نشریه روان شناسی فرهنگی زن
پیاپی 31 (بهار 1396)

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of compassion focused therapy and well-being therapy on psychological capital in female students. The statistical population included all students of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran in the second semester of 1394-1395 who were in romantic failure.The sample was included 42 volunteers who randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. Quasi-experimental research design was pretest – posttest with control group. The instruments used in this study were Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans et al., 2007) and Love Trauma Inventory(Rosse,1991). Each experimental group included WBT & CFT were treated in eight sessions. During this period the control group did not receive any treatment. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that WBT is effective in improving psychological capital and CFT is not effective in improving psychological capital. There is no difference between CFT and WT on improving psychological capital. The results showed that Well-being therapy is effective in people with romantic failures.

In this study, the goal was to consider speech of Imam Ali (AS) addressed the characteristics of the females those which if not managed properly, could become serious problematic. The research method was a library and descriptive-analytic type referring to the words of Imam Ali (AS) in various sources, especially in Nahj al-Balagha, with a problem-oriented approach. The findings of the study included the introduction and analysis such features like intensity of emotions, quick verbal and behavioral response, desire to show up, body elegance and special features of the  women. So since women are as half of the human society and pillar of upbringing and source of emotions in the family and also, due to the reason of the communities complex structure and the extent of communication and a multiplicity of roles and social responsibility in the present, addressing the issue of women pathology has become very important, because securing women's lives could better protect them and the family and the community.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress training program in reducing test anxiety of female students. The statistical population was all female students of public high school in Ghods city. Random cluster sampling was used to select 90 students as the sample. Then the subjects completed the Silberberg Anxiety Scale. 30 students with high test anxiety scores were selected and randomly divided into two groups; an experimental and a control group, each consisting 15 students. The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The experimental group received 8 sessions of mindfulness-based stress reduction training but the control group received none. Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance. The findings showed that mindfulness – based techniques reduced the symptoms of test anxiety. The research concluded thsa mindfulness – based techniques can be used to reduce the test anxiety of students.

This article with the aim to explain the role of Her Excellency Zeinab (SA) in Ashura movement and its crisis management, attempted to introduce a model of success for Muslim woman in the social and political arena. The biography case study of Her Excellency Zeinab (SA) as a woman from the prophet family during the captivity, because of the uniqueness of the event and the formation of new crisis in advancing the history of Shi'ism, along with a focusing on political and religious aspect is very important and could be a model for Muslim women. In this regard, referring to reliable sources, the required information was collected and by using descriptive-analytical way the extracted data was analyzed. Diagnosis of the crisis and its fields, underlying beliefs of crisis management, impressive characteristic features and managerial actions before, during, and after the crisis, were the four components of crisis management in the life of Her Excellency Zeinab (SA) that in this research were found and the result was that she could manage this crisis through the above four components, and turn it into an opportunity to expand Shiite political thought.

This study aimed to investigate the Persian paintings of Tahmasbi’s Shah-nameh and women's lifestyle and music in that era. This is a fundamental research with a descriptive-historical method and social analysis has been applied for studying the Persian paintings and the role and status of women and music in the Safavid era. The data were collected in library. Analysis of three Persian paintings of Tahmasbi’s Shah-nameh showed the proficiency and talent of the women artists in Safavid era in general and in Shah Tahmasb’s era in particular. The results showed that, given the importance of Shah Tahmasbi’s Shah-nameh, Shah Tahmasb’s penance had not only a great impact on Iran’s political, social, and cultural conditions but also made women more restricted than the previous eras. Accordingly, the music was boycotted and musicians endured many hardships. Although, repentance of Shah Tahmasb suppressed the activity of musicians and naturally, the activity of women, there are some Persian paintings containing women playing harp and tambourine.

The objective of present study was to document indigenous knowledge of making water skin and other handmade of hide livestocks that were used for processing and storage dairy products. The research conducted in villages and nomad women from Madhani tribe of Papi confederacy in Kakasharaf region of Khorramabad county, Lorestan province. The research method was ethnography with applying semi structured interviews and participatory observation. The results showed that villager and nomad women made two types of musk one of them, “mashk-e Du” for processing yoghurt and storage Doogh, and another one “Mashk-e Aow” for carrying and storage drinking water. In addition, local women make “Hiza” for storage ghee and “Kervel” for storage butter from ruminant coats. These handicrafts are symbol of the nomads and rural communities which come out of rich gender traditional knowledge. No synthetic nor chemical materials were used during the making process of these storages. The products were stored or processed in them seeded to be healthy and homemade which the user demands increase for them.

The purpose of the present study was to determine the level of relationship between family communication patterns (conversation orientation and conformity orientation), and attachment styles (secure, insecure-ambivalent and insecure-avoidant) in female students of Andimeshk Islamic Azad University. The population comprised all the female students studying in Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk branch, out of whom a sample of 322 girls was selected using a random multistage sampling. The research employed descriptive-correlational method. The research’s data gathering tools included Koerner & Fitzpatrick Family Communication Patterns Questionnaire (children's version) (2002), Attachment Styles Questionnaire by Kolinz & Reed (1990) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (revised version) (2002). Pearson correlation analysis and step-wise regressions were used in order to analyze the data. Results indicated that conversation and conformity orientation and happiness are significantly and positively correlated to one another. Moreover, there existed significant and positive relationship between secure attachment style and happiness; whereas, significant and negative relationship was observed between avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles and happiness. Furthermore, according to the results of step-wise regression analysis, secure attachment styles, conversation orientation and conformity orientation are the best predictors of happiness, respectively.

The purpose of this study was to deliberate the Arab contemporary poetry about women based on Hafez Abraham, the Egypt contemporary poet; his point of view on women’s freedom and their role in policy, science and education. The study was designed as narrative and analytic. The result showed that he objected to the unconstrained freedom in his poetries and described the women’s freedom in Islamic domains. Also this neoclassic poet believed in the role of women in all areas such as policy, science and education.