Shahroei Shahriar; kobra kazemianmoghadam; Ali Khalfi; Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Honarmand,
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IntroductionTo continue the marriage, marital intimacy is essential. Intimacy is very important for a healthy relationship.This study examined the effect of marital intimacy on life satisfaction with the mediation of love, compatibility test, and marital satisfaction in Khuzestan University staff.MethodThe ...
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IntroductionTo continue the marriage, marital intimacy is essential. Intimacy is very important for a healthy relationship.This study examined the effect of marital intimacy on life satisfaction with the mediation of love, compatibility test, and marital satisfaction in Khuzestan University staff.MethodThe aim of the present study is applied research and correlational data collection was done through structural equation modeling. The population includes all employees of Islamic Azad University in Khuzestan province in 1399 these organizations were working at the end of the 17th Islamic Azad University in Khuzestan province, eight Islamic Azad University were randomly selected from each university staff Faculty of Humanities of University, where selected. To test the hypothesis of the study, 330 people were chosen to stage the random sampling method. The questionnaire for the current conditions and limits for transportation and communication about the disease, corona sampling, and Running the Internet (social networks such as cable and WhatsApp) were distributed and 308 were returned, finally, that after removing the questionnaire and also threw incomplete data, about 10 questionnaires, 298 questionnaires were analyzed (questionnaire return rate of 0.80 percent). Instruments included were a questionnaire on marital intimacy by Walker and Thompson (1983), a questionnaire by Hatfield and Rpsvn Love (1993), Spinner Inventory Adjustment Couple (1976), Bloom and Mehrabian Marital Satisfaction (1999) and Diener et al. Life Satisfaction (1985). Analysis with the help of structural equation modeling was performed using SPSS and AMOS-24. In the present study questionnaires to assess the reliability of marital intimacy, love, compatibility of couples, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction Cronbach's alpha was used, and its value, respectively, 0.93, 0.91, 0.92, 0.59, and 0.64 respectively.ResultsThe results showed that the proposed model was fitted to the data. The results showed a positive and significant effect of marital intimacy on love, compatibility of couples, marital satisfaction, and life satisfaction; Love also had positive and significant effects on life satisfaction, life satisfaction, and marital satisfaction compatibility test to the satisfaction of life. In addition, the results also showed that indirect routes to marital intimacy through love, compatibility of couples, and marital satisfaction have a positive effect on life satisfaction.DiscussionIntimacy with the spouse, dependence, sharing ideas, joint activities, are the characteristics of an intimate couple. Therefore, love, marital adjustment, and life satisfaction can be higher in couples who have a higher degree of intimacy. In fact, couples who have more intimacy are more capable of facing problems and changes related to their relationship, and as a result, they experience more love between them, higher marital compatibility, and more marital satisfaction. Therefore, marital intimacy through love, marital compatibility, and marital satisfaction leads to increased life satisfaction between couples. Accordingly, recognizing and examining the factors that cause the stability and strength of the family, can be a useful step towards increasing the stability of married life.
A. Neissi; N. Arshadi; F. Shahbazi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , December 2011, , Pages 39-60
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of workplace characteristics and perceived social support on turnover intention, with mediating role of job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion. Survey respondents include 309 employees from the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) in Ahvaz ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of workplace characteristics and perceived social support on turnover intention, with mediating role of job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion. Survey respondents include 309 employees from the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) in Ahvaz that were chosen by simple random sampling method. The research instruments were Perceived Job Security Scale, Trust in Senior Management Scale, Perceived Distributive Justice Scale, Information Sharing Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale, Emotional Exhaustion Scale and Turnover Intention Scale. The fitness of the proposed model was examined through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), using SPSS-16 and AMOS-16 software packages. The indirect effects were tested by using Baron and Kenny's (1986) method and bootstrap procedure in Preacher and Hayse (2008) Macro program. The findings indicated that the proposed model fitted the data. Better fit and more meaningful results were obtained by omitting 5 non significant paths and using AMOS modification indices. Results revealed that job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion mediate relationships between workplace characteristics and perceived social support with turnover intention.
R. Khorsandi; H. Hadianfard; M. A. Goodarzi; N. Mohammadi
Volume 20, Issue 1 , June 2013, , Pages 39-60
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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of rumination and reflection and their dimensions (private and public) as predictor variables in depression. Participants included 129 individuals (67 women, 62 men) with different severities of depression and normal people. Depressed subjects were selected ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of rumination and reflection and their dimensions (private and public) as predictor variables in depression. Participants included 129 individuals (67 women, 62 men) with different severities of depression and normal people. Depressed subjects were selected through judgmental sampling from clients of psychiatric hospitals or counseling clinics of Shiraz. Normal subjects were selected from people who had no mental disorder, based on a clinical interview and Beck Depression Inventory II. The participants completed the revised version of Rumination - Reflection Inventory (Fleckhammer, 2004), which is consisted of private and public subscales. Correlation and multiple regressions were conducted in two steps. First, total rumination and reflection were entered in the equation. The results showed that, there are positive and significant correlation between depression and total rumination, and negative and significant correlation between depression and reflection, between total rumination and total reflection (p < 0.01). The result of multiple regression showed that total rumination predicted, positively and significantly, total depression (p < 0.0005). Also, reflection predicted, negatively and significantly, total depression (p < 0.0005). At the second stage, public and private rumination and reflection were entered in the equation. The results showed that, there are significant and positive correlation between depression and private and public rumination, and significant and negative correlation between depression and public and private reflection (p < 0.01). The result of multiple regression showed that public rumination (p < 0.001) and private rumination (p < 0.0005), positively and significantly, predicted total depression. Private reflection, negatively and significantly, predicted total depression (p < 0.0005), but public reflection did not predict depression
A. R. Mottahedi; N. Behroozi; M. Shehni Yailagh; S. Hashemi Sheykhshabani
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 39-68
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The present study was conducted with the purpose of predicting group membership of academic giftedness and ordinariness in first grade high school students, using variables such as academic motivation, goal orientation, emotional intelligence, metacognition, direction strategies, deep approach to study, ...
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The present study was conducted with the purpose of predicting group membership of academic giftedness and ordinariness in first grade high school students, using variables such as academic motivation, goal orientation, emotional intelligence, metacognition, direction strategies, deep approach to study, self-efficacy, academic adjustment and personality traits. Nine questionnaires used in this study were: 1- Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) 2- Academic Goal Orientation (AGOR) 3- Schutte Emotional Intelligence (SSEIT) 4- Metacognition Awareness Inventory (MAI) 5- Inventory of Learning Style (ILS) 6- The Approaches to Study Inventory (ASI) 7- The Patterns of Adaptive Learning Study (PALS) 8- Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) 9- NEO-FFI. To carry out the study, two samples consisting of 178 ordinary male and female high school students together with 135 gifted male and female high school students were randomly selected. To test the hypotheses and predict groups’ membership, discriminant analysis was used. Using the Enter method, the result showed that the difference between the two groups of gifted and ordinary students was significant. Using Stepwise method, effective variables were: 1- external direction 2- metacognitive regulation 3- appraisal and expression of emotion 4- deep approach to study 5- performance goal orientation 6- academic adjustment 7- intrinsic motivation 8- conscientiousness 9- neuroticism 10- avoidance performance goal orientation. Besides, when the variables were separately used to predict groups membership, variables such as performance goal orientation, avoidance performance goal orientation, appraisal and expression of emotion, metacognitive regulation, external direction, deep approach to study, academic adjustment, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience remained significant.
Ahmad Abdolkhani; parvaneh Valavi; Seyed Jalal Hashemi
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Introduction This study aimed to investigate the lived experience of personal and social competency of male students. This study was a qualitative approach with phenomenological method. The study population included the male students of first level of high schools, in Susa. Methods To select the ...
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Introduction This study aimed to investigate the lived experience of personal and social competency of male students. This study was a qualitative approach with phenomenological method. The study population included the male students of first level of high schools, in Susa. Methods To select the participants with rich information in the present study, the criteria were the researchers' diagnosis and students' readiness. Also a semi-structured interview was used to collect the data, and the interviews continued until the saturation stage; hence the number of the final sample was 20 contributors. The data from the interview were analyzed using Van Menen's method for discovering the students' experiences of social competence. Results The findings of this study, include 2 main themes and 13 sub-themes. The first main theme was social consciousness, which includes 5 sub-themes such as empathy, guidance of others, service-centered, impact on others, political and social awareness, and the second main theme was social skills, which includes 8 sub themes such as communication, link development, leadership, collaboration, group capabilities, commitment, conflict management, and evolution. Conclusion According to the findings of this study it seems that the best way to increase personal and social competency is creating proper understanding of the competencies by parents, school guardian and community officials. Personal and social competencies are appropriate criteria for performance which will enable people to do their duties successfully.
Fatemeh Shahabizadeh; Fatemeh khageaminiyan
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of narrative therapy based cognitive-behavioral perspective on symptoms depression and dysthymic disorders of primary school children.The Method of study was an experimental pretest-posttest design on control group. The population consisted of all ...
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of narrative therapy based cognitive-behavioral perspective on symptoms depression and dysthymic disorders of primary school children.The Method of study was an experimental pretest-posttest design on control group. The population consisted of all third and fourth grade girls in Yazd in the 2013-2014 school years that they have depression disorders.To perform this study, 26 of those children who have symptoms of depression were selected by Convenience sampling method and were placed into two experimental and control groups randomly.Tool used in this study was children Symptom Inventory (CSI-4), the parent form. narrative therapy based cognitive-behavioral perspective were conducted on the experimental group for 12 sessions lasting 45 minutes and the data were analyzed by analysis of covariance.The results showed that narrative therapy intervention had significant effects on depression disorder. Based on the results of this study, narrative therapy as an effective therapy method can be used in reducing symptoms of depression in children.
S. Heidari; Gh. Maktabi; M. Shehni Yailagh
Volume 19, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 43-62
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The objective of the present study was comparing attribution styles and self-handicapping of the successful and unsuccessful female high school students in Ahvaz, controlling for their intelligence. The sample of successful and unsuccessful students consisted of 50 high school students each, who were ...
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The objective of the present study was comparing attribution styles and self-handicapping of the successful and unsuccessful female high school students in Ahvaz, controlling for their intelligence. The sample of successful and unsuccessful students consisted of 50 high school students each, who were selected randomly by multi-stage sampling method. The instruments used in this study were the Attribution Styles Questionnaire (ASQ) of Seligman and Sing, Self-Handicapping Questionnaire (SHS) of Rhodewalt, Raven Standard Progressive Matrices and the grade point average of the students. Also, MANCOVA test was used for analyzing the data. The result of MANCOVA revealed that there was significant differences between successful and unsuccessful students᾽ attribution styles (and its subscales). Also, negative attribution style of the unsuccessful students was more than that of successful group, but positive attribution style of the successful group was more than that of unsuccessful students. In addition, self-handicapping of the unsuccessful students was more than that of successful students for the total scale of self-handicapping. Finally, the "Claimed" and "Behavioral Self-Handicapping" subscales of the unsuccessful students were more than that of successful group
A. Taghvaei Neya; M. Shehni Yailagh; A. Neissi
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship between perceived academic stress and subjective well-being, with mediating roles of perceived social support and academic self-efficacy beliefs among undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University, and comparing the model in ...
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationship between perceived academic stress and subjective well-being, with mediating roles of perceived social support and academic self-efficacy beliefs among undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University, and comparing the model in male and female students. The population of this study was all of the students who were studying in 1389-90 academic year. Among these, 600 students were selected, using multi-stage random sampling method. The research instruments were Academic Stress Questionnaire (ASQ), Multiple Scale Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs Questionnaire (ASEBQ), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The proposed model was tested using structural equation modeling. The results indicated the fitness of data to the proposed model. Other results revealed that the direct paths from perceived academic stress to subjective well-being, through perceived social support and academic self-efficacy beliefs were significant. The results of multiple mediator analysis showed that, in combination, the perceived social support and academic self-efficacy beliefs were significant mediators, but the indirect path from perceived academic stress to subjective well-being, through academic self-efficacy beliefs was not meaningful. The comparison of the model for male and female students indicated the moderating role of sex in the model.
A Mohamadzadeh; A Neissi; N Arshadi; M Shehni Yailagh; M Mehrabizadeh Honarmand
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The purpose of the presentstudy was designing and testing a model of the casual relationshipsbetween sociotropy/autonomy, perception of stressful events and depressionsymptoms. Hypothesized model, includessociotropy and autonomy as precedents, perception of interpersonal andachievement stressful events ...
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The purpose of the presentstudy was designing and testing a model of the casual relationshipsbetween sociotropy/autonomy, perception of stressful events and depressionsymptoms. Hypothesized model, includessociotropy and autonomy as precedents, perception of interpersonal andachievement stressful events as mediators, and depression symptoms as outcomesvariables. The sample consisted of 357 participants (123 male and 234 female)of undergraduate students at Shahid Chamran University who were selected using stratified randomsampling method. The researchinstruments were Revised Personal Style Inventory(PSI-II), Life Experiences Survey (LES) and Beck Depression Inventory(second edition ((BDI-II).Structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS-18 and SPSS-18 softwarepackages was used for data analysis. Bootstrap procedure was used forestimating the indirect effects. The primary analysis indicated thathypothesized model has a poor fit with the data. Better fit was achievedby applying some modifications in the final model
parvaneh nahravanian; Parviz Askari; Fariborz Dortaj; Farah Naderi; saeed bakhtiarpoor
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectivenessof cognitive training on the executive function and divided attention of anxious children. The present study was designed as a semi-experimental research design, using the purposeful randomized sampling method. According to the research ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectivenessof cognitive training on the executive function and divided attention of anxious children. The present study was designed as a semi-experimental research design, using the purposeful randomized sampling method. According to the research criteria, 38 anxious children whose age was from 8 to 9 years old, were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The research instruments included Clinical Interviewing, Raven's Intelligence Test, to match the participants, Apparent Anxiety of the Children, London Tower Executive Function Test and Selective and Divided Attention. At the beginning, the Executive Function, Focused and Divided Attention Test, were administered to all the participants. The experimental group received training in 10 sessions of 45 minutes in 5 weeks. At the post-test the instruments were administered to both groups. The results of the study showed a significant effect of cognitive training on the total time, planning time, and experimental time. Total results also showed that there was a significant impact on commission, omission, correct response, and response time of attention. According to the results, cognitive training had a significant effect on the improvement of the executive function and divided attention of anxious children. The results also clarified the role of intervention-based games in cognitive processes
R. Badri; A. Mahdavi; M. T. Zarrabi
Volume 19, Issue 2 , December 2012, , Pages 45-62
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This study examined students’ profiles regarding motivation orientations and tested whether profile groups differed on school-burnout. The study was performed on students from Maragheh. 370 students, as a sample group were selected by using multi-stage clustering method. The instruments, employed ...
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This study examined students’ profiles regarding motivation orientations and tested whether profile groups differed on school-burnout. The study was performed on students from Maragheh. 370 students, as a sample group were selected by using multi-stage clustering method. The instruments, employed in the study were the Academic Motivation Scale and School-Burnout Inventory. Hierarchical cluster analysis method, MANOVA and post hoc tests were used to determine the optimal cluster structure of students. The results revealed that 4 profiles: (a) students with low level of motivation, (b) students with mastery- avoidance and approach- performance orientation, (c) students with multiple-goal orientation, and (d) students with mastery-performance approach orientation. In addition, it was found that students in the study with multiple-goal orientation and mastery-performance approach reported the least degree of school-burnout. Students with multiple-goal orientation have various goals, expectancies and values that motivate them for self-efficacy and high-interest in school activity.
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Nowadays, importance of attention to couples with developmental disorders is clear to family therapists. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Family Consolidated Treatment of Autistic Disorders (FCTAD) on marital satisfaction of couples with autistic children and comparing it ...
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Nowadays, importance of attention to couples with developmental disorders is clear to family therapists. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Family Consolidated Treatment of Autistic Disorders (FCTAD) on marital satisfaction of couples with autistic children and comparing it with Little Bird program. 42 couples with autistic children were selected, using accessible method, from Tehran Autism and Ava centers and divided to three groups, using random method. Measuring device was ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Inventory. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA and ANOVA, and showed that the differences of FCTAD with the other two groups on considering child, conflict, friends, leisure time (between subjects variables) sub-scales and the total score of Marital Satisfaction Inventory were significant. These significant differences remained unchanged till follow up (occurred one month after the last session of the program). Findings showed that FCTAD program can be considered as a flexible program, which adjusts itself to specific characteristics of each family, so is useful in increasing marital satisfaction of parents with autistic children.
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Introduction Some researchers suggest moral identity is an important source of moral motivation that facilitates commitment to moral behavior (Blasi, 2008; Bergman, 2008). By moral identity, we mean a commitment that emphasizes behavioral consideration and support of others’ welfare, and continues ...
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Introduction Some researchers suggest moral identity is an important source of moral motivation that facilitates commitment to moral behavior (Blasi, 2008; Bergman, 2008). By moral identity, we mean a commitment that emphasizes behavioral consideration and support of others’ welfare, and continues with an ongoing personal feeling about the self (Matsuba et al., 2011; Hardy, 2008; Atkins, Hart& Donnelly, 2004). The present conceptualization of moral identity has two different aspects: a) Internalization is the degree to which moral principles are central to one’s self- concept: b) Symbolization reflects the extent to which moral principles are expressed outwardly to others (Aquino & Reed, 2002). Several factors have been identified as influences on the development of moral identity, some of them are individual and some contextual. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between family functioning components (cohesion, expressiveness, agreement, intellectual, recreation and religious orientations, organization, sociability, internal locus of control, family idealization, flexibility, laissez-faire decision-making, democratic and authoritarian styles, autonomy) with moral identity of adolescent and its dimensions, internalization and symbolization. cohesion, expressiveness, agreement, intellectual, recreation and religious orientations, organization, sociability, internal locus of control, family idealization, flexibility, laissez-faire decision-making, democratic and authoritarian styles, autonomy). Research questions According the above, the purpose of this research was to answer the following questions: 1) Dose family functioning predict moral identity of adolescents? 2) Dose family functioning predict symbolization of adolescents’ moral identity? 3) Dose family functioning predict internalization of adolescents’ moral identity? Method Current study was descriptive, a correlational study. The samples consisted of 533 high school students (260 boys and 273 grils) that were selected by multistage random sampling method. After coordinating the research with the department of education of Qom’s quadruplet areas, one school were randomly selected from each area. One classroom from each of the first, second and third grade was randomly selected from each school and the students were administered the questionnaires. Participants completed Aquino and Reed's Moral Identity Scale (2002) that consists of 13 items and two subscales of symbolization and internalization. Family function scale (FFS) consists of 13 subscales that reflecting family function (cohesion, expressiveness, agreement, intellectual, recreation and religious orientations, organization, sociability, internal locus of control, family idealization, flexibility, laissez-faire decision-making, democratic and authoritarian styles, autonomy). The relationship between moral identity and family function was assessed by Pearson’s correlation. Linear regression analysis (stepwise method) was also used to assess whether family function was a significant predictor of moral identity total score and its dimensions, internalization and symbolization. Results Results of data analysis, by using stepwise regression, showed that expressiveness, democratic parenting style and intellectual orientation components had the highest predictive power on moral identity. Also democratic parenting style, expressiveness and religious orientation components, increased significantly the predictive power of symbolization of moral identity. Finally components of expression, flexibility and democratic parental style explained about 6% of the internalization variance. Discussion The results of this research indicate that democratic parenting characterized by three dimensions, responsiveness, autonomy-granting, and demandingness, seems to facilitate moral identity development (Hardy, et al., 2010). Responsiveness enables the accurate understanding and acceptance of parental moral values. When adolescents feel loved by and comfortable with their parents, they are more likely to listen to and agree with what they say and do. Autonomy-granting encourages identity exploration and commitment, including reflection on and commitment to moral principles. Demandingness helps youth understand moral principles and appreciate the consequences that follow from complying with or violating such principles (Dunn, 2014). Democratic parenting together with appropriate atmosphere for dialogue and expressing the needs and feelings in the family, and the existence of religious orientations and religious beliefs, provide the necessary grounds for moral development in adolescents. Also flexibility in responding to the need for independence of adolescents provides space for the discovery of values, internalization, and commitment to selective values, which is one of the dimensions of moral identity.
A Afshari; N Naami; Nasrin Arshadi; E Hashemi
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 45-64
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The purpose of the present study was to design and test a model of the relationships between individual (openness to experience and proactive behavior), group (proactive safety and team reflexivity) and organizational (organizational structure, transformational leadership and organizational climate) ...
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The purpose of the present study was to design and test a model of the relationships between individual (openness to experience and proactive behavior), group (proactive safety and team reflexivity) and organizational (organizational structure, transformational leadership and organizational climate) factors with organizational creativity considering the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation in employees of National Iranian South Oil Company (Aghagari District). The participants were 254 employees (male 241& female13) of Oil Company in Aghajari that selected by stratified random sampling method. The instruments were Neo- Five Factor Inventory(NEO-FFI), proactive personality scale(PPS), team climate inventory(TCI), team reflectivity questionnaire (TRQ), transformational leadership scale (GTL), creative climate questionnaire (CCQ), creative self-efficacy scale (CSE), intrinsic motivation inventory (IMI) and employee creativity questionnaire (ECQ). The proposed model was examined through structural equation model (SEM). Results showed that the direct paths from proactive personality to creative self-efficacy, organizational structure to organizational creativity, openness to organizational creativity, team reflectivity to organizational creativity, transformational leadership to organizational creativity and organizational climate to organizational creativity were non-significant. The indirect relationships were tested using bootstrapping procedure in Preacher and Hayes Macro command. After omitting non-significant paths, the model fitted the data properly and all indirect effects were significant.
S. Sholi; K. Beshlideh; S.E. Hashemi SheykhShabani; N. Arshadi
Volume 18, Issue 1 , June 2011, , Pages 47-72
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between neuroticism, work-family conflict, role overload, procedural justice, distributive justice and job control with job burnout in employees of Ahvaz Gas Company. The participants of the study were 260 employees who completed questionnaire ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between neuroticism, work-family conflict, role overload, procedural justice, distributive justice and job control with job burnout in employees of Ahvaz Gas Company. The participants of the study were 260 employees who completed questionnaire including NEO Personality Inventory, Work-Family Conflict, Role Overload, Organizational Justice, Job Control and job Burnout. The results indicated that there were significant positive relationship between neuroticism, work-family conflict and role overload with job burnout. Moreover, the significant negative relation was found between procedural justice, distributive justice and job control with Job burnout. The hierarchical regression analysis indicated that neuroticism, work-family conflict, role overload, procedural justice, distributive justice and job control accounts for approximately 77% of variance of job burnout. The stepwise regression analysis indicated that neuroticism and procedural justice predicted job burnout significantly.
Noori Kaabomeir
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The purpose of this study was to test and compare the causal model of team trust based on characteristics of team (job-adequate skills), work (role ambiguity) and organization (participative leadership) in employees with high and low predisposition to trust. The research method is descriptive-correlational ...
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The purpose of this study was to test and compare the causal model of team trust based on characteristics of team (job-adequate skills), work (role ambiguity) and organization (participative leadership) in employees with high and low predisposition to trust. The research method is descriptive-correlational through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The sample of this study consisted of 319 employees of Khuzestan Water Exploitation, Production and Transmission Company who were selected by simple random sampling. Job-Adequate Skills (Jarvenpaa et al., 1998), Role Ambiguity (Rizo et al., 1970), Path-Goal Leadership (Indvik, 1988), Predisposition to Trust (Ashleigh et al., 2012), and Team Trust (Costa & Anderson, 2011) scales, were used to collect data. The proposed model was evaluated by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS-24 and SPSS-24 software. The results showed that the proposed model fits well with the data. Also, the results showed that direct paths of that job-adequate skills to team trust (β=0.56, p<0.0001), role ambiguity to team trust (β= -0.19, p<0.0001) and participative leadership in team trust (β=0.18, p<0.0001) were significant. In addition, the multi-group analysis results showed that there is no significant difference between the path graph and the regression coefficients of the models of employees with high and low predisposition to trust. Overall, according to the results of the study, having the skills required for the job, existence a participative leadership atmosphere and reducing the ambiguity of the roles and responsibilities of the team can increase the level of trust within the teams.
Farideh Nargesi; ali fathiashtiani; Iran davodi; emad ashrafi
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Transdiagnostic treatment is one of the new therapies that the effect of it on many psychological variables has been established. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of Transdiagnostic treatment on anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance and obsessive-compulsive symptoms ...
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Transdiagnostic treatment is one of the new therapies that the effect of it on many psychological variables has been established. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of Transdiagnostic treatment on anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The research method was experimental (pretest, posttest with control group). In this research, 30 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder randomly assigned to experimental (6 males and 9 female) and control (6 males and 9 female) groups Anxiety Sensitivity Scale (ASI-R), the Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (DTS) and The Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) were used for collecting the data. Transdiagnostic treatment was administered to experimental group, in 12 one-hour sessions. The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results indicated that the Transdiagnostic treatment is effective in decreasing Anxiety Sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and increasing the Distress Tolerance. According to the results, Transdiagnostic treatment was suggested for improving the Distress Tolerance and Anxiety Sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
j Karami; K Momeni; Z Abbasi
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This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies training and working memory training on reading performance accuracy, speed and comprehension of students with dyslexia. The research project was a pretest-posttest experimental design with control group. Statistical ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies training and working memory training on reading performance accuracy, speed and comprehension of students with dyslexia. The research project was a pretest-posttest experimental design with control group. Statistical population composed of all students with dyslexia at the elementary schools of Kermanshah in 2011-2012. 140 students were selected by cluster sampling method, from third and fourth grade students with dyslexia. Then, the participants were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The data collection instruments were checklist of reading, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, FalahChai Diagnostic Reading Tests and Reading Test (researcher–made). The participants in experimental groups received metacognitive strategies and working memory traning for eghit session, 60 minutes per session. Covariance analysis indicated that metacognitive strategies and working memory training have improved reading performance significantly. The results of post hoc test showed that metacognitive strategies, in reading comprehension and working memory, in accuracy of experimental group had a significant positive advantage, compared to the other experimental group. The finding suggested that metagcognitive strategies for developing reading comprehension and working memory are more effective for students with dyslexia. Metacognitive strategies in reading comprehension and working memory in accuracy are more effective.
R. Khojasteh-Mehr; M. Movahedi; G. Rajabi
Volume 17, Issue 1 , June 2010, , Pages 53-68
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of intimacy training on relationship-intimacy in married employees of Ahvaz Oil Company. Participants were 36 couples who were selected randomly from among those employees who agreed to take part in the study. They were then randomly assigned to ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of intimacy training on relationship-intimacy in married employees of Ahvaz Oil Company. Participants were 36 couples who were selected randomly from among those employees who agreed to take part in the study. They were then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The design of the study was a pretest-posttest control group type. The Intimacy Needs Survey scale was used in order to investigate different aspects of intimacy. MANOVA and ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The results showed that emotional intimacy, psychological intimacy, intellectual intimacy, sexual intimacy, physical intimacy, spiritual intimacy, aesthetic intimacy and social-recreational intimacy were enhanced by the intimacy training project.
M. Sodani; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; S. Farahbakhsh
Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2009, , Pages 71-86
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Main aim of this study was to survey the problems facing the couples. The high frequency of these problems causes disorders for the families. These problems are expected to harm the performance of the family. One of the best ways for handing this order in the martial relations is to train and educate ...
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Main aim of this study was to survey the problems facing the couples. The high frequency of these problems causes disorders for the families. These problems are expected to harm the performance of the family. One of the best ways for handing this order in the martial relations is to train and educate all family members especially the maladapted and maladjusted couples. The goal behind this research was to study the effectiveness of the counseling of the cognitive-behavior method on the family performance of the maladjusted couples of the Central Unit No. 148 of Tehran Welfare Department. The sample consisted of 30couples who were selected by random sampling and interview. The research instrument was Family Assessment Device (FAD-I). The design of this study was pretest-posttest with control group. All participants answered the scale. After the couples of experimental group attended 8intervention sessions, all the couples took the post test. In order to analysis the data ANCOVA and MANCOVA were used. The results indicated that the intervention techniques are greatly effective on the improvement of martial relations and couples' performance.
S. Gholamrezaei; M. Mehrabizade Honarmand; Y. Zargar; I. Davoudi; S. Bassaknejad
Volume 21, Issue 1 , June 2014, , Pages 33-54
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of interpersonal psychotherapy on eating disorder symptoms,its components and at the psychosocial performance of female students at Lorestan University. The present study was a field experimental study with a pretest, post-test and control ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of interpersonal psychotherapy on eating disorder symptoms,its components and at the psychosocial performance of female students at Lorestan University. The present study was a field experimental study with a pretest, post-test and control group. In the study, sampling was applied in two steps. In the first step, 641 female students were randomly selected by using the multi-phase sampling method. In the next step, 32 female students, Whose scores on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were 20 Or above, were selected and randomly divided in experiment and control groups. In this research, the subjects completed an Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and a Clinical Impairment Assessment Questionnaire (CIA). The experimental intervention that was performed for the experiment group consisted of 14 sessions of interpersonal psychotherapy. For data analysis, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. The results showed that there were significant differences between the two groups in terms of eating disorder symptoms and psychosocial performance. Therefore, interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in reducing eating disorder symptoms and its 3 components (dieting, bulimia and oral control) and improving the psychosocial performance of the experiment group in compared with the control group.
N. Ahmadbeigi; T. Hashemi; S. Parvaz; R. Karimishahabi
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The aim of this research was determining the role of attachment style in social phobia regarding the meditating effects of self-esteem. The participants were 201 female students in the University of Tabriz who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and completed the Social Phobia Inventory ...
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The aim of this research was determining the role of attachment style in social phobia regarding the meditating effects of self-esteem. The participants were 201 female students in the University of Tabriz who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and completed the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), the Attachment Style Questionnaire (AAQ) and the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RESS). The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Data analysis showed that the measured model fit the data properly. Secure attachment style and self-esteem had a positive role in the variation of social phobia. Insecure and avoidant attachment styles had a negative and notable effect on the variations of social phobia. Also, secure attachment style had a positive and insecure and avoidant attachment styles had a negative role in determining self-esteem, and self-esteem had a negative and meaningful effect in social phobia. Based on the obtained results, we can say that social phobia is influenced by interfamily factors, especially affective relationships with relatives, and these relationships are able to affect one’s images of oneself.
frah Naderi
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Introduction Depression ranges among the most impairing mental disorders worldwide, and its early detection is a global health priority (Gundel, Pedersen, Munk-Olsen, and Dalsgaard, 2018). The World Health Organization recently announced depression, particularly in adolescents and young adults, as especially ...
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Introduction Depression ranges among the most impairing mental disorders worldwide, and its early detection is a global health priority (Gundel, Pedersen, Munk-Olsen, and Dalsgaard, 2018). The World Health Organization recently announced depression, particularly in adolescents and young adults, as especially important, and selected this impairing mental disorder for their World Health Day 2017 (The World Health Organization, 2017). Depression is associated with higher negative thoughts (Giy, 2014), increased risk of suicide (Laursen, Musliner, Benros, Vestergaard and Munk-Olsen, 2016) and lower life quality (Vojta, Kinosian, Glick, Altshuler and Bauer, 2010). Identifying groups at high-risk of developing depression is an important public health concern and aids clinicians to diagnose the disorder earlier, can potentially reduce individual, familial and societal costs. The research was purposed to investigate the effects of choice theory implementation on negative automatic thoughts, cogitating suicide and quality of life in depressed clients in therapeutic clinics of Ahvaz. Material and Method The sample consisted of 30 subjects of the mentioned population whom were selected randomly via simple random sampling procedure. The participants were allocated to two experimental and control groups, 15 each. The research design was a pretest-posttest with control group and follow up. Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire- 30 (ATQ-30, Kendall and Hollon, 1980), Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI) (1991) and WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO QoL-BREF, 2000) were utilized as data source. The two groups were pretested. Choice theory based intervention was implemented for 8 sessions, 90 minutes each, on experimental group. The control group received none. Then the two groups were post tested and one month follow-up was finally proceeded. To analyze data, multiple analysis of covariance (MANCOA) and one way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used as statistical main procedures. Results The results indicated decreasing negative automatic thoughts and suicide cogitation but increasing the life quality in depressed individuals. The results were persistent after one month follow-up. Discussion Choice theory, with the seven caring habits, supporting, encouraging, listening, accepting, trusting, respecting and negotiating differences replaces external control and the seven deadly habits, criticizing, blaming, complaining, nagging, threating, punishing and bribing (rewarding to control). The only person whose behavior we can control is our own. All we can give another person is information. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems. The relationship problem is always part of our present life. What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our Quality World. All we do is behave. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control over the acting and thinking components. We can only control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we choose to act and think. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the part that is the most recognizable. While the choice theory implementation via controlling the feeling and through how we choose to act and think demolishing negative automatic thoughts, lowering suicide cogitation risks and finally elevating quality of life. Conclusion The results confirmed the effects of choice theory implementation on negative automatic thoughts, suicide cogitation and quality of life in depressed individuals while the outcome was continuing to endure over a prolonged period.
monir hossinie; Iran Davoudi; null null; null null
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IntoductionThe desire of having a child is one of the most important functions of family and is also a base for human survival. Infertility is considered as a failure that is accompanied by physical and psychological tensions in family and society as well. Different psychological methods have been already ...
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IntoductionThe desire of having a child is one of the most important functions of family and is also a base for human survival. Infertility is considered as a failure that is accompanied by physical and psychological tensions in family and society as well. Different psychological methods have been already utilized to help infertile people. The holistic-oriented psychological intervention (HPI) is a new therapeutic plan with bio-psycho-social pattern that has been designed according to psychological problems and needs of infertile people. After determining tension factors this therapeutic plan chooses techniques with high effectiveness rate in solving the mentioned problems, using eclectic techniques. The aim of present study is to examine the effectiveness of HPT on psychological health and fertility rate in women with unexplainable infertility undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF). MethodThe design of this study was a quasi- experimental one with pretest-posttest of experimental and control group. Thirty infertile women, undergoing IVF treatment, were selected, using available sampling. The sample was selected from among patients who referred to Moatazedi Infertility Center, Kermanshah, Iran. They completed two subscales of three subscales of DASS-21 scale who got the above average score. They were randomly assigned to two groups (each group 15 subjects). The experimental group was treated by the holistic-oriented psychological intervention for 11 sessions of 120-minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention. Participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale before and after intervention and after one month later. The pregnancy rate was measured in two groups based on the β-HCG test result. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21). ResultsThe results of multivariate covariance analysis indicated that depression, anxiety and stress levels in the experimental group (p = 0.0001), significantly decreased in posttest group after holistic-oriented psychological intervention and this effect was observed and lasted in the one month follow up (p = 0.0001). The pregnancy rate in the experimental group was 46.7% and in the control group was 13.3% which were statistically significant (p <0.05). DiscussionThe results of this study showed that the holistic-oriented psychological intervention is effective in decreasing anxiety, depression and stress and increasing the psychological health and pregnancy rate of women with unexplainable infertility under In-Vitro Fertilization treatment.
Seyedeh Leila Poursamar; Parviz Azadfallah; Hojjat Farahani
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According to the critical role of cultural components in emotional situations and emotion regulation, exploring the emotion regulation in cultural context seems essential. For this purpose, the present study was performed as a qualitative assessment based on Strauss and Corbin grounded theory approche. ...
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According to the critical role of cultural components in emotional situations and emotion regulation, exploring the emotion regulation in cultural context seems essential. For this purpose, the present study was performed as a qualitative assessment based on Strauss and Corbin grounded theory approche. There were two informant sources participated in this study. First, 31 Iranian women and, second, nine psychologists who were expert in the field of emotions. Data collected by the in-depth interviews for the first informant source and semi-structured interviews for the second informant source. After considering the trustworthiness of study, results showed five main themes: A) Social Characteristics; B) Personal Characteristics; C) Emotional Passivity; D) Active Responsiveness; F) Emotional Effect. According to qualitative paradigm Social Characteristics and Personal Characteristics consider as contextual conditions of emotion regulation, Emotional Passivity and Active Responsiveness consider as two categories of emotion regulations which are included 10 different emotion regulation strategies, and Emotional Effect consider as consequences of using different types of emotion regulation strategies.
