Majid Baradaran; Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari
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Introduction: Prosociality has been linked with a variety of positive psychosocial indices. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of temperament and character dimensions and perceived social support in the prosociality of college students.
Method: The present research was a descriptive ...
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Introduction: Prosociality has been linked with a variety of positive psychosocial indices. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of temperament and character dimensions and perceived social support in the prosociality of college students.
Method: The present research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students of Payame Noor University of Rasht city in the academic year of 2019-2020. 220 students were selected by using a random sampling method. Data were analyzed by correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The participants completed the items of Prosocial Personality Scale (Penner, 2002), Temperament and Character Inventory (Adan, Serra-Grabulosa, Caci, & Natale, 2009) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988).
Results: Results showed that prosociality has a significant positive correlation with reward dependence, self-directiveness, co-operativeness, self-transcendence and perceived social support and it has a significant negative correlation with harm avoidance and novelty seeking (p<0.01). Also, stepwise regression analysis showed that co-operativeness 0.33, perceived social support 0.11 and self-directiveness 0.02 significantly predict variance of prosociality in college students (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Considering the role of temperament and character dimensions and perceived social support on Prosociality in College Students, the results of this study have important implications for these individuals.
Maryam Tahmasebi; majid baradaran; maedeh mirzaei
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OIntroduction:internet is playing a significant role for expanding our social communication. Thus, the purpose of the present research was determining the moderating role of social support in the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and cyberspace addiction. Method: The research design was ...
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OIntroduction:internet is playing a significant role for expanding our social communication. Thus, the purpose of the present research was determining the moderating role of social support in the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and cyberspace addiction. Method: The research design was descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of undergraduate students at Azad University of Lahijan in the academic year 1397-1398, among whom 282 participated as sample in this research based on Cochran formula with a sampling error of 0.01 by applying multistage cluster random sampling method. Young’s diagnostic questionnaire for internet addiction (1966), Parker & Boyce’s interpersonal sensitivity measure (1989), and Sherburne & Stewart’s social support survey (1991) were distributed and data path analysis was carried out by AMOS and data correlation analysis was conducted by SPSS. Findings: The data analysis revealed a positive correlation (p < 0.01) between Internet addiction and interpersonal sensitivity, Internet addiction and social support, and between social support and interpersonal sensitivity. Furthermore, path analysis results showed that the path of interpersonal sensitivity and internet dependency (β=0.16) at the level of 0.05, the path of interpersonal sensitivity and social support (β=0.33) and social support to Internet dependency (β=0.40) at the level of 0.01 are statistically significant and meaningful. Results: Social support and interpersonal sensitivity can play prominent roles in Internet dependency as key variables. Hence, proper preventive measures should be taken for the betterment of the society’s mental health.