JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Year:2012 | Volume:3 | Issue:10|Papers Count:9

The purpose of this study was to compare job satisfaction and quality of working life between health care staff and therapeutic staff in Ilam University of Medical Sciences. 300 subjects were selected from the staff employed in these two sectors through random stratified sampling. The research tools included: job satisfaction questionnaire JDI Walton and quality of working life. For data analysis, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and post hoc tests were used through SPSS software. The significance level p=0.05 was used. The survey results showed that there was no significant difference between health care staff and therapeutic staff in terms of job satisfaction but quality of working life of the health care staff was higher.

The aim of this study was to investigate self-efficacy, social support, and quality of life in patients with type II diabetes. 160 adults were selected from clients to the Iranian Diabetes Society. After sampling, the participants received the required information about the research. Questionnaires were sent to those who were willing to participate in the research. Participants completed General Self-Efficacy Scale, Perceived Social Support, and D-39. Results revealed negative correlations between self-efficacy, social support and quality of life. Results of stepwise regression analysis showed that self-efficacy and social support could explain 14% of variance of quality of life in type II diabetics. The results can provide empirical support for planning to promote quality of life and adjustment in patients and devising psychological interventions.

The purpose of the present study was to compare gifted and normal students in respect to emotional intelligence, self-esteem, social skills, and academic achievement. Correlations among these variables have also been studied. For this purpose, sixty gifted students (30 girls, and 30 boys) and sixty normal students (30 girls, and 30 boys) were randomly selected. Then, self-reported emotional intelligence scale, teenage inventory of social skills, self- esteem inventory of Coppersmith and the subjects' grade point average in the last year were used to study them. Analysis of data with utilization of MANOVA, parsons' correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis showed that gifted students had higher scores in self-esteem, social skills, and academic achievement, but there wasn’t a difference in emotional intelligence between the two groups. There was no difference in these variables between male and females; in addition, only the social skills variable was able to predict academic achievement of students.

The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy in decreasing general anxiety and test anxiety of students. Using Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire and Cattele General Anxiety Questionnaire, 60 students were selected and assigned randomly in four groups (2 experimental and 2 control groups). Then, the sessions of cognitive group therapy were administrated. After 10 sessions, data were collected analyzed. The results showed that the cognitive group therapy is effective in decreasing general anxiety and test anxiety. The effectiveness of cognitive group therapy in decreasing general anxiety and test anxiety had no difference.

The present study examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in improving college students’ self-esteem and self-efficacy. This research was based on pretest-posttest control group. A sample of 24 university students who referred to the psychological clinic at Ferdowsi university of Mashhad with the aim of attending in cognitive-behavioral group therapy, having low scores in Coopersmith self-esteem inventory at the screening stage, were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (7 female and 4 male). The experimental group received eight weekly one-and-a-half-hour sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy and the control group received no specific intervention. Measurement scales were Coopersmith’s (1972) Self-Esteem Scale and Shere et al’s (1982) Self-efficacy Inventory. For analyzing of data, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used. After controlling for baseline scores, the experimental group participants demonstrated significantly higher levels of self-esteem and self-efficacy compared to the control group .It seems that cognitive-behavioral group therapy can enhance self-esteem and self-efficacy in university students.

This research was administered with the aim of studying the structural models of organizational justice with outcome, supervisor and management satisfaction. On the basis of this aim, from the statistical population which was the sum of organizations and industries in Isfahan city, 315 persons were selected using two stages sampling. The research method was co relational and the research instruments consisted of: three questionnaires for assessment of organizational justice) Golparvar et al, 1386), and three questionnaires for assessment of outcome satisfaction, supervisor satisfaction (Colquitt, 2001) and management satisfaction (Johnson et al, 2006). Data were analyzed with the use of Pearson's correlation coefficient and structure equation modeling. Results showed that there were positive significant relationships between three dimensions of organizational justice and outcome, supervisor and management satisfaction (P<0.01). Structure equation modeling showed that only there were unidirectional relationships between distributive and procedural justice with outcome satisfaction, between relational justice with supervisor satisfaction and between distributive and relational justice with management satisfaction.

increasing couples' marital satisfaction that refer to Karaj private clinics. The statistical population in this research included all couples referring to 71 private centers and 4 clinics of Karaj in 1389. In this population, 40 couples were selected as the sample whose scores were lower than cut point in Enrich marital satisfaction test. These subjects were placed randomly in two experimental and control groups. The instrument was Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire. The method of empirical research was pre-test, post-test with control group. The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of post marriage skills training .Both groups were tested and evaluated three times (pre-test post-test and follow-up). The obtained data with respect to the research hypotheses were analyzed through one- way covariance analysis (ANCOVA) and multi- variable covariance analysis (MANCOVA). The obtained results showed that post marriage skills training increased couples' marital satisfaction.

This study was carried out to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between thinking styles and achievement motivation. To this end, 230 male students were selected by multi-stage random sampling method from Mazandaran University. The research questionnaires were Steinberg and Wagner's Thinking Styles Inventory and Hermans' Achievement Motivation Questionnaire which were completed by subjects. Using some statistical techniques such as, multiple regression and correlation coefficient, the data was analyzed. The findings of the research showed a significant positive relationship between legislative, judicial, global, local, liberal, hierarchical, monarchic, anarchic and internal thinking styles and that of achievement motivation. In addition, the results showed there was significant negative relationship between executive, conservative and external thinking styles and that of achievement motivation. Also, the results showed that there was no significant relationship between oligarchic thinking style and achievement motivation. Regression analysis results also showed that there is a significant multiple correlation coefficient between thinking styles and achievement motivation (MR=0.60).