The structural relationship of perfectionism on academic achievement anxiety with the mediating role of spiritual intelligence and happiness

Academic achievement anxiety as an educational problem affects all aspects of the educational system. This structure has become a global concern in current educational environments and has a significant scope in educational systems. The problem is that the relationships of various variables with academic achievement anxiety have been confirmed, but the relationships of variables such as perfectionism, spiritual intelligence and happiness have been neglected in the form of structural relationships, and there is a major research gap in this field.

This study investigated the effect of perfectionism on academic achievement anxiety with the mediation of spiritual intelligence and happiness of Babol seminary students.

Structural Equation Modeling was used for the analysis and interpretation of the data. A total of seminary students (220 boys) were selected by convenience sampling. Perfectionism, Academic Achievement Anxiety, Academic Procrastination Scale (Solomon & Rohblum) Spiritual Intelligence and Happiness Questionnaires were used to collect data. The structural equation modeling method was used for data analysis using SPSS version 22 software at the statistical level of 0.05

The results of structural equation modeling showed that the data had an acceptable fit with the conceptual model and was confirmed. According to the structural model of the research, perfectionism had a significant effect on spiritual intelligence, happiness and academic achievement anxiety, and spiritual intelligence, happiness had a significant effect on academic achievement anxiety. Also spiritual intelligence and happiness had mediator role in relationship between perfectionism on academic achievement anxiety.

Therefore, to reduce academic achievement anxiety, interventions that guide students in the direction of knowledge, insight and change of attitude about their academic anxiety should be used.