JOURNAL OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
Year:2013 | Volume:3 | Issue:2 (2)|Papers Count:9

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group education on improving relations between empathy and personal emotional self-regulation of students with symptoms of ADHD. In this way the pretest, post-test control group experimental design was. The population of students in first, second and third Norabad city schools (Delfan) in the school year 91-90. The subjects were 40 male students with ADHD. After that the students identify for data collection and interview selected, and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Structured Clinical Interview, Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnostic scale short, emotional self-regulation and interpersonal relations scale was used. The results of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed the group education on improving relations between empathy and personal emotional self-regulation of students with symptoms of ADHD (P<0.001). The findings show empathy skills training in schools, especially teens, providing the ability to understand others. To reduce impulsive behavior and improved personal relationships among students with symptoms of attention deficit/ hyperactivity leads.

This study examined the effect of exercise on body image, body mass and social anxiety in students. The study population consisted of all male high school students in Kermanshah city who were enrolled in the academic year 1390-1391. The study sample consisted of 40 male students (20 students in the experimental group and control group of 20 students) from the community who were randomly selected. The first test was given to each group advance to the next exercise test group (independent variable). The study of experimental (pretest - posttest control group) and data analysis of variance (MANOVA) at significant levels (P<0.001) were analyzed. The survey results showed that there are significant differences between control and treatment groups. I exercise impacted on reducing body mass and improved body image and social anxiety.

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of training life skills on martyr's children adjustment (social, educational and emotional) in high schools in Tehran. For this reason, an experimental group containing 25 girls and 25 boys and for the control group were selected. So the total amount of the sample was 100 persons; boys and girls. Different life skills including communication skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving, decision making skills, health and wellbeing, identity growth skills and being purposeful in life were trained to the experimental group in 12 sessions. The student adjustment questionnaire was used in this study. The results showed that these trainings can help to enhance students’ compatibility (educational, emotional and social). It can be concluded that coping life skills training is a suitable way for children adjustment.

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictability of employee’s organizational commitment from the personality traits, self-esteem and quality of life. The statistical population was the personnel of Ministry of Education in Qom province. A sample size of 141 individuals were selected with stratified the random sampling method (depending on the type of employment). Research method was descriptive- correlation. To collect the data Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ), self-esteem Eysenck questionnaire (ESQ), SF-36 quality of life questionnaire and organizational commitment questionnaire (OCQ) were used. The data were analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The results showed significant relations between personality characteristics and organizational commitment (P<0.01), self-esteem and organizational commitment (P<0.01, quality of life and organizational commitment (P<0.05). Also significant relationships were found between personality characteristics and self-esteem (P<0.01); between personality characteristics and quality of life (P<0.05) and between quality of life and self esteem (P<0.01). Three dimensions of energy, mental health and social performance of the eight dimensions of quality of life were also able to predict organizational commitment (P<0.05). Based on the results of this study we proposed organizations use the tests of personality characteristics, self-esteem and quality of life in order to promote commitment and efficiency of the staff.

In this study we examined the construct and measure ment of the psychometric properties and confirmatory factor structure of academic self-regulation questionnaire. Participants were 160 high school students (80 male and 80 female) third grade who were selected by stratified random the sampling. Data were collected from six subscales of academic self-regulation questionnaire that were made by researchers. The results showed that academic self- regulation questionnaire was composed of six subscales, and mentioned questionnaire has validity, reliability and a good fitness. Confirmatory factor structure also indicated that the six-factor model has a more elegance and it can be used for education of all degrees of academic self-regulation.

This study investigates the effect of metadiscourse markers presence on reading comprehension, and also explores the effect of metadiscourse awareness of learners on reading comprehension performance. A total of 96 participants, studying in pre-university centers, in Namin and Ardabil cities were selected to take part in the study based on their scores on Nelson Proficiency Test. Those who scored one standard deviation above the mean were selected as high level groups and those who scored one standard deviation below the mean were assigned to the low level groups. The participants were then randomly assigned to four groups. The first and the second groups, i.e. high experimental group and low experimental group, received the metadiscursively stripped reading text. The third and the fourth groups, i.e. high control group and low control group received metadiscursively un-doctored reading text. Hawing read the texts; all the participants took the reading comprehension test. A two-way ANOVA was used to analyze the data. The analysis showed that the participants performed better on the un-doctored texts. Also, based on the results of the follow-up questionnaire, the learners were divided into high and low level of awareness and then their scores on reading test were compared through a t-test. The results showed that the learners with more awareness of metadiscourse markers performed better on reading comprehension test. The results were argued to have implications for English languge material production and teaching.

The interaction with the environment is an important component of self-efficacy. Given the importance of is matter, the purpose of the present research was to study the relationship between self- efficacy belief and life satisfaction with academic performance. Using a multistage cluster sampling procedure, a sample of 150 high school students in Kermanshah selected. General self- efficacy scale, and life satisfaction scale were used to gather data. The design of study was corrletional. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results revealed that positive belifes self- efficacy, life satisfaction, performance correlated positive with academic performance.

Today Persian users of mobile, computers and the Internet write their ow Persian texts with Latin letters named "Finglish" to facilitate their writings. The present study investigated this hypothesis that reading Persian texts written with English letters (FINGLISH) affects stress inducing that activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and increased secretion of cortisol in saliva. 40 high school student candidates from 5 area Education of Tehran were selected and were randomly assigned to two groups (Experimental and Control). Experimental group read Finglish text and normal control group read Persian text. Their saliva samples were collected in three stages, before, immediately after and 15 minutes after reading Finglish and Persian texts. Salivary cortisol levels were measured by ELISA in the laboratory. Salivary cortisol secretion rates in the experimental group increased significantly (P<0.05) than the control group in different stages. Data analysis showed that reading Persian text written in Latin letters, creating the effect of stress on salivary cortisol secretion in high school girl students.

The aim of the current research was to compare parenting styles and eating disorders in normal and bright students. The study design was a Ex post facto research. The population of current study included Ardebil guidance school students in 2012-2013 academic year. The study sample included 104 normal students which were selected by multilevel cluster sampling, and 104 bright students who matched with normal group. The materials used in the study were Baumrind parenting style and Coker and Roger eating habits questionnaires. The gathered data were analyzed by the use of SPSS software. The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that in eating habit subscales between the two group there isn’t any significant difference. And in parenting style subscales, there is significant difference between groups in fathers and mothers authoritarian parenting style (p<0/05), but not at other styles.