فصلنامه مددکاری اجتماعی
سال چهارم شماره 11 (بهار 1394)

The aim of the research is to predict the organizational citizenship behaviors and deviant behaviors through impression management components. Correlation method was used as the research method for this study. The employees of a pharmaceutical company in Isfahan were the statistical population and 150 of them were selected by using convenience sampling. Research instruments consisted of impression management questionnaire (Bolino & Turnley، 1999)، organizational citizenship behaviors questionnaire (Lee & Allen، 2002) and deviant behaviors questionnaire (Bennett & Robinson، 2000). Data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The results of multiple regression analysis (enter method) revealed that among the components of impression management، self-promotion was the only one which has the predictive power to predict the organizational citizenship behaviors toward individuals، and self-promotion along with intimidation have the predictive power to predict the organizational citizenship behaviors toward organization. It also revealed that intimidation has the predictive power to predict the deviant behaviors toward individuals، and intimidation along with supplication have predictive power to predict the deviant behaviors toward organization. According to the result of the study، impression management and its components are important factors in predicting citizenship and deviant behaviors. Particularly they’re much important in predicting citizenship behaviors، self-promotion and intimidation and in predicting deviant behaviors، intimidation and supplication. So the effects of the components of impression management on the citizenship and deviant behaviors in organizations need to be addressed.

The aim of this study was to examine effect of education of adolescent empowerment in prevention of risky behaviors in child labor. This present research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test post test design. Statistical population of this research include 13-18 years old child labor in city of Karaj. For this purpose students who were in Kiana institute examined with Risk and protective factors questionnaire and then those who were more at risk were identified. After screening، 17 students selected to attend the training course. To performing pretest، Risky behavior questionnaire & risk and protective factors questionnaire completed by the students. This course consists of 11 session of 90 minutes. At the end of the course as well as three months after the course the participants completed risk and protective factors questionnaire & risky behavior questionnaire. T test used to analyze the data. The results show the significant difference between pretest and posttest as well as follow up scores. Based on the results of the research we can conclude that the empowerment of youth affected in prevention of risky behaviors in child labors.

This study has been done to compare resiliency and coping strategies in addicted individuals to drug and non-addicted people. This study is descriptive and casual-comparative. Sampling population was all people who lived in Arak city in 1393. In this case، 94 participants who were addicted and refereed to addiction treatment centers were selected randomly. Ninty-four subjects who were their relatives were selected as a normal group. Samples were matched based on age، sex and income; Then resiliency scale and coping strategies endler، Parker completed. Data were analyzed by using MANOVA. Results showed that there is a significant difference between addicted and non-addicted people in resiliency and coping strategies. But there isn’t meaningful difference between two groups in appraisal-focused and emotion-focused. Regard to that increased resiliency and using problem focused strategies decrease temptation of using drug suggested that improve resiliency and train problem-focused strategy to addicted individuals.

Psychological capital is one the important constructions of positive psychology. The present study was designed to determine the effectiveness of social skills training on psychological capital and its components among Tabriz university students who had referred to counseling centers during a year. Thirty cases who had referred to counseling centers in 2011-12 were selected as participants. After participants completed psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ) as pretest، they were randomly assigned to either the experimental group for social skills training (SST) (15 persons) or the control group. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The overall results suggests that social skills training has effect on the all components of psychological capital (resiliency، hope، optimism and self-efficacy). As predicted، social skills training improves students'' psychological capital.

Family has a critical role in societies. In most of societies، in response to the development and industrialization، the nature of family has changed. Nowadays family issues become priorities to governments’ policy making، because of these changes and family’s increasing needs. Because of deficit information and documentation in this issue and complicated concept of welfare، it’s necessary to study family policies in Iran to use it in policy planning and decision making. The paper review the history of family welfare policies in Iran to assess their strengths and weakness and indicate key points for future planning. Current study is documentary research and used content analysis. In the research about 28 main documentaries have reviewed. There wasn’t any specific plan budget about family welfare in none of Development Programs of before and after the Islamic Revolution except Forth Plan before revolution. It is concluded that family welfare isn’t an independent issue in policies and planning. So there should be a comprehensive and non-pathological approach to family in future policies and also it’s necessary to appoint an institution to supervise and monitor the family welfare issues.

Since the broad cultural and social consequences of divorce for women of Baneh city، this study aimed to explore the perpective of divorced women about the factors contributing to a divorce in their city. Fifteen women who had experienced divorce and living in Baneh were participating in this phenomenological qualitative study. Semi-structured interview and reviewing documentation were used to collect date. Data analysis was conducted by qualitative content analysis. The results of this study include factors contributing to divorce from the point of view of the divorced women. The main themes consist of individual factors، interpersonal factors، family factors and socio-cultural factors and sub themes are inappropriate motives of mariage، psychological and personality problems of spouse، lack of effective communication skills، conflict between tradition and modernity in family، coexistence of local culture and modern culture and finally committing crimes. Given the nowadays increasing divorce rate، professional intervention of social workers before and during and marriage and also after divorce seems to be necessary. According to traditional context of Baneh، it’s recommanded to educate and inform families in order to reduce their ineffective interference in couples’s lives. Also policy-makers and social planners should improve and strenghten economic and social structure of frontier areas to reduce the rate of divorce and its consequences.