فصلنامه مطالعات روانشناختی
سال یازدهم شماره 2 (پیاپی 39، تابستان 1394)

The purpose of this study was to determine the neuropsychological problems in emotionally abused girls. Comparative-causative method was used in this research. Statistical population of this research was included all of girl students of guidance school that have studied in Tehran. Sixty students (30 students with emotional abuse، 30 normal students) were included in this research. Participants were selected by convenience sampling. The data were collected by emotionally abused researcher-made questionnaire، Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children، Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Test، Rey – Osterrieth Complex Figure Test. The data were analyzed by using independent “t” Test. The results indicated that there was significant diffrrence between bender gestalt main scores،subscales of Wechsler (similarities، vocabulary)، scores (copy and recall) of Rey Osterrieth among two groups. There were no significant differences between other comparisons. Results indicated That brain dysfunction was shown in emotionally abused students. According to obtained results we suggest to other researchers notice to localization of brain dysfunction in emotionally abused people in addition of psychological problems.

This research was conducted to study the relationship between the academic procrastination behaviour of university students with perfectionism, obsessive – compulsive and five factor personality traits. Study was performed on Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem. The sample consisted of 265 students, which were selected through cluster random sampling method. The instruments employed in the study were The Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R), Padua Inventory” developed by Sanavio, Five Factor Model Personality Scale, Procrastination Assessment Scale – student(SPSS). Data were analyzed by multiple regression method. The results showed that perception of a discrepancy between those standards and actual performance, conscientiousness, openness, obsessive –compulsive personal traits were important predictive factors of procrastination behaviors. Also it was found that 35% of the variance of procrastination were accounted by linear combination of standards and actual performance, Conscientiousness, Openness, and obsessive –compulsive personal traits.

The aim of this study was to compare mother’s perfectionism levels and parental bonding in obsessive - compulsive disorder and healthy adults. A sample of 36 obsessive - compulsive disorder adults and 36 students from Tehran University with their mothers were selected by convenience sampling Method. The research design was descriptive and causal-comparative method. In order to collect data, the Maudsley Obsessive-Scale Screening, GHQ, Heal’s Perfectionism and Parental Bonding Questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed by correlation method and t-test. The findings showed that mother’s positive negative perfectionism scores were significantly different between two groups. Also, the perception of mother’s overprotection were more in adults with obsessive – compulsive disorders than healthy adults’ mothers. There was no significant between two groups of mothers in subscales of parental bonding. These findings also support the conclusion that perception of mother’s overprotection alone was a predictor of obsessive - compulsive disorder.

Shame and guilt feelings are in moral self - conscious emotions category, which occur after a moral error and they have important role in individual and social behavioral regulation. This study, from a positive psychology perspective, investigated the relationship between these emotions with happiness. Participants were 231 university students (female=134 & male= 97) of Shiraz University and University of Medical Sciences which were selected by convenience sampling method. In order to assess variables of research Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire were used. Simultaneous multiple regression was used to examine the research hypothesis.The results indicated that shame feeling and guilt feeling were significant predictor of happiness.Also results confirmed the moderator effect of the gender, Thus, in girls, only shame feeling was negative significant predictor, but in boys both guilt and shame feelings were significant predictor of happiness. shame negatively and guilt positively are predictor variables.The results,based on a positive emotional outcomes, provide some evidence for considering the shame and guilt feelings as two, respectively, separate emotion. Of course, the pattern of the relationship between the variables were functions of gender variable. The more result justifications and implications were discussed.

the Present study was done through investigating the impacts of group counseling with an interpersonal approach on improvement of marital relations of mothers who were hurt by marital betrayal. Research population was consisted of the entire student’s mothers that live in Tehran City and due to their husbands’ betrayal, they visited counseling centers of Tehran in 2010; seeking counseling services. A purposeful Sampling was carried out in an available manner and meanwhile the subject were selected from a group of volunteers that obtained high scores betrayal assessment. then they were randomly divided in two groups a. experimental group (8 persons) and b. control group (8 persons). The Procedure was semi-experimental with pre-test & post- test between two groups. Group counseling sessions were done in 20 sessions and at the end both groups were asked to take the test again. The instruments were: Vaughan (2008) infidelity evaluation questionnaire, with 35 questions & author-devised inventory of marital relations; containing 65 items. To analyze data, Co-variance Analysis and Multivariable Variance analysis were applied. The final results revealed that group counseling was effective in the process of recovery between such mothers who have experienced (sexual) unfaithfulness and betrayal. There was a significant improvement through partners verbal communication between the subjects of experimental group, while verbal communication & marital relationship between the mothers in control group showed no significant change p<0/05. According to research findings, it was concluded that mothers who had conseling with an interpersonal approach were able to live in the present as much as possible, gave up the past & improve the marital relationship and their verbal communication.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between sex and gender role, and Resilience. Research Method were correlation. The study population consisted of all first year students in Saqez city high schools, (4075) at 2010-2011 academic year. The research sample included 200 students (100 females and 100 males) were selected with a multi-stage random cluster sampling method. To collect data, two questionnaires were used: gender role Bem's and Connor and Davidson's resiliency scale were used. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as mean, standard deviation, two-way analysis of variance were used. Findings showed that the relationship between sex and resiliencies were rejected; the role of gender was effective on differences of level resiliency. Androgyny, without respect of sex, have effect on resiliency. Also result showed that the third hypothesis in relation with interaction of sex and role of gender on level of resilience was not approved.

The purpose of the present study was codification of model for Religious Coping strategy in crisis and to examine the mediating role of quality attachment to God in the relation between family functioning and religious coping. In this descriptive-correlational study, Survey data from 810 students from Tehran universities by multi stage cluster sampling, were asked to complete the attachment to God Inventory, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale-IV (FACES-IV) Olson and et al. and religious coping Pargament and et al., This study Used reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Structural equations modeling method was used to analyze the results and analyze the mediating role based Barone and Kenny and Iacobucci & et al. proposed model. hypothesized model had a good fit with the observed data. Path analysis indicated that the relation between adaptability cohesion family and positive religious coping fully mediated by secure attachment to God, And the relation between family chaotically disengaged and negative and positive religious coping mediated by avoidant attachment to God. The fitted model results showed the effects of rigidly enmeshed and chaotically disengaged family on negative religious coping were mediated by ambivalent attachment to God and family functioning affect religious coping partly through attachment to God. So, the role of family functioning not only be important in preventing and understanding religious coping, but also attachment to God as a mediator, plays an important role in these relationships.