WOMENS STUDIES
Year:2004 | Volume:1 | Issue:3|Papers Count:5

Political participation is one of the most significant aspects of globalization, especially when considered in its democratic context. Womens right to participate is an essential element of democratic government, inseparable from such other attributes of democracy as consent, accountability, majority rule, equality, and popular sovereignty. A broader view of democratic governance holds that every individual (Male/Female) should be interested in governance to make the government function effectively. The present research focuses on the nature of political participation of women residing in the city of Bandar Abbas. A sample of 218 respondents was selected and interview was the main technique used for data collection. The results clearly show that women respondents were inclined toward participating in politics and that the relationships among the womens political participation and their education, occupation and social class were statistically significant

The present research was designed to study the relationship of motherdaughters empathic behavior with the personality disorders in three groups of adolescents as (adjusted maladjusted and delinquent). The sample included 60 high school girl students of one the educational districts of Tehran and 30 female delinquent adolescents (14 to 18 years old girls) of Tehran center of delinquency. Three inventories for assessment of empathic behavior have been used in this study as the following: 1- Two different forms for mother and daughter empathy. 2- The SCL 90 test of emotional disorders. 3- The social adjustment scale (CPT). The results of data analysis by using statistical methods such as Hest, correlation coefficient and one-way analysis of variance showed that: There are significant differences in empathic behavior of girls in three groups. Differences are also present in mothers empathic behavior in two group of adjusted and maladjusted adolescents. In addition the results indicate a correlation between mothers and daughters empathy with emotional disorders of daughters such as obsessive-compulsive, psychoticism, inter personal sensitivity, phobic anxiety and paranoid ideation. We also found differences in emotional disorders in three groups of adolescents.

This survey aims at examining the function of families with young addict. Devising a methodology encompassing both qualitative and quantitative techniques, 30 families with young addict, comprising father, mother, and young addict (between 20-30 years of old) were interviewed and tested. The comparison group involved 30 families without young addict (control group ). The results show that physical and psychological presence of father in families, with young addicts, was very poor. In addition, the application of discipline was inappropriate and the control is seen to be dysfunctional. Family cohesion in these units, compared with families without young addict (comparison group), was weak and husband/wife and the parent/sibling conflicts were severe and remained unresolved.

The present research attempts to- study stressful factors and determining variables of job satisfaction among the academic staffs of Alzahra University. The number of faculty members who are included in the study is 87. Three instruments were used, which are: questionnaire of job stressors of the academic staffs, copying styles, and job satisfaction. The results indicated the main stressors to be as the following: I-Lack of time for updating oneself with the new research findings. 2-Lack of enough progress in the job. 3- Lack of enough facilities. 4-Presence in time consuming administrative sessions. 5-Lack of enough earnings. The main predicting variables of job satisfaction of the academic staffs were: problem focused copying, life satisfaction, and role clarity.

The present research has been undertaken to study emotional, social, social and economic aftermaths of divorce in different stages. A survey of an available sample of 116 divorces (63 women & 53 men) was carried out by a researcher-made questionnaire which included 95 questions plus some demographic information, the reliability of which is calculated to be x=0.91. Chi2, Hest, along with ANOVA , MANOVA , were used to analyze the data. Results showed: - Nearly half of the sample had succeeded in taking/giving the Mehr. - Most of the samples were amongst employees with medium level of education and low income. - The highest rate of divorce was in the age-group of 23-33 and the highest frequency of divorce had taken place within the first five years of the marriage. - Both men and women had experienced economic hardships similarly, but women were more concerned about their economic status in the future. - Social and emotional aftermaths were more severe for women than men. - Mothers were more concerned about their children than what people"s comments indicated. - Both hated getting married again and experienced a sense of relief after the divorce. - There was no difference between the two regarding the ability to overcome the consequences of divorce, and both were optimistic about their future. - Both agreed that lack of understanding was a major cause of their divorce. - Men and women had experienced the hardships of three stages of divorce similarly; post divorce being the hardest followed by pre-divorce and divorce stages