the interaction between the experimental procedure (emotional intelligence training) and the perfectionism pretest and the interaction between the experimental procedure (emotional intelligence training) and the social anxiety pretest were not significant, so there was no interaction and the slopes of the regression line were the same between the groups in the pretest. Based on the findings, the experimental procedure (emotional intelligence training) did not affect any of the dependent variables (perfectionism and social anxiety). As a result, emotional training did not affect perfectionism and social anxiety, so it is suggested that changes be made in the implementation method and the number of sample subjects in future studies.
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