سجاد آلبوکردی

This research was aimed to investigate the relationship between the big five personality dimensions and leadership style with instructional productivity of principals at secondary and high schools in West Islam Abad city. the current research was a correlational type. A sample of 70 principals and 210 teachers were selected through random sampling method for measuring productivity and leadership style. Costa & McCrea''s questionnaire of principals personality factors، Halpin''s leadership styles description questionnaire، and Saatchi''s modified productivity questionnaire were used for data gathering. Pearson correlation test and Multiple Regression analyses were used for statistical analyses. The results of analyzing factors correlations represent a positive and significant relationship between extroversion and consciousness factors with productivity. Also the results of multiple regression analysis indicated that extroversion and consciousness، among the variables، were the significant predictors of productivity. Also variables were the explanatory of positive relation and significance between leadership style of initiate structure and productivity. Therefore the results of this research could be used to recognize the personality characteristics in principals with high levels of productivity and hereto promote the vicarious system models in organization. Also، regarding organization circumstance and via adoption of leadership styles that are productivity related، we can assist the promotion of leaders and organizations.

Prisoners’ mental health and provision of psychological services have drawn the attention of many experts in this field. Many studies have shown that the prevalence of mental disorders and low levels of resilience which is a factor for the development of mental disorders among the prisoners is higher than that of the general population. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of mental disorders and its relationship with resilience in male prisoners. The population target in this cross-sectional study was all the male prisoners of Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. 140 subjects were entered into this study via convenient sampling method. Resilience Scale for Adults and Symptom Check List were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by means of Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicated that symptoms of mental disorders were present in a high percentage of the prisoners. Moreover 97. 1 % of the prisoners showed low levels of resilience. Furthermore، linear regression analysis revealed that، except for phobia and paranoia، resilience was a significant negative predictor of SCL90 total score and its subscales. Mental disorders and low levels of resilience were prevalent among prisoners. The results of this study emphasize the necessity of providing psychosocial services for prisoners. Also resilience as an influencing factor in the development of mental disorders deserves attention.

Adolescence age is considered as an important period for initiation of high risk behaviors. This is due to egocentrism and misapprehension of adolescents about their behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of high risk behaviors and its co-occurrence among adolescents of military families.
This study was cross sectional-descriptive. 457 adolescents were selected from military families through Multi-phase sampling method and were assessed by Iranian Adolescent Risk-Taking Scale. Data was analyzed by SPSS¡ descriptive statistics methods¡ Pearson correlation coefficient and T-test for independent groups.
The results of this study showed that 23.4 percents the adolescents were at high risk during car driving. Furthermore 19.8 % of the adolescents were at high risk in sexual relationships¡ 5.5 % in alcohol use¡ 7% in cigarette use¡ 2.7 % in drug abuse and 7.7 % in aggression. The investigation of co-occurrence of high risk behaviors showed that there were significant and positive relationships among various risky behaviors.
According to the results of this study¡ more attention to risky car driving and sexual behaviors¡ which are highly prevalent¡ is necessary for adolescents’ health. Also¡ It seems necessary to perform preventive programs for school age children and to provide proper educations about high risk behaviors for adolescents and their parents.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of life skills training programs in reducing parent-child conflicts. The statistical population of the study comprised all high school male students in Malard from whom 40 individuals were chosen through purposive sampling method. The subjects were randomly assigned to experimental (20 subjects) and control (20 subjects) groups. For the purpose of data collection, Conflict Tactics Scale was used and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the total scale was 0.75. The experimental group participated in 12 training sessions, whereas the control group received no intervention. The training sessions included four components of life skills, namely self-awareness, effective communication, anger management, and problem solving. Results of Analysis of Covariance showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups regarding parent-child conflict and its components, i.e., reasoning, verbal aggression, and physical aggression. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that life skills training programs can promote adolescents’ reasoning ability and reduce parent-child conflicts, verbal aggression, and physical aggression.

child sexual abuse (CSA) is one of those problems which repeatedly happens and ‎affects the future of children. In order to decrease the negative effects of CSA, many countries try ‎to fight against this problem by developing new educational programs. One of the target ‎communities, for presenting these instructions, are primary school teachers, who can offer great ‎helps, considering their day-to-day and close relationship with the victims of CSA. Therefore, it ‎is expected to have the knowledge and ability in this area. The purpose of this study was to ‎investigate the knowledge level of primary school teachers regarding CSA and their attitudes ‎towards it, and also, to evaluate their ability to identify and report this phenomenon.‎ the sample group consisted of 62 primary school teachers in Karaj, who ‎were chosen by a cluster sampling method. For data gathering, a researcher-made questionnaire ‎was used which it’s Cronbach’s alpha was 0.86.‎ the data analysis showed that, while this teachers are aware of the significance of their ‎role in identification and reporting CSA, their knowledge in this area is inefficient.‎‏ ‏‎86 percent of ‎these teachers, had no received any instructions in this area and it seems that their ability to ‎identify and report this phenomenon is inefficient.‎ Conclusion‏:‏‎ Therefore it seems necessary to deliver some instructions about identification and ‎reporting this problem in pre-service educational courses.‎

Background and The aim of this research was to assess the depression syndrome in male prisoners and its relationship with self-esteem and social support in a Shiraz-based prison. Ïn this correlational study, 82 male prisoners in Âdel Âbad prison in Shiraz were randomly selected and the Beck Depression Ïnventory, Çoopersmith self-esteem Questionnaire and Social Support Questionnaire were completed for them. Data was analyzed using Stepwise Multiple Regression and Pearson Çorrelation coefficient. %93.9 of prisoners had mild to severe depression and it was significant in relation with self-esteem and depression (P<0.001), however, the relationship between depression and social support was not significant. Results of multiple regression showed that self-esteem is a predictive factor for depression in prisoners (β=-0.505, P<0.001) while social support showed no significant relationship.Çonclusion: Âccording to the high prevalence of depression syndrome in prisoners, it is suggested that providing psychological services may decrease the prevalence of depression in male prisoners.