Comparison of Self-Differentiation, Psychological Hardiness and Uncertainty Intolerance in students with positive and negative affect

Background and Aim : Emotions are one of the most important factors in students academic achievement and having positive and negative emotions can contribute to the direction of academic performance. The purpose of this study was to compare self-differentiation, psychological hardiness and uncertainty intolerance in students with positive and negative affect.Methods : The research method is Descriptive - Cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study includes all male and female students of Azad University of Urmia during the second semester of 2018-19 (13000 students). 375 male and female students (192 girls and 192 boys) were selected by cluster random sampling and completed the Panas Affect Questionnaire, Bowen Self-Differentiation Questionnaire, Kabasa Psychological Hardiness Scale, and Uncertainty Intolerance. Data were analyzed using t-test and multivariate analysis of variance.Results : The results showed that there was a significant difference between self-differentiation (P <0.05), hardiness dimensions including challenge (P <0.01) and commitment (P <0.05) between the two groups of positive and negative students. also, there was no significant difference between the two groups in uncertainty intolerance and hard dimensions component of control.Conclusion : Based on the results, it can be said that students with positive emotions had more differentiation power as well as higher commitment and challenge than students with negative emotions, which results in more favorable status of students with positive emotions.

Keywords:

Self-Differentiation , Psychological Hardiness , Uncertainty intolerance , Positive and Negative Affect