ISLAM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Year:2015 | Volume:1 | Issue:1|Papers Count:7

The present study was conducted with the aim of modeling, explaining the mechanism of effectiveness and testing the role of self-awareness and identity in the process of the impact of awareness of God on mental health. This research is a descriptive study using correlation, which utilizes path analysis for analyzing the data of four related scales, which were administered simultaneously on 225 samples. The findings show that there is a goodness of fit in the causal model and in the pattern of path analysis of awareness of God to mental health through the mediation of "self awareness" and “identity-finding". Therefore, the mechanism of the impact of awareness of God‘sand His remembrance in serenity and mental health is explainable through the processes of self-awareness and identity-finding, and consequently, the personal functions in unity, solidarity and mental balance.

Children are initially influenced by the family and the factors affecting it. Therefore, it is not possible to face children's behavioral problems without considering the influential members of the family, especially parents. The aim of this study is to identify the effectiveness of religious teachings about the relationship between spouses on reducing children's behavioral problems.The research method is experimental, and the (control group, pretest and posttest) model is used. The statistical population of this study consists of all Qom's first grade of secondary school students and their parents who were selected through stratified random sampling. The Girls participating in this study responded to the Achenbach questionnaire. After organizing the experimental and control group, the researcher-developed educational package was taught to the experimental group’s parents and then the post-test was administered.The obtained data through descriptive statistics were summarized. For answering the research questions, analysis of covariance was used. The results show that teaching of religious doctrines concerning spouses' relationships reduces children' s general behavioral problems and their externalized issues. But the hypothesis was not proven regarding the internalized problems. The results also showed that demographic variables had no effect on children's behavioral problems.Therefore, through intervening and changing the fundamentals of communication, personality traits and methods of conflict management, this educational package has been able to improve the process of relationship between spouses, and the relationship between parents and children.

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between early maladaptive schemas, personality traits and arrogance. The research method is descriptive, correlation type and the statistical population includes all the students of Islamic Azad University of Khomein. Among them, 384 students were selected through random sampling, and they responded to early maladaptive schemas questionnaire, the five factor personality questionnaire and the Islamic scale of arrogance and humility. The data were analyzed Using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression The results showed that all areas of early maladaptive schemas and subscale of neuroticism have a positive relationship with arrogance, and the subscales of extroversion, experience ability, agreeability and conscientiousness have a negative relationship with arrogance. The total score of early maladaptive schemas, agreeability, disordered restrictions, neuroticism and extroversion can explain a significant part of the variance of arrogance.

The present study aims to determine the effectiveness of teaching the components of spiritual intelligence on sexual self-control of male students of Tehran Universities. The research design used in this research is experimental with pretest posttest, control group. Among all male students of Tehran Universities, 26 participants were selected using multistage random cluster sampling .The data were collected through sexual self-control questionnaire, for the description of data mean and standard deviation were used, and covariance test was used for inferential analysis. The results of data analysis showed that teaching the components of spiritual intelligence leads to increasing sexual self-control in male students of Tehran universities.

The present study compares the personality traits and life satisfaction of students from families with one or two children and families with more than two children. The sample included 295 high school students at first to third grades in city of Baharestan in Tehran province, who were selected through random cluster sampling. The research method is descriptive, correlation type and the instruments used were Eysenck Personality questionnaire and satisfaction of life questionnaire. Data were analyzed based on Mann- Whitney U test.The findings indicate that an average score of neuroticism and schizophrenia in students from families with one and two children is significantly higher than those from families with more than two children. Also, there is no significant difference in the average score of extroversion and life satisfaction in these two groups; therefore, the more the number of members in the family, the more the possibility of personality health and life satisfaction of children.

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between self-esteem and self-control among women and men. Through convenient sampling, 433 students from the office of supreme leader's representative at universities were selected, and they completed self-esteem and Islamic self-control questionnaires. Data, analyzed using Pearson correlation and Fisher's Z test, showed that there is a significant positive relationship between overall self-esteem and overall self-control and its components including motivation for self-control, self-monitoring, emotional-behavioral self-control, sexual self-control and goal acceptance.On the other hand, the difference in relationship between self-esteem and self-control among men and women is significant, but no significant difference was observed between married people compared to single ones. Therefore, with the increase of self-esteem we can expect an increase in people's self-control based on Islamic sources. In this regard, gender variable, unlike marital status, can also play a role.

Empathy is an effective variable in the quality of interpersonal relationships which has its own special cognitive, emotional and behavioral components. This study seeks to determine the relationship of empathy and its components and religious adherence. The present study is descriptive, correlational and causal-comparative. To this end, from among the students related to the counseling office of the supreme leader at universities (statistical population), 400 participants (male and female) were selected using random sampling. All participants responded to the questionnaire of Janbozorgy's religious adherence and Davis's empathy (list of individual reactions). Using the twentieth edition of SPSS software, Pearson correlation, variance analysis and Z test, the analysis of data showed that there is a significant relationship between religious adherence and empathy variables and their subscales (except subscales of religious adherence and imagination). Besides, one-way ANOVA test results indicated that there is a significant difference in the total scores of and subscales of imagination, empathic concern and open mindedness, and total scores and subscales of compliance and non-compliance between male and female. Moreover, economic status, unlike marital status, can play a moderating role in this regard.