The Role of Information Processing Styles in Problem Solving with the Role of Mediating Exam Anxiety and Cognitive Flexibility in Secondary girl School Students in District 2 of Ardabil

The present study is a correlational description according to the nature of the subject and the intended objectives. The statistical population of this study was all female high school students in the second district of Ardabil schools in the academic year of 1400, which was 4800 students. To select a suitable and acceptable statistical sample for performing tests and collecting data, Cochran's formula was used to determine the volume and size of the statistical sample. Based on the above sampling formula, 355 people were selected using simple random sampling method. Research instruments include Backend and Spine (1999) Information Processing Styles Questionnaire, Friedman Exam Anxiety Questionnaire (1997), Parker Problem Solving Questionnaire (1997) and Dennis and Vanderwall Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (2010). Questionnaires were statistically analyzed. First, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation of variables) were used to summarize and describe the data of demographic factors, and in the second part, inferential statistics were used to test the hypotheses using SPSS - 22 software to examine the research questions and hypotheses. Path analysis was performed with LISREL software. It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between information processing styles and the mediating role of test anxiety and cognitive flexibility with problem solving. The structural equation model was also fitted.