Research Paper
Leila Kashani-Vahid; Gholam Ali Afroz; Mohsen Shokohi Yekta; Kamal Khrazi; Bagher Ghobari Bonab
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 9-25
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Improving interpersonal problem solving skills in gifted students would facilitate their confrontation with everyday conflict situations. Due to the necessity of these skills in the lives of the gifted students, a creative interpersonal problem solving training program was developed, and its effectiveness ...
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Improving interpersonal problem solving skills in gifted students would facilitate their confrontation with everyday conflict situations. Due to the necessity of these skills in the lives of the gifted students, a creative interpersonal problem solving training program was developed, and its effectiveness on social skills of the elementary gifted students was evaluated. The design of the study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. Among 5 different 4th grade classes in an all-girl school in north Tehran, two were randomly selected and assigned as experimental and control groups. The students in these two classes were screened by the Raven Progressive Matrix of Intelligence (1938) and the Tehran Stanford-Binet test of intelligence (Afrooz & Hooman, 1996). The experiment group participated in the interpersonal creative problem solving program, and the control group did not receive any treatment. Teacher form of Social Skills Rating Scale (Gresham and Elliott, 1990) was used to measure their social skills. The obtained data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of the variance showed significant differences (p
Research Paper
Amin Hasani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 26-51
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Aim: The present study was designed and conducted by the aim of investigating the relationship between brain behavioral systems and Internet addiction with mediating role of loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Method: The study was of explorative type with correlational design. The ...
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Aim: The present study was designed and conducted by the aim of investigating the relationship between brain behavioral systems and Internet addiction with mediating role of loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Method: The study was of explorative type with correlational design. The population consisted of all the male and female students in second level of secondary schools in district 4 of Karaj in 2016, among them 300 students (164 girls and 136 boys) were selected by multi-stage random sampling. They completed The Internet Addiction Test of Young (1998), The Revised form of University of California at Los Angles Loneliness Scale of Russel, Peplua and Cutrona (1980), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-P) of Garnefski, Kraaij and Spinhoven (2001), and Behavioral Activation/Inhibition Systems Scale of Carver and White (1994). Data analysis was conducted through AMOS software and by path analysis method. Results: The results showed goodness of fit for the model, in which behavioral activation system had negative association with Internet addiction (- 0.566), and behavioral inhibition system had positive association with Internet addiction (0.496). Furthermore, the mechanism of the association was such that behavioral activation system decreases Internet activation through positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and on the other hand, behavioral inhibition system increases Internet addiction through negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies and loneliness. Conclusion: The results suggested that brain behavioral systems are of particular importance in explaining Internet addiction and it can play an effective role in individuals’ tendency to Internet behaviors involvement through loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
Research Paper
said mousa golestaneh; Seyed Ali Afshin; Yusef Dehghani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 52-71
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Aim: Time perspective identifies a person's perception or assessing of past, present, and future. Time perspective, has an unconscious cognitive structure that a person uses in decision-making on short-term or long-term goals and actions. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of achievement ...
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Aim: Time perspective identifies a person's perception or assessing of past, present, and future. Time perspective, has an unconscious cognitive structure that a person uses in decision-making on short-term or long-term goals and actions. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of achievement goal in the relationship between time perspective, academic achievemen, and students' academic procrastination. Method: For this purpose, 424 (223 female, 201 male) students from different faculties (Literature, Engineering, Science) of the Persian Gulf University of Bushehr were selected by cluster sampling method and responded to the Zimbardo Time Perspective Scale (ZTPI, the form of 56 questions), Transcendental Future Time Perspective Scale (TFTPS), Measuring Target Scale 3×2 (3×2 AGQ-S), and the Academic Procrastination Scale (TPS). Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed a direct significant relationship between the time perspective and achievement goal. Besides, there was a significant relationship between time perspective and academic procrastination and a significant indirect relationship between achievement goal and academic procrastination. Also, the indirect relationship between time perspective through achievement goal with academic achievement was significant. In addition, the indirect relationship between time perspective through academic procrastination and academic achievement was significant. Results of Structural Equation Modeling indicated the fitness of the supposed model in the study. Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be said that time perspective has an important mediating role in achievement goal in the relationship between academic achievement and academic procrastination. Accordingly, taking into account the time perspective role and raising awareness of achievement goal and academic procrastination can improve students' academic achievement.
Research Paper
Mahbobeh Taher; nader hajloo
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 72-93
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The aim of this research was studied effectiveness and comparing empathy and anger management trainings on social cognition in children with oppositional defiant disorder. The method of research is experimental and research design is pretest- posttest with multi groups. The sample consisted of 54 boy ...
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The aim of this research was studied effectiveness and comparing empathy and anger management trainings on social cognition in children with oppositional defiant disorder. The method of research is experimental and research design is pretest- posttest with multi groups. The sample consisted of 54 boy students of seventh and eighth grades with oppositional defiant disorder in 2014-2015 academic years in Sari city, which were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling and were assigned to 3 groups (2 experimental groups and 1 control groups). For data collecting were used from oppositional defiant disorder rating scale for children (Homerson et al., 2006), the structured clinical interview (First et al., 1999) and social stories (Tur-Kaspa & Brayran, 1994). For educational groups, empathy training and anger management training was executed at 8 weekly sessions in 60 minutes whereas control group have any training. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed empathy training and anger management training can improve social cognition (and it's components) and the effectiveness of the trainings according to eta squared is 84 percent (P
Research Paper
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
Research Paper
Mohammad Oraki; puran sami
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 107-119
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MS is a disease of the central nervous system myelin echoed. That is one of the most common neurological disease affecting young adults is a disease in humans disabilities. In this regard, reform and knowledge to create the beliefs and understanding of the disease,can also contribute to a realistic perception ...
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MS is a disease of the central nervous system myelin echoed. That is one of the most common neurological disease affecting young adults is a disease in humans disabilities. In this regard, reform and knowledge to create the beliefs and understanding of the disease,can also contribute to a realistic perception of patients the disease,reduce the severity of the disease.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the perception of disease and disease severity in MS.The methods used in this study is experimental procedure that is performed in two experimental and control groups.The study population included 2500 patients with MS, the MS Society's members from Of them 30 people have voluntarily chosen sampling And randomly were divided into two experimental and control groups.Illness Perception Questionnaire Data collection was revised and expanded disability status scale was completed by patients,120 minutes of training in 8 sessions were offered to groups of 15 persons After the end of training,the scores of both groups were measured.Data were analyzed using ANCOVA.The findings of this study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy integrated(MBCTI) on the perception of MS patients have had significant effect But the severity of the disease have had significant effect.The results showed that MBCTI with MS patients has an impact on the perception the disease And improve the patient's level of understanding and realistic, But severity of the disease (physical) in these patients did not
Research Paper
Majid Saffarinia; rogayeh mohammadi; Samira Hasanzadeh
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 120-135
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Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between mindfulness and mind reading ability and decision-making styles of rational, avoidant, dependent, and intuitive university students. Method: For this purpose, 182 students (71 males and 111 females) were selected from Bonab universities ...
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Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between mindfulness and mind reading ability and decision-making styles of rational, avoidant, dependent, and intuitive university students. Method: For this purpose, 182 students (71 males and 111 females) were selected from Bonab universities via multi-stage random sampling and completed the questionnaires of Scott and Bruce's Decision-Making Styles Inventory (1995), Kentucky’s Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS), and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET). Results: According to the findings, there was positive relationship between mindfulness and mind reading ability and rational and intuitive decision-making styles. Besides, there was a significant negative relationship with dependent decision-making style. There was also significant negative relationship between mind reading ability and avoidant decision-making style. In addition, rational and dependent decision-making styles were predictable by both mindfulness and mind reading variables. But, avoidant and intuitive styles were only predicted by mind reading ability. Conclusion: According to the findings, it seems that people's decision making can be improved by mindfulness skill training and strengthening the ability of mind reading.
Research Paper
. .; saman kamari songhor abadi; . .; . .
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 136-154
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of emotions in the relationship between social cognition and academic satisfaction. Method: The study was descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population comprised all students in Shiraz city in the 95-96 school year, ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of emotions in the relationship between social cognition and academic satisfaction. Method: The study was descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population comprised all students in Shiraz city in the 95-96 school year, of which, 278 (107 boys, 171 girls) who were selected by cluster sampling. Data were gathered by academic satisfaction questionnaire, achievement emotion questionnaire, and social cognition questionnaire. The methods used for analyzing was Pearson correlation and path analysis. Results: The results of the correlation matrix showed that there is a significant correlation between all variables of this study, which includes academic satisfaction, emotional, and social cognition dimensions (p < .0/01). The following analysis revealed the significant mediating role of achievement emotion in the relationship between social cognition and academic satisfaction. Conclusion: In general, it can be concluded that the social cognition and achievement emotion are two of the most important factors for investigating the academic performance and academic satisfaction.
Research Paper
aliasghar eyvaziheshmat; . .; . .; . .
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 155-167
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Aim: The main aim of this study was to predict consumers' decision-making styles through personality traits. Method: The Scott and Bruce’s model which includes the rational, intuitive, dependent, and avoidant styles, was used to determine the decision-making styles. The Grey-Wilson model including ...
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Aim: The main aim of this study was to predict consumers' decision-making styles through personality traits. Method: The Scott and Bruce’s model which includes the rational, intuitive, dependent, and avoidant styles, was used to determine the decision-making styles. The Grey-Wilson model including the behavioral activation, behavioral inhibition, and fight/flight systems was used to determine the personality traits. The study sample included 375 students of Payame Noor University of Qom who were selected using stratified random sampling. Scott and Bruce decision-making styles questionnaire and Gary-Wilson personality questionnaire were completed, and multivariate regression analysis was used to predict the subjects’ decision-making styles. Results: The results showed that, in addition to a significant relationship between the components of decision-making styles, participants with behavioral activation and fight/flight systems used rational decision-making style, while those with behavioral inhibition system used avoidant and intuitive decision-making styles.
Research Paper
mohamad alvandisarabi; Hossini Zare; Ahmad Alipor; . .
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, Pages 168-180
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Aim: Since organization members are among the most important assets of higher education institutes, surveying and identifying factors associated with these sources which can be effective on their members' performance, have gained increasing importance. Accordingly, the aim of this study was investigating ...
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Aim: Since organization members are among the most important assets of higher education institutes, surveying and identifying factors associated with these sources which can be effective on their members' performance, have gained increasing importance. Accordingly, the aim of this study was investigating and predicting the cognitive distortions based on irrational beliefs and cognitive fusion in office members of Hamadan Payame Nour University. Method: To conduct the study, using random stratified sampling, a sample consisting of 240 office members of Hamadan Payame Nour University was chosen. Data were gathered through Irrational Beliefs (Jones,1986), Cognitive Distortions (Bek & Weissman, 1978), and Cognitive Fusion (Gillanders, 2010) Questionnaires. To evaluate the relations among variables, Pearson Correlation and Multiple regression were used. Results: The results showed that the irrational beliefs and cognitive fusion correlate positively and significantly and have significant predictive effect on cognitive distortions of Hamadan Payame Nour University office members. Conclusion: According to the results, irrational beliefs and cognitive fusion have predictive role on cognitive distortions; therefore, by educating and management of rational beliefs and effective cognitive factors, cognitive distortions of Hamadan Payame Nour University office members could be reduced.
