نشریه مطالعات اسلام و روان شناسی
پیاپی 13 (پاییز و زمستان 1392)

This study aims to investigate the relationship of psycho-spiritual development level and loneliness with existential anxiety among the students. So with the help of multistage sampling, 341 girl students studying for bachelor's degree in Qom University were selected. All the selected students were tested with three tests of psycho-spiritual development, existential anxiety, and loneliness scale. The findings show that there is an inverse relationship between psycho-spiritual development and existential anxiety (r=-0.487) (P<0.01). In addition, there is a moderate meaningful positive correlation (P<0.01) between existential anxiety and loneliness and all its subscales. Also the results show that both psycho-spiritual development level and loneliness can significantly foresee existential anxiety (R2=32.5). It is expected that increasing psycho-spiritual development level is a key factor in decreasing existential anxiety and loneliness followed by improving mental health.

The objective of present study is to discover the ways and quality of the parent's influence on the children's religiosity from the view of psychology of religion. In this study, some different researches conducted by psychologists of religion on this subject were considered and the various ways of parent's influence on the children's religiosity were classified. The findings showed that the most important factor in the formation and extent of the children's religiosity is the parents. The parents form their children's religiosity in different ways and conditions. There are some factors which affect the formation of the children's religiosity including the parent's religiosity, giving importance to the religious customs by the parents, the relationship of the parents with each other and also with their children, taking into consideration the children's needs, the style of parenting, and the amount of the parent's interest to their children.

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship of belief in religion, self-esteem, and academic achievement among the students studying in the faculty of human sciences, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch. The research methodology is descriptive-correlational. 246 students were selected with the help of stratified sampling. The research data were collected through Coopersmith self-esteem inventory with α=0.81 and Allport religious orientation scale with α=0.76. Pearson correlation coefficient, Kendall's t, independent samples t-tests, Fisher's z, and one-way analysis of variance were used for analyzing the data. Some of the findings show that a) there is a non-significant positive relationship of belief in religion with self-esteem and academic achievement; b) there is a non-significant positive relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement; c) the correlation between self-esteem and belief in religion is not significantly different among girl and boy students; d) the correlation between belief in religion and academic achievement is not significantly different among girl and boy students.

Identifying and presenting a comprehensive Koranic approach to motivation is the purpose of this research. The main question of the study is: what are the principles and factors of motivation and how are the human's motivations and behaviors formed from the viewpoint of Koran? For replying that question, the whole Koran was studied verse by verse with the help of Koran by Koran interpretation and focusing on Izutsu's semantic analysis. Then the related verses were collected and finally an integrated approach was obtained by the content analysis of verses. Some research results are: a) the motivation view of Koran needs to be obtained from all of the verses applying the techniques of seeking for words and statements meanings; b) from Koranic view, the origins of motivations are a series of human's interconnected aspects (will, reason, biological systems, and passion) and the devil's temptations which are all influenced by the human's belief in divine providence (see figure 1); c) in addition to current motivation classifications, the Koran presents some new motivation classifications; d) from Koranic view, the motivation conflict is in the material-material and material-spiritual form not in the spiritual-spiritual form.

The aim of this study is to investigate the change objectives from Nahjul Balagheh's view in comparison with the change objectives from psychology's view. Thus, the classification system of content analysis of 22 classes as the tool of this study was created by combining 16 classes of change objectives from Nahjul Balagheh with 6 classes of change objectives from psychology via qualitative and quantitative content analysis methodology. The change priorities in the Imam Ali's sayings and psychology were identified through the information quantified by two analyzers with the help of quantitative content analysis and calculating the frequencies and the correlation coefficient between the classes. The change priorities show that the most important common objectives between them are self-actualization, environmental consistency, and tension decrease. Based on the Imam Ali's sayings, the most important change objectives are reason, teleological thinking, and self-actualization. Also the statistical assessments show that there is a meaningful relationship among some classes of change objectives such as cooperation, teleological thinking, and humility. In addition, there is an overlap between some psychological concepts and the Imam Ali's sayings.

From long years ago to the present, learning has been one of the most important issues and scientists and philosophers have done some remarkable and extensive researches on that. Today, learning is an interdisciplinary subject paid attention by psychologists and education scientists. Suhrawardi, the founder of philosophy of illumination, is a person who emphasizes on science, knowledge, and learning and his philosophical attitudes toward these issues are not only considered as his honors but also the turning point of his life. He have investigated those issues and obtained a kind of conceptual integration in this case. He have taken into consideration all of the issues related to learning including the definition of learning, the types of learning, the nature and truth of learning, the factors and obstacles of learning, and.... In this study, we will first mention the definition and types of learning and then draw your attention to the two significant subjects in philosophy of illumination named the nature and truth of learning and the factors of learning.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the structure of patriarchal authority in the individual's family of origin and the current efficiency of family. The research methodology is quantitative-correlational. The population consists of all female school teachers in the city of Nourabad in Lorestan province that 205 teachers were selected with the help of cluster sampling. An efficiency of family questionnaire with 79 questions and a questionnaire on the structure of authority in the family with 36 questions were applied in the study. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and regression. The results showed that there is a meaningful positive relationship between the structure of patriarchal authority in the family of origin and the current efficiency of family. Also, there is a meaningful positive relationship between the structure of patriarchal authority in the family of origin and all ten components of current efficiency of family. The structure of patriarchal authority in the family of origin explains nearly 10% of the variance of current efficiency of family. Based on the patterns of democratic patriarchy and structure of authority according to Islamic teachings and many internal and external studies, the research findings are explained.