M. Shehni Yeylagh; Z. Bonabi Mobarakey; H. Shokrkon
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This study is a confirmatory factor analysis to examine the between and within domain-relations of motivation constructs (self-efficacy, task-value, and achievement goal orientations) among 430 high school students from the four education districts in Ahvaz city, Iran. Interrelations among these constructs ...
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This study is a confirmatory factor analysis to examine the between and within domain-relations of motivation constructs (self-efficacy, task-value, and achievement goal orientations) among 430 high school students from the four education districts in Ahvaz city, Iran. Interrelations among these constructs were investigated in four different academic subjects (Mathematics, English, Literature and Biology). Strengths of between domain associations differed substantially by individual constructs, Performance-approach and performance- avoidance goals were highly correlated across domains, whereas task value and mastery goals were more distinct across domains. Self-efficacy perceptions were moderately correlated across subjects. Within-domain interrelations among these motivational constructs were generally consistent with previous research. More important, consistent patterns of relations were observed in four different academic domains.
G. Rajabi; M. Shehni Yeylagh; H. Shokrkon; J. Haghigi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between gender, prior math performance, perceived sources of mathematics self-efficacy, goal setting, mathematics self-efficacy, attributional styles, and math performance of high school student in Ahvaz, Iran. The sample for the study ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between gender, prior math performance, perceived sources of mathematics self-efficacy, goal setting, mathematics self-efficacy, attributional styles, and math performance of high school student in Ahvaz, Iran. The sample for the study consisted of 390 sophomore students (192 boys and 198 girls) who were selected randomly from the high school population in Ahvaz, and had passed math 2 (prior math performance), and were studying math 3 (math performance). Participants were administered the Perceived Sources of Mathematics Self-Efficacy Information Scale (PSMES), the Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES), the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and the Goal-Setting Scale (OS). Also, the prior and current math grades were obtained from high schools’ archives. In addition to descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation coefficient), the following statistical methods were used to analyze the data: factor analysis, and structural analysis. The primary research question was whether the main model (the relationship between gender, prior math performance, perceived sources of mathematics self-efficacy, goal-setting, mathematics self-efficacy, attributional styles, and math performance) fits the data. In other words, whether the above variables influence math performance. The results indicated that the main model fits but one path (from goal-setting to math performance) was not significant. Also, the path coefficient from mathematics self-efficacy to math performance was negative. The non-significant path, then, was eliminated from the model, and a modified model was formed. The results of testing this modified model showed that it was a better model over the previous one. In short, from nine direct hypotheses only one was not confirmed, and one of them was confirnied in the opposite direction.
A.Z . Naami,; H. Shokrkon,
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This research was conducted to study the simple and multiple relationships between the organizational justice and job satisfaction of the employees of an industrial organization. The variable of organizational justice deals with the ways and methods of conduct with the personnel of organizations to feel ...
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This research was conducted to study the simple and multiple relationships between the organizational justice and job satisfaction of the employees of an industrial organization. The variable of organizational justice deals with the ways and methods of conduct with the personnel of organizations to feel that they are treated fairly. This variable is comprised of three components: Distributional justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice. It was hypothesized that organizational justice is positively related to job satisfaction. The sample consisted of 268 employees of an industrial organization, selected via a stratified random sampling method. Simple and multiple correlations were used to analyse the data. The results indicated that the organizational justice had a significant correlation coefficient r=.61 with the job satisfaction. In addition, the variable of organizational justice and its three componets were correlated positively with the five subscales of job satisfaction; that is, satisfaction with the nature of work, supervision,coworkers, pay and promotion. Results of a multiple regression analysis also showed that the three components of organizational justice had significant multiple correlations with the job satisfaction and its five subscales
M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; M. Mahmoodi; H. Shokrkon; B. Najarian
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This study was designed to compare the value system and attitudes toward the adolescents control and to the education of 3rd grade high school students with their parents and their closest classmates in Ahvaz. The sample consisted of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls), Eight hundred parents (400 mothers ...
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This study was designed to compare the value system and attitudes toward the adolescents control and to the education of 3rd grade high school students with their parents and their closest classmates in Ahvaz. The sample consisted of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls), Eight hundred parents (400 mothers and 400 fathers) and 1200 closest classmates (600 girls and 600 boys), selected randomly from Ahvaz high schools. The subjects answered 3 tests: 1) Alport, Vernon and Lindzeys values system test (1962). 2) attitude toward adoiscents control test (Sttot, 1940) and 3) attitude toward education test (Randquist and Sletto, 1963). The statistical method of ANOVA with repeated measures on one variable was used. Tukey test showed that there is not any difference between students’ means and those of their closest classmates in theoretical, economic and social value dimensons. The results of Tukey follow- up test also showed that there is a significant difference between the means of students and their parents in theoretical, political, aesthetic and social values and there is similarity between the means of students and their closest classmates on theorical, economical and social dimensions. Results of this rescarch also showed that there is a significant difference between the attitude of students and their parents, but there is no significant difference between the attiudes of students and their closest classmates.
Yusuf Ali Attari; Hossein Shokrkon; Masoud Rostami
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The aim of this study was to compare intact-couples vs divorce- seeking couples in Ahvaz in terms of the similarity of their values (abstract, artistic, religious, social, political) and attitudes toward child-rearing, education and family sustenance. The hypotheses maintained in this study were:(1) ...
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The aim of this study was to compare intact-couples vs divorce- seeking couples in Ahvaz in terms of the similarity of their values (abstract, artistic, religious, social, political) and attitudes toward child-rearing, education and family sustenance. The hypotheses maintained in this study were:(1) intact couples have more similarity (i. e. homogeneity) in their values than divorce-seeking couples; (2) intact-couples are more similar in terms of their triple attitudes. The sample of the study consisted of 100 randomly selected couples, 50 intact and 50 divorce-seeking: Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Values Scales, Child-rearing Scale, Attitude toward Family, and Attitude toward Education Scales were used. The results showed that intàctP -couples were more similar in terms of their attitudes and artistic and economic values. The significant level of a=0.05 was adopted in this research.
Jamal Haghighi; Naser Behroozi; Hossein Shokrkon; Mahnaz Mebrabizadeb Honarmand
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The present study intends to investigate that whether there is a difference among the nine combinational groups of intelligence and creativity from the standpoint of personality traits. To arrive at an empirical answer, tIrst, from all first grade high school students in Ahvaz, a primary sample including ...
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The present study intends to investigate that whether there is a difference among the nine combinational groups of intelligence and creativity from the standpoint of personality traits. To arrive at an empirical answer, tIrst, from all first grade high school students in Ahvaz, a primary sample including 4500 subjects was chosen randomly via a multistage random technique. Then these subjects took the creativity paper and pencil test. Also, the IQ scores of the subjects, were obtained from school archive Subsequently, the primary sample was divided into three groups of low, intermediate and high levels from the standpoint of intelligence and creativity scores. Therefore, we ended up with nine groups. Then, 1440 subjects were selected from the primary sample as the secondary sample (nine groups). Finally, the 16 PF test was administered to all the nine groups. The results revealed that with regards to the personality characteristics of abstract- concrete, sentimental- emotionally stable, expedient- conscientious, controlledundisciplined, relaxed- tense, traits, there are significant differences among the nine combinational groups of intelligence and creativity.
Manijah Shehni Yeilagh; Gholamreza Rajabi; Hossein Shokrkon; Jamal Haghighi
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This research was conducted to investigate the comparison of mathematics self- efficacy beliefs of male and female students of math- physics, experimental science and human science fields of study, and its relationship with gender, academic fields of study, prior math achievement and goal setting. 400 ...
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This research was conducted to investigate the comparison of mathematics self- efficacy beliefs of male and female students of math- physics, experimental science and human science fields of study, and its relationship with gender, academic fields of study, prior math achievement and goal setting. 400 male and female sophomore students, from three fields of study (math-physics, experimental science and human science), were selected randomly from Ahvaz high school. The Mathematics Self-efficacy and Goal Setting scales were administered to the subjects. The reliability coefficients (ronbach Mph and Split-Half) and validity of the scales were satisfactory. The results of factorial analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences between male and female, and between the three fields of study, in the mathematics self-efficacy beliefs. Also the results of simple correlations showed that mathematics self- efficacy was related to gender, goal setting, academic fields of study and prior math achievement. Finally, multiple regression coefficients, using step.wise method, showed that all of the above mentioned variables predicted mathematics self- efficacy beliefs.
H. Shokrkon; M. Broomandnasab; B. Najarian; M. Shehni Yeylagh
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This study was aimed at examining simple and multiple relationships of creativity, achievement motivation and self- esteem (as potential antecedents of entrepreneurship) with entrepreneurship in students of Shahid Chamran University (Ahvaz, Iran). Two samples including 600 subjects were randomly selected ...
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This study was aimed at examining simple and multiple relationships of creativity, achievement motivation and self- esteem (as potential antecedents of entrepreneurship) with entrepreneurship in students of Shahid Chamran University (Ahvaz, Iran). Two samples including 600 subjects were randomly selected for this study: 400 subjects for testing the hypotheses, and 200 subjects for the scale validation phase. Subjects completed five scales: Measuring Your Entrepreneurial Traits (MET), Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation (EAO), a creativity questionnaire, an achievement motivation questionnaire, and Eysenck’s Self-esteem Test. Data were analyzed using pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression statistical methods. The overall results indicate that, indeed, all examined antecedent variables correlate highly and positively with students’ entrepreneurship.
A.R. Haji-yakhchali; J. Haghighi; H. Shokrkon
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the simple and multiple relationships of important antecedents of mastery goal orientation and its relationship with academic performance of first grade boy students at Ahvaz high schools. In this study, positive self- esteem, social responsibility goal, ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the simple and multiple relationships of important antecedents of mastery goal orientation and its relationship with academic performance of first grade boy students at Ahvaz high schools. In this study, positive self- esteem, social responsibility goal, school belonging, positive attitudes toward education, perceptions of teacher’s and parent’s mastery goals were considered as antecedental variables and mastery goal orientations as the criterion variable. Also, mastery goal orientation is considered as the independent variable and academic performance as the dependent variable. The research sample consisted of 360 first grade boy students studying at Altvaz high schools in the academic year of 2000-2001. The sample was selected by a random multistage sampling method. The measurement of variables was done by some of the scales of the patterns of adaptive learning scales, and some other scales. The results of this research indicate that there are significant positive relationships between all antecedent variables and mastery goal orientation. There was also a multiple correlation between all antecedent variables and mastery goal orientation. Also, mastery goal orientation had a significant positive relationship with academic performance.
H. Shokrkon; B. Najarian; M. Omidian; J. Haghighi
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This study was designed to examine the distribution of the University of Shahid Chamran Students’ identities across the four types of identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moritorium and identity achieved. The main hypothesis posited that the students, in general, and male and female ...
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This study was designed to examine the distribution of the University of Shahid Chamran Students’ identities across the four types of identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moritorium and identity achieved. The main hypothesis posited that the students, in general, and male and female students, separately, are distributed differently across the above four types of identity. Chi square analyses confivmed all the hypotheses. The results showed that the hypotheses were confirmed as well for the ideological and interpersonal dimensions were also confirmed. The findings were discussed according to Erickson’s and Marcia’s views.
M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; A. Aboighasemi; B. Najarian; H. Shokrkon
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the scope of epidemiology of test anxiety and the relations of self-efficacy and locus of control with it as moderated by intelligence in Ahvaz high school students To study the epidemiology of test anxiety, 3109 high school students were selected ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the scope of epidemiology of test anxiety and the relations of self-efficacy and locus of control with it as moderated by intelligence in Ahvaz high school students To study the epidemiology of test anxiety, 3109 high school students were selected from their population by a simple random sampling method. The participants completed the test anxiety inventory. Also for hypothesis testing, 340 high school students were selected by a simple random sampiñig method. The subjects completed the self-efficacy scale, locus of control inventory and intelligence test. The results showed the rate of epidemiology of test anxiety to be 17.4% in study sample. The epidemiology of test anxiety in girl students (22%) was proved to be higher than that of the boy students (12.8%) and in Local Arab students (18.7%) higher than local persian students (16.4%). The results of hypoteses showed that, test anxiety is negatively related to self-efficacy (r=-0.29) and locus of control (r=-0.24) intelligence variable being controlled. Also, the result of multiple regression showed that the multiple correlation coefficients between predictive variables (self-efficacy, locus of control and intelligence) and criterion variable (test anxiety) was statistically sigificant.
S. Zahedifar; B. Najarian; Shokrkon H.
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This study was launched to construct and validate a scale for measuring aggression in accordance with cultural values and social characteristics of Iranian people, and to examine the following four hypotheses: 1) There is a positive correlation between aggression and depression, 2) There is a positive ...
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This study was launched to construct and validate a scale for measuring aggression in accordance with cultural values and social characteristics of Iranian people, and to examine the following four hypotheses: 1) There is a positive correlation between aggression and depression, 2) There is a positive correlation between aggression and Type A characteristics, 3) There is a positive correlation between aggression and migraine headache symptoms, and 4) There is a significant difference between male and female students’ scores on aggression. All three different samples of this study were randomly drawn from the undergraduate students taking various general courses of Shahid Chamran University (Ahvaz): Normative sample (N—550), test- retest sample (n=229), and validation study sample (n=215). Based on a factor analysis, a 30-item questionnaire entitled Ahvaz Aggression Inventery (AM) was developed to measure aggression, comprising three subscales: Rage and Anger (14 items), Assault and Insult (8 items), and Negativism (8 items). The internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients of AAJ were all satisfactory. Validity of AAI was found to be very high based on its concurrent administration with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), MMPI, and BDVI (a purpose- designed validity scale). All four hypotheses of this Study were confirmed for the whole sample, as well as for the female and male samples separately. Regarding the first hypothesis, however, only the overall correlatton between aggression and depression was significant; The correlation between the second sub-scale and depression for the male subjects, as well as the correlation between the third sub- scale and depression for the male and female subjects were not found to be significant. Implications of these findings are discussed in detail.
F. Elhampour; M. Mehrabizadeh; H. Shokrkon
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This research project examined the relationship between vocational interests, values and attitude regarding educational performance in teachers of high schools and preuniversity schools of theoretical branches in city of Dezful. In the this study vocational interests, values and attitude were considered ...
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This research project examined the relationship between vocational interests, values and attitude regarding educational performance in teachers of high schools and preuniversity schools of theoretical branches in city of Dezful. In the this study vocational interests, values and attitude were considered as predictive variables. While educational performance served as criterion variable. In this study, 220 teachers of high schools and preuniversity level (100 females and 120 males) were randomly selected. The instruments used in this research consisted of Halland Interest Inventory, Study of Values from Ailport et. al., and Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory. The methods of analysis of the data included simple correlation and multiple correlation. The statistical analysis of data resulted in statistically significant correlation between artistic interest and educational performance was positive in female teachers. The correlation between economic value and educational performance in female subjects was negative and statistically significant. The correlation between social value and educational performance was positive in female teachers but negative in male teachers. No statistically significant correlations were found between other vocational interets, values and attitude with educational performance. The result of multiple regression showed that the multiple correlation coefficient between predictive variables and criterion variable were greater than simple correlition between each of predictive variables and criterion variable. In this study the significance level of the statistic tests was P=0.05.
H. Shokrkon; Attari Y. A.; M. A. Falahati
Volume 6, Issue 1 , June 1999, , Pages 33-50
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This research was carried out to compare the academic performance of the Sixth-semester stadents of the new educatoonal system, who have been guided to enter one of the five priorities designated through the educational guidance program. The sample consisted of’ 624 students, selected randomly, ...
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This research was carried out to compare the academic performance of the Sixth-semester stadents of the new educatoonal system, who have been guided to enter one of the five priorities designated through the educational guidance program. The sample consisted of’ 624 students, selected randomly, from the educational districts ‘of the city of Ahvaz, Iran, who could enter any one of the five priorities. These students were selected from the three fields of emperical sciences, mathematics-physics, and humanities. The students’ GPAs of their 3rd, 4th, and 5th semesters were used as their general academic performance index. Their 5th semester GPA was also used as their specific performance index. One way ANOVA and t-test were the major statistical analyses in this research. The findings showed no significant differences in the general or specific performances of the students entering any one of the five priorities, except for the students in the emperical sciences field, with regard to their general performance index. However, follow-up pair comparisons did not detect any significant difference.
K. . Mohammadi Roosbehani; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; H. Shokrkon,
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This study was carried out to investigate the relationship of value system and moral development with identity in students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the academic year of 1998-1999. Value system and moral development are considered as the predictive variables, while identity serves as ...
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This study was carried out to investigate the relationship of value system and moral development with identity in students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the academic year of 1998-1999. Value system and moral development are considered as the predictive variables, while identity serves as the criterion variable. The sample consisled of 279 undergraduates (sophomere and higher) of whom 141 were female and 138 were male. The instruments used consisted of the Study of Values Inventory, the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and Ahmadi’s Identity Inventory. The analysis of the data yielded statistically significant simple correlation coefficients between theoretical, social, religious, and economic values and moral development on the one hand, and identity on the other. The results of the regression analysis showed that the linear combination of the six values plus the moral development increased the extent of the correlation with identity. Moreover, the results of the stepwise regression analysis indicated that economic value and moral development are the best predictors of identity
J. Kamaie; J. Haghighi,; H. Shokrkon
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This study was conducted to find out the differences between four groups of Ahvaz primary, Guidance school, and teachers’ training school students regarding their moral judgment. The sample consisted of 480 students (each group consisting of 120 Ss). The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to measure ...
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This study was conducted to find out the differences between four groups of Ahvaz primary, Guidance school, and teachers’ training school students regarding their moral judgment. The sample consisted of 480 students (each group consisting of 120 Ss). The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to measure moral judgment. It was hypothesized that there was significant differences in moral judgment of the four subject groups. Analysis of variance was used as the statistical method to test the hypotheses. The results supported the research hypotheses.
M Omidian; H. Shokrkon
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This study was conducted to show the effect of observing active academic models on the subjects’ academic performance. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) observing active academic models enhances the subjects’ academic performance. (2) observing three active academic models enhances ...
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This study was conducted to show the effect of observing active academic models on the subjects’ academic performance. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) observing active academic models enhances the subjects’ academic performance. (2) observing three active academic models enhances the academic performance to a greater extent than observing just one model. The sample consisted of 102 subjects, selected randomly and assigned randomly to three comparison groups. The first group watched a film of one same-age active model. The second group watched a film of three same-age active academic models, and the third, or the control group, was not exposed to any film. The preformance index consisted of the difference between the subjects’ pre-test and post-test scores on an exercise task of difficult words and a dictation exam. Data were also gathered concerning the subjects’ socio-economic status. Analysis of variance and multiple comparison methods were used to test the hypotheses. The results confirmed our first hypothesis, but not the second one. The socio-economic status did not show either a main effect or an interaction effect on subjects’ academic performance.
