Vahid Nejati; Sara Aghayi Sabet; Marzyeh Khoshali Panah
Volume 2, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 47-53
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Introduction: Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have difficulties in social interactions with peers and are confronted with peers rejection and social isolation. However, some researchers do not have agreement about this issue. So the purpose of this study was the comparison ...
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Introduction: Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have difficulties in social interactions with peers and are confronted with peers rejection and social isolation. However, some researchers do not have agreement about this issue. So the purpose of this study was the comparison of the social cognition ability in ADHD children and normal children. Method: For this reason, Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET) was conducted to 25 ADHD children and 25 normal children who were matched for age and IQ. Findings: The results indicated that the performance of ADHD children in RMET was significantly lower than the control group. Conclusions: Since the mind reading is one of the most important elements of the social cognition, it can be concluded that impairment in mind reading ability is one of the affective factors in failure of these children in social interactions and interpersonal relationship.
Reza Shabahang; Mohammad Ali Besharat; Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe; Manijeh Firoozi; Abbas Rahiminejad
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Introduction: By expanding the culture of celebrities, experts talk about strong desire to celebrities and their related issues;in this regard, parasocialbonds can play important roles in worshippingcelebrities. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the role of parasocial interactionexperience, ...
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Introduction: By expanding the culture of celebrities, experts talk about strong desire to celebrities and their related issues;in this regard, parasocialbonds can play important roles in worshippingcelebrities. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the role of parasocial interactionexperience, parasocial interaction, and par asocial breakdown in predicting theworship ofcelebrities.Method: The research design was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study consisted of students of the faculty of literature and humanity sciences of the University of Guilan in 2018. In this study, 240 female and male students were selected throughconvenience sampling method. For collecting data, Celebrity Worship Attitude Scale (McCutcheon et al., 2002), Parasocial Interaction Experience scale (Hartmann &Goldhoorn, 2011), parasocial interaction scale (Rubin et al., 1985) and parasocial breakup scale(Cohen, 2003) were used. Then, data were analyzed throughPearson correlation formula and multiple regression method. Results: The results indicated that the parasocial interaction and parasocial breakup could significantly predict the worship ofcelebrities, whileparasocial interaction experience was not able to predict theworshipof celebrities. Conclusion: According to the results, the parasocial interaction and parasocial breakup play important roles in fascination tofavorite celebrities and worshiping them. Therefore, interventions to reduce extreme parasocial interactions, as well as the reduction of aversive behaviors and emotions after the parasocial breakup, can lead to the reduction in worshipping celebrities and consequently reducing its problems.
Fatemeh Bayanfar; Nehzat Raheli Moghadam
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Objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the structural model of academic adjustment based on cognitive load, cognitive flexibility, and metacognitive awareness, with the mediation of social-emotional competence and time perspective. Method:Research method was descriptive ,correlational ...
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Objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the structural model of academic adjustment based on cognitive load, cognitive flexibility, and metacognitive awareness, with the mediation of social-emotional competence and time perspective. Method:Research method was descriptive ,correlational and structural equation modeling.The statistical population included all high school students of Talesh city in the academic year 2021-2022, which Among them 384 people were selected by accessible sampling method and completed the questionnaires online. The instruments was include Baker & Seriak's academic adjustment scale (1984), Paas, Van Merenboer, Adam's (1994) cognitive load questionnaire, Dennis& Vanderwaal's (2010) cognitive flexibility questionnaire, Mokhtari &Richard's (2002) metacognitive awareness of reading strategies questionnaire, social-emotional competence scale by Ming Ming Zhou& Jesse E. (2012), Zimbardo &Boyd's time perspective questionnaire (1999). The results showed that the conceptual model developed had a good fit with the data. The results of structural equation analysis indicated the significance of the coefficients of the direct path between cognitive load and cognitive flexibility with academic adjustment in the final model. According to the first path, the positive mediating role of social-emotional competence in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and metacognitive awareness It was determined with academic adjustment. In the second path, it was found that the time perspective has a positive role due to cognitive flexibility and metacognitive awareness on academic adjustment. Conclusion: Using strategies to increase cognitive flexibility and metacognitive awareness and reduce undesirable cognitive load can lead to an increase in academic adjustment in students.
Mohammad Oraki; Chiman Jamali; Mehran Farajollahi; Ali Karimi Firouzjaei
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2013, , Pages 52-61
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of relationship enrichment on the rate of compatibility of married students. Method: The study was a quasi- experimental study with pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population comprised of 30 university student couples ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of relationship enrichment on the rate of compatibility of married students. Method: The study was a quasi- experimental study with pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population comprised of 30 university student couples of Payame-Noor University of Uromieh. The couples were randomly divided into control (15 couples) and experimental groups (15 couples). The independent variable was relationship enrichment that was tested on experimental group in 10 sessions. The control group was not exposed to any variable. The research instrument was marital adjustment questionnaire. Results: the results showed that relationship enrichment is effective for couples’ compatibility, the aspects of which include: marital satisfaction, marital solidarity, couples agreement, and expression of love. Conclusion: Relationship enrichment increases the marital compatibility.
Alireza Aghayoosefi; Hossein Zare; somaieh porbafrany
Volume 2, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 52-68
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Introduction: the purpose of this research is the calculation primary reliability and validity personal fable and new imaginary audience scale to evaluate egocentrism among adults. Method: 308 students of payame noor university were sampled by sampling, volunteer They were asked to complete personal ...
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Introduction: the purpose of this research is the calculation primary reliability and validity personal fable and new imaginary audience scale to evaluate egocentrism among adults. Method: 308 students of payame noor university were sampled by sampling, volunteer They were asked to complete personal fable scale and new imaginary audience scale (1967) in order to evaluate egocentrism. Also, both Beck depression inventory form blend (1970) and zuckerman sensation seeking (1978) were used to determine concurrent validity. Achieved data was analyzed by Pierson's conjunction coefficient, cronbach’s Alpha, Guttmann split-half, and factorial analysis. Findings: Analyzing data indicated that there is correlation, indirect and meaningful between personal fable scale with depression (p’s Alpha 0/78 and the reliability of imaginary audience is achieved by cronbach’s Alpha 0/86 and the reliability of imaginary audience is achieved by Guttmann split-half 0/75, and then, by factorial analysis to personal fable scale was extracted 3 factors and to imaginary audience was extracted 11 factors. Conclusion: calculation primary personal fable scales and new imaginary audience are as reliability and validate tools/means in order to evaluate egocentrism among adults.
Psychology
somayeh negahdari; Mohammad Hassan Seyfe
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The main purpose of this study was to provide a causal model of cognitive flexibility on addiction to social network with the mediating role of self-efficacy, psychological well-being and cognitive empathy. Methodology: descriptive correlational method was used in this study. The statistical population ...
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The main purpose of this study was to provide a causal model of cognitive flexibility on addiction to social network with the mediating role of self-efficacy, psychological well-being and cognitive empathy. Methodology: descriptive correlational method was used in this study. The statistical population were all second year high school students of Shiraz city in the academic year of 1399-1400, they were included 68,152. The sample size was 382 which selected according to Cochran's formula. The sampling method used was a multi-stage cluster sampling. Data collection instruments included cognitive flexibility questionnaires by Dennis and Vanderwaal (2010), cognitive empathy by Jolliffe and Farrington (2006), psychological well-being by Rief (1989), general self-efficacy by Sherer et al. (1982) and addiction to social networks by Ahmadi et al (1395). Findings: The path analysis method was used to analyze the data. Research findings indicated that cognitive flexibility has a direct effect on self-efficacy, psychological well-being, and cognitive empathy. Also, self-efficacy, psychological well-being and cognitive empathy have a direct effect on addiction to social networks. Generally, it can be said that self-efficacy, psychological well-being, and cognitive empathy has a mediating role in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and addiction to social networks. Conclusion: All the variables mentioned in this study explained only 0.07 of the variables in addiction to social network and the research model has a relatively goodness of fit regarding the data.Keywords: cognitive flexibility, addiction to social networks, self-efficacy, psychological well-being, cognitive empathy
ali Farhadi; yazdan movahedi; amir azizi; Fazlullah GhasemiKeli; kolsom karimi nejad
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2015, , Pages 55-66
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Introduction: The present study was administrated to determine the effectiveness of social skills, training on promoting the theory of mind in aggressive adolescents. Method: The statistical population consisted of male students of high schools in Bukan city in the academic year of 2014. The statistical ...
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Introduction: The present study was administrated to determine the effectiveness of social skills, training on promoting the theory of mind in aggressive adolescents. Method: The statistical population consisted of male students of high schools in Bukan city in the academic year of 2014. The statistical sample included 40 students who had higher scores after completing the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire. These students took part in the theory of mind test as well. The collected data were analyzed using the statistical test of multivariate variance. Resultss: The results of multivariate variance analysis indicated that social skills training in experimental group had a significant effect on promoting the theory of mind and decreasing aggression. It can be claimed that social skills training leads to decrease of aggression in adolescents.
Taiebeh Yeganeh; Abbas Ali Hosseinkhanzadeh; Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh
Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2014, , Pages 57-72
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Introduction: As one of the serious problems in students with ADHD disorder is insufficiency in social skills, the current study aimed at studying the Effectiveness of social skill training via cognitive-behavioral approach on Reducing Symptoms of ADHD disorder in students. Method: The method was experimental ...
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Introduction: As one of the serious problems in students with ADHD disorder is insufficiency in social skills, the current study aimed at studying the Effectiveness of social skill training via cognitive-behavioral approach on Reducing Symptoms of ADHD disorder in students. Method: The method was experimental and the research design was pre-test, post-test with control group and two months follow-up. The statistic population included all female elementary students of 5th and 6th grades with ADHD disorder in Langrood city in 2012-13 educational year. The subjects, 30 students, were selected via random multilevel clustering as samples and were divided into two experimental and control groups. Walker Social Skills Curriculum was presented in 17 sessions during two months for members of the experimental group. Results: The results of repeated measures Ancova showed that there is a significant difference between the rate of symptoms of ADHD disorder during post-test and follow-up. Conclusion: Based on the results of current research and similar ones, it is expected that social skills training programs be considered as a complement aspect to schools curriculums.
Saeed Talebi; Hossin zare
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 62-75
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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the content validity ratio as well as the construct validity of Educational Expectations Questionnaire. Furthermore, it investigated the role of Others' Expectations on the change of attitude towards using E-curriculum content. Method: The method was correlation ...
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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the content validity ratio as well as the construct validity of Educational Expectations Questionnaire. Furthermore, it investigated the role of Others' Expectations on the change of attitude towards using E-curriculum content. Method: The method was correlation and the population included the PNU students of Fars province. The sample was selected based on Krejcie and Morgan formula and cluster sampling. Two instruments including the Teo Questionnaires (2006) and a researcher made Questionnaire of Educational Expectations were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using second confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regressions. Results: The three factors of friends and peers, teachers, and parents explained 53.71% of the total variance of Educational Expectations Questionnaire. Although in Lawshe`s Content Validity Ratio method three questions had been removed, in this study none of the questions in the second confirmatory factor analysis were deleted. Also, there was a meaningful relationship between educational expectations of friends and peers (ß=0.369), teachers (ß=0.302) and parents (ß=0.287) with changing attitudes towards electronic content. In addition, parents' (ß=0.173) and teachers' (ß=0.230) expectations influence friends' and peers' expectations from each other. Conclusion: In general, the Educational Expectations Scale has good content and construct validity and can be used to assess Others' Expectations from students. In addition, the model presented in this study is an appropriate model for investigating Others' Expectations of the change of attitude towards the E-curriculum content.
abbas abolghasemi; mina taherifard
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Introduction: The aim of the present study was to compare social recognition and Facial Emotion Recognition in patients with newly diagnosed and chronic schizophrenia. Method: current study is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of this study included all patients with hospitalized ...
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Introduction: The aim of the present study was to compare social recognition and Facial Emotion Recognition in patients with newly diagnosed and chronic schizophrenia. Method: current study is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of this study included all patients with hospitalized and outpatient schizophrenia referring to Fajr and Razi clinical centers and hospitals in Tabriz city in 2016. The sample consisted of 120 patients who were selected through available sampling. To collect data, Westen's social cognition scale and Ekman and Fareis's facial emotion recognition test were used. Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between social cognition and facial emotion recognition in patients with newly diagnosed and chronic schizophrenia .Individual with chronic schizophrenia was better than newly diagnosed schizophrenia. Conclusion: These findings suggest that deficiencies in social cognition and facial affective recognition in newly diagnosed schizophrenia can be associated with inability and affect their social and occupational functioning.
saeed farmani; Rahim Badri; Zahra Shafiei
Volume 4, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 67-83
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Aims: Recent research suggests that in some conditions people process others’ perspective without any necessity. Also, some studies indicatethat we compute our perspective initially during mindreading. The automatic mindreading led to some dispute and the processes involved in mindreading are these ...
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Aims: Recent research suggests that in some conditions people process others’ perspective without any necessity. Also, some studies indicatethat we compute our perspective initially during mindreading. The automatic mindreading led to some dispute and the processes involved in mindreading are these days the focus of attention of researchers. This study aimed at determining the limitations of automatic mindreading with respect to others’ perspective. Method: For this purpose, a within subject project was performed. By accessible sampling method, 25 high school students were selected from Sahand Cityin 2013-2014 academic year. The Participants were tested by an instrument made by authors that measuredthe speed and accuracy of mind reading. Results: The results from repeated measure revealed that the main effects of perspective type (P=0.007), judgment type (P=0.001) and the interactive effect of these two (P=0.001) are significant. Furthermore, the results of pairwise comparisons showed that judgments in equal perspective situation are faster than similar (P=0.02) and incomplete (P=0.005) situations. Conclusion: According to the results, itseems that equal perspective is an optimized situation for mindreading. The results have some challenges for Apply’s theory.
mehrnaz saffarinia; Ali Mohammad Mazidi; Majid Saffarinia
Volume 5, Issue 1 , August 2016, , Pages 68-82
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Introduction: The purpose of this research was comparing spreading rumors on the Internet and Narcissism among Face Book, Internet, and non-Internet users of citizens of Tehran. Method: A sample of 500 Internet users was selected on cluster random basis from among the 22 districts of Tehran. This sample ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this research was comparing spreading rumors on the Internet and Narcissism among Face Book, Internet, and non-Internet users of citizens of Tehran. Method: A sample of 500 Internet users was selected on cluster random basis from among the 22 districts of Tehran. This sample consisted of 183 Internet users, 163 Face Book users, and 100 non-Internet users with no information of the Internet. The study benefited from Narcissism questionnaire (Raskin & Tri 1988), Internet rumor questionnaire (John Hiven Kim & Viag 2010) Face Book questionnaire (Ras et al. 2009) as tools to collect data. Out of the 500 questionnaires, 44 were eliminated due to being incomplete resulting in a total 456 questionnaires. To analyse the data, Pearson correlation and Variance were used. Results: The findings showed a significant positive relationship between Narcissism and using Face Book and Narcissism can predict 28% of using Face Book. However, there was no meaningful relationship between the time of using the Internet and spreding roumor on the Internet. In addition, in relation to the variable of Narcissism, the results showed significant difference between Determinism, Show off, Superiority, Beneficiary, and Egotism among the 3 groups; however, there was no significant difference between Exploitation and Autarky. In addition, this study showed that there is no significant difference between spreading rumors and its components among users of Face Book and Internet users. Conclusion: According to the results, reducing the time of using Face Book leads to improving welfare of the society. It is recommended to offer required educational facilities for amending lifestyle especially personality traits of Narcissism for improving individual and social relations.
mehdi arabzadeh; parvin kadivar; ali delavar
Volume 3, special , March 2015, , Pages 71-82
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching self-regulated learning strategies on students’ social problem solving. Method: The sample size consisted of 50 high school students, divided into 25 students in the experimental and 25 in the control group using a random cluster ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching self-regulated learning strategies on students’ social problem solving. Method: The sample size consisted of 50 high school students, divided into 25 students in the experimental and 25 in the control group using a random cluster multiple-stage sampling type. The measurement tool consisted of Social problem solving inventory D’Zurilla, Nezu, and Maydeu-Olivares (2002) that was executed as a pre-test in both groups. Then, only the experimental group underwent a training program of self-regulated learning strategies for 15 sessions. After the training, a post-test using the aforementioned scale was taken from both groups. Data was analyzed by calculating the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and T-test. Results: The results indicated that teaching self-regulation learning strategies had a significant and stable effect on students’ social problem solving ability. Conclusions: Teaching self-regulated learning strategy enables students decide better on social and academic issues. It also helps them to be more accurate in learning process and thinking, and to believe that they have the ability to solve problems.
Aliasghar Kakojoibari; Fahimeh Amini; Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi
Volume 7, Issue 1 , August 2018, , Pages 75-90
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Introduction: The purpose of present research is the investigation the effectiveness of Working memory training on attention functions of students with dyslexia learning disabilities. Method: The methodology is experimental, with pre-test and post-test with control group and the statistical community ...
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Introduction: The purpose of present research is the investigation the effectiveness of Working memory training on attention functions of students with dyslexia learning disabilities. Method: The methodology is experimental, with pre-test and post-test with control group and the statistical community involves, male and female students with learning disabilities in second to fifth elementary grade with dyslexia learning disability at schools in the Central Province between 92 to 93 were enrolled,with 32 students were selected by cluster random sampling.and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, tools used in this research were Demographic questionnair, working memory training software, software Stroop Test, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children four, Reading and Dyslexia Testthe research data were analyzed with, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Results: The results showed, after performing working memory training software in the test group,between experimental and control groups, given the scale of function in the Stroop test, improved significantly. Conclusion: The results showed that working memory training, is used to improve attentional functions of students dyslexia learning disabilities and it can be used as an effective method.
Reza Pishghadam; Shima Ebrahimi; Imanollah Bigdeli
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Objective: Depending on the frequency of encounters and the sense induced emotions, people develop different conceptualizations of a phenomenon. Method: The authors of the present study, therefore, have utilized the concept of emotioncy to introduce the emotioncy profile, in which emotions about a given ...
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Objective: Depending on the frequency of encounters and the sense induced emotions, people develop different conceptualizations of a phenomenon. Method: The authors of the present study, therefore, have utilized the concept of emotioncy to introduce the emotioncy profile, in which emotions about a given concept and their frequencies can be considered as a propel to produce motivation at individual and social levels. This emotioncy profile can be further categorized into EMOTIONcy (emotion>frequency), emotionCY (emotion<frequency), and EMOTIONCY (emotion=frequency), based on which people may experience different levels of motivation and immersion. The results of the present study indicate that at the EMOTIONcy level, emotions can be so affective that they move individuals from exvolvement to involvement.Also, if a person has positive emotions about a concept, it increases flow, which consequently leads to willingness to repeat and positive attitudes. Contrarily, negative emotions can lead to extreme avoidance, demotivation, and negative attitudes. Conclusion: The normal situation is the time when emotions and senses go hand in hand, creating optimal motivation and immersion. This can lead to congruent attitudes at individual, local, and global levels. Moreover, individual, local, and global attitudes can change when there is no balance between sense and emotion.
mozaffar ghaffari; Ali Mohammadzadeh; mahdih gheramifar
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Objective: The aim of this study was to developing the structural models of social competence in high school girl students based on the positive emotions, psychological capital and body image. Method: The research method applied in this study was correlational and structural equation modeling. Statistical ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to developing the structural models of social competence in high school girl students based on the positive emotions, psychological capital and body image. Method: The research method applied in this study was correlational and structural equation modeling. Statistical population of this study was all secondary school students of Sabzevar in the academic year 2019-2020. The statistical sample was 200 female high school students that have been selected by cluster sampling. Watson, Clark and Telgen positive emotions questionnaire, Luthans and Luthans psychological capital questionnaire, Winsted and Janda body image questionnaire and Parandin social competence questionnaire were used for data collection. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient, Bootstrap and Sobel tests using SPSS and Amos version 24. Results: The results indicated that positive emotions and body image in interaction with the role of psychological capital are involved in explaining the models of social competence in high school qirls, in which case the variance of social competence in high school qirls through variables of the model is explained by 37% in total. The direct effect of psychological capital (0.20), positive emotions (0.15) and body image (0.48) were significant in estimating social competence in student. Also, the results showed that the indirect effects of positive emotions (t-value = 1.9) and body image (t-value = 2.18) through conversation orientation on student's social competence were significant. Conclusion: Considering the direct and indirect effects of the exogenous and mediating variables social competence, it can be concluded that social competence can be increased by enhancing positive emotions, psychological capital and body image.
Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi; Hamidreza Samadifard
Volume 6, Issue 2 , February 2018, , Pages 83-96
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive fusion, perception of social interaction and, cognitive avoidance components in the prediction of teachers’ job burnout. The research design was descriptive/correlational study. The population included all male teachers in Ardabil in 2015-2016, ...
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive fusion, perception of social interaction and, cognitive avoidance components in the prediction of teachers’ job burnout. The research design was descriptive/correlational study. The population included all male teachers in Ardabil in 2015-2016, of which 104 persons were selected as the statistical sample using the convenience sampling. For data collection, the Cognitive Fusion Scale (Gillanders, 2014), Perception of Social Interaction Scale (Glass, 1994), Cognitive Avoidance Scale (Sexton & Dugas, 2008) and Job Burnout Scale (Maslach & Jackson, 1981). Research data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression methods. The study results showed a significant relationship between cognitive fusion, perception of social interaction and cognitive avoidance with teachers job burnout. Multiple regression analysis showed that cognitive fusion 0.19, perception of social interaction -0.17 and cognitive avoidance components (thoughts repression 0.18, distractions 0.21, changing image to thought 0.19) significantly predict job burnout of the teachers (p
Ezatollah Kordmirza; Shiva Shams Zahraee
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Introduction: Stress management training with emphasis on thinking styles, as a multifaceted intervention that incorporates social cognitive components, can be considered as an effective stress intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the intervention on the thinking ...
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Introduction: Stress management training with emphasis on thinking styles, as a multifaceted intervention that incorporates social cognitive components, can be considered as an effective stress intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the intervention on the thinking style. Method: This study was quasi-experimental with pretest and post-test and control group. To do this, the community of Stock Exchange activists were considered as a population who exposed to stress, and the employees of Stock Exchange Company were selected as study samples. The research sample was selected in coordination with the management of the company and through the publication of a written call, and finally, 40 registered volunteers were randomly assigned in two groups (20 experimental and 20 control). The Sternberg and Wagner’s Thinking Styles Inventory (TSI) (1992) was used to measure thinking styles.According to the protocol, the experimental group were subjected to 18 stress management training sessions focusing on thinking style. Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that stress management training program has been effective on all components of thinking styles (except royal and anarchist thinking styles).
Fatemeh Moein Alghoraee; Azam Nferesti; Samira Karamlu; Nima Ganji
Volume 6, Issue 1 , August 2017, , Pages 91-104
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Introduction: Social cognition with components such as stereotypical thought and basic schemata has a critical role in social encryption and encoding. It also influences response and behavior in persons. The aim of the present study wass assessing the three components of social cognition in depressed ...
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Introduction: Social cognition with components such as stereotypical thought and basic schemata has a critical role in social encryption and encoding. It also influences response and behavior in persons. The aim of the present study wass assessing the three components of social cognition in depressed and healthy persons. Method: By using comparative method in the statistical society of depressed students in Tehran, a sample of 60 visitors to the counseling center of the University with eligibility to participate in research was selected by using purposive sampling. Another 60 subjects were selected for the healthy group. Data was collected using Attribution Style Scale, Maladaptive Schemata, Dysfunctional Attitudes Questionnaires and Beck Depression Scale. Results: Analysis of covariance revealed significant differences in attribution style, maladaptive schemata and dysfunctional attitudes between healthy and depressed groups. Conclusion: Disrupted social cognition components are clear in depressed people; therefore, it seems necessary to consider them for therapy process.
Morteza Tarkhan
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, , Pages 94-106
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Aim: This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies (MBCT) on loneliness feeling and shyness of students. Method: The research method was quasi experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. Data was collected using Rasell et al Loneliness Questionnaire ...
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Aim: This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies (MBCT) on loneliness feeling and shyness of students. Method: The research method was quasi experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. Data was collected using Rasell et al Loneliness Questionnaire and Stanford Shyness Questionnaire. A total number of 30 female students with high loneliness feeling and shyness were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control group (15 students in each group). The experimental group received 8 sessions of MBCT based on Segal and et al's (2002) instruction package; however, the control group did not receive any intervention. After the MBCT execution, loneliness feeling and shyness of the control and experimental group students were measured again. Data were analyzed using Multivariate Covariance Analysis (MANCOVA). Results: Calculated F for original hypotheses (18/11) and all the separate variables showed significant differences in both groups (P
Sohrab Amiri
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Introduction:This study examined the utilitarianism in personal and impersonal moral judgments based on moral cognition and moral identity according to gender differences. Method: For this purpose, 303 adolescents were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Then, to evaluate the objectives and hypotheses, ...
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Introduction:This study examined the utilitarianism in personal and impersonal moral judgments based on moral cognition and moral identity according to gender differences. Method: For this purpose, 303 adolescents were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Then, to evaluate the objectives and hypotheses, the moral identity, moral cognition scale and personality and impersonal moral stories were distributed in small groups among the participants to respond. Collected data to evaluate the purpose of the study were analyzed using the descriptive, correlational, multiple regression analysis, and independent t-test. Results: Results showed that high scores on moral identity was associated with lower utilitarianism on personal moral judgment; however, the relationship between moral identity and impersonal moral judgment was not significant. High moral cognition led to lower utilitarianism in personal and impersonal moral judgments. In addition, a significant positive correlation was found between moral identity and moral cognition. Conclusion: It seems cognitive processes involved in personal and impersonal moral judgments might lead to the utilitarian judgments.
koroush soleimani; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mehdi Kalantari
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of mental fatigue and situational awareness on the cognitive performance of Iranian airline pilots according to the moderating role of sources of stress. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and the statistical population ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of mental fatigue and situational awareness on the cognitive performance of Iranian airline pilots according to the moderating role of sources of stress. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and the statistical population of all male civilian pilots working in Iranian airlines in 2019. 320 pilots participated in the analysis using the convenience sampling method as the main sample. Participants responded to a Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, Situational Awareness Rating Technique, and Occupational Stress Inventory, and their cognitive performance was assessed based on simulation environment data. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, Bootstrap test and interactive effects diagram. Results: The results showed that stress can moderate the effect of mental fatigue on pilot decision-making performance and the effect of situational awareness on executive attention performance. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that mental fatigue, situational awareness and sources of stress can interact to predict the cognitive performance of Iranian Airlines pilots.
Psychology
Asie Moradi; Kamran Yazdanbakhsh; Zahra Mahdian
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Purpose: Since there is a positive relationship between executive functions and theory of mind with moral judgment, in the current research, the aim is to investigate the relationship between executive functions and moral judgment with regard to the mediating role of theory of mind.Method: This descriptive-correlation ...
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Purpose: Since there is a positive relationship between executive functions and theory of mind with moral judgment, in the current research, the aim is to investigate the relationship between executive functions and moral judgment with regard to the mediating role of theory of mind.Method: This descriptive-correlation study was based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research was 9 to 11-year-old children of Ilam City, and 370 of them were selected by convenience sampling method. Sinha and Verma's (1971) moral judgment questionnaire, Ghamrani et al.'s (2006) theory of mind, and Barkley's (2012) executive functions were used to collect information. The data were analyzed by Spearman's correlation and structural equation modeling using SPSS version 24 and Smart PLS version 3 software.Findings: The findings showed that there is a relationship between executive functions and moral judgment (β=0/246 % & P<0/05), executive functions and theory of mind (β=0/545 % & P<0/05), and theory of mind and moral judgment (β=0/494 % & P<0/05). Also, the mediating role of the theory of mind in the relationship between executive functions and moral judgment (β=0/269 % & P<0/05) was confirmed.Conclusion: Executive function is the underlying cognitive capacity that enables and facilitates higher level cognition such as reasoning and decision making in moral situations. Also, the executive function has an effect on improving the level of the theory of mind. Therefore, in order to improve moral judgment, intervention programs that target the development of executive functions should be given more attention; Because it is possible to provide a suitable platform for improving the level of the theory of mind through the improvement of executive functions, and the improvement of the theory of mind will affect the progress of moral judgments.
Ahmad Abedi; Abdol Hossein Shamsi; Ahmad Yar Mohamadian; Amir Ghomrani; Maryam Samadi
Volume 2, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 54-61
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Introduction: One of the updated cognitive models in the domain of interaction between individuals is cognitive model of social information processing. Through successful social interaction, this model has been able to assess the causes and prevention of Emotional- behavior problems in children and adolescents. ...
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Introduction: One of the updated cognitive models in the domain of interaction between individuals is cognitive model of social information processing. Through successful social interaction, this model has been able to assess the causes and prevention of Emotional- behavior problems in children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was assessing the relationship between social information processing model and oppositional defiant symptoms in elementary students. Method: The method used in this study was descriptive and Correlational. The samples used in this study were 100 elementary students that were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling from different areas of the Isfahan. Research tools included Behavior Problems Inventory Achenbach and Social stories Brayan and Turkasya. Multivariate regression (stepwise) was used to analyze the data. Findings: Stepwise regression analysis showed that in the first step of interpreting, 46% of the variance of problem of defiant and in second step, 49% of the variance of problem of defiant are predicted. Conclusion: Based on the results, the model of social information processing can predict oppositional defiant symptoms. In other words, students who have obtained lower scores in social information processing showed a higher rate of oppositional defiant symptoms. Overall, the results of this research, confirmed efficiency of Social information processing model in predicting oppositional defiant symptoms.
Davood Manavipour
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2013, , Pages 59-65
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the epistemology beliefs of students based on gender, educational levels, and disciplines. Method: The population included all the students of district 10 of Azad University who were selected using multistage cluster sampling. The research instrument was ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the epistemology beliefs of students based on gender, educational levels, and disciplines. Method: The population included all the students of district 10 of Azad University who were selected using multistage cluster sampling. The research instrument was Schommer’s epistemology belief questionnaire. Results: The results showed that the students of different disciplines have significant differences in simple epistemology beliefs and stable knowledge, but they do not have significant differences in other dimensions. The comparison of Epistemology belief based on educational level showed that except for simplicity of knowledge and awareness of everything, the other aspects are significantly different. The comparison of the two genders showed that girls believe in stability of knowledge more than males. But there was no difference in other dimensions. Conclusion: based on the results, the epistemological beliefs can be considered as one of the processes of social cognition.
