نشریه پژوهشهای روان شناختی
سال پانزدهم شماره 2 (پاییز و زمستان 1391)

This research was conducted to determine the psychopathological profile of students exposed to trauma. The statistical population of this research comprised of boy students who studied in Uremia high schools at first, second, and third grades (N=10286). One thousand of these students, approximately 10 percent of this population, were selected by multistage cluster sampling method as the sample. They were asked to complete the Children Traumatic Event Screening Inventory and the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R) in group settings. Fifty four of the selected group refused to respond to these inventories and therefore, were excluded from the research. Participants were divided into 7 groups on the basis of the results of the Children Traumatic Event Screening Inventory. The means of their scores at the indexes of SCL-90 were analyzed by MANOVA, ANOVA, and Scheffe tests. The results showed that at most indexes of SCL-90, groups which had experienced emotional abuse, mixed traumas, physical abuse, and accidents/disasters, had higher mea-ns respectively. This was especially obvious in depression and obsession-compulsion indexes. Furthermore, results showed that there were significant differences between groups with different traumas in indexes of SCL-90 and total scores of this scale. These results suggest that having experienced different traumatic events would lead to different psychological consequences.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between sensation seeking، leisure bordom، and self-esteem with symptoms of cellphone addiction and patterns of cellphone use. To do so، students who were selected via partial stratified sampling، responded to self-report question-naires of cellphone Addiction، sensation seeking، self-esteem، along with questions about properties of their cell phone contacts. The results showed that leisure boredom and sensation seeking have significant relationships with such an addiction، while self- esteem has no significant relationship with it. Stepwise regression analysis showed that sensation seeking is the best predictor of the addiction to cellphone. The effects of sensation seeking and leisure bordom on other addictions have been shown. This type of addiction can be used as a potential possibility to propagate community norms and reduce the damages of other addictions

This study tested the causal relationship between personality traits (extra-version and conscientiousness)، supervisor support، and work pressure with job satisfaction and work-family conflict. The sample consisted of 197 employees of an industrial organization in Ahvaz who were selected by simple random sampling method. The instruments used in the present study consisted of: Big Five Factor Personality Questionnaire (Costa & McCrae، 1992)، Super-visor Support Questionnaire) Ohio State Uni-versity (، Role Conflict and Ambiguity Scale) Rizzo، House، & Lirtzman، 1970)، Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Bray-Field & Roth، 1951)، and Work-Family Conflict Question-naire)Carlson، Kacmar، & Williams، 2000). Data analysis was conducted by structural equation modeling (SEM). The indirect effects were tested by Baron and Kenny (1986) procedure. The results indicated that the proposed model had good fit indices. Better fit was obtained by using AMOS 18 modification indices. The results also showed that psychological work pressure mediate the relationship of personality traits and supervisor support with work-family conflict and job satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to examin the relationship of personality traits and creativity with «everyday life music using». The research population were undergraduate students of Khalij Fars University. Three hundred of these students were included in this study via cluster random sampling method. Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham Music Questionnaire، Gough Creative Personality Scale، and Neuroticism، Extraversion، and Openness to Experience subscales of NEO Five-Factor Inventory were used for data collection. Structural equation modeling method (path analysis) was used for data analysis. The results indicated that individuals higher in Neuroticism were more likely to use music for emotional regulation (influencing their mood states)، those higher in Extraversion were more likely to use music as a background to other activities، and those higher in Openness to Experience were more likely to use music in a cognitive or intellectual way. As predicted، creativity was linked to cognitive use of music: Also، creativity affected music use in cognitive or intellectual way via Openness to Experience. Finaly، The results indicated that personality traits and creativity are determinants of uses of music in everyday life

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of metacognitive theory in explaining the symptoms of anxiety among students، and to compare metacognitive belief of “need for control” between anxious and normal students. In this study، a correlational- comparative design was used. The sample consisted of 224 students of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences who were selected via cluster sampling method. The instruments used in this study consisted of Metacognitive Questionnaire (MCQ-30) and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Consistent with expectations، the results showed a significant positive relationship between components of metacognition (negative beliefs، positive beliefs، need for control beliefs، and cognitive confidence belief) and anxiety symptoms. The results also revealed a significant difference in the subscale of “need for control belief” between anxious and normal students، whereas higher scores in metacognitive subscales (negative beliefs، positive beliefs، need for control beliefs، and cognitive confidence belief) was positivity correlated with anxiety symptoms. Among the five components of metacognition، anxiety was best predicted by negative beliefs.

This study investigated the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational commitment considering work in line or staff sector. To do so، 70 personnel (35 persons from work in line and 35 persons from staff sector) were randomly selected and completed Perceived Organizational Support Survey Questionnaire and Organizational Commitment Question-naire. Data from pilot study showed that reliability of the instruments were adequate. To analyze data، T test for two independent groups، Fisher’s Z test to verify significant differences in correlation coefficients between the two groups، and regression analysis to predict organizational commitment from perceived organizational support were used. Results revealed that there were significant differences between perceived organizational support and all of the components of organizational commitment in the two groups. The effect of job situation on this relationship was not significant. The results of regression analysis revealed that perceived organizational support was an important predictor of organizational commitment.