23 research outputs found
Relationship between Positive Psychological Capacities and Sense of Humour among Female Teachers of Iran
No full textAbstractSense of humor and positive psychological capacities as an important phenomenon in the field of positive psychology, especially in organizational science is an enterprise may be introduced. This study investigated the relationship between psychological capital and good feeling among the women teachers. To this end, this study used a descriptive – correlation approach carried on female teachers of Ardabil city in Iran. From this population, 80 women selected with multi-stage cluster sampling method and psychological capacity and sense of humor questionnaires carried on them. Data analyzed with Pearson correlation and multiple regression techniques. Results indicated that optimism, resilience and confidence have a significant relationship with a sense of humor, but the relationship between sense of humor and hope, was negligible. Another result was that resilience had a considerable positive relationship with all four factors of humor sense. Optimism related to humor and humor creation and confidence was associated only with humor creation. The hope, had not a great relationship with each of the four factors humor. Considering the relationship between psychological capacity and sense of humor, if the organization's managers focus on both increasing psychological capacity and a sense of humor in staff, its impact on work results will be considerably larger than when the focus is only on one of these two variables
The Study of Counselling Services Effect on Iranian Adolescence's Mental Health
No full textAbstractThis research has be study the counselling services effect on adolescence's mental health. Research method was experimental and statistical population were high school students in Ardabil State of Iran. From this population, 1594 adolescences were selected with quota sampling. GHQ, Rogers's Self-Concept and a short researcher questioners, used for data gathering. Information analyzed with ANOVA, Multiple Regression, x2, t, r, rs and eta tests. Results showed that, girls mental health was very treated in comparison with boys and effect of counselling services on adolescence's mental health were different in various subtests. This research showed that is better to be consider the education and history of counsellors in selecting them by education organization
Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Shyness
No full textAbstractStudies of etiology, view the shyness as multifactorial and as interaction of physical, social, and psychological result. Indicate the role of emotions, including emotional intelligence in shyness, is one of the goals of the researchers. This research method was descriptive- correlation, that has been implemented in male and female students in Zanjan city. From this population, 293 students (148 girls, 1145 boys) was chosen with a multi-stage cluster sampling method and to collect information, Bradbury & Gidyouz's emotional intelligence questionnaires and Cheek and Buss's shyness questionnaire were used. Data analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression techniques. Results showed that all components of emotional intelligence have a significant negative correlation with shyness. Regression analysis also showed that the shyness's prediction model from emotional intelligence is significant and the share of self-awareness, self management and relationship management is significant in predicting shyness. The results implicitly stressed on importance of self-awareness, self management and relationship management reinforcement in shy people
Compare Happiness, Psychological Tenacity, and Sensation Seeking among Athletes and no Athletes
No full textAbstractFind the personality profile of athletes is one of the most important topics of research in psychological studies in the field of sports. This study compared the expression of happiness, psychological hardiness, and sensation seeking among both athletes and no athletes in men and women that were living in the Sanandaj and Ardabil city. Therefore, 200 athletes (100 women, 100 men) and 80 no athletes (40 females, 40 males) were selected using random sampling and were studied with causal- comparison method. Required information was collected using the Oxford happiness questionnaire, psychological hardiness scale, and Arnett's sensation seeking scale, and were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Results showed that levels of happiness, athletics psychological hardiness, and sensation seeking were more than non-athletes. According to the results of this study can be said exercise, increasing hardiness and happiness and satisfy excitement
The Study of Relationship Between Obsessive Beliefs and Procrastination Among Students of Mohagheghe Ardabili and Marageh Universities
No full textAbstractIntroduction: The aim of current study is investigate the relationship obsessive beliefs with procrastination. A sample of 250 students of Mohagheghe ardabili and Maragheh universities was randomly selected and completed the following questionnaires: obsessive beliefs questionnaire (OBQ 44) and procrastination scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results showed that variables of responsibility/threat estimation and importance/control of thoughts were positive and significant correlated and perfectionism/certainty was negative correlated with procrastination. In regression analysis from OBQ subscales, responsibility/threat estimation and perfectionism/certainty could predict procrastination. This finding showed that control of obsessive beliefs can be useful in decrease of procrastination
The role of mental adjustment dimensions and disease stage in predicting cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients with cancer
No full textNowadays cancer is considered as a major public health problem, hence, it always remains as a part of research priorities. Physical and psychological distress in cancer creates a lot of stress. Fatigue is one of the symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of mental adjustment dimensions and disease stage in predicting cancer related fatigue. The sample comprised of 120 patients hospitalized in Tajrish Shohada Hospital in Tehran in 2014 who were selected purposively. For collecting data, the questionnaires of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- Fatigue (FACT-F), and the mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (mini-MAC) were used. Multiple regression was also used to analyze the data. The overall regression model showed the significant role of variables such as disease stage and dimensions of mental adjustment in cancer related fatigue in such patients (p <0.01). The R2 value indicated that 17% of fatigue changes can be explained by the predictor variables. So besides providing physical care and nursing interventions, considering the presence of psychologists to pay attention to the psychological components of cancer patient’s lives for increasing patient’s mental adjustment and consequently reducing fatigue is important
Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Employees Mental Health
No full textAbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and mental health. The statistics include all employees of two industrial companies in the city of Ardabil. The sample of 90 people was selected randomly for the study. They were asked to complete Birfield job satisfaction and Ruth questionnaire and Goldberg‘s general health scale. Data was analysis using multiple regressions and t-test. Finding of the research indicated that there was a positive relationship between job unsatisfaction employees and global index of mental health, social action and depression. It was found that employed women than employed men are more satisfied with their jobs. In addition, workers who have a longer history in their jobs have much job satisfaction. The results of this study, confirmed previous findings on the role of job satisfaction in the provision of mental health workers, especially to improve social relations and reduce depression
Comparing the Effectiveness of Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Ambiguity Tolerance and Threat Sensitivity in Married Women with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
No full textIntroduction: This study aims to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy on ambiguity tolerance and threat sensitivity in married women with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Method: The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population consisted of all married female patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder who were referred to one of the psychological and psychiatric counseling and services centers in Pars-Abad city of Ardabil province for treatment between July and October of 2021. among which 45 were randomly selected by purposeful sampling in the groups receiving Internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (15 people), emotion-focused therapy (15 people), and the control group (15 people). Data collection tools were: Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale, Ambiguity Tolerance Scale, and Threat Sensitivity Questionnaire. Each interventional treatment was performed during 8 weekly sessions, and the control group did not receive any specific treatment during this period of time. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).Results: The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy based on the Internet and focused on emotion was effective on ambiguity tolerance and threat sensitivity in married women with obsessive-compulsive disorder (P<0.05). Moreover, there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of these two treatment methods (P<0.05).Discussion and Conclusion: The results have potentially significant practical effects for specialists and therapists to pay attention to the effectiveness of treatment methods used in improving the consequences of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Compression of Cognitive Flexibility and Adjustment of Students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and Typically Developing Students
No full textObjectives: The aim of this research is to compare cognitive flexibility and adjustment between two groups of students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and typically developing students.
Methods: For this purpose, 50 students with DCD and 50 typically developing students were chosen among 12 primary schools. The Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCD-Q), Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) were used to measure the research variables.
Results: The results of the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that the mean score of cognitive flexibility and emotional, educational and social adjustment is significantly higher in the students with developmental coordination disorder (P<0.001). The results of multivariate regression analysis also showed that a 25% variance percentage of cognitive flexibility and adjustment can explain the variance of developmental coordination disorder in people with such a disorder (P<0.001).
Discussion: The result of the present study provides further evidence based on low cognitive flexibility and Adjustment in students with DCD
The effectiveness of group poetry therapy an improving happiness in chronic schizophrenic patients
No full textThe aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group poetry therapy an improving happiness in chronic schizophrenic patients. This experimental study was conducted with a pre-test-post-test design with the control group. The population consisted of patients hospitalized in treatment and rehabilitation centers in Ardabil (2017). Among them, 22 patients were selected and they were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Eleven sessions of group poetry were performed for the experimental group and the control group did not receive any intervention. Oxford happiness questionnaire was used to collect data and the data were analyzed by single variable Covariance analysis through SPSS-22. The results showed that after controlling the pre-test effect, the mean scores of post-test of the patients in the experimental group were higher in happiness than the scores of the control group (p < 0.05). This indicates the effectiveness of group poetry therapy intervention on patients. This study showed that group poetry therapy as a non-pharmacological treatment is effective on chronic schizophrenic patients and can be used by clinical specialists in medical centers
