Fereshteh cheraghi; Roghayeh Ghorbani
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IntroductionThe interest in wisdom is increasing in psychology, probably due to the changing conditions of the scientific community, which emphasizes the evolution of the life span and positive psychology. However, we need more research to understand wisdom and its development in people better. In the ...
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IntroductionThe interest in wisdom is increasing in psychology, probably due to the changing conditions of the scientific community, which emphasizes the evolution of the life span and positive psychology. However, we need more research to understand wisdom and its development in people better. In the meantime, spirituality, as one of the essential aspects of the quality of life, can have a decisive contribution in predicting wisdom, although the results in this regard are scattered and sometimes contradictory. It seems that how spirituality affects wisdom is still unclear to us, so the current research has investigated the mediating role of mindfulness in the relationship between these two variables in the form of a causal model.MethodologyThis study is among the descriptive studies of the correlation type, in which the relationships between variables were investigated using structural equation modeling. The statistical population included female student teachers of Farhangian University of Tehran, among whom 309 were selected by random cluster method. A five-dimensional wisdom questionnaire (Webster, 2003) was used to collect data, including the dimensions of experience, openness, reflection/review, emotion regulation, and humor. In measuring mindfulness, a five-factor questionnaire (Baer et al., 2006) was used, including conscious action, non-judgment, observation, description, non-reaction, and evaluating spirituality, Spiritual well-being questionnaire (Dehshiri et al., 2014), including four dimensions of communication with self, others, nature, and God.ResultsThe results showed that spirituality has both a direct and indirect effect on wisdom through mindfulness. All in all, according to the analysis results and the direct and indirect effects of the variables in the model, it can be said that spirituality and mindfulness predict 0.75 mental changes.ExplanationIt can be concluded from this research that spirituality has a direct relationship with mindfulness, which is related to increasing wisdom; in other words, mindfulness plays a mediating role in the relationship between spirituality and wisdom. Among the reasons for this finding, we can point out the common features between three variables: connection with oneself and beyond oneself, a sense of coherence and integrity, reflection on experiences and actions, being open to new experiences, and a sense of altruism and compassion. It seems that spirituality, through inner peace, a sense of calmness, satisfaction, and integration, provides a person's existential platform for the experiences of the conscious mind and, subsequently, the growth of wisdom in people. In general, the results of this study can provide a valuable basis for improving theory and practice, so interventional studies are suggested to improve spirituality and mindfulness and investigate its effect on wisdom.Keywords: spirituality, wisdom, mindfulness
Clinical Psychology
Shahrazad Qarabaghi; Marjan Kian; Maryam Moghadasin
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IntroductionAdolescence is a critical period that includes the age range of ten to eighteen years, and the adolescent at this age enjoys rapid physical, cognitive, psychological, and emotional growth, and the occurrence of these characteristics causes challenges in the adolescent's thinking, feeling, ...
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IntroductionAdolescence is a critical period that includes the age range of ten to eighteen years, and the adolescent at this age enjoys rapid physical, cognitive, psychological, and emotional growth, and the occurrence of these characteristics causes challenges in the adolescent's thinking, feeling, decision-making power, and interaction. will be Today's teenagers are faced with many crises. Among the challenges of adolescent development are the consequences of the advancement of civilization, technology, the ever-increasing development of information and information systems, pornography, social temptations, the flow of influence, bloodshed and cultural degeneration, the gap between generations, family unrest, the bombardment of sexual information by peers. The aim of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of the sex education curriculum on the mental health and self-care development of first year high school students. MethodThe quantitative research approach was semi-experimental. The statistical population was public school students of the first year of high school in one district of Karaj city, 30 7th grade female students were selected in two groups of 15 (experimental and control). The research tool was three questionnaires of the mental health of the saints, eternal self-care and a researcher-made checklist, which was used in order to check the learning effectiveness of the intervention plan, a pre-test-post-test format with experimental and control groups. Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. ResultsThe findings showed that the sex education curriculum has a significant effect on some components of mental health, as well as in the dimensions of self-care, the sex education program has a significant effect on the development of emotional, mental and physical self-care. Also, the significant difference in the post-test scores of the experimental group compared to the control group indicated the effectiveness of the sex education intervention plan. DiscussionIn fact, the curriculum of sex education has led to the formation and development of knowledge, awareness, skills, and knowledge of educators, and by transferring the principles of maintaining mental health and developing self-care skills, it will lead to the safety of the individual and society, and the enjoyment of a more efficient generation and a healthier society. It is recommended to education policymakers to design a sex education curriculum with an Islamic-native approach, based on the philosophical, social and cultural foundations of Iran, and to formally teach it as one of the essential educational and cultural skills in schools so that students in the environment The community should not suffer unwanted and hidden injuries.
Family Psychology
Sara Ebrahimi; Seyedeh Elham Mousavian Khatir
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Introduction Although research findings indicated the adverse and negative effect of parenting stress on mothers' marital satisfaction, the internal mechanism of this relationship and the effect of father's behavior on marital problems have not been investigated. The importance of studying the father's ...
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Introduction Although research findings indicated the adverse and negative effect of parenting stress on mothers' marital satisfaction, the internal mechanism of this relationship and the effect of father's behavior on marital problems have not been investigated. The importance of studying the father's behavior is because the problems of married life are related not only to the mother's behavior but also to the father's behavior. Also, considering that high levels of stress in raising children harms the mother's physical and mental health and endangers the normal functioning of the family, the present study aims to: First, provide research support for family studies by examining the relationship between mother's parenting stress and her marital satisfaction. Second, provide a model to investigate the mechanism of depression and marital conflict in the relationship between parenting stress and marital satisfaction. Third, past studies of couple relationships have ignored the possible effects of empathy. In this study, father's tendency instead of empathy ability was used as a moderator in the relationship between mother's parenting stress and marital satisfaction with the mediation of depression and marital conflict.MethodThe research method was descriptive and correlation type. The studied population included all the employed couples with children from Tehran in 1401, and 212 couples were selected as a sample using convenience sampling method. Mothers responded to the Parenting Stress Scale (Berry & Jones, 1995), Self-Rating Depression Scale (Zung, 1965), Conflict Behavior Scales (Rusbult et al., 1986 and Strauss, 1979) and Marital Satisfaction Scale (Olson et al., 1982) and fathers responded to the Basic Empathy Scale (Jolliffe & Farrington, 2006). In order to analyze the data, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression (models 6 and 85) were used in Hayes Process in SPSS24 software.ResultsThe findings indicated that mother’s parenting stress has a negative correlation with their marital satisfaction, depression and marital conflict play a mediating role in the relationship between mother’s parenting stress and their marital satisfaction, and fathers' empathy tendency also moderates this relationship. This means that fathers can with empathy for mothers, reduce depression and marital conflicts caused by parenting stress and finally their low levels of marital satisfaction.ConclusionIn sum, these findings highlighted the serious impact of mother’s parenting stress of in keeping and caring for their children on their mental health and quality of life together, as well as the important role of fathers' empathy in reducing these consequences. The results can be used to design an intervention and a comprehensive approach to improve the mental well-being of mothers.
H Shokrkon; N. Arshadi; M. Shehni Yailagh; J. Haghighi
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A model of the precedents and outcomes of work motivation was developed and tested with survey responses from 652 employees of National Iranian South Oil Company in Ahvaz region, Iran. The variables in the model were arranged in five layers, which included: 1) distal precursors of motivation (motivational ...
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A model of the precedents and outcomes of work motivation was developed and tested with survey responses from 652 employees of National Iranian South Oil Company in Ahvaz region, Iran. The variables in the model were arranged in five layers, which included: 1) distal precursors of motivation (motivational traits, procedural constraints and job goal difficulty), 2) proximal precursors (Islamic work ethic, pay satisfaction, basic psychological needs, self-efficacy, job characteristics and job security), 3) work motivation variable, 4) proximal outcomes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job involvement, effort and turnover intention), and 5) distal outcomes of motivation (job performance and job stress). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS-7 and SPSS-15 software packages were used for data analysis. The results of the hypothesized CFA model indicated that the relationship between each indicator variable and its respective latent variable was statistically significant. On the basis of the overall model fit indices, findings indicated that the revision of the hypothesized structural model was warranted. Better fit and more meaningful results were obtained by developing optimal model. The implementation of χ2 difference test had also indicated the improvement trend of the final model. Implications for designing work motivation systems are discussed.
Ahmad Zandvanian; Somayeh Zolfaghari; hamideh hemati; Shahram Talebi
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The purpose of this study was to develop a rapid collaborative knowledge building model to encounter emerging situations according to Scardamalia, Bereiter, & Stahl perspectives. Forty mechanical engineering students voluntarily participated in a time overcoming race designed by Yazd university's ...
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The purpose of this study was to develop a rapid collaborative knowledge building model to encounter emerging situations according to Scardamalia, Bereiter, & Stahl perspectives. Forty mechanical engineering students voluntarily participated in a time overcoming race designed by Yazd university's mechanical engineering professors. Students encountered an emergent problem on the day of the competition (which involved building a boat to carry at least one kilogram in the shortest possible time, and over the course of the long haul). Specific equipment and limited time were provided equally to all teams to examine the process of rapid collaborative knowledge building. After the competition (5 hours) and the results were announced, the 3 groups were named as successful and the other groups were named as unsuccessful. The qualitative method of grounded theory was used. Quantitative data were collected by from focus group interviews (open, axial and selective coding), observations and scientific resources (scientific documents). Grounded theory was developed based on data triangulation. The results showed that rapid collaborative knowledge building is concerned on the factors: communication, team organization, use the tools, planning & idea storming, achievement motivation, positive perfectionism & time management.
M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; S. Bassaknejad; M. Shehni Yailagh; H. Shokrkon; J. Haghigi
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< p >This study examined the simple and multiple relationships of fear of success, self-esteem, perfectionism and fear of negative evaluation with imposter syndrome in graduate students of shahid chamran university (Ahvaz-Iran). Two samples including 500 subjects were randomly selected for this study: ...
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< p >This study examined the simple and multiple relationships of fear of success, self-esteem, perfectionism and fear of negative evaluation with imposter syndrome in graduate students of shahid chamran university (Ahvaz-Iran). Two samples including 500 subjects were randomly selected for this study: 300 subjects for testing the hypothesis and 200 subjects for the scales validation phase. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression statistical methods. Subjects completed 5 scales: Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS), Fear of Success Scale (FOSS), Eysenck’s Self-esteem Test (EST), Ahvaz Perfectionism Scale (APS) and Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNE). This research tested five major hypotheses about the relationships between the research variables. The results of the research indicated that fear of negative evaluation has a positive correlation and self-esteem has a negative correlation with imposter syndrome. In addition, multiple correlation of fear of success, self-esteem, perfectionism, and fear of negative evaluation with imposter syndrome was statistically significant. Fear of success and perfectionism were the best predictors of imposter syndrome, in female and male graduate students.
A. Aboighasemi
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This study was carried out to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between student stressors, religious attitudes and academic performance. The sample consisted of 511 (male and female) students who were selected randomly from the different deparements of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, iran. ...
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This study was carried out to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between student stressors, religious attitudes and academic performance. The sample consisted of 511 (male and female) students who were selected randomly from the different deparements of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, iran. The instruments used in this research consisted of Student Stressors Questionniare and Religious Attitude Inventory. The results showed that there was a negative relationship between student stressors and academic performance among the students with high (r=-.33), average (r=-.31) and low (r—-.59) religious attitudes. Also, the results of multiple regression showed that multiple correlation coefficients of the student stressors (predictive variables) with academic performance (criterion variable) among the students with high (MR=.336), average (MR=.334) and low (MR = .661) religious attitudes were more than simple correlations. Multiple correlation coefficients of the student stressors with academic performance among the female (MR=.535) and male (MR=.436) students were larger than simple correlations.
This study was carried out to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between student stressors, religious attitudes and academic performance. The sample consisted of 511 (male and female) students who were selected randomly from the different deparements of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, iran. The instruments used in this research consisted of Student Stressors Questionniare and Religious Attitude Inventory. The results showed that there was a negative relationship between student stressors and academic performance among the students with high (r=-.33), average (r=-.31) and low (r—-.59) religious attitudes. Also, the results of multiple regression showed that multiple correlation coefficients of the student stressors (predictive variables) with academic performance (criterion variable) among the students with high (MR=.336), average (MR=.334) and low (MR = .661) religious attitudes were more than simple correlations. Multiple correlation coefficients of the student stressors with academic performance among the female (MR=.535) and male (MR=.436) students were larger than simple correlations.
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.
G. H Rajabi; J. Haghighi; M. Mehrabizadeh
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This study was conducted to answer a few research questions about the conservation of number, mass, length and volume among four groups of 7.5 and 10.5 year old girl and boy primary school pupils in Zahedan. The sample cosisted of 120 second and fifth grade pupils of Zahedan who were selected randomly ...
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This study was conducted to answer a few research questions about the conservation of number, mass, length and volume among four groups of 7.5 and 10.5 year old girl and boy primary school pupils in Zahedan. The sample cosisted of 120 second and fifth grade pupils of Zahedan who were selected randomly and equally from 7.5 and 10.5 year old populations. The project clinical method was usedto measure conservation. Data analysis showed that: a) 10.5 -year- old girl and boy pupils performed better than younger pupils in all four types of conservation and their components: prediction, judgernent and explanation; b) there were no differences between girls and boys regarding the four types of conservation investigated; and c) children achieved conservation of number, mass, length and volume successively.
F. Saabetie; M. Shehni Yeylagh
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The research is an exprimental study conducted to determine the effect of social skills training on treatment of psychosocial maladjustment in elementary school boys, in. Ahwaz. The original sample was 950 students who were selected randomly from elementary school boys, in 4 areas of Ahwaz education ...
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The research is an exprimental study conducted to determine the effect of social skills training on treatment of psychosocial maladjustment in elementary school boys, in. Ahwaz. The original sample was 950 students who were selected randomly from elementary school boys, in 4 areas of Ahwaz education office. From this group, 134 students (pervalence 14.1%) were diagnosed as maladjusted, and 60 of them were selected randomly (20 from each grade), for this research. The scales used for this sutdy were as follows: 1 (Rutter B Scale, 2), Sociometric Questionnaire for diagnosting maladjusted students, and 3, Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS), for measuring adaptive behavior, in exprimental and control groups.
Research design was a pre-test - post-test exprimental and control groups. Both exprimental and control groups were pretested by ABS, then the exprimental group participated in 8 session of social skills training, which included the following topics: Listening, making friends, conflict resolution, assertion and co-operation. Control group received no training. After that, groups were post tested. The results of repeated measure ANOVA showed that the adaptive behavior of the two groups were different, the, groups acted differently on different domains, and the interaction of groups and domains were significantly different (p=0.OO1). Finally, this study suggests that social skills training produced postive effect, and the maladjustment of the exprimental group decreased markedly.
M.A. Asgharimoghaddam
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The present study examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of the personality dimension of neuroticism and pain-related beliefs/coping strategies on depression, physical disability, complaint behaviours and medication consumption in 145 heterogenous chronic pain patients over a 9-month period. ...
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The present study examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of the personality dimension of neuroticism and pain-related beliefs/coping strategies on depression, physical disability, complaint behaviours and medication consumption in 145 heterogenous chronic pain patients over a 9-month period. The results were analysed using a series of multiple hierarchical regression analyses which incorporate an attempt to achieve a balance for Type I and Type II errors. All of these analyses were controlled for age, gender, pain duration and pain intensity. The results indicated that the baseline measure of neuroticism was predictive of depression and complaint hehaviour nine months after the initial assessment. After controlling for the effects of neuroticism, the baseline measure of pain self-efficacy beliefs were predictive of depression, physical disability and complaint behaviour nine months after the initial assessment, After controlling for the effects of neuroticism, pain self-efficacy heliefs pain control appraisals and pain stability, the results of the study also support a link between the baseline measure of catastrophising and scores of depression as repoted at the baseline of the study and three months after the initial assessment. Finally, those patients who perceived higher levels of control over the pain at the baseline of the study reported less use of pain-related medication at the 6-month follow-up period. The potential signficance of these findings for identifying patients at risk of poor adjustment to chroi1c pain is discussed.
M. J. Pakseresht
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In the history of our (Iranian) Higher Education, the decades of 1370’s/1990’s witnessed the development of scientific research in many areas including educational and behavioral sciences. In our educational and behavioral researches, which are usually conducted by using descriptive and semi-experimental ...
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In the history of our (Iranian) Higher Education, the decades of 1370’s/1990’s witnessed the development of scientific research in many areas including educational and behavioral sciences. In our educational and behavioral researches, which are usually conducted by using descriptive and semi-experimental approaches, hypothesis- testing, mainly carried out by recourse to statistical significance testing, has gained a privileged status. But there is no consensus among methodologists and epistemologists concerning the procedures of hypothesis testing on the one hand, and statistical siginficance testing on the other. In this article educational and behavioral research is’ looked at against a broad methodological and epistemological perspective to see how it stands with respect to hypothesis testing in general and significance testing in particular. To attain this goal, first an analysis of ‘hypothesis’ is given. Then hypothesis testing is explored within the tenets of empiricism and rationalism, leading to a discussion of Reichenbach’s inductivism and Popper’s deductivism. Finally, some of the basic criticisms leveled against statistical significance testing are reviewed. The arguments offfered point to certain methodological drawbacks in the educational and behavioral research of our higher education. It is concluded that progress in basic research in our country depends very much on overcoming these drawbacks implying that certaAj aspects of our research approaches should be reviewed.
H. Shokrkon; H.R. Oreizi; M.A. Naeli; M. MehrabizadelEi Honarmand; I. Soltani
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The present paper reports the application of Flanagan Industrial Tests to predict the job performance of the technical personnel of Mobarekeh Steel Firm. Flanagan Industrial Tests have been prepared to be used in Iran, with satisfactory reliabitliy and validity by Shokrkon and Oreizi (1998). These tests ...
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The present paper reports the application of Flanagan Industrial Tests to predict the job performance of the technical personnel of Mobarekeh Steel Firm. Flanagan Industrial Tests have been prepared to be used in Iran, with satisfactory reliabitliy and validity by Shokrkon and Oreizi (1998). These tests have been designed to measure various aptitudes and abilities. The job performance of the technical personnel of Mobarekeh Steel Firm was assessed by their immediate supervisors, their co-workers, themselves and the organization. First, the tests were completed and returned by 159 technical employees. Then, data were collected about the employees’ performance. The obtained simple and multiple correlation coefficients indicate that the Flanagan Industrial Tests predict and are related to the different assessments of job performance. These relationships are higher when job performance is, assessed by employees themselve, their co-worker and the organization. It is suggested that self and co-worker assessments of job performance are employed in addition to the supervisor assessment.
K. Savari; M. Safaei Moghaddam,; A.K. Neissi
Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2001, , Pages 1-10
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This study examined the philosophical- ideological views of male high school students in Ahvaz regarding praying. The statistical population of this study comprised the third grade high school sinior students. Two samples were used in this study. The first sample consisted of 120 students who were used ...
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This study examined the philosophical- ideological views of male high school students in Ahvaz regarding praying. The statistical population of this study comprised the third grade high school sinior students. Two samples were used in this study. The first sample consisted of 120 students who were used for construction of a questionnaire. The second sample consisted of 320 students, who were selected randomly and used for identiI’ing the factors. Factor analysis was used for analyzing the data. The results showed that four factors were related to praying behavior of the students. These factors are: designated as individual- psychological, worshiping-obligational, socio-culturai and salvational.
V. A. Attari; J. Haghighi; Z. Khanehkashi
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This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the range of emotional instability, prosocial behaviour and aggression with academic performance in third grade guidance school students of Ahvaz. The seven major hypotheses of this study were: 1) there is a relationship between the ...
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This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the range of emotional instability, prosocial behaviour and aggression with academic performance in third grade guidance school students of Ahvaz. The seven major hypotheses of this study were: 1) there is a relationship between the range of students’ emotional instability and academic performance; 2) there is a relationship between the student’s prosocial behaviour and academic performance; 3) there is a relation between the students’ aggression and academic performance; 4) there is a correlation between the emotional instability and aggression; 5) there is a correlation between the emotional instability and prosocial behaviour; 6) there is a correlation between the prnsocial behaviour and aggression; 7) multiple correlation coefficient of variables exceeds the mild correlation coefficient of each variable compared to academic performance. The sample of The research consisted of 400 boys and girls selected randomly from four Educational Districts Qf Ahvaz. The results indicate that emotional instability and aggression have negative correlation with academic performance, (r=-0.18) and (r= -0.18) respectively; whereas prosocial behavior is positively correlated with academic performance. The multiple regression of this study showed that Prosocial Behvaiour and Emotional Instability were the best predicting variables for Academic Performance.
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.
J. Haghigi; J. Haghigi; S.A. Sinarahimi; L. Solaimaninia
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This study was carried out to investigate the relationship of hardiness and its components -commitment, control, and challenge- with mental health in 250 students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Hardiness and its components are considered as the predictive variables, while mental health serves ...
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This study was carried out to investigate the relationship of hardiness and its components -commitment, control, and challenge- with mental health in 250 students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Hardiness and its components are considered as the predictive variables, while mental health serves as the criterion variable. The scales used consisted of the Hardiness Scale, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Analysis of the data yielded statistically significant simple correlation coefficients between the predictive variables and the criterion variable. The results of a regression analysis showed that linear combination of the predictive variables increased the size of correlation with mental health. Moreover, the results indicated that commitment is the best predictor of mental health.
M. Mehrabi zadeh honarmand
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- This research project examined the relationship between self concept components (i.e., actual self and ideal self) and depression. According to the main hypothesis of this study, a negative correlation was predicted between the "compatibility of self-concept component" and depression. 193 male and ...
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- This research project examined the relationship between self concept components (i.e., actual self and ideal self) and depression. According to the main hypothesis of this study, a negative correlation was predicted between the "compatibility of self-concept component" and depression. 193 male and 181 female undergraduate students, randomly selected from different colleges of Shahid chamran University, took part in this study. the result of data analyses showed a positive correlation between the two components of self-concept. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between the compatibility of these two components and depression, confirming the main hypothesis of this study.
H. Shokrkon; A.Z. Naamee; A.K. Neissi; M. Meharbizadeh Honarmand
M. Shehne Yailagh; A. Salamati; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; J. Haghighi
saeed goodarzi; hosein samavatiyan; aboolghasem noouri
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This research was carried out with the aim of determining the relationships between the five–fits with job stress and considering moderating role of personality. The design was descriptive and correlational. The statiscally population was included all employees of PolyAcril Company of Iran (800 ...
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This research was carried out with the aim of determining the relationships between the five–fits with job stress and considering moderating role of personality. The design was descriptive and correlational. The statiscally population was included all employees of PolyAcril Company of Iran (800 persons) in 2018. The sample size was (260) estimated by random sampling to the class proportional to the sample size applying. The measurement instruments consisted of person-Job fit (PGF), person-organozition fit (POF), Person-vocation fit (PEF) person-group fit (PGF), person-career fit (PCF), Job stress (JS) and big five personality questionnaire (BFPQ). Data were analyzed with the use of descriptive and Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) using PLS smart software. Results revealed that there is a significant relationships between the person – group fit and stress, five fits and job stress. also five fits and job with moderating role of component personality openness. In this research From among the five fits and personality characteistics, the person- group fit and the component personality openness played a key role at reducting stress. It is recommended that company management reduce stress of their staff play by applay the structural model.
moslem asli azad; saeideh khaki; tahereh farhadi
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The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the efficiency of online reality therapy on anxiety and psychological distress in Covid-19 improved. it was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population of the study included Covid-19 ...
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The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the efficiency of online reality therapy on anxiety and psychological distress in Covid-19 improved. it was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population of the study included Covid-19 improved patients in the city of Isfahan in the summer of 2020. 26 Covid-19 improved were selected through snowball sampling method and they were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups (each group of 13 patients). The experimental group received ten seventy-five-minute sessions of online reality therapy (Glasser, 2013) during a month. The applied questionnaires in the current study included anxiety questionnaire (Beck, et.al, 1988) and psychological distress questionnaire (Kessler et. al, 2011). The data from the study were analyzed through ANCOVA method. the results showed that online reality therapy had significant effect on the anxiety and psychological distress in Covid-19 improved (p<0.001) and succeeded in the decrease of their anxiety and psychological distress. according to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that reality therapy can be applied as an efficient therapy to decrease anxiety and psychological distress in Covid-19 improved through employing techniques such focusing on the present time, avoiding excessive criticism and training accountability.
parvin kadivar; marzieh aghamirli; susan emamipour
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Method: The research method was correlation with structured equation modeling. Among all the secondary school students of the eleventh grade, who were studying in Tehran in 2017-18, 500 students were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. FAM and Taylor's (1999) academic performance, Martin ...
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Method: The research method was correlation with structured equation modeling. Among all the secondary school students of the eleventh grade, who were studying in Tehran in 2017-18, 500 students were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. FAM and Taylor's (1999) academic performance, Martin and Marsh (2006) academic buoyancy, Diperna and Elliott's (1999) academic competency assessment, Pekran, Goetz, Titz and Perry's (2005) academic excitement, social support of peers Biodery, Sharp and Otis (2008) and the social support of peers Persido and Heller (1983) were administered on students.Results: Based on the model presented, teacher's social support and buoyancy was mediated by competency and academic excitement. But this relationship was not approved for peer support. Peer support was directly related to academic buoyancy. However, academic performance variable was explained as R^2 =65% and buoyancy variable as R^2=30%. Direct, indirect coefficients and the total effect of the variables showed that the teacher's social support had the greatest total effect (0.60), student's academic competence (0.47) effect on student's academic performance; negative academic excitement (0.44) has an effect on academic performance; positive academic performance; positive academic emotions showed the least effect (0.15) on academic performance. Students' academic competence has the greatest effect on students' buoyancy (-0.54), academic competence (0.30), peer social support (0.27), positive emotions (0.26) and negative emotions (0.22). In other words, increasing academic competence or academic excitement or social support of the teacher towards its standard deviation causes a direct effect of 0.65 on students' academic performance.
Vahid Baharvand; Fariborz Dortaj; Sadegh Nasri; Bita Nasrollahi
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IntroductionEvery year around the world, natural disasters lead to the death, disability and financial damage of many people and governments. So far, the focus of health systems has been on reducing the physical consequences of disasters. However, these incidents are a source of great stress for the ...
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IntroductionEvery year around the world, natural disasters lead to the death, disability and financial damage of many people and governments. So far, the focus of health systems has been on reducing the physical consequences of disasters. However, these incidents are a source of great stress for the survivors of the accident and have serious and long-lasting psychological consequences. Experiencing such an event leads to a wide range of disorders including symptoms of anxiety, neuroticism, depression and psychosomatic. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive hypnotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on reducing anxiety and autobiographical memory of flood-affected women in Poldokhtar.MethodThe research was applied and quasi-experimental with a four-group pretest-posttest design. The statistical population included all middle-aged women in the flooded city of Poldokhtar in Lorestan province who had referred to health and psychological centers during the first two months of 2019. Among them, 60 people who had the highest rate of post-traumatic stress disorder were in three experimental groups (N = 45; Mage = 42.02, SD = 7.03) and one control group (N = 15; Mage = 41.50, SD = 7.91) were assigned by accident. The measurement tools included Williams and Broadbent (1986) autobiographical memory test and Beck and Esther (1990) anxiety scale. Statistical data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance, Bonferroni post hoc test and L-Matrix test. ResultsThe results of analysis of covariance showed that all three interventions of cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive hypnotherapy and EMDR were effective in reducing anxiety and increasing autobiographical memory of positive words compared to the control group (p <0.01). In addition, No interventions were performed on women's anxiety. The results also showed that patients were introduced to anxiety symptoms and the course of PTSD during cognitive-behavioral interventions and received training related to anxiety management, sedation, guided imagery, cognition of misconceptions, and cognitive distortions.DiscussionTherefore, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral hypnotherapy followed by cognitive-behavioral therapy and EMDR have a favorable effect on reducing anxiety and increasing the autobiographical memory of positive words in flood-affected women. However, the results of the present study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy were more effective than EMDR interventions. Among the reasons for this finding are the problem of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder in avoiding unpleasant emotions, using ineffective problem-solving strategies and interpersonal relationships.Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral, cognitive hypnotherapy, desensitization and reprocessing, eye movement, anxiety, autobiographical memory.
Bahman Najarian; Yadollah Zargar; Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; Jamal Haghighi
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The present research was conducted in two phases. At the first stage, research was aimed at determining the epidemiology of smoking in Ahvaz government organizations’ personnel, and the second stage was launched to compare the efficacy of the following cessation methods: Behavioral, behavioral- ...
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The present research was conducted in two phases. At the first stage, research was aimed at determining the epidemiology of smoking in Ahvaz government organizations’ personnel, and the second stage was launched to compare the efficacy of the following cessation methods: Behavioral, behavioral- instructional and behavioral- nicotine gum. Research methods of the first and the second stages of this study were, respectively, field and experimental approaches. The target population of the tirst stage. consisted of male and female personnel of various government organizations of Ahvaz city. The epidemiology sample consisted of 1334 subjects randomly selected from 26 organizations. Cessation sample consisted of 135 male subjects randomly selected from smokers who volunteered for cessation. Subjects were assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups, forming the following five groups each consisting of 27 subjects: 1) Behavioral, 2) Behavioral- Instructional, 3) Behavioral- Nicotine Gum, 4) Placebo and 5) Waiting list. The epidemiological findings showed that 23% of male personnel and 1.2% of female personnel were smokers, and each one of them, on the average, smokes 9 cigarettes a day. Furthermore, the mean age for turning to smoking was 20.9 years. Data analysis of the cessation stage showed no significant difference between behavior therapy and placebo groups. Behavioral- instructional and behavioral- nicotine gum groups were more effective than behavioral, placebo and waiting list groups.
