فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of a newly-designed scale for appraising Iranian EFL students’ self-critical rumination and to investigate its nexus with student mindfulness. To this aim, 507 English as Foreign Language (EFL) students, studying at a university and a number of language institutes were required to complete the Persian translation of two questionnaires: L2 Self-Critical Rumination Questionnaire (SCRQ) consisting of two components of negative metacognition and positive metacognition as well as the Langer Mindfulness Scale (LMS) comprising three facets of novelty seeking, novelty production, and engagement. First, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to substantiate the construct validity of the SCRQ. Then, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was run to find the association between SCR and student mindfulness to verify the concurrent validity of the scale. The results of the study indicated that SCRQ is a valid and reliable instrument measuring EFL students’ rumination. It was also found that there is a negative significant association between the two constructs. Finally, the results were discussed in terms of the context of language education.