The role of achievement motivation, personality traits and psychological hardiness in predicting social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students

This research aimed to investigate the role of achievement motivation, personality traits and psychological hardiness in predicting social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students. Present research was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. The research population included all educable mentally retarded students of Varamin city in 2017-18 academic years that from them 130 people were selected by simple sampling method. All of them completed the questionnaires of achievement motivation (Hermans, 1970), personality traits (Costa & McCrae, 1992), psychological hardiness (Kobasa, 1979) and social anxiety (Connor & et al, 2000). The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and multiple regression with enter model methods. The findings showed there was a positive and significant relationship between the achievement motivation, extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness and psychological hardiness with social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students and there was a negative and significant relationship between the neuroticism with social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students. Also the variables of achievement motivation, neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness and psychological hardiness significantly could predict the social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students (p<0/05). According to findings of this research counselors and experts consider the symptoms of achievement motivation, personality traits and psychological hardiness and based on design and implemente programs to decrease the social anxiety of educable mentally retarded students.