the present study intended to propose a causal model of factors that would predict oral communication apprehension (oca) of iranian learners of english as a foreign language. to conduct the study, 135 male and female university students majoring in english were selected. five variables including: learners’self-esteem and introversion/extroversion(as independent variables), their gender and prof...

Background The first year of life is of a great significance in promoting health and the quality of life. The present research aimed to determine the factors affecting the mortality of infants below the age of one year in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Materials and Methods The present retrospective research was conducted based on a questionnaire developed by the present researchers as well as the analysi...

Predicting Student Performance in Verbal Math Problems Based on Cognitive, Metacognitive, and Affective Factors F. Karimi, Ph.D. A.R. Moraadi, Ph.D. P. Kadivar, Ph.D. R. Kormi Noori, Ph.D. To determine the predictive role of metacognitive, cognitive, and affective factors in solving verbal math problems, a cluster sample of 450 junior high school  students was given ...

The present study intended to propose a causal model of factors that would predict Oral Communication Apprehension (OCA) of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. To conduct the study, 135 male and female University students majoring in English were selected. Five variables including: learners’self-esteem and introversion/extroversion(as independent variables), their gender and prof...

SOCIAL psychologists warn us that communication between members of different subgroups in our culture is fraught with peril. Mindful of this peril, the writer presents in this paper a review of some research on the influence of af fective factors on classroom learning. A frame of reference is presented first. This is followed by a review of research on teacher-learner affective characteristics ...

Workplace environment characteristics may positively or negatively evoke an individual’s affective experiences, and these experiences can influence affective experiences of others. This study investigates the relations between employees’ affective experiences and workplace environment characteristics. A questionnaire-based investigation was conducted with employees in Thai companies. Participan...

Affective influences abound in groups. In this article we propose an organizing model for understanding these affective influences and their effects on group life. We begin with individuallevel affective characteristics that members bring to their groups: moods, emotions, sentiments, and emotional intelligence. These affective characteristics then combine to form a group’s affective composition...