fatemeh sadat sepidehdam; hosein zare; Samane Haddadi
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Abstract This study examined the mediating effect of self-balance on the structural relationship between cognitive ability and social problem solving with attention. Method: Research method was descriptive and correlational. Subjects were 308 participants (188 female and 114 male) selected by available ...
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Abstract This study examined the mediating effect of self-balance on the structural relationship between cognitive ability and social problem solving with attention. Method: Research method was descriptive and correlational. Subjects were 308 participants (188 female and 114 male) selected by available sampling among aircrew of Iran Air company. To collect data, the following questionnaires were used:Nejati’s Cognitive Abilities Questionnaire, Hardin’s Integrated Self-Discrepancy Index (ISDI) and Social Problem Solving Inventory-revised short-form by D’Zurilla, and Nezu. Results: The results revealed that all the subscales of cognitive ability are correlated negatively with the components of adaptive problem solving and are positively related with the non-adaptive problem solving, with the significant level of 0.01. Also the four sub scales of Self-Discrepancy were related positively with adaptive problem solving and negatively with the non-adaptive problem solving and are correlated significantly on the level of 0.01. Conclusion: Due to the increasing evolution and complexity of the cognitive processes of the human brain, further studies are needed to enhance the relationships among personality, problem solving and cognitive abilities. Therefore effective programs are suggested for cognitive enhancement of employees in critical jobs like aircrew. Keywords: cognitive ability, social problem-solving, Self-Discrepancy, Structural Equation Modeling, social cognition.
fatemeh sadat sepidehdam; hosain zare; sara pashang; Khadejeh Aboulmaali; Marjan Hoseinzadeh Taghvai
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Background: Explaining the effect of cognitive ability on the social problem-solving skills through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the mediating role of self-balance was the overarching goal of this study. Method: Of the 308 participants taking part in this study( 188 were female and 114 were ...
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Background: Explaining the effect of cognitive ability on the social problem-solving skills through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the mediating role of self-balance was the overarching goal of this study. Method: Of the 308 participants taking part in this study( 188 were female and 114 were male). The participants were selected using the convenience sampling technique from the aircrew of Iran Air and were tested thereafter. For research variables’measurement, the following four questionnaire have been used: Hardin’s Integrated Self-Discrepancy Index (ISDI), Social Problem Solving Inventory-revised short-form by D’Zurilla, and Nezu and Baker’s Emotional Processing Scale. Results:The results show that all the components of emotional processing with the components of adaptive problem solving are negatively correlated with the components of non-adaptive problem solving and are positively correlated with the significance level of 0.01. Also, the quadruple components of their balance with the components of adaptive problem solving are positively correlated with non-adaptive problem solving components negatively and at a significant level of 0.01. The use of confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS 18.0 and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (ML) showed that the measurement model fitted with the collected data as desirable and all the indicators of the measurement model were the power to measure the variables. The present study was conducted. The structural model is fitted as well as the measurement model with the collected data.Conclusion: According to the results of this research, education and promotion of Emotional Processing lead to improved problem solving skill of flight operations’ personnel. Keywords:Emotional Processing, social problem-solving, self-balance
