JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS AND METHODS
Year:2011 | Volume:1 | Issue:4|Papers Count:8

This research was administered with the aim of investigating the mediating role of feeling of energy in connection between stress with creativity, organizational citizenship behaviors and deviant behaviors. Research statistical population was the employees of two productive and industrial complexes in Esfahan city. Among them, 275 employees, for participating to research, were selected using stratified random sampling. Instruments of research were consisted of: feeling of energy scale, job stress scale, creativity questionnaire, organizational citizenship behaviors questionnaire and deviant behaviors questionnaire. Research data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structure equation modeling (SEM). Results showed that: there is negative significant relation between feeling of energy with job stress and deviant behaviors; there is a positive significant relationship between feeling of energy with creativity and organizational citizenship behaviors. Results of structure equation modeling revealed that feeling of energy play a complete mediator role in relation between job stress with deviant behaviors, organizational citizenship behaviors and creativity.

The aim of this study was assessing psychometric properties of Antonovsky's "life orientation" scale. In pilot study 50 and in main study 400 employees from Shiraz University of medical sciences were selected via stratified random sampling. The measures of research were included the Persian version of "life orientation" scale and Kees's "social health" scale. In pilot study, test – retest coefficient with one week interval were 0.81 and alpha coefficient was 0.94 for life orientation scale. Pearson correlation coefficient between "life orientation" scale and social health scale was 0.65. Alpha coefficient in main study was 0.89. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the scale has three factors that explain 45.8 percent of total variance. Moreover the relationship between demographic variables and scores of scale, confirmed predictions that were made based on theoretical and empirical evidences. In sum, psychometric characteristics of "life orientation" scale were acceptable and it is recommended to researchers who interested to this domain of study.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and the validity of Resilience Scale for Adults in Prison. Participants included 215 prisoners selected from Adel Abad s Shiraz prison. They completed two self-report instruments: Resilience Scale for Adults & Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The reliability coefficient was calculated in two different methods: cronbach alpha & test-retest those were .84 and .94 respectively. The concurrent validity of the scale as measured by The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire was -.35 (p<.01). Subscales-total correlation coefficients, as another index of validity were between .23 to .84. Factor analysis of the questionnaire using varimax rotation showed 5 factors called personal competence, social competence, social support, family coherence and personal structure which covered over the 57 percent of the total variance. These results provide evidence that the Resilience Scale for Adult construct is applicable for prisoners in Iran.

Play is an effective instrument in hand for children to present their needs, feeling, and thinking. This article describes ten play therapy techniques for clinical job and clarifies the therapeutic values of the Play. Also this article tries to explain the main characters of these techniques: aim, materials, implementation method, and target group. The process of the play therapy in five stages as follows: diagnosis and clinical observation, preferring the play therapy, planning for therapy, play therapy, and evaluation is the other part of the article. The feeling words game, balloons of anger, chair game, slow motion game are a sample of the techniques those were defined here. The article clarifies the play as an instrument therapeutically.

This study was aimed to investigate the structural relationship between self- concept, self-regulatory learning and academic achievement among the students of Shahid Beheshti University. Sample consisted of 348 male and female students were randomly enrolled in to the study. Of course we care sex and population ratio of every college in our sampling. Students filled out two questions: Tensi and boufard. The GPA of special courses was selected as academic achievement index. Statistic analyzing resolution research used path analysis test. The result of regression confirmed that self- concept has a significant effect on academic achievement directly and indirectly by self-regulatory learning.

The aims of the current study were as following: a) exploration of the theoretical and theological basis of attachment to God in Islamic spirituality, b) development and validation of a scale on the basis of a sound theory. A hermeneutic approach was used to review and interpret Islamic primary sources to extract theoretical and theological basis of attachment to God. Structured interviews, previous scales, and deductive approaches were used to develop a scale. This scale was administered on 313 Australian Muslims sampled from the Sydney and its vicinity by means of stratified sampling procedure. Analysis of the result revealed that a) Islamic spirituality has a solid basis for attachment to God that can be extracted from Quranic verses; Quranic stories, divine attributes, as well as Muslims supplications, b) the attachment to God in Islamic spirituality have a proper validity and reliability indices and factor analysis revealed the six factors in this scale. Data indicated that theoretical foundation of attachment to God was verifiable in Islamic texts. In addition data indicated that development of the scale in attachment to God in Islamic context is plausible and valid.

This research was design to study the efficacy of group logo therapy on increasing hope in patients suffering from esophagus & stomach cancer. Randomize subject pre-post- test with control group design was used in this study. Participants were 30 patients who were assigned randomly in to experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group received group logo therapy for 10 sessions (two session’s pre-week). All participants filled out ADSHS two times (pre-test and post-test). The results of ANVOVA test showed that group logo therapy increases hope (social, educational, love, familial, job and pastime). Generally this study showed that group logo therapy is an effective treatment to improve hope in esophagus and stomach cancer patients.

The purpose of this research was to determine the efficacy of Group Schema Therapy Approach for B category personality disorders score adjustment in substance dependent individuals. The present study was performed on individuals under maintenance treatment with methadone in Shiraz public centers. Sample group included 30 persons who were under treatment. Instruments used included: clinical interview based on DSM IV, Young schema Questionnaire-short form, Mellon's clinical multi axial inventory II, and Treatment progression inventory Maudsley Addiction Profile (MAP). The results of this study showed significant differences in B categories personality disorders scores, early maladaptive Schema scores and improvement of methadone therapy between Experimental and control groups. In sum the results of the study revealed that Group Schema therapy can be considered as an appropriate therapy method in improving personality disorder signs, adjusting early maladaptive Schema and improving treatment in substance dependent individuals.