نشریه روانشناسی اجتماعی
سال پنجم شماره 46 (بهار 1397)

The main purpose of this research was to study the chain relationships between destructive leadership, job stress and deviant behaviors. The study was correlational and the target populations included all employees of the Isfahan Research and Natural Education Center in the spring 1395, out of which 428 employees were selected 210 through convenience sampling method. The research instruments consisted of destructive leadership questionnaire (Golparvar, 2011), deviant behaviors questionnaire (Bennett & Robinson، 2000), and job stress questionnaire (Lambert, Hogan, Griffen, 2007). The data were analyzed with use of Structural Equation Model (SEM) and the results revealed that there were significant chain relationships between destructive leadership, job stress and deviant behaviors (p<0/05). Moreover, there are positive significant relationship between destructive leadership with job stress and job stress with deviant behaviors (p<0/001). According to the findings, it is concluded that destructive leadership causes job stress and job stress results in deviant behaviors among the employees.

Present research aimed to investigate the effect of social skills training on mental health, life quality and social adjustment. This was a quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of research were included all mothers with mentally retarded boy students in Varamin city in 2017-18 academic years that from them 40 person were selected through available sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (each group 20 person). The experimental group trained the social skills for 8 sessions of 60 minutes. Groups completed the questionnaires of short form of mental symptoms (Najjarian & Davoodi, 2001), life quality (World Health Organization, 2010) and social adjustment (Bell, 1961) in the pre-test and post-test stages. Data was analyzed with multivariate analysis of covariance method and with using SPSS-21 software. The findings showed there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the three variables of mental health, life quality and social adjustment. In the other words social skills training significantly led to improve the mental health, life quality and social adjustment of mothers with mentally retarded boy students (P<0/01). Therefore, the results indicate the importance of social skills training on improving mental health, life quality and social adjustment of mothers with mentally retarded boy students.

Present research, The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of Wales ‎Metacognitive Therapy on specific symptoms of social anxiety in female students with social ‎anxiety disorder.‎

The design of this semi-educational study was carried out with a pre-test, ‎post-test and follow up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included ‎all students of Gachsaran universities and In this research, 300 students were selected using ‎social anxiety inventory. Then those whose anxiety scores were two standard deviations higher ‎than the mean, Separated and among them considering the likelihood of the participants ‎dropping, 60 subjects were randomly selected and randomly assigned to 30 experimental and ‎control groups. Social Anxiety Inventory was performed in three stages: pre-test, post-test and ‎follow-up for the groups. Following the implementation of ethical considerations (informed ‎consent, inclination, secrecy), The experimental group received metacognitive therapy and the ‎control group received no treatment. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive ‎statistics and covariance analysis and analyzed using SPSS software.‎

The results of covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference ‎between the two groups in all of the components in the post test (P

Organizational reputation represents the value of public relations in the organization, which is a one of the most important and essential issues in organizational progress. This research aimed to identifying and role review of effective social factors on organizational reputation of the employees of Islamic Azad University. In a descriptive - analytical study from employees of Islamic Azad University of east Tehran branch in 2016 year, 113 people were selected through stratified sampling method. Data collected with questionnaires of social factors and organizational reputation and analyzed through using of paired comparison matrix and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methods. The findings showed that expertise, trust capability, fame, organization management, financial function and organization responsibility, respectively were identified as effective factors on the organizational reputation of the employees of Islamic Azad University and this factors had a significant role in their organizational reputation (P<0/05). Regarded to results to improve the organizational reputation could increase respectively the level of expertise, trust capability, fame, organization management, financial function and organization responsibility through workshop.

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the employees' invisibility in the light message of Khuzestan province.The type of research is applied in terms of purpose and in the type of method is a descriptive survey. The statistical population of this research includes employees of Payame Noor University of Khuzestan, which is 745 people and 227 people were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. ToolThe data was collected by a questionnaire whose factual validity was confirmed by management professorsIts reliability has been calculated and validated using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient.Friedman test has been used to analyze the information from structural equations using the LISREL software and for ranking the factors influencing employee invisibility. The results show that there are six factors; organizational discrimination and injustice, job insecurity, inappropriateness, decision-making style, reward and appreciation, and the system for monitoring and controlling employees' invisibility. Also, among the six identified factors, the factor of injustice and organizational discrimination has a greater impact than other factors.

Present research aimed to investigate the relationship of media literacy with academic satisfaction via academic engagement and social bonding with school. This study was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. The statistical population of research were included all high school students of Urmia county in 2017-18 academic years that from them 380 person were selected through stratified sampling method. The instrument of research were included media literacy (Falsafi, 2014), academic satisfaction (Lent & et al, 2005), academic engagement (Tinio, 2009) and social bonding with school (Maddox & Prinz, 2003). Data was analyzed with path analysis method and with using SPSS-21 & LISREL-8.8 software. The results showed media literacy had a direct positive and significant effect on academic engagement, social bonding with school and academic satisfaction of students. Also academic engagement and social bonding with school had a direct positive and significant effect on academic satisfaction of students. In addition media literacy via two variables of academic engagement and social bonding with school had an indirect positive and significant effect on academic satisfaction of students (P<0/01). Therefore, the results indicate the importance of media literacy, academic engagement and social bonding with school on increasing the academic satisfaction of students.

The Aim of the present study was to investigate the Effectiveness of Mothers' parenting training on reduction of affective - behavioral problems in preschool children 4 to 6 years old. The Methods of present study was a quasi-experimental research and a pretest- posttest design with control group and follow up. The statistical population were included all mothers preschool children with affective – behavioral problems in the Babol city. Research sample consisted of parents of 22 children with affective- behavioral problem who volunteered to take part in the study and who were chosen by available sampling. They were divided randomly into an experimental and control group. The experimental group received parental training which was comprised of eight sessions during a two month period. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). research finding indicate that affective-behavioral problems of the experimental group was reduced significantly )P<0/034( more than the control group .follow up tests indicated the relative stability of the effects of parenting training program after three months (P<0/001). parenting training program is an effective method for reducing affective-behavioral problems in children. It is recommended that did counselors and psychologists administer parenting training program as part of treatment for reducing affective – behavioral problems of children.

This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of Group cognitive therapy on loneliness and the attitude towards life of the first grade male students in one of Susa junior high schools. This semi-experimental research design consists of pretests, posttests, and a control group. The population of the study composed of all male students in the first grade of Susa junior high schools. In order to select subjects, cluster sampling method was used and one school was randomly selected. Then 40 students of this school were randomly selected and placed into an experimental groups (n=20) and a control group (n=20). The experimental group had 12 ninety- minute sessions of group cognitive therapy based on the Michael Frey’s model. The questionnaires used in this study were the revised version of loneliness questionnaire (UCLA; Russell, Pepla and Katrona, 1980) and attitude towards life questionnaire (LRI; Batista, 1998) and conducted in groups. The data obtained was analyzed by the SPSS Software using ANCOVA analysis. The results of this study showed that (1) there was a significant difference between the performances of two groups on loneliness test. It means that the group cognitive therapy had an effect on reducing loneliness. (2) There was a significant difference between the performances of two groups on attitude toward life test. It implies that the group cognitive therapy had an impact on increasing students' attitudes towards life. In general, group cognitive therapy - based on the Michael Frey’s model- relatively improved the loneliness and the attitude toward life indicators among participants.