Afsaneh Ghanizadeh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4095765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Afsaneh Ghanizadeh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Afsaneh |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghanizadeh |
| SIGNATURE | GHANIZADEH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Imam Reza International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1649-1556 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Efficacy of hybrid mindfulness training (HMT) for EFL university students’ stress coping strategies, electroencephalogram (EEG) Activity, and reading achievement
Students' Perception of Teachers' Democratic Behaviours Scale ( TDBS )
A plethora of assessment tools has been developed to measure democratic behaviour in the context of the classroom. A critical review of existing literature revealed prevailing limitations in most tools in the realm of democratic education. Considering the identified deficiencies, this study endeavours to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Teachers' Democratic Behaviours Scale (TDBS) from the perspective of students. Guided by…
Exploring EFL learner resilience and examining its association with L2 buoyancy and language achievement
This study aimed at exploring EFL learners’ resilience. To do so, the current study developed and validated a scale measuring EFL learners’ resilience according to the qualitative triangulated phase of this study. The procedure of the present mixed-methods research is as follows: QUAL → quan. In the qualitative phase of this study, 29 EFL learners contributed by participating in semi-structured interviews, open-ended questions, and research journ…
University students’ resilience in virtual education, personal best goals, anxiety, and academic achievement
Finding the Link Between Iranian EFL Teacher Motivation and Engagement via Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm and Fuzzy Decision Mode
EFL teachers' coping strategies amidst the Covid-19 virtual education and their association with work engagement and teacher apprehension
The Impact of Teacher Technology-Enhanced Scaffolding on Female EFL Learners’ Grammar Achievement, Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs), and Mastery Goal
EFL Teachers’ Apprehension
Probing EFL Teachers' Perceptions of Learners' Success Factors and its Contribution to Their Goal-Orientations and Organizational Commitment
“The Best of the Intellect Is a Person’s Knowledge of His Own Self”
A microanalysis of the sophomore and senior translation students’ uncertainty management in the process of translation
Translation as a problem-solving and decision-making process embodies various natural instances of indecisiveness (uncertainty or ambiguity) for finding the best solution as the final translation. In this case study, we aimed to explore English translation students’ uncertainty management at sophomore and senior levels in the process of translation at a micro level from a complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) perspective in terms of variability, …
EFL Teachers’ Reflective Teaching
Being reflective is one of the most paramount features that EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers need to be equipped with in the post-method era for their professional growth and development. The present study aimed to explore reflective teaching from a multi-dimensional perspective in terms of a) determinants that simulates teachers to reflect, b) consequences that teachers experience as a result of their reflective teaching, and c) obst…
Teachers’ Motivation and Its Association with Job Commitment and Work Engagement
A Dynamic Model of EFL Learners' Personal Best Goals, Resilience, and Language Achievement
One of the objectives of any educational endeavor is helping students to adopt a set of personal goals for their achievement. This is known as personal best (PB) referring to personalized goals or standards of excellence that match or exceed one's prior best in the academic context. It is also believed that PB goals can fluctuate in line with other academic-associated factors. The aim of the present study is to scrutinize these goals in associati…
Probing EFL Teachers’ Job Motivation in the Light of Intra-individual Level Predictors
The present study aims to scrutinize teacher motivation in relation to two individual level predictors, namely, self -efficacy and burnout among English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers. To this end, 142 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers were selected from various English language institutes of Mashhad and Tehran, two cities in Iran. They were requested to complete three questionnaires: the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Teachers’ …
EFL Teachers’ Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy
The role of coping strategies and emotional factors in predicting Iranian translation students’ translation ability
This study set out to delve into Iranian translation students’ stress coping strategies and emotional factors and their roles in translation ability. For this purpose, 135 MA and BA translation students were selected according to a convenience sampling from four universities in Mashhad, a city in northeast of Iran. The participants were asked to complete the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) as well as a number of emotional factors…
A Study of Iranian EFL Teachers' Attributions, Job Satisfaction, and Stress at Work
Job satisfaction is generally defined as combination of psychological, attitudinal, emotional, and environmental circumstances which make a person content with his/her profession. The present study probed English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ job satisfaction in relation to attitudinal and emotional factors. In particular, it investigated the role of Iranian EFL teachers’ attributions and stress at work in their job satisfaction. Moreover…
The Interface between Motivational and Emotional Facets of Organizational Commitment among Instructors at Higher Education
Teachers in higher education domain play a decisive role in advancing economic developments as well as nurturing the well-being of the societies. Thus, the issue of university instructors’ commitment and the factors influencing its development should be a compelling priority for higher education administrations. The present study aims to extend the research on teacher organizational commitment by investigating the contribution of job motivation a…
The role of task value, effort-regulation, and ambiguity tolerance in predicting EFL learners’ test anxiety, learning strategies, and language achievement
A Dörnyei-Inspired Study on Second Language Motivation
Critical discourse analysis and critical thinking
The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy in Language Institutes
The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy in Language Institutes
A Study of Iranian EFL Teachers' Attributions, Job Satisfaction, and Stress at Work
Job satisfaction is generally defined as combination of psychological, attitudinal, emotional, and environmental circumstances which make a person content with his/her profession. The present study probed English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ job satisfaction in relation to attitudinal and emotional factors. In particular, it investigated the role of Iranian EFL teachers’ attributions and stress at work in their job satisfaction. Moreover…
Critical discourse analysis and critical thinking
The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy in Language Institutes
Critical discourse analysis and critical thinking
A Dörnyei-Inspired Study on Second Language Motivation
The Interface between Motivational and Emotional Facets of Organizational Commitment among Instructors at Higher Education
Teachers in higher education domain play a decisive role in advancing economic developments as well as nurturing the well-being of the societies. Thus, the issue of university instructors’ commitment and the factors influencing its development should be a compelling priority for higher education administrations. The present study aims to extend the research on teacher organizational commitment by investigating the contribution of job motivation a…
The role of task value, effort-regulation, and ambiguity tolerance in predicting EFL learners’ test anxiety, learning strategies, and language achievement
The role of coping strategies and emotional factors in predicting Iranian translation students’ translation ability
This study set out to delve into Iranian translation students’ stress coping strategies and emotional factors and their roles in translation ability. For this purpose, 135 MA and BA translation students were selected according to a convenience sampling from four universities in Mashhad, a city in northeast of Iran. The participants were asked to complete the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) as well as a number of emotional factors…
A Study of Iranian EFL Teachers' Attributions, Job Satisfaction, and Stress at Work
Job satisfaction is generally defined as combination of psychological, attitudinal, emotional, and environmental circumstances which make a person content with his/her profession. The present study probed English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ job satisfaction in relation to attitudinal and emotional factors. In particular, it investigated the role of Iranian EFL teachers’ attributions and stress at work in their job satisfaction. Moreover…
A Dynamic Model of EFL Learners' Personal Best Goals, Resilience, and Language Achievement
One of the objectives of any educational endeavor is helping students to adopt a set of personal goals for their achievement. This is known as personal best (PB) referring to personalized goals or standards of excellence that match or exceed one's prior best in the academic context. It is also believed that PB goals can fluctuate in line with other academic-associated factors. The aim of the present study is to scrutinize these goals in associati…
Probing EFL Teachers’ Job Motivation in the Light of Intra-individual Level Predictors
The present study aims to scrutinize teacher motivation in relation to two individual level predictors, namely, self -efficacy and burnout among English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers. To this end, 142 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers were selected from various English language institutes of Mashhad and Tehran, two cities in Iran. They were requested to complete three questionnaires: the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Teachers’ …
EFL Teachers’ Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy
Probing EFL Teachers' Perceptions of Learners' Success Factors and its Contribution to Their Goal-Orientations and Organizational Commitment
“The Best of the Intellect Is a Person’s Knowledge of His Own Self”
A microanalysis of the sophomore and senior translation students’ uncertainty management in the process of translation
Translation as a problem-solving and decision-making process embodies various natural instances of indecisiveness (uncertainty or ambiguity) for finding the best solution as the final translation. In this case study, we aimed to explore English translation students’ uncertainty management at sophomore and senior levels in the process of translation at a micro level from a complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) perspective in terms of variability, …
EFL Teachers’ Reflective Teaching
Being reflective is one of the most paramount features that EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers need to be equipped with in the post-method era for their professional growth and development. The present study aimed to explore reflective teaching from a multi-dimensional perspective in terms of a) determinants that simulates teachers to reflect, b) consequences that teachers experience as a result of their reflective teaching, and c) obst…
Teachers’ Motivation and Its Association with Job Commitment and Work Engagement
EFL teachers' coping strategies amidst the Covid-19 virtual education and their association with work engagement and teacher apprehension
The Impact of Teacher Technology-Enhanced Scaffolding on Female EFL Learners’ Grammar Achievement, Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs), and Mastery Goal
EFL Teachers’ Apprehension
University students’ resilience in virtual education, personal best goals, anxiety, and academic achievement
Finding the Link Between Iranian EFL Teacher Motivation and Engagement via Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm and Fuzzy Decision Mode
Exploring EFL learner resilience and examining its association with L2 buoyancy and language achievement
This study aimed at exploring EFL learners’ resilience. To do so, the current study developed and validated a scale measuring EFL learners’ resilience according to the qualitative triangulated phase of this study. The procedure of the present mixed-methods research is as follows: QUAL → quan. In the qualitative phase of this study, 29 EFL learners contributed by participating in semi-structured interviews, open-ended questions, and research journ…
Efficacy of hybrid mindfulness training (HMT) for EFL university students’ stress coping strategies, electroencephalogram (EEG) Activity, and reading achievement
Students' Perception of Teachers' Democratic Behaviours Scale ( TDBS )
A plethora of assessment tools has been developed to measure democratic behaviour in the context of the classroom. A critical review of existing literature revealed prevailing limitations in most tools in the realm of democratic education. Considering the identified deficiencies, this study endeavours to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Teachers' Democratic Behaviours Scale (TDBS) from the perspective of students. Guided by…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Mathematics education (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Structural equation modeling (8 works) · Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works)