JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS AND METHODS
Year:2018 | Volume:9 | Issue:31 |Papers Count:13

The present study examined the mediating role of the self-esteem in relation between the personality and job performance among teachers of Marvdasht city. The present study was conducted on 300 teachers from Marvdasht, city. A cross-sectional and correlational survey design was used. McCrare & Costa’ s Big five personality factor Scale, cooper smith’ s self-esteem Inventory and paterrson’ s job performance scale was used to assess the variables. The data obtained for the variables under study have been subjected to different statistical analysis such as Pearson correlation and multi variable regression to understand the impact and relationship between the variables. Pearson correlation of the personality sub-scale and self-esteem revealed that the extroversion, agreeable, the desire for new experiences, deontology ha d a positive and significant relation with self esteem and job performance. The neuroticism had a negative and significant relation with the self esteem and job performance. Self-esteem had a positive and significant relation with the job performance. The multi variable regression revealed that the self-esteem had a mediating role in relation between the personality and job performance

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self-compassion training on burnout and job satisfaction of teachers in Lamerd city. The research was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population consisted of teachers who were working in the education of Lamerd city in 1396. After the first screening of Maslach's burnout test, 30 employees with 1. 5 standard deviations above average were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control. All employees responded to the Maslach Job Burnout Questionnaire, Job Satisfaction for Field and Roth after the intervention, and Teachers' Satisfaction Scale by Lim Ho and Tang Aw (2006). The experimental group under the intervention of group self-centered self-esteem training based on Gilbert's theory of 2009 for 8 sessions of 90 minutes and control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance for differential scores (pre-test from post-test). Overall, the results of this study indicated that the group-based Mindfulness-based group training program had a significant effect on reducing the burnout problems of employees and a positive increase in the job satisfaction scores of employees participating in these programs. The results showed the effectiveness of group self-compassion training in employees with burnout.

Test anxiety of students is one of the most common anxiety that people encounter during their studies, and their performance will be affected by it. Different treatment methods used by researchers for reducing anxiety. The aim of this meta-analysis studies on the impact of treatment methods to reduce students test anxiety. Hunter and Schmidt were used for meta-analysis approach. Of the 55 studies identified, 37 study were analyzed. Given that some studies had used several variables or intervention, several times in the meta-analysis was conducted, which eventually yielded 33 effect sizes of the studies. The results showed that, behavioral, cognitive and effective combination methods in treating test anxiety. The combination therapy with effect size is 41/1, the alpha level less than 001/0 is meaningful, therefore more effective than other methods of assessing the screw. The findings can be helpful for researchers in studying in the field of treatment test anxiety.

The current research is a study aiming to investigate the effects of the FRIENDS for Youth Resilience Program on the anxiety of 45 female students ages 13-14 with middle class socio-economic status in Ahvaz. The statistical population was consisted of all 7th grade female students of Ahvaz province in the academic year of 2016-2017. Students were selected using multi-stage random sampling method and divided into 3 groups: experimental, control and active control. Prior to intervention, the students responded to the research pre-test instrument, Revised Children’ s Manifest Anxiety Scale. Afterwards, the program was provided to the experimental group, as the intervention in 12, 60-minute sessions. The active control group received training on personal hygiene, but the control group did not receive any training. After completing the training program, students took the post-test questionnaire. A follow-up test was carried out 3 months later. The results of the multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) revealed that the FRIENDS for Youth Program have reduced anxiety in students. Key word: FRIENDS, resilience, anxiety, youth

his study was designed to investigate psychometric properties of Parental Young DiagnosticQuestionnaire(PYDQ) as an instrument of assessment problematic Internet use in adolescents by parents. Target population consisted of all senior high school students of Shiraz. The sample consisted of 403 student (189 girls, 214 boys) selected via clustered multistage random sampling method. Instruments that used in this study were the PYDQ, Developmental Family Function Assessment Questionnaire(DFFAQ) and the Internet Addiction Test(TAT). Validity of the PYDQ evaluated by exploratory factor analysis as well as convergent-divergent validity. We also calculated test-retest(0/94) and Cronbach’ s alpha(0/77) reliability coefficients. Exploratory factor analysis, using Principal Component method and Varimax Rotation, revealed two factors: Emotional symptoms (4 items) and behavioral symptoms (4 items). Results showed acceptable construct, convergent-divergent validity and reliability of the PYDQ. Based on the findings of this study, the PYDQ is a suitble instrument for parental assessment of adolescent problematic Internet use.

The aim of the present respectively study was to investigate the validity and reliability of Paranoid Thought Scales in Iranian sample. For estimating the psychometric properties of the scale, 491 university students in KARAJ were selected and scales executed for them. To check the construct validity of EFA with principal components and CFA were used. Sampling adequacy (KMO=0. 897) and Bartlett's test of sphericity indicate favorable conditions for factor analysis was performed. Based on these findings, GPTS is saturated two factors of the total 41. 46% of the total variance. Also significant fitness indices in confirmatory factor analysis of the two-factor model derived from the exploratory factor analysis was confirmed. Also a significant correlation between scale scores and subscale scores of the paranoid thought and paranoid scale’ s scores in MCMI represents the criterion validity of the scale. Analysis of the data indicated that the internal consistency of the scale based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0. 908 and the split-half of the 0. 912. Test-retest stability coefficient for the total scale and its subscales were statistically significant. This questionnaire is reliable and valid scale to measure Iranian sample’ s paranoid thought.

The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the question and answer model in social sciences course of grade 5 on understanding the concepts and critical thinking of students. This research is a combinational one composed of two parts. The first part is allocated to designing a question and answer model for social studies course and the second is model validation with the effectiveness of understanding concepts and critical thinking. In the qualitative section, the synthesis research method (compilation research) was used. In the quantitative section, the purpose of which was to influence the designed model on the understanding of the scientific concepts and critical thinking of the fifth grade elementary students, using a pilot project among the fifth grade students of Izeh city (50 male students) including two classes as sample selected randomly and then divided into two experimental and control groups. Understanding scientific concepts and critical thinking in both groups and in two stages of pre-test and post-test with Kernel's Critical Thinking Test Tool was used to measure critical thinking and to test the understanding of researcher-made scientific concepts for social studies course. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. In the qualitative part of the research, the results led to the design of a model consisting of seven dimensions (fundamentals, principles, techniques and strategies, stages, types of questions, objectives, and evaluation), in the quantitative part, the results showed that the designed model improved critical thinking and Understanding the concepts in the experimental group

The purpose of this study was to examine the casual relationship of differentiation, , meaningful life and forgiveness with marital disaffection by mediating role of marital conflict and marital satisfaction in the students. The population of the study includes all the married female students of Islamic Azad University Dezful Branch from among them, a sample of 256 were selected by using the random sampling method of proportionate stratified. Kayser’ s Marital Disaffection Scale, Skowron’ s revised Differentiation of Self Questionnaire, a valuable indicator of Batista and Almond, Rye’ s Forgiveness Questionnaire and Sanai’ s revised Marital Conflicts Questionnaire and Four Enrich Couple Scales were used to measure the variables. Evaluation of the proposed model was made by path analysis and to examine the indirect relationships bootstrapping method (Amos software) was used. The results showed that all coefficients, the path coefficients between the variables except the direct path of differentiation with marital disaffection, were statistically meaningful. On the other side, the results revealed that the indirect relationship of differentiation, meaningful life and forgiveness with marital disaffection also was meaningful through marital conflict and marital satisfaction. It seems that marital disaffection is a complex phenomenon which is influenced by various factors such as, meaningful life, forgiveness, martial conflict and marital satisfaction.

With the purpose of testing the hypothesis of the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention and using an experimental design, 46 newly childbearing couples, admitted to Sarem hospital in Tehran, received an intervention for facilitating the transition period from being couples to being parents. The data collected by a researcher-made questionnaire and were entered to repeated measures ANOVA and regression analysis. In the experimental group, three months after the intervention compared to the control group and pretest, the men`s pleasant feelings during conflict increased, the men`s unpleasant feelings during conflict decreased, and the insult of men and women to each other was less. The amount of increase in men`s pleasant feelings at three months after the intervention, could predict the increase in women's pleasant feelings in one year after the intervention, and the amount of decrease in men`s unpleasant feelings at three months after the intervention, could predict the decrease in women's unpleasant feelings at one year after the intervention. Thus, firstly, the improvement after intervention can become apparent gradually (rather than immediately), secondly, men improve sooner than women, and thirdly, early improvements predict later ones.

The purpose of this study is designing and testing a model of some antecedents and consequences of job crafting in NIDC employee’ s. A sample of this study consisted of 300 person (241 men and 59 women) from NIDC employee’ s who were selected by random sampling method. The instruments used in the study were job crafting questionnaire, regulatory focus questionnaire, job self-efficacy questionnaire, job engagement questionnaire, job performance questionnaire & flourishing questionnaire. Investigate of The proposed model through structural equation modeling (SEM) and using SPSS-24 software and AMOS-24 was carried out. The proposed model is not fitted to the data in a pleasant way. Better fitness were found through the elimination of five ways which are non-significant (prevention focus to crafting structural resources, job self-efficacy to crafting social resources, challenging job demands to flourishing, self-determination to thriving at work, hindering job demands to job performance and job engagement to job performance) and five-way linking the errors. Specifically findings has shown that job engagement and job performance plays a meditating role in a relationship between job crafting with flourishing.

Introduction: Present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of Persian version of the five factor impulsive behavior scale. Materials and Methods: The number of 352 subjects were selected through available sampling from general population ages 18-60 of Tehran city and were assessed employing five factor Impulsive Behavior Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and researcher made questionnaires on risky sexual behavior and substance use. Data were analyzed based on Cronbach's alpha test, correlation tests, multivariate variance analysis, and exploratory factor analysis using version 22 of SPSS software. Results: Internal consistency reliability of impulsivity scale obtained in range of 0/74 to 0/90. The results of exploratory factor analysis confirmed the factor structure of the original scale with less factors. Criterion validity by examining the association between scores of the dimensions of impulsivity and difficulty in impuls control scale showed significant positive correlation between the difficulty in impuls control and positive urgency (r=0. 62, P<0. 01), negative urgency (r=0. 61, P<0. 01), lack of premeditation (r=0. 36, P<0. 01), lack of perseverance (r=0. 31, P<0. 01) and sensation seeking (r=0. 13, P<0. 05). Furthermore, scores of this scale were able to distinguish between substance users (F=11. 17, P<0. 01) and individual with risky sexual behavior (F=18. 80, P<0. 01) and normal people. Conclusion: The Persian version of the five factor impulsive behavior scale has acceptable validity and reliability and can be used to predict a variety of risky behaviors including substance use and risky sexual behavior.

Background and aims: The aim of present research was to investigate the effect of life skills training on self-believe and risk taking of first high school male students. Methods: The research method was experimental with pre-post, fallow up and control group. The sample consisted of 60 male students who were selected by random cluster sampling. Then randomly divided into two groups as experimental and control. The instruments were Pires-Haris self-concept Questionnaire, Iranian Adolescents Risk-taking Scale and Life Skills Training Guide. The experimental group administered 9 sessions of life skills training but the control group did not receive any intervention. Also, we used MANCOVA to analyze the data. Results: The results revealed that there were significant differences between experimental and control group in self concept and risk taking (P < 0. 01). The rate of self concept in experimental group in compare with control group increased, but the rate of risk taking decreased. Furthermore, these results significantly persistent after fallow up period. Conclusion: life skills training effective on self-believe and risk taking of first high school male students.

This paper aimed at identifying the contribution of motivation and the types of motivational forces in improving English language speaking fluency. To this end, the most fluent EFL speakers (17 students and teachers) who had picked up fluency in their own country were purposefully selected to be interviewed. The results showed that without motivation, fluency in speaking was not attainable and it was motivation that resulted in enthusiasm and perseverance in gaining fluency. Moreover, the findings revealed that although the participants possessed both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation played a more significant role in enhancing speaking fluency. Besides, the participants enjoyed all types of intrinsic motivation, that is, IM-Knowledge, IMA-Accomplishment, and IM-Stimulation. In addition, the participants benefitted from all categories of extrinsic motivation, that is, external, interjected, and identified regulation. However, unlike integrative motivation, instrumental motivation fulfilled no role in promoting speaking fluency. The findings indicated as well that since all participants improved their fluency to meet their personal goals, they were individually-oriented rather than socially-oriented. Finally, it was concluded that in order for language learners to be able to achieve fluency in L2, they must be motivated first and the types of motivational forces they are provided with should be of concern.