Prediction Of Social Adjustment Based On The Perception Of Competence And Self-Control With The Mediating Role Of Cognitive Emotion Regulation In Single-Parent Students

Abstract

The aim of this research was to predict social adjustment based on the perception of competence and self-control with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in students with single parents. The research design was correlational and more specifically path analysis. The statistical population included all single-parent students in the age range of 7-12 in Ahvaz city in the academic year 2020-2021. The research sample included 75 students. which were selected by purposive sampling. From Harter Competency Perception Scale (1985), self-control Kendal & Wilcox (1979), cognitive regulation of emotion CERQ; (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006) and individual-social adjustment California Questionnaire (Clark et al., 1953) were used to collect data. Pearson's correlation coefficient test and path analysis were used to analyze and analyze the data in this research. The findings showed that the model of social adjustment based on the perception of competence and self-control with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in single-parent students has a good fit. All path coefficients related to the final model are significant. The only non-significant path was the direct path of competence perception to social adaptability, which was removed from the final model. Also, for both indirect paths, zero is outside the confidence interval (lower limit and upper limit) and the obtained significance level is less than 0.05. Therefore, both indirect effects are significant and are confirmed. The findings of the research showed that the perception of competence and self-restraint directly and also indirectly with the mediating role of cognitive regulation of emotion is able to predict adjustment in single-parent students, which can help improve the mental health of people. Single parent should be considered.