JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Year:2010 | Volume:2 | Issue:5|Papers Count:11

This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of group counseling through rational-emotive approach on reduction of test anxiety in highschool male students. To do so, the Sarasun Test Anxiety Questionnaire was administered on two public high-schools of Abhar city. Students were selected by race moose coincidental sampling from among highschools in the city. 30 subjects having high degrees of anxiety were selected through the clustering method and were randomly assigned into two control and experimental groups. The experimental group subjects participated in group counseling for 7 sessions and received intervention but this was not done for the control group subjects. After these sessions, post-tests were administered for both groups and the data were analyzed using T-test to verify the research hypothesis. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the two groups and group counseling based on rational-emotive approach reduced test anxiety among students.

The aim of this study was investigating the role of attachment styles in adjustment to type I diabetes. 300 adults (172 females and 128 males, aged 18-3-) with type I diabetes completed the Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI), and D-39. HbA1c was obtained from the results of the patients’ current laboratory examinations. Results of stepwise regression analysis revealed that secure and ambivalent attachment styles could explain the variance of adherence. Also, secure ambivalence and avoidance attachment styles could explain %65 of the variance of HbA1c in type I diabetes. The results can be helpful in determining high risk patents and planning for psychological interventions, creating effective therapeutic communication, and increasing the adjustment to diabetes.

The present research investigated the effect of assessment on Islamic Azad University (Zone 12) faculty members’ teaching quality. The statistical population consisted of all IAU Zone 12 students studying in 2009-2010 fall semester including Boin Zahra, Parand, Takestan, Damavand, Roodehen, Shahriyar, Firoozkooh, Qazvin, Qom, Karaj and Varamin Branches. The sampling method was simple random and 100 subjects were selected from Roodehen, Damavand, Firoozkooh and EslamShahr Branches. On the whole, the statistical sample consisted 400 subjects with %10 deletions. Based on Morgan table, the ultimate sample was 384. The research instrument, based on the literature and assessment variables, was the researcher made test consisting of 25 5-choice items. Chrobach’s alpha was estimated to be .73. The main variables were: 1) Regulations; 2) Humanistic relations; 3) Teaching method; and 4) Teaching quality. Pearson’s coefficient of correlation showed that the null hypothesis indicating no relationship between regulations and teaching quality was rejected. This was also the case for humanistic relations and teaching quality indicating the existence of linear direct relationship between the two variables. This same result was true for the existence of relationship between teaching method and teaching quality; between regulations and humanistic relations; and also between regulations and teaching method. Friedman’s test showed that the null hypothesis indicating the equality of each one of the variables was not rejected; in other words, no one variable was superior over the other variables.

This paper, first, deals with the theoretical framework for ecological tax. It, then, goes to elaborate on the related tax reform. This reform investigation includes definitions, history, double profit gain and experiences in different countries. Based on foreign studies, the ecological and economical behavior out of this reform is investigated. The ecological benefits are clearly observable from the data. The authentic model in the reform of carbon energy tax is along with the compensatory policy of social security premium reductions and can provide double profit.

Insurance companies and health centers have an important role in insured people’s satisfaction via providing services as pension plans, medical expense coverage, unemployment insurance, medical devices grants, marriage grants and health services. This research was done through documentary and mainly surveying method with the aim of identifying factors influencing insured people’s satisfaction with these supports and services in 2010 KhorramAbad. Simple random method was implemented to choose from among the statistical population including 61649 insured subjects. The validity index of the research instrument (questionnaire) was estimated to be .70 using Chronbach’s alpha. 400 questionnaires were distributed among the population by some interviewers and data analysis was done using SPSS. Based on the findings, there were high correlations among all the research variables and the regression analysis showed that the first effective factor (having the highest coefficient) was the age factor indicating more satisfaction of the elderly than the young (the age variable, .51). Married subjects’ satisfaction was higher than singles’ (the marriage variable, .26). The behavioral manner of employees towards the insured people was .21 and the awareness variable was .14. The type of insurance had an influence of .80. Voluntary insurance users had higher satisfaction than compulsory insurance users. The results also indicated that the access level to service was about .05. On the whole, the rate of satisfaction of the people under insurance and health services coverage was ate the average level downwards.

One of the most general trends within every society’s development is movement towards a modern world which paves the ground for many future progresses. Modernity movement is a trend first appeared in the west and then transferred to other spots of the world. As this movement necessitates changes in all social, economical, cultural and political aspects, its introduction to our society presents conflicts for the cultural and traditional value system since this movement is the by-product of other societies’ internal revolutions. One of the conflicts may be females’ misconducts. This research seeks to explain adolescents’ misconducts in Babol city based on modern behaviors theories. The research design is causative-surveying method. The instrument was researcher made for which the determined validity was estimated to be .88 through Chronbach’s Alpha. The data were described via multiple analysis to test the research hypotheses. Independent variables were: 1. Egalitarian orientation or intellectual bond to equality of human rights and status without any biases of race or ethnicity; 2. Independent orientation or tendency to independence from traditional authoritative obligations resulting in disharmony with such values; 3. Risk culture or one of the basic aspects of modern culture by which awareness of potential risks turns to be a means of the future advancement; 4. Acceptance of new experiences against past ones. Modernity, intellectual variables, individualism, consumerism, traditionalism and criticism were tested as the final independent variables. The dependent variable consisted of 25 components under the categories of family, social, cultural, educational, economical and religious, being tested within the frequency of doing moderate misconduct framework. The research was done in Babol city, March 2009. To test the hypotheses the statistical Minitab Package was implemented. The results based on the comparison of predictive variables and using multiple statistical analysis showed that individualism and consumerism had strong and stable roles, doing multiple regression analysis. In structural equations, patronizing individualism and consumerism, also, had a significant role on moderate misconducts.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity and mental health in adolescents. Participants in this research were 419adolescents (201 girls and 217 boys) who were selected using randomized multi-stage sampling from among 16 to 19 aged students of Isfahan and Tehran cities to answer Religiosity Scale and General Health Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. Based on correlation analysis, religiosity components were negatively significant related to general health components. Also, stepwise regression analysis showed that general health components (somatic, anxiety, depression and social dysfunction) were predicted by religious obligation, religious emotions, and religious beliefs. The negative relation between religiosity with general health components showed effectiveness of religiosity on health and religiosity was an important factor on general health.

This research sought to investigate the impact of coping skills instruction program on anxiety level of female high school students. For this purpose, 60 students were selected from among the first year high-school female students of Karaj using multistage clustering sampling method. After controlling of intelligence and economic status variables, 20 subjects were eliminated and the remaining ones were assigned into two 20-subject control and experimental groups. During the first session, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was administered on both groups as a pretest. Then, the coping skills program (Lewinshon and Gotlib, 1995) was instructed to the experimental group for 14 sessions. After the treatment, BAI was administered on both groups as a post-test. The data were analyzed through the covariance and paired-samples t-test procedures. The results indicated that coping skills instruction was significantly effective to reduce the overall anxiety factor and its components – mental and physical anxiety-in the experimental group students.