The Mediating Role of Excitement Processing in the Relationship between Initial Schema and Academic Engagement

Academic performance is intricately tied to an individual's emotional and psychological dimensions. This study aims to explore the mediating role of emotional processing in the correlation between the Initial Schema and academic engagement in students. Employing a descriptive-correlational approach, particularly structural equation modeling, the study involved a statistical population of 529 female students in Tehran city, with 300 students selected through available sampling. The Zarang Academic Engagement Questionnaire (2012), the Emotional Processing Scale by Baker et al. (2010), and the Young's Initial Schema Questionnaire (1994) were utilized. Results indicated a significant direct relationship between mental theory and emotional processing with academic engagement. The research model was deemed fit and validated, explaining 37% of the variance in educational involvement through Initial schema and emotional processing. Empirical processing played a mediating role in the association between Initial schema and emotional processing with academic engagement. Changes in beliefs and inappropriate schemas were found to potentially diminish emotional processing, consequently reducing academic engagement.