majid baradaran; Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cognitive flexibility and attachment style as predictors of student social cognition. Method: statistical population was comprised of all students in Payame Noor University of rasht city who have been studying between 2019-2020. Using ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cognitive flexibility and attachment style as predictors of student social cognition. Method: statistical population was comprised of all students in Payame Noor University of rasht city who have been studying between 2019-2020. Using cluster sampling method, a group of 309 students were selected. Data were analyzed by correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The participants completed the items of Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (Dennis & Vander Wal, 2010), attachment styles questionnaire (Hazan & Shaver, 1987) and student social cognition questionnaire (Nejati, Kamari & Jafari, 2018). Results: Results showed that there were a significant positive correlation between cognitive flexibility and secure attachment with social cognition and significant negative correlation between avoidant and ambivalent attachment with social cognition. Also, regression analysis showed that cognitive flexibility 0.49 and avoidant attachment style 0.02 significantly predict student social cognition (p<0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this research indicated that cognitive flexibility and attachment style have basic role in student social cognition.
Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari; Sajjad Basharpoor; Nader Hajloo; Mohammad Narimani
Volume 6, Issue 2 , February 2018, , Pages 21-38
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive psychology intervention and integrative training of emotional competencies on social, emotional and psychological well-being. Method: This study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design. ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive psychology intervention and integrative training of emotional competencies on social, emotional and psychological well-being. Method: This study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design. The sample of the study included female students at Payame Noor University in Rezvanshahr. The participants were 51 persons who had overweight and were randomly divided into two experimental and one control groups (17 persons in each group). The data were collected through the Well-being Inventory. The positive psychology intervention was conducted during 14 sessions and integrative training of emotional competencies was conducted during 12 sessions in the experimental groups, while the control group did not receive any treatment.. Results: The results showed that both interventions had a positive effect on the improvement of well-being and its componenets and no change occurred in the control group during the process of assessment. However, the positive psychology intervention was more effective than the other intervention on social, psychological, and global well-being. The integrative training of emotional competencies was more effective on emotional well- being. Conclusion: These interventions might be effective for enhancing the well-being in overweight persons.
Nader Hajiloo; Farzane Ranjbar Nosahri
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 35-47
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Introduction: Compassion is an interpersonal construct that has important role in individuals' well-being. The main purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of The Compassion of Others' Lives Scale (COOL scale). Method: To this end, 281 students (170 women and 90 men with an ...
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Introduction: Compassion is an interpersonal construct that has important role in individuals' well-being. The main purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of The Compassion of Others' Lives Scale (COOL scale). Method: To this end, 281 students (170 women and 90 men with an average age of 23.4) from Payame Noor University of Guilan were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. They answered The Compassion of Others’ Lives Scale (Chang et al., 2014), The Emotional Empathy Scale (Mehrabian and Epstein, 1972) and The Sadistic Personality Subscale of Millon Personality Inventory. Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that two factors, empathy and alleviating suffering, predicted approximately 50 percent of the variance and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that these factors were well fitted to the data (CFI= 0.91, NFI= 0.88, GFI=0.94). The convergent and divergent validity of the scale were examined by correlating with Emotional Empathy Scale and Sadistic Personality Subscale and the results showed significant correlation (P< 0.01). The internal consistency of the scale was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0.87), and the correlation of items with the total score was obtained in the range of 0.41 to 0.60. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be concluded that the Compassion of Others' lives Scale has a good validity and reliability for Iranian samples and can be used in future studies.
