SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN (JOURNAL OF WOMAN AND SOCIETY)
Year:2012 | Volume:3 | Issue:2 (10)|Papers Count:8

This research was concerned with a study of just world belief, life satisfaction, and social support in Iranian and Indian university students. A sample of 197 girl students from the University of Tehran and 97 girl students from Pune University were selected to participate in the study. The instruments used in this research were three questionnaires of the life satisfaction (Diener et al. 1985), just world belief (Dalbert 2001), and social support (Zimet et al. 1988). Data were analyzed employing independent t-test, correlation and regression analyses. The results of the study showed that Indian students in comparison to Iranian students obtained a higher score in terms of all the above-mentioned variables. Besides, there was a significantly positive correlation among all the variables of interest in both Iranian and Indian students. In addition, it was revealed that just world belief and social support could predict life satisfaction.

The aim of the present study is to study cultural and social factors related to face management among young girls. This survey employed a questionnaire for data collection. A sample of 382 bachelor girl students (in consultation with the Lin’s table with a confidence level of 95%) was drawn from among all state university students in Shiraz. Data were analyzed drawing on both descriptive and inferential statistics (correlation, ANOVA, simple and multiple regression analyses). The Findings indicated that a large percentage of the respondents performed face management considerablely. In addition, it was revealed that there was a significant relationship between social body acceptance (and its dimensions), attitudes towards advertisement, media consumption, and religiosity and face management. However, there was no significant difference between social class and face management.

The aim of this study was to compare self-monitoring in employed and unemployed women. This field research employed a descriptive methodology. The sample included two groups of employed (fulltime/part-time) and unemployed women in Tehran. Snyder’s Self-monitoring questionnaire was used to collect data. SPSS software and descriptive statistics (independent t-test, Chi square, ANOVA, correlation coefficient) were used to analyze the relationship between the variables of the study. The results revealed that employed women’s self-monitoring was significantly higher than that of unemployed women (p<0.001). Further, there was no significant difference among the three groups of high, medium, and low self-monitoring women. In order to display the results based on the nature of the hypotheses and to answer the research questions a use was made of both descriptive and inferential statistics (e.g. independent t-test).

This study investigated factors affecting the tendency of educated girls to migrate taking into account both repulsive factors (internal repellents) in the country of origin and attractive factors (external-attractions) in the target countries. The sample of this survey included 120 girl students referring to migration centers in Shiraz selected randomly. The results of this study indicated that factors such as unemployment, inadequate income, education-irrelevant jobs, lack of suitable job opportunities, lack of job security, lack of facilities, economic crisis, lack of scientific, research, and laboratory facilities, lack of expert professors, lack of attention to educated people’s demands, negligence of their scientific status, failure to pursue education, limitations of women in selecting particular academic majors, and limited individual freedom as significant repulsive factors. The results also revealed that skills-based job distribution, adequate income, economic order and stability, equitable distribution of wealth, higher scientific level, valuing innovation, welfare facilities and services, and equality of men and women were among the attractive factors in respondents’ view.

This study aimed at a comparative study of marital satisfaction among Iranian women married to Iranian and foreign men. A causal comparative design was employed in this field study. The sample of the study involved two groups of women including 120 women married to foreigners referring to the department of foreign nationals and a convenience sample of women married to Iranian men in district 16 of Tehran. Data were collected using Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire. A use was made of both descriptive and inferential statistics including t-test and Chi square. The Results revealed that marital satisfaction of women married to foreigners was significantly lower than that of their counterparts. In addition, there was a significant difference among high, medium, and low groups of marital satisfaction.

This study was carried out to investigate the goals, expectations and experiences in friendship among youth in Shiraz. This survey employed a questionnaire to collect data. The target population included the youth (18-30 years old) in Shiraz. In accordance with Lin’s table, 395 respondents were selected using random cluster sampling. Data analysis was performed through using SPSS software employing both simple and multiple regression analyses. The findings showed that goals (rational, emotional and sexual) and expectations (individual, social and sexual) were significantly correlated with experiences. Step-wise multiple regression analysis further indicated that emotional goals could account for the dependent variable most.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the realationship of attachment styles and personality traits to anxiety among pre-university students in Shiraz. To this end, 380 (230 girls, 150 boys) students were selected using stage cluster sampling strategy and were administered questionnaires of the NEO personality traits, attachment styles, and Beck anxiety. A use was made of Pearson correlation, t-test, and step-wise regression to analyze data. The results showed that anxiety attachment styles are significantly and positively related to with anxiety. As regards personality traits, there was a significantly positive relationship between extroversion, conscientiousness, and agreeability and anxiety. Only anxiety attachment style could predict anxiety and from among the personality traits neuroticism could predict the anxiety of female students and neuroticism and conscientiousness could account for the anxiety of male students. In Addition, female students were more anxious than male students.

This study was carried out to explore the relationship of general health and marital satisfaction to job burnout in women working in Fars Governorships. This descriptive correlational study involved 112 married women working in Fars governorships sampled through cluster sampling method. Research instruments included three questionnaires of Maslach burnout, general health, and Enrich’s marital satisfaction. Data analysis was perfumed using ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and regression analyses. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between general health and marital satisfaction and job burnout. Further, general health could predict job burnout. It was also revealed that whereas there was a significant difference between the respondents’ level of burnout according to their employment records, no significant difference was found between general health and marital satisfaction in accordance with their employment records.