WOMAN & STUDY OF FAMILY
Year:2014 | Volume:6 | Issue:23|Papers Count:16

In the current discussion on development, labor force and, in particular, the role of women in the growth and development programs are amony the issues that have attracted the attention of the scholars of industrialized countries. It is undeniable that without the participation of women, who make up half of the world population, it would be impossible to achieve real development. Hence, with regard to the importance of women’s role in the economic growth and development of our country, the present research uses panel data approach to study the impact of women indicators including education index, health index, fertility index and employment index on the economic growth in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from 2000 to 2012. The results indicate that education index, health index and employment index have a positive impact on the economic growth of Middle East and North Africa, and fertility index has a negative impact on the economic growth of Middle East and North Africa.

This paper seeks to investigate the effects of non-innovative behaviors on the depression of the female academic staff members of Tabriz Islamic Azad University. The statistical population includes 119 female staff members out of a total of 449 academic staff members (male and female) of Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, from among whom 92 females were selected randomly for the research based on Morgan Table. In order to measure the variables, the researchers have used two questionnaires. The reliability of the questionnaires has been evaluated and confirmed through the use of Cronbach’s Alpha. For data analysis, linear regression has been used. The results indicate the positive effect of non- innovative behaviors on the depression of the female academic staff members of Tabriz Islamic Azad University.

In order to examine the relationship between personality dimensions and academic achievement motivation and mental well-being, the researchers selected 181 female undergraduate students of Mathematics, Computer, and Architecture, who were studying at Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch during the academic year 2011-2012, as the research sample through the use of random stratified sampling method. The participants were evaluated with NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), achievement motivation scale (ISM), and mental well-being questionnaire. The research method was correlation. Multi-variate regression was used for data analysis .The results showed that there is a negative relation between the personality dimension (neuroticism) and academic achievement motivation and a significant positive relationship between the personality dimensions (extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and academic achievement motivation. Furthermore, the results indicated that there is a negative relationship between the personality dimension (neuroticism) and subjective well-being, and a significant positive relationship between the personality dimensions (agreeableness and conscientiousness) and academic achievement motivation. Furthermore, the results indicated that there is a negative relationship between the personality dimension (neuroticism) and subjective well-being, and a significant positive relationship between the personality dimensions (agreeableness and conscientiousness) and subjective well-being. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that personality dimensions can predict academic achievement motivation and mental well-being.

The aim of this study was to compare the male first grade students of Ahvaz high schools with different nurture styles, from the view point of emotional, social well-being and academic adjustment. The population is made up of all first year students of Ahvaz high schools during 2013-14. A sample of 240 persons was selected randomly from this population by multistage random sampling method. To evaluate the studied variable, Diana Baumrind’s parenting methods questionnaire and Emotional and social wellbeing adjustment scale were used. The results of MANOVA showed that there is a significant difference between students with different nurture styles, regarding their emotional and social well-being and academic adjustment. Moreover, the results of ANOVA indicated that there is a significant difference between the male students with different nurture styles regarding their emotional adjustment (P=0.000 & F=6.67). The results of ANOVA also showed that there is a significant difference between the male students with different nurture styles, regarding their social well –being (p=0.055 & F=2.929) as well. Finally the results of ANOVA indicated that there is a significant difference between the male students with different nurture styles regarding their academic adjustment (p=0.05 & F=2.926).

Security is one of the important social, psychological, and cultural components of each society, which is essential for the survival of any political and social system according to sociological and psychological studies. The Psychological and social security of the citizens is directly related to the phenomenon of security; hence, it brings up several issues regarding the creation of security or insecurity as a problem in the society. Part of the problem concerns the social group of women in the metropolitan cities of Iran, especially Mashhad. This research aims to explore the women’s Psychological and social feeling about the public security that exists at the urban level. The study is a cross- sectional survey of the women above 20 years old from the 12 regions of Mashhad during the year 2011. The sample size is 391based on Cochran formula and through the use of multi- stage cluster sampling method. The data collection instrument is an interview- questionnaire, whose reliability has been confirmed by using Chronbach Alpha. In this research the average of women’s feeling of security is about 2.27 based on Likert’s scale (5-item), which is lower than the average. According to the stepwise method of multi- Variate regression analysis , the factors affecting women’s sense of security are the use of mass media, attitude toward dress code, urban design and planning , and individuals’ self – concept. The results have shown that the variables of social support and economic security have an adverse relationship with the dependent variable. In fact, these factors have explained 55% of the variance of the dependent variable of the research.

The aim of the present research is to study the effects of exhibition architecture on women. Based on the theoretical foundations from the viewpoint of sociology, the main and influential components in the exhibition architecture important from the women’s perspective have been investigated. The main research question is, '' can exhibition architecture have any impact on the presence and attraction of the women? ”The research is a descriptive – analytical survey. The data were gathered through field studies and a questionnaire. For this purpose, all the women at the age range of 20-50 who had participated in three public exhibitions of Tabriz during 2013were selected as the statistical population. From among them, 196women chosen as the research sample by simple random sampling technique responded to the questionnaire about exhibitions and their architectural effects on women. Comparing the results and analyzing them by spss showed that Pearson Correlation coefficient was equal to 0.35&, and the significance level of the test was 0.001. Therefore, the hypothesis about the independence of the variables was rejected. Also, the results indicated that there is a significant direct correlation between the rate of women’s presence in exhibitions and their architectural quality.

The Justice Field is an innovation in Islamic legislation, especially in financial relations between couples. This legislation model mentions two different approaches to justice authorship in couple’s relations. The first approach includes general equality in human rights and the second one is a fair balance according to the type of their rights and obligations based on their roles in the family. This article surveyed Islamic rules extracted from Quran verses. The research applies qualitative methods as well as analytical – deductive approach. The results show that the couple’s financial rights are considered first, and then their different rights are dealt with based on the equality scale.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of marital satisfaction and psychosomatic complaints with the psychological wellbeing among the woman teachers in Shahrekourd. The research method was descriptive-correlative, and the statistical population included all female high school teachers from districts 1 and 2 in Sharekourd, from among whom 184 were selected via stratified random sampling method. The assessment tools included the symptom check list-90 (SCL-90) (Derogatis, Lipman & Covi., 1973), Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire (Soleymaninejad, 1994) and psychological well-being questionnaire (Molavi, 2009). The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics (frequency, correlation coefficient) and inferential statistics (stepwise regression analysis). The results of the study showed that psychosomatic complaints negatively correlated with marital satisfaction (r=-0.397) and with psychological well-being (r=-0.122). However, marital satisfaction positively correlated with psychological well- being (r=0.294). Also, the results indicated that psychosomatic complaints and marital satisfaction together could significantly predict 8.6 percent of variance of psychological well- being.