JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS AND METHODS
Year:2012 | Volume:2 | Issue:9|Papers Count:7

The present study aimed at determining the effect of identity styles on undergraduates' depression, anxiety and stress through identity commitment. The sample consisted of 150 undergraduates were selected through cluster sampling. They completed Identity Style Inventory (lSI- 4) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS).Path analysis revealed that informational and normative styles had a positive direct effect and diffuse-avoidance style had a negative direct effect on identity commitment. The direct effect of identity commitment on depression and anxiety was negative and significant while on stress was positive and not significant. The indirect effect of informational style and normative style through identity commitment on depression was negative and significant and the indirect effect of diffuse-avoidance style on depression was positive and significant. The results also indicated that informational style and normative style had a negative indirect effect on anxiety through identity commitment and the indirect effect of diffuse-avoidance style on anxiety was positive and significant. None of the indirect effects of identity styles on stress was significant. The results generally confirmed the mediating role of identity commitment in the effect of identity styles on undergraduate's psychological health. Based on the results, providing students with university environments that allow more exploration, can result in more identity commitment and consequently reducing undergraduates' psychological impairments.

The purpose of this research was investigating the effect of Communication skills as a part of life skills on self-esteem. A pretest- posttest with control group experimental design was used in this study. The sample consisted of girls( aged 13-15) who lived in boarding welfare centers. The study has been done in three levels of pretest, intervention and posttest. In the training process experimental group were received communicational skills training based on collection of WHO in 10 sessions that took long 2 hours in 10 weeks. In this research self-esteem inventory was used. The result of ANCOV A test showed that training of communicational skills has a significant effect to increase self-esteem of girls (aged 13-15) who lived in boarding welfare centers.

The purpose of the present study was made of the effectiveness of five by learning regular and irregular reflection of light, reflected light, reflected color and light on the function of the image in the mirror was on the academic performance fourth grade student. The population of fourth grade students in Tehran was chosen through a multi-stage cluster sampling and Quasi-experimental design with two groups studied. In this method, the effect of each instrument separately on five experimental groups and five control group of students was analyzed using t-test. The results of the study showed that; The five instruments made by means of regular and irregular reflection of light reflection and reflective colors have no effect on student learning. And only Picture instrument two in the mirror and the light significant differences between of experimental and control groups, respectively.

The new methodology consists of incorporating qualitative and quantitative methods that they have been called Integration method. The second movement of methodology has been developed as "Qualitative Methods" during the decades since 1970-1990, after numerous criticisms into the "quantitative method". This methodology unlike the first of methodology, which would value to the quantity and positivism, further tried to reduce imperfections and faults incurred on the first methodology (which methodology was dominant until the 1970s), Such as: lack of ability in dealing to the human dimension and Quality of human life reality. Paradigmatic conflict between quantitative researchers (positive- sm and Post-positivism) and qualitative (Interpretation of Object- Oriented, critical realism, feminism and postmodemism) has led to a new paradigm for which in social sciences. The third of the methodology was formed accordingly, that can not only know the real world through a scientific method (positive or commentary), and so it pays to combine both the qualitative and quantitative methodologies. In the 1990s became known the third wave methodology as "a combined or Integration methodology.

The aim of this study was check the effect of play therapy on elementary school students with anxiety and depression disorder. A pre- test post-test with control group experimental design was used in this study. In this study 30 students with depression symptoms and 30 students with anxiety. Each/group were divided into experimental and control. The Child Depression Inventory (CDI) and child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED) where used in this study. The interventions related to play therapy conducted on the experimental groups separately. The results of the study showed that play therapy interventions have a significant effect on decreasing the rate of depression and anxiety of the kids with anxiety and depression disorder.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of contrastive styles in the relationship between emotional intelligence and with life satisfaction among the women with family problems. The statistical population was the women who went to consultation centers in Shiraz .Ten centers were chosen randomly. All the women who went to those centers at a 3-month interval were 150 and were taken part in the study as the statistical sample. The plan of the study was cohesive. The data was statistically collected and analyzed through life satisfaction questionnaire, shot emotional intelligence questionnaire, spiritual intelligence questionnaire and Mouse and Billing and Elah's contrastive styles questionnaire. The results of the study showed that model contrastive styles didn't playa significant meditating role for emotional intelligence and life satisfaction life.

The purpose of the present study was developing and validates a scale for measuring Social Interest. The research was done based on a Survey which was in the form of a questionnaire designed by the researcher. The population of this research included the young adults of Shiraz. Cluster sampling was used to choose the 457 participants for this study. The face and content validity of the questionnaire were primarily established and approved by specialists of the field. An Exploratory factor analysis was performed to establish the scale for social interest based on 4 factors and 27 items. On the four factors of "welfare of others", "Sympathy", "Social Interaction" and "Welfare of Self', eight, six, six and seven items were respectively loaded. The reliability of the questionnaire was checked by Cronbach's alpha and split half reliability which proved the questionnaire to have appropriate level of reliability. The construct validity of this questionnaire was also investigated through two hypotheses. These hypotheses revealed the correlation between levels of religiousness as well as age on social interest. The results supported a meaningful and positive correlation to support the hypotheses. In addition, the conformity factor analysis of hidden variable of social interest was also supported an appropriate level of fitting with the four subscales of social interest. The results of this study shows the questionnaire provides an acceptable validity and reliability and can be used as an appropriate tool for measuring social interest.