JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
Year:2008 | Volume:38 | Issue:3|Papers Count:11

Using content analysis method, 1747 titles of M.A theses and Ph.D. dissertations researched from 1338 to 1386 in Educational and Information Sciences and Psychology were surveyed. The findings showed that during the period of survey, categories such as "Management", 'Tests and Measurements”, “Curriculum and Instruction ", and "Educational Philosophy" were among the most researched ones in Educational Sciences, more than 59 percent, and the remaining 29 categories received 41 percent of the research subjects. In this survey, research subjects conducted in Psychology were mostly (58 percent) confined to 4 categories: "Educational Psychology", "Cognitive Psychology", "General Psychology" and "Education of Exceptional Children". The remaining 42 percent of subjects were distributed among 10 categories. In Information Sciences, 53 percent of subjects were allocated to "Library Materials", "Bibliographic Records", "Library Stock and Materials" and "Bibliographic Control". The remaining subjects, almost 47 percent, were divided among 13 categories.

Research has been shown religiosity is a complex phenomenon and contains a variety of behaviors, and attitudes. Religiosity is considered as a multi -dimensional phenomenon by Muslim scholars. One of the major in shortcoming studying religiosity is lack of a valid and reliable instrument for measuring religious attitudes. The main goal of the current study was developing and preparing a scale for measuring religiosity. Toward accomplishment of this end a random selection of 2182 college students IRAN, undergraduate and graduate ones from universities in Tehran, were recruited through stratified sampling method. The scale was developed in four stages. The results indicated the scale has a proper criterion, construct and differential validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale also was measured. The results indicated religiosity is a complex and multidimensional construct including cognitive, affective/emotional, behavioral dimensions and involving relations of a person with Allah, other people, self, and universe. The result is concurred with International and national research results in the field of religiosity.

This research has been done with standardizing of Torrance creativity scale in Tehran high school teachers with sex segregation (male & female). 483, persons as a research sample were selected by multi stage sampling from 40 high schools. Torrance creativity scale has been used as a questioner with 0-2 options scoring in this research. In final result, item homogeny has been accessed by Cranbach's Alfa (0/871). Then based on three main indicators (eigenvalue, screed design, explained variance) 7 factors were produced. Varimax rotation used for making factors elaboration, fluency, good felling by originally perception, analyzing. Solve complex problem, invention, flexibility. With mentioned factors this present creativity scale covered, all of factors that relate to creativity with Torrance scale and literature. Another result of this research is that the men were better than women in invention and fluency factors, but mean score wasn't meaningful in 2 groups. So if 483 persons be preventative of universe, with p>./.5 are 0/16 .1/28 (around 1/1 - 1/30). Because of creativity scores This research universe has a quite creative.

The aim of this research was to study the relationships between achievement goals, self-efficacy and metacognitive strategies, based on a causal model. To do the study, multistage cluster sampling method was used to select a sample of 685 third grade boy students from Tehran high schools. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Pintrich and De Groot, 1990), and Students' Achievement Goal Orientation (Midgly and his colleagues, 1997), were administrated to students as a group. Questionnaires validity and reliability were satisfactory. The results of Pearson correlation showed that mutual correlations between achievement goals, self-efficacy and metacognitive strategies components were significant (p<0/01). Results of structural equating modeling showed that the proposed model was acceptable and fit index was not significant (GFI= 0/87, ACFI=0.84 RSMEA= 0/058, X2/DF=2.80). All paths or structural coefficients of proposed model were significant (p<0/01).

The discussion on foundations, principles, aims and methods in education have been very important and there have been a lot of views about in these aspects. Ibn-Sina has been one of the Islamic philosophers who had a lot of direct views on education. Now, in order to achieve some implications for future researchers and students, we hope to show new aspects to research on this reputative philosopher.

The set of moral rules that teachers should notice and use for regulating their behavior is usually referred to as code of ethics. In this paper, we deal with philosophical foundations of teaching ethics based on Islamic Philosophy of Ethics (Tabatabaei's philosophical views). Relying on this philosophy, we have suggested strategies and principles concerning morality of teaching. These principles refer to different dimensions of teachers' relations, including their relations to themselves, students, parents, their colleagues and higher authorities.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the family function of patients with substance use disorders of opioid and function of normal individual’s families. Methods: Two hundred and forty voulenteers (120 patients, 120 normals) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete Substance Use Disorders Questionnaire (SUDQ) and Family Assessment Device (FAD). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, t-tests, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and regression analyses. Results: The results revealed significant difference between family function of the patients with substance use disorders of opioid and normal individuals. Conclusion: It was shown that severity of substance use disorders could be predicted by ineffective family characteristics.

Empathy means perspective- taking and response to other's emotional status. It has been evaluated in different ways. Utilizing questionnaires to measure of empathy is common in adulthood. In the study "Interpersonal Reactivity Index" (IRI) was administrated on 726 college students among Tehran's universities in Iran. They were selected through random sampling. Explanatory and Confirmatory factor analyses have been applied. The results revealed although amount obtained factor through explanatory analysis alike original questionnaire were four factors, items related to emotional empathy measurement ( Personal Distress & Empathic Concern), they as two separated factors in original questionnaire, had stronger interference with each other. With regard to confirmatory factor analysis three model factors has been confirmed better than others models.