The mediating role of emotional processing styles in the relationship between circadian rhythms and Meta-memory In students

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between circadian rhythms with meta-memory with the mediation of emotional processing styles. This study was a descriptive-correlative one whose statistical population consisted of undergraduate psychology students of Islamshahr Azad University (N = 2300). The method is stratified random sampling. Sample size was determined according to Tapachnik and Fidel (2001) in studies using structural equation modeling (n = 200). The data gathering tools in this study were Horn and Ostberg circadian rhythms scale (1976), Nodeljkowicz and Kaieros (2007) memory trust and cognition scale and Bakker et al. (2007) emotional processing scale. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling. The results showed that circadian rhythms with coefficient of 0.421, in other words 42.1%, had effect on metacognition (P <0.05).Considering t-value=7.523, Emotional processing plays a mediating role in the relationship between circadian rhythms and meta-memory.