SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Year:2011 | Volume:1 | Issue:1|Papers Count:8

Introduction: The present study is an attempt to compare the social status of school children with disruptive behavior disorder with normal school children.Method: The study was based on causative-comparative design. A sample of forty-two boys aged 9-11 years with disruptive behavior disorder and ninety boys aged 9-11 years old without disruptive behavior disorder from Isfahan participated in the study. The participants answered Peer Relationship Quality (PRQ) test, and CSI-4 for school children.Results: Data was analyzed using MANCOVA. Results showed that there was a significant difference between social status aspects of boys with disruptive behavior disorder and boys without such disorder regarding bullying, victimizing, and prosocial behavior.Conclusions: Disruptive behavior disorders have impact on social status of young boys and can predict their mental health in the future.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to identify relationship between family function, spirituality and organizational commitment.Method: Statical society include employees of, ISLAMIC AZAD University, SHABESTAR Branch. A sample of 120 employees including 95 male employee and 25 female participated in this study and answered. Family Assessment Device, Spirituality Components Questionnaire and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire were used. Regression and Pearson s coefficient correlation Tests were applied to analyze data.Results: The results showed there were significant relationship between spirituality and organizational commitment. There were also significant relationships between emotional responsiveness, relation in family and behavior control with organizational commitment. There were significant interaction between family function and a sub scale of spirituality as pantheism with organizational commitment.Conclusion: Interaction between family function and spirituality can predict organizational commitment.

Introduction: The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship among organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), organizational commitment, and loyalty to a company. 380 employees of Saipa company were randomly selected to participate in this study.Method: The participants answered Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire 1 (Podsakoff, Mackenzie and Fetler, 1990), Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire 2 (Dyne, Graham and Dinesch, 1994), Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire (Meyer and Allen, 1990), and Propensity to Stay in Job Questionnaire (Wiener and Vardi, 1980). Stepwise regression was used to analyze data.Results: Results of the study reveal a positive correlation between affective commitment, advocacy participation, sportsmanship, and obedience. However, there was a significant negative correlation between affective commitment and altruism. Results also showed that advocacy participation, loyalty and functional participation predict continuous commitment. Normative commitment can also be predicted by advocacy participation and obedience. Another interesting findings were relation between broad dimensions of OCB and organizational commitment.Conclusion: The findings of this study can be useful when it is important to select committed and loyal personnel for a long period of time.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate perception of equity among metro operators in Tehran and to find related factors among them.Method: In this study, 100 metro operators were selected through available sampling. For this purpose, Arjmandnia Equity Perception Questionnaire (AEPQ, 2009) was applied. Results: Results of the study showed a significant relationship between equity perception and age of metro operators. However, in total, perception of equity was low among metro operators.Conclusion: Perception of equity can affect job satisfaction. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to perception of equity especially among young operators.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to illustrate various residential environments effectson young girls’ mental health, happiness and well-being.Method: 200 young girls participated to this study by answering mental health, well-being, and happiness questionnaires. 75 of them living in villa residents, 74 living in apartments with internal natural design and 51 living in apartments without internal natural design. They were aged 13 to 18 years old.Results: Results of ANOVA showed the average scores of girls who were living in apartments without natural design were significantly lower than the average score of the girls living in houses or apartments with natural design in all questionnaires except on the social functions sub-scale. Results also indicated that girls living in apartments with no natural design have more anxiety and depression than other groups (p<0.05).Conclusion: Also results show more mental health and happiness among girls living in villas and apartments with natural design than girls living without natural design on their home. Results suggest the efficacy of internal natural home design on adolescents' mental state.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate relationship between social support, students’ self-esteem , and identity styles.Method: 224 university students (119 girls & 105 boys) in Mahmood Abad city were selected through multi stage sampling. These participants completed Social Support Questionnaire (voux, 1986), Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and Identity Styles Inventory (ISI) (Brzonsky, 1997). Data was analyzed by applying regression and correlation coefficient.Results: Results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between self-esteem with normative and informational identity styles. However, the results show a significant negative correlation between self-esteem and confused/avoidance identity style. There was also a significant positive correlation between social support and informational and normative identity styles, while correlation between confused /avoidance style with social support was not significant. Conclusion: findings of the study is useful in predicting positive relation between self-esteem and social support with informational and normative identity styles and negative relation between self-esteem and social support with confused/avoidance styles.

Introduction: The effect of cognitive exhaustion on conformity has been studied in this research.Method: For this purpose 45 university students through a cluster sampling were selected and randomly allocated to in three groups (n. of each group=15). The research consisted of two stages: In the first stage, the group one was exposed to solvable cognitive problems and the group two with unsolvable problems. Group three as control group didn't attended in this stage. In the second stage, all groups were tested in Asch's basic conformity experiment.Results: The results through one-way analysis of variance showed a significant difference in degree of conformity between groups (p<0.001). Also data were analyzed by Tukey post hoc test and indicated that group one's degree of conformity (exposed to solvable cognitive problems) was lower than control group and group two's degree of conformity (exposed to unsolvable cognitive problems) was higher than control group (p<0.001).Conclusions: The implications of these results are discussed with respect to cognitive essence of conformity and self-control influence on social perception.