The relationship between resilience and self-compassion with Arabic Language Classroom Anxiety of female students of Kharazmi University

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Abstract

The aim of this study is investigating the relationship between resilience and self-compassion with Arabic Language Classroom Anxiety of female students of Kharazmi University. The present research was descriptive and correlative. The population of this study included all undergraduate students of Arabic Language and Literature Kharazmi in 2014 that were totally 127 individuals. Using Sample size with help of Cochran’s formula for sample size, 101 of persons were selected through simple random sampling method. The data was collected using Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale, Neff self -compassion Scale and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale. Pearson correlation and stepwise regression were used for analyzing data. The results showed that there were significant and negative correlation between resilience and self-compassion with Arabic Language Classroom Anxiety. In addition, it was found that Resilience could respectively explain 41 Percent and with self-compassion 48 Percent of self-compassion of variance Arabic Language Classroom Anxiety among students. Therefore, increasing positive psychology structures like resilience and self-compassion can improve decreased Arabic Language Classroom Anxiety among female students.

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