International Journal of Psychology
Volume:5 Issue: 2, Summer-Fall 2011

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the Big Five personality factors and job satisfaction variables among high school teachers in Pune (India) in 2008. A sample consisted of 121 female and 102 male teachers teaching at high schools in Pune, India were randomly selected. The Neo-Five Factors Inventory (NEO-FFI) by Costa and McCrae (1992) and Job Descriptive Index (JDI) by Smith, Kendall and Hulin (1969) were used. To analyze the data Pearson correlation was used. The results showed that neuroticism predicted (low) job satisfaction on all the job satisfaction facets except pay. Extraversion predicted satisfaction with people at work. Openness predicted (low) job satisfaction in general and satisfaction with promotions and people at work. Agreeableness predicted satisfaction with people at work. Conscientiousness predicted satisfaction with work. The results indicated that the Big Five personality factors can well predict the job satisfaction among high school teachers.

In the present study an attempt is made to find out the relationship between non-verbal communication and marital adjustment among 120 married couples from Kerman City of Iran referred to government and private counseling and social support centers. Test of Non-verbal Cue Knowledge (TONCK) by Rosip & Hall (2004) and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) by Busby, Christensen, Crane and Larson (1995) were employed to measure non-verbal communication levels and marital adjustment, respectively. Two-way ANOVA was employed to find out the difference in marital adjustment scores with different levels of non-verbal communication along with gender, age, educational level and marital years. Results revealed that as the non-verbal communication levels increased, marital adjustment of the couples increased linearly and significantly. Couples with higher educational levels had higher marital adjustment scores than Couples with lower educational levels and couples with above 11 years marriage had higher marital adjustment scores than Couples with 6-10 years marriage and below 5 years marriage. Lastly gender did not have a significant influence over marital adjustment of the Couples.

The present study tested a mediation model consisting of job satisfaction as the dependent variable and core self-evaluations (CSE) as the independent variable, with perceived job characteristics and perceived organizational climate as its mediators. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), the relationships were examined in a sample of 294 full-time employees in an industrial organization in Ahvaz, Iran, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. Of this sample 94.5% were men with an average age of 42 years. Each participant in the study was required to complete four measures: Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), Job in General Scale (JIGS), Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS), and Organizational Climate Scale. The results revealed that a) CSE was positively related to job satisfaction, b) CSE was positively related to perceived job characteristics and perceived organizational climate, c) perceived job characteristics and perceived organizational climate were positively related to job satisfaction, and d) perceived job characteristics and perceived organizational climate partially mediated the relationship of CSE with job satisfaction. Discussion and implications of the results are presented in the study.

This study investigates the relationship between job boredom proneness as the predictor variable and job satisfaction and job involvement as the criterion variables. Job Boredom Proneness Scale, Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), and Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ) were administered to 275 employees, working in an industrial organization, selected according to a stratified random sampling method. The results indicated that job boredom proneness and its dimensions correlate negatively and significantly with job satisfaction and job involvement. The facets of perception of time and constraint had the most important role in explaining the variances of job satisfaction and job involvement.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of perceived organizational support and corporate culture with general health in public and private sector nurses in Isfahan. Participants were a randomly selected sample of 200 nurses from public and private sectors hospitals. Eisenberger perceived organizational support (1986), Cunha & Cooper corporate culture (2001), and Goldberg & Hiller general health (1979) questionnaires were used to collect the required data. The data were analyzed applying Pearson correlation, multivariate regression, and multivariate analysis of variance. A significant correlation was found between perceived organizational support as well as corporate culture and general health of nurses (p<0.05). In addition, the results of the stepwise regression showed that in the private sector corporate culture and in the public sector organizational support were predictors of general health. Comparing the public and private sector nurses, significant differences were found in the perceived organizational support between these two groups of nurses (p<0.01). It may be concluded that perceiving support from the organization and the corporation in decision makings, could help employees to increase their mental health.

The present research intended to investigate the value system in terms of openness to change in sociometry groups. The research method applied was causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all female high school students of Baharestan. From among 21 high schools, 8 were selected using multistage random sampling method. Later, the sociometry questionnaire was administered to 1232 students of these schools to identify the popular and secluded ones. From this population, 368 students were placed in the popular and secluded groups. To measure the value system, Schwartz Periodical Values Questionnaire was drawn on. Openness to change consisted of the three components of self-direction, stimulation and hedonism. For statistical analysis, two-way MANOVA was used. The research results revealed that the values of self-direction, stimulation, and hedonism were found more in the popular group than in the secluded group. In addition, openness to change was also found to be greater among the popular adolescents than the secluded ones.

The use of neurofeedback as an operant conditioning paradigm has revealed that participants are able to gain some control over particular aspects of their electroencephalogram (EEG). Based on the association between alpha (8–13 Hz) and theta (4–8 Hz) with a hypnogogic state, and beta (15-18 Hz) and/or SMR (12-15 Hz) augmentation and theta (4–7 Hz) and high beta (22-30Hz) suppression with attention processing and relaxation, we investigated the possibility of training addicted individuals in order to enhance their mental health and thus increase the frequency of individuals with prognosis of substance use disorder, in comparison with a control group. Thirty-four males (age: 28.25 ± 3.12 years) diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder (opium addicted) were randomly assigned to Neurofeedback (NF) group (N=16) and control group (N = 18). Participants were assessed prior and subsequent to the training process on two tests of Rap Dip™ InstaTest and the Depression Anxiety Stress scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). The results of analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that, after twenty sessions of neurofeedback, the treatment group exhibited a significant and clear improvement in depression and anxiety, but there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of stress variables. Also, negative rate in urinalysis results in treatment group were higher than those for the control group (43.8% vs. 22.2%). However, this difference between neurofeedback and control group was not significant (chi-square= 1.79, P=0.18). This study suggests that SUD individuals can learn to improve their depression and anxiety and to a lesser extent to withdraw from substance use. We discuss possible mechanisms that could mediate such effects and indicate a number of directions for future research.