JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (NEW FINDINGS IN PSYCHOLOGY)
Year:2013 | Volume:8 | Issue:28|Papers Count:10

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mother acceptance-rejection and personality traits in students of Shahid Chamran University. 318 students (147 males and 171 females) were selected through clustral multistage random sampling. Adult Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (Mother form) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory were used to collect data. For analysing data, canonical correlation was used. Structural coefficients showed that the pattern of high scores in mother’s acceptance and low scores in mother’s rejection correlates with the pattern of high scores in conscientiousness, agreeableness, extravesion and low scores in neuroticism. Therefore, the finding of this research showed that the combination of mother’s acceptance and mother’s rejection can probably promotion conscientiousness, agreeableness, extravesion and neuroticism.

This research aimed at presenting structural model of chain relationships of perceived organizational support with perceived job stress and deviant behaviors. Research population included all the employees of 19 areas of education office in Tehran, Spring 1392, which from among them, 269 people were chosen based on convenience sampling method. Research instruments consisted of Perceived Organizational Support Questionnaire (Eisenberger et al., 1986), Perceived Job Stress Questionnaire (Jex & Spector, 1998) and Deviant Behavior Questionnaire regarding organization and employees (Robinson & Bennett, 2000). Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings revealed significant relationship firstly between perceived organizational support and perceived job stress and then between perceived job stress and deviant behavior. Moreover, findings showed that perceived organizational support firstly decreases the level of stress and then the level of deviant behavior.

The present study aimed to investigate relationship between perceived social support and self-efficacy. This study is a descriptive- correlative. The population of this study was high school students in Arak. 430 male and female students were selected by cluster sampling. Data were gathered using Multiple Scale of Social Support and General Self-Efficacy Scale. Data were analysed by correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Results indicated a significant relationship between perceived social support and self-efficacy. The results of regression analysis also revealed family support was predictor of self-efficacy. Considering the relationship between various sources of perceived social support with self-efficacy among adolescents, it is effective and beneficial regulating of appropriate educational programs to promote support and self-efficacy at home and school.

Personality disorders have a negative effect on students' health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between symptoms of personality disorders with procrastination and psychological signs in female college students. The method research of the current study was correlation and 377 female students of Islamic Azad university of Ardabil were selected by multistage cluster sampling and filled Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Psychological Signs Questionnaire and Procrastination Scale. Pierson correlation and multivariate regression were used for analyzing the data. Results indicated that there was meaningful correlation between symptoms of schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, histrionic, borderline, avoidant, dependent, depressive, sadistic and passive-aggressive personality disorders with procrastination. Also, there was meaningful correlation between symptoms of narcissistic, borderline, avoidant, dependent, depressive, sadistic and passive-aggressive personality disorders with academic self-confidence. According to results of stepwise regression, symptoms of personality disorders has been explained 24% variance in procrastination and 11% variance in academic self-confidence (p<0.01). Results are support the relationship between personality disorders symptoms with procrastination and academic self-confidence in female college students and it should be seriously noted to the role of personality disorders in variables that related to health in female students.

This study has been conducted to investigate the relationship between proactive personality, job crafting, and job engagement with job performance. A sample of 130 employees were selected through simple random cluster sampling from total of personal of airline agencies in Tehran. The instrument which used in this study include proactive personality questionnaire, job crafting questionnaire, job engagement questionnaire, and job performance questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, structure equation modeling (SEM) and mediation analysis. The results showed that the proposed model fit the data properly. Also all direct and indirect effects were significant. Indeed, proactive personality has direct and indirect effects on job performance by job crafting and job engagement.

The purpose of this study is to survey the effect of theater therapy on the reduction of aggression in third grade male students of state schools of district four in the city of Ahvaz. To achieve this goal, three schools were randomly selected from the guide state schools. From the classes of those three schools, forty students were reported as aggressive students by the school’s authorities, and from these forty students, thirty students were identified as having aggression behavior according to the aggression questionnaire (AGQ), and also recognition criteria of DSM-IV-TR. These thirty students were divided into test group and control group. For the test group twelve sessions (each session 90 minutes) of theater therapy were held. The control group did not receive any theater therapy; they took only pre-test and post-test about aggressive behavior. At the end, the two groups were compared. After one month, the consistency of the test was conducted for the two groups. Statistical analysis showed the aggressive behavior of the test group was remarkably less than the control group.

The study aimed at analysing relationship between organizational justice, role ambiguity and conflict and burnout of personels of Ahvaz hospitals. The present study is correlation; and statistical study of the present study consisted of presonels of hospitals and is encluded of 420 persons. The sample consisted of 200 person,56 male and 144 female. they have been chosen randomly among personels of various centers of hospitals. The applied tools of the questionare are consisted of questionnaire of Nihoof and Morman organizational justice, Rhizo and Co, role ambiguity and conflict questionare and Muslech and Jackson burnout questionnaire. in the study 7 theories have been noted, which all of them are confirmed. According to the gained results, the organizational justice has a meaning ful and reversed relationship between role ambiguity and conflict, and burnout. On the other hand, ther is meaningful and positive relationship between role conflict and ambiguity and burnout. Additionally; the gained results of the present study, show that distributive justice is the strongest forecast and interactional justice is the weakest forecast. For role ambiguity and conflict. also distributive justice and interactional justice are the strongest forecasts and procedural justice is the weakest forecast burnout.

The study aimed at analysing relationship between organizational justice, role ambiguity and conflict and burnout of personels of Ahvaz hospitals. The present study is correlation; and statistical study of the present study consisted of presonels of hospitals and is encluded of 420 persons. The sample consisted of 200 person,56 male and 144 female. they have been chosen randomly among personels of various centers of hospitals. The applied tools of the questionare are consisted of questionnaire of Nihoof and Morman organizational justice, Rhizo and Co, role ambiguity and conflict questionare and Muslech and Jackson burnout questionnaire. in the study 7 theories have been noted, which all of them are confirmed. According to the gained results, the organizational justice has a meaning ful and reversed relationship between role ambiguity and conflict, and burnout. On the other hand, ther is meaningful and positive relationship between role conflict and ambiguity and burnout. Additionally; the gained results of the present study, show that distributive justice is the strongest forecast and interactional justice is the weakest forecast. For role ambiguity and conflict. also distributive justice and interactional justice are the strongest forecasts and procedural justice is the weakest forecast burnout.