Applied Psychology
Year:2009 | Volume:3 | Issue:1 (9)|Papers Count:9

Aim of this study was to determine relationship between occupation, gender, mental and physical health, with emotional intelligence. Method is expostfacto and 150 respondent in Zanjan including managers, university heads, lecturers, teachers, civil servants, workers and farmers were randomly selected, and completed Mental Health Inventory (MHI,1983), Physical Health Checklist (PHC, 2004), Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS, 1998), along with demographic information form. Data were analyzed via using correlation coefficient, uni & multivariate analysis. Results indicated that main effect of occupation on psychological well being, psychological distress, emotional intelligence, subjective physical health, and objective physical health was significant. The main effect of gender was significant on psychological well being, psychological distress, subjective physical health and emotional intelligence but not on objective physical health. Interactional of gender and occupation was significant on psychological distress and emotional-intelligence but not on psychological well bemg, and physical health (objective & subjective). Discussion: Findings showed the connection between health, emotional intelligence, and occupation, and can be helpful in planning pathological and preventional programs in organizations.

Goal of this study was to determine effect of Taty world software of mathematics on academic achievement in mentally retarded female students. Method of reaserch was quasiexperimental, using pre- and posHest. Statistical population were 63 first grade students in Sayyad Shirazi, educational complex in Tehran that after relative control of some variables decreased to 55 people. An available sampling method was used for sample selection. There were 6 first grade classes in the center. Three classes were chosen as the control group and three others as the experimental group. For three experimental groups Taty World software was used for 4 months, each week, and two serrion session 45 minutes. The control groups were given exercises in traditional method. Results showed that posttest mathematic scores of the experimental groups were higher than those of control group's students. Conclusion: softwares and update technology are useful for academic achievement of mental retarded students.

Aim of this study to determine relationships between mothers' irrational beliefs with behavioral problems in their daughters. Method is cross sectional and causal comparative study. Statistical population were 420 female high school students with behavioral problems and their mothers in Mashhad city, among them were selected 200 students with, behavioral problem based on Kerjcie & Morgan schedule (1976) as well as were selected 200 students without behavioral problems based on randomly clustered multiphasic. Data were collected using Irrational Beliefs assessment test (1991) and Rutter scale Form B (1975). Results showed a significant relationship between mothers' irrational beliefs of students with behavioral problems. In addition, less educated and younger mothers of children with behavioral problems had more irrational beliefs than those of normal group. Conclusion: irrational beliefs, low levels of mothers' education and ages were caused behavioral problems in their daughters.

Aim of this study was to determine relation between religious coping strategies, especially cognitive ones of MS patients for example: trust in god, praying, philan thropies, believe in death and the world after death with t mental health. Method was descriptive-analytic and correlation. Subjects were 50 male and female MS patients who were in the age of 25-40 years old and all were received drug therapy in the do Tehran's MS Association. The instruments were 28 items GHQ questioner of Goldberg and Hillier 1979 and researcher-made questionnaire with 11 items in cognitive, avoidance and behavioral domain. Specialists confined its content validity and its reliability was detected as %80 by test-retest methods in 2 weeks interval. Pearson's correlation and t test were used for data) analysis. Results showed there is not any significant difference between male/female, patients in applying of religious copings, but there was significant correlation between high religious' beliefs and mental health. Discussion: patients (who are in stressful conditions like Ms Disease but have strong religious believe, and also they apply religious coping strategies mid drug therapy, will attain a higher mental health.

Aim this study was to determine relationship between conformity and big five factors personality, gender and marital status in students. Method is causal-comparison and correlational. Statistical population consisted of all students in Islamic Azad University of Bandar Gaz which 39 students were selected via cluster sampling. Subjects completed NEO-FFI of Casta and McRae 1989 and L- 72 (2002) conformity questionnaire. Special experimental manipulations were used to encourage students to conform. Data were analyzed using Spearman and Pearson Correlation coefficient, Independent-samples t-test, and between subjects factorial analysis of variance. Result revealed there is no significant difference between personality profile of conformists and non-conformists. Also there is no significant relationship between conformity, personality factors and students gender. Mean scores of L-72 conformity questionnaire is much higher in conformists than non-conformists in both conformity action situations, and conformity in single subjects is higher than in married ones. Discussion: Nonnative explanation (i.e. situational effect, position of the individual in conformity condition) is sufficient in determining conformity than causal explanation (i.e. personality characteristics).

Aim this study was to identify importance between domains of self-efficacy (social, educational-physical and emotional) and depression in different stages of adolescence. Method is descriptive and correlation and participants were 946 students (471 girls and 475 boys) in Tehran high schools and precollege in 2002-2005 year. The subjects were selected randomly multiphasic cluster. Child Depression Inventory (CDI) (Kovacs, 1992), Children Self- Efficacy Questionnaire (Muris, 2002), Physical Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Ryckman, et al. 1.982) were used. Data were analyzed by liner Regression and correlation. Findings showed there is a negative correlation between General, Social, Educational, Physical and Emotional self-efficacy with Depression. In addition, physical self-efficacy has an impact on depression in males in early, middle and late adolescence and early, middle stage of female adolescents. Educational self-efficacy has an impact on Depression in all stages of adolescents. Social self-efficacy does not have an impact on depression in adolescence and emotional self-efficacy has impact on depression in the middle stage of female adolescences. Conclusion: Low self-efficacy correlated with high depression and high self-efficacy correlated with low depression in adolescence. Educational self-efficacy showed the highest correlation with depression. Physical and educational self-efficacy was the best predictors for depression in all stare adolescence. Social self-efficacy was least wedictive and emotional self-efficacy was the only predictor of depression in females at the late adolescence.

Aim of this article is to determine career pathology of male and female employees of Isfahan municipality in 2005-2006. Method is descriptive and statistical population comprises of employees selected eleven regions of Isfahan municipality. From this purpose, 166 participants were selected using simple random sampling method and were evaluated by questionnaires. The most important findings of this study are that among three levels of careers pathology, there was a significant difference between male and female employees in term of inter-personal problems. Results showed female employees are more affected than male employees. In the category. Of intra-personal problem, there is only significant difference between male and female employees in the sub category of job maturity so that women report more problem than men in this regard, There is no significant difference in interpersonal and meta personal problem between male and female employees. Conclusions: In order to help female personnel one can provide opportunities such as having responsibility in life desire-to choose and analyze and gathering of information as well as helping to designed plan activation. This can be offended to women in childhood and at different stage in their life.