saeed mahmoodinia; Mojgan Sepahmansoor; Soozan Emamipoor; Fariba Hasani
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 1-18
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two interventions, concluding Aggression Replacement Training and Stress Inoculation Training on impulsivity in adolescents. Methods: In order to achieve the objectives of the study, quasi-experimental method with pre-test - ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two interventions, concluding Aggression Replacement Training and Stress Inoculation Training on impulsivity in adolescents. Methods: In order to achieve the objectives of the study, quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up was performed. Among the statistical population of all adolescent sons 12 to 18 years of Correction and Rehabilitation Center in Tehran city, 60 subjects were randomly selected. Sample group was assigned to two experimental and control groups, including Aggression replacement training and stress inoculation training. The experimental groups participated in their therapy sessions, while the control groups received no treatment. For collecting data Barratt impulsivity scale (BIS-11) by participants before, after and at follow-up treatment was completed. Results: Findings showed that there were significant differences between grades of adolescent’s impulsivity related to first experimental group (ART) compared with before and after the intervention. But there was no significant difference between the grades of adolescents in the SIT group and control group compared with before and after the intervention. Also, it has founded that the behavioral methodology was most effective and useful on reducing impulsivity in adolescents compared with the other 2 interventions methods. In addition there was no difference between two educational methods (ART and SIT). Conclusion: According to findings, it seems that the aggression replacement training will be suitable for prevention and treatment of adolescent's behavioral problems like impulsivity.
Paria Jangi; GholamAli Afroz; Hasan Asadzadeh; Ali Delavar
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 19-36
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this research aims to academic achievement based on the order of birth by mediating spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity in students were done in students and it the type of correlation research based on structural equation modeling technique , in particular regression equations. In this ...
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this research aims to academic achievement based on the order of birth by mediating spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity in students were done in students and it the type of correlation research based on structural equation modeling technique , in particular regression equations. In this study, for determining the sample size according to the number of variables observed and assigning a coefficient of 15 for each variables, and taking into account the probability of having incomplete questionnaires,250 were selected as sample size. The statistical population of this study.Data collection tools were used, King’s Spiritual Intelligence Scale, Inderbitzen & Fooster Social Skills Scale, and Torrance Creativity Scale. The findings showed that is a positive relationship between the order of birth, spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity with academic achievement in students and the research model was confirmed and, in general, 38% of academic achievement can be explained by the age of entry into the school, the spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity. Also, order of birth with the mediation of spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity showed an indirect effect on academic achievement. The results of this study emphasized the necessity of the role of the age of entry into the school, as well as the role of moderating variable of spiritual intelligence, social skills and creativity by students, which could provide applied ideas to improve the psychological state to counselors and learners.
Hojjat Vahdati; Seyyed Hadi Mousavi Nejad; Afshin Bazgir
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 37-54
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Introduction: This study aims to investigate the children’s role in the families’ purchase decision-making process on the basis of eight different products classes and three subdecisions. Method: This study is applied in field of purpose, a descriptive survey in field of data collection. ...
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Introduction: This study aims to investigate the children’s role in the families’ purchase decision-making process on the basis of eight different products classes and three subdecisions. Method: This study is applied in field of purpose, a descriptive survey in field of data collection. The population in this study consists of all parents with 5-13 years-old children in Qazvin that based on the Cochran formula in the unlimited statistical population, 196 people were surveyed by questionnaire as sample size. In addition, ordinal regression was used by SPSS software to investigate the relationship between independent variables of research and understanding the effect of children on product purchasing decision making. Result: According to research findings, children can have different effects depending on the subdecisions of purchase; children who have initiating role than children without this role, have a greater effect on the subdecisions. Moreover, finding showed that children have a lot of influence on the families’ purchase decision-making process, especially purchasing products that are personal and have little financial risk. In addition, older children are more effective than younger children and their gender has an insignificant effect on family decision making. Conclution: In general, results of this study indicated the importance of the children’s role in the families’ purchase decision-making process and can provided new insights to organizations to designing and positioning their products effectively by focusing on the important role of children.
seyed reza poorseyed; seyed mehdi poorseyed
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 55-78
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The aim of this research was to designing a Social Interest Therapy (SIT) program for bullying and victim students and Examining its effectiveness he effectiveness on bullying and victim behaviors in adolescences. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest posttest, two month Follow-up and ...
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The aim of this research was to designing a Social Interest Therapy (SIT) program for bullying and victim students and Examining its effectiveness he effectiveness on bullying and victim behaviors in adolescences. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest posttest, two month Follow-up and two control groups. In this study statistical population was second and third high school grades bullying and victim boy students in Abarkooh in the academic year 2015-2016. Implement research after applying sociometry, of among the students who based on the analysis of the results of sociometry were classified as bullying and victimization adolescents, 40 students were randomly selected as bullying group and 40 students were selected as victimization group. Then each group was randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control and all subjects completed the Olweus Bulling/ victimization revised questionnaire. Experimental groups participated in Social Interest Therapy program for 12 sessions (two sessions per week) separately but the control group received no intervention. Mixed intra-between group Multivariate Variance analysis and pairwise comparisons results indicated that Social Interest Therapy could amelioration bullying and victim behaviors in experimental groups than in post-test and follow-up. Helping students Reorient their opinions and aims, inferiority feelings resolution and belonging and social interest enhancement has led to behaviors amelioration of bullying and victim behaviors in adolescents.
Shahla Pakdaman; Fereshte sadat Mortazavi Nasiri; Atie Arab Mohebi Shahrabi; Seyed Mohammad Sadatian
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 79-92
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Introduction: social capital is a variety of resources that every individuals and groups has to communicate. These resources have an effective role in improving mental health by providing psychological and emotional support. Method: the present study aimed to compare the social capital and its components ...
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Introduction: social capital is a variety of resources that every individuals and groups has to communicate. These resources have an effective role in improving mental health by providing psychological and emotional support. Method: the present study aimed to compare the social capital and its components between girl and boy students of Tehran city. The population of this study is adolescents aged 12 to 18 in Tehran. The sample consists of 255 students including 109 girls and 146 boys selected by convenience sampling. The participants completed the social capital questionnaire adolescent students (SCQ-AS; Paiva, et al., 2014). This questionnaire was standardized and used for the first time in this study. In the standardized version of the questionnaire two-factor structure were obtained for Iranian teenagers. The distribution of social capital’s data was abnormal, so the Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics methods and U Mann-Whitney test. Findings: the levels of social capital and "social cohesion in school" were higher in girl adolescents. Although the boys have gained higher scores in "trust" subscale, but the scores between the two groups was not significant in this dimension. Result: Student’s sex is an effective factor in their levels of social capitalThe findings of this study can be useful for preparation of training packages for parents and teachers to promote mental health in adolescent students.
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 93-110
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Introduction: the materialism as an important subject among people, which occupies a central place in their life and expected to be the greatest source of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, defined (Belk, 1985). Also, Studies showed that the materialism has different psychological antecedents. The aim ...
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Introduction: the materialism as an important subject among people, which occupies a central place in their life and expected to be the greatest source of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, defined (Belk, 1985). Also, Studies showed that the materialism has different psychological antecedents. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of self-esteem, personal sense of power, personal relative deprivation (PRD) and uncertainty (UC) in materialism of students. Method: The statistical population of this research includes all male and female students of the Tehran University of Ahwaz in the academic year 1396. From this community, 181 people were selected by available sampling method. This was a descriptive correlation study focused on the relationship between materialism and self-esteem, personal sense of power, personal relative deprivation, uncertainty among 181 male and female students of the University of Tehran via questionnaires of these variables. Results: The results of the variables correlation matrix revealed a positive and significant relationship between materialism and uncertainty (P=0.0285, sig=0.001); and personal relative deprivation (P=0.237, sig=0.001) at the 0.01 level. The results of regression also showed that the prediction of materialism based on the personal relative deprivation (B=0.244, t=2.08) and uncertainty (B=0.216, t=2.13) was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Results showed that, materialism can be predicted on the base of UC and PRD variables in Iranian sample. Keywords: Materialism; Uncertainty; Self-esteem; Personal sense of power; Personal Relative Deprivation
Volume 8, Issue 30 , September 2018, Pages 111-131
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Introduction: This study aims to compare the psychological capital and social interaction in residential complexes with and without physical characteristics. Method: The research method is causal-comparative and its statistical population consists of 439 households living in 4 residential complexes ...
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Introduction: This study aims to compare the psychological capital and social interaction in residential complexes with and without physical characteristics. Method: The research method is causal-comparative and its statistical population consists of 439 households living in 4 residential complexes located in city of Rasht; among which 186 available households were selected. The Luthans’s Psychological Capital Questionnaire and Glass’s Perception of Social Interaction Questionnaire were used to collect and analyze the data. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance) were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between residents of complexes with and without physical characteristics regarding the dimensions of psychological capital and social interaction. 11.8 and 43.3 percent of the variance related to the difference between the two groups, respectively, is due to the variables of psychological capital and social interaction. Mean scores of self-efficacy, hopefulness, as well as negative social interaction components were higher in residents of complexes with physical characteristics compared to complexes without physical characteristics. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, it can be stated that the dimensions of psychological capital and social interaction are influenced by the features of the proper physical environment, and the physical environment can be used as an indicator for explaining the positive behavior pattern and the development of positive psychological status in residents of residential complexes.