نشریه روان شناسی فرهنگی زن
پیاپی 47 (بهار 1400)

The aim of this study was to investigate the position of women in the mysticism of Christianity and Islam. The studied population was the famous mystical women who had special influence on the mysticism of these religions. The sample subsummed Teresa of Ávila and Catherine of Siena in Christianity and Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya and Imaneh Khatoon in Islam. The research was designed as analytical descriptive. To collect data library approach and taking index cards based on the views of sacred and written texts that had dealt with the history of mystics. The data was analysed by using qualitative method. The findings indicated that not only the women were capable of intuition from the point of view of the founders and the holy books, but also the field of activity of these mystical women in the two mentioned religions had similarities. These similarities were examined in three areas: celibacy, which provides women's independence, the dynamic role they played in the executive affairs of mystical centers, and the position they gained in deciphering and intuition. Hence, these mystical women in these contexts were able to be active alongside with the men in the religious community.

The aim of the present study was to criticize the plot and type of narrative in a novel called "Soiree of the Hyenas" by "Masoumeh Afrashi" based on new models of structuralism and narratology. The research design was descriptive-analytical. In the descriptive part, data was obtained through documents and librarary and in the analytical part, the “soiree of hyenas” novel was studied. First, a brief history of structuralism and narratology in fiction was introduced and then two models of communication (linking and breaking) in plot structure were discussed. The results of critique and analysis of the plot structure and type of narrative in the novel based on research theories showed that a similar pattern could be drawn for it, because a value (ultimate goal) called human responsibility fulfilment and defending Islam and the homeland was observed. Also, the "sender" was not always a character, but sometimes an inner feeling and force played the role of a character that arised from religious beliefs, and no worldly reward or external character was involved in this and the sender's force was impersonal.

The objective of the present study was to investigate the dimensions of middle-age experience in women. The statistical population included all middle-aged women aged 39 to 43 years of the regions one, two, and three in Tehran. Through a semi-structured interview, 12 women were selected by purposive sampling to reach data saturation. This study was conducted based on a qualitative approach, and was analyzed by content analysis procedure. The content of the interviews was coded, classified, and analyzed via applying the Brown and Clark method, using Atlas software, and ultimately led to the extraction of themes. The findings showed that the main themes included six themes of "physical changes," "change in relationships," "attention to internal aspects," "spirituality," "financial concern," and "conflict resolution." Regarding the vulnerability of middle-aged women and their risk of mental disorders, addressing middle-aged women's life should be a top priority in our country's health care system .

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of behavioral activation on fear of negative evaluation and internalized stigma of mothers with autistic children. The study population included mothers with children suffering of autism spectrum disorders in Isfahan that of these, 28 mothers were selected by purposive sampling method based on inclusion criteria and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control, 14 subjects each. The experimental research design was pre-test, post-test with control and follow-up groups. Subjects responded to the research questionnaires, including Larry (1983) Fear of Negative Evaluation Questionnaire and McVeok (2010) Internalized Stigma Questionnaire. The experimental group participated in a group behavioral activation course for 8 sessions of 90 minutes; but for the control group, no intervention was performed and a month and a half later, the follow-up stage was performed. The data were analyzed using one way and multi varriate analysis of covariance in. The results showed that behavioral activation was effective on fear of negative evaluation and internal astigma of mothers with autistic children. The results were consistent in follow-up.

The purpose of this research was to propose the causal model of adjustment to cancer based on attachment styles and mediating of causal attribution styles in women with cancer. Statistical population Included women with cancer in Urmia that were treated during the first six months of 2019. 360 patients were selected as sample by using purposive sampling procedure. The research design was a correlation of structural equations. Three questionnaires of Adult Attachment Styles (1987), Causal Attribution Styles (1983) and Mental Adjustment to Cancer (1989) were implemented to collect data. The data was analyzed via Partial Least Squares method for structural equation modeling and PLS software. The research results indicated direct and significant relationship between attachment and causal attribution styles and significant direct and indirect relationships between attachment styles and psychological adjustment to cancer(p < 001). Also, a significant direct relationship and effect was observed between causal attribution styles and psychological adjustment to cancer(p < 001). The overall result of the research showed that the model had the ability to predict and optimum goodness of fit and was well constructed.

The purpose of this study was to study the political, cultural and economic roles of women in the Abbasi court. The studied population included all political, cultural and economic roles of women in the Abbasi court in the period of 132 to 334 AH. The sample subsumed the most significant roles of women such as the bondwomen, caliphates’ mothers, the poetess and so on. The research was designed as descriptive analytical type. To collect data library method was applied by referring to books and scientific documents. The related to the subject and authentic data was analyzed via analytical procedure considering the dominant discourse of the historical incidents era. The results revealed that in Islamic realm specially from the Abbasid era, the societies were divided into different groups and classes; each of them had a relatively important position, including women. The results of preliminary study of the sources also indicated that some of the caliphates’ mothers and wives by imposing their influence, political and economic potency in political arena; sometimes by expressing sentiments, female jealousy, extravagance and sometimes by using reason and wisdom exerted changes in destiny of caliphate successor, powerful political dynasties and wars and played roles in political conspiracies. Some Abbasid women also took advantage of their court status and position in the field of development, prosperity and charitable activities, and some of them showed off in the cultural arena by composing rich poems.

The objective of this study was to scrutinize the semiotics of the image of women in Kiarostami's cinema. The statistical population was Kiarostami's films focusing on women's semiotics. Purposive sampling method was adopted and the films "Report" and "Ten" were the samples of the research. The research design was descriptive-analytical. The data was obtained through library resources and watching films. The films were analyzed from semiotics point of view. The implemented semiotics was based on the two major traditions of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Pierce. The study of Kiarostami's feature films indicated that he was cognizant on women and their concerns during his career and devoted much of his late filmmaking career to represent women and their problems. Notably in his recent works, he spotlighted women in his films. The results of the semiotic study of "Report" and "Ten" showed that Kiarostami tried not only to reflect the problems of women, but also to depict the society's attitude and expectations toward them, and emphasized that such traditional and stereotypical view, despite the passage of years, still existed in the society.

This study aimed to propose a causal model of the relationship between psychological capital and social anxiety with the mediating role of coping styles during the outbreak of Covid-19 disease in female students. The statistical population comprised the female undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Neyshabour Branch, of whom 280 subjects were selected by convenience method as the research sample. The research was designed as correlation study based on structural equations. Research data were collected using Connor Social Phobia Inventory (2000), Psychological Capital Questionnaire by Luthans et al. (2007) and Park Coping Styles Questionnaire (2007) that were implemented online. To analyze data Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis was applied as statistical procedures. The results indicated that the psychological capital variable had direct and indirect effect on social anxiety; that is, in addition to the direct effect, it had an indirect effect on social anxiety through efficient (positive) and inefficient (negative) coping styles. In addition, the model had an optimum goodness of fit.