فصلنامه مطالعات روانشناختی
سال پنجم شماره 3 (پیاپی 16، پاییز 1388)

This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and goal orientation A sample of 200 per-university girl students, who were selected via cluster via cluster random sampling procedure from per-university centers in shiraz-city, completed the goal orientation questionnaire and multidimensional perfectionism scale (MPD-H). Results showed that self-oriented perfectionists, compared to socially prescribed perfectionists, have more confusion in selecting their goals for achievement. Also it was revealed that self-oriented perfectionism can predict mastery and approach-performance goal orientation negatively. Socially prescribed perfectionism can negatively predict approach and avoidance goal orientations.Finding of this study are discussed in the light of pervious research literature and suggestions for further investigations are set forth.

The relation of shame, anger, aggression and hostility has been the focus of considerable theoretical discussion, but empirical finding has been inconsistent. Two hundred and seventy undergraduate students of Universities in Tehran have been chosen according to a randomized cluster sampling. The Self-Conscious Affect Test and The Buss –Perry Aggression Questionnaire have been used. The results of seven hypothesis considered by using a correlation coefficient and a" t" test indicated that there were a significant relation between shame, anger, hostility, and aggression in both sexes, but women showed their anger more verbally than physically comparing to men. There were also a positive significant difference between hostility and all other variables in the study except verbal aggression.

The purpose of this research was to study of the effect and contribution of motivational factors(self- efficacy, mastery goals, and instrumentality) on cognitive and metacognitive strategies use in learning procecces. In this study 362 Bushehr high school students were tested. The method of sampling was clustering. Two tests have been used Pintrich’s scale (2001) for measuring cognitive and metacognitive strategies and the other test was Greene’s scale(2004) for measuring motivational factors. The results of the analysis of regression showed that cognitive and metacognitive strategies, were influenced by perceived instrumentality, mastery goals, and self – efficacy. Additionally, the results indicated that mastery goals were influenced by variations in self- efficacy, and perceived instrumentality. Academic achievement were directly influenced by both cognitived and metacognitive strategies, and by self-efficacy. Path analysis was conducted to show above relationships. The results were consistent with Elliot’s model (1999) for assessing achievement predictors and the results of Greene’s study (2004) about predicting high school students’ cognitive engagement and achievement.

Usually, One variable may depends on another one and the change in one variable may causes a difference in the relation between the given variables. This relation which has been developed in individual minds is called functional relation. This functional relation resists change and hence it is called belief perseverance in social psychology. This is an implicit theory that people develop in their minds between psychological variable. Functional relation variables are develop via two abstract and concrete data. In this research, this issue verified whether these relations were more perseverant in individual minds with abstract or concrete data. Also, it explored whether implicit theories were more perseverant after long period and also the effect of theory perseverant was longer when primary data was abstract or concrete. Experimental and functional design was 2×2×2 (positive relation versus negative one, concrete data versus abstract, descriptive versus indiscriptive). In each cell of functional design 28 subjects and total of 224 subjects took part. They were social psychology students. Experimental interventions were consisted of functional relations which were developed in individual minds through a hypothetic story. Multifactorial analysis of variance showed that implicit theories were more perseverant with concrete data (P<0/05) and the theory perseverant effect was longer when the primary data was concrete (P<0/01). Research findings suggested that there was a functional relation in social cognition even if this relation was developed with hypothetic data. This relation remains in mind of individuals and it resists.

On-line environments have enormous influences on the social life and communication patterns of human being. Recently psychologists and sociologists investigated antecedents and consequences of this type of communication. This study examined a suggested causal model about relationship between use of internet, loneliness and social support variables. In this model, social support as exogenous, use of internet as endogenous and loneliness as mediator variables, were investigated. Participants were 439, girls (225) and boys (211), students selected from University of Shiraz. Participants completed Social-Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S), the Multidimentional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Online Intertainment Scale. To examine relaibility of mesures, Cronbach alpha coefficient and to determine validity, factor analysis method were used. The path diagram of hypothetical model tested by sequentional simultaneous regression analyses, according to recommended steps of Baron and Kenny (1986). Results showed that perceived social support was a negative and week predictor of internet using, and family loneliness was a positive predictor and social loneliness was a negative predictor of internet using. The results confirmed the medaitional effect of both type of loneliness (family and social) between the social support and the use of internet. Generally, results approved the important of social support and feeling of loneliness in use of on-line invironments.

Epilepsy is a chronic disease with impacts on different aspects of social adjustment. The aim of this study was to measure of social adjustment of the children and adolescents with epilepsy, age 12-18 years old in the city Isfahan.This is a descriptive research. statistical population was all of the children and adolescents with epilepsy who referred to the Noor clinic of the city of Isfahan in1384. Participants in this study were 61 patients. Two instruments, included California test of personality (social adjustment subscale) and Demographic questionnaires were administered to participants. To analyze the data, One-Sample T-Test method was used.The results showed score mean of social adjustment of the children and adolescents with epilepsy in the subscale of social roles (3.87) was greater than moderate level (3). But, in other subscales of social adjustment]social skills (2.55), antisocial interests (2.22), family relationships (2.89), school relationships (2.76), and social relationships (2.93)[was less than moderate level (3).According to the findings, children and adolescents with epilepsy in the subscales of social roles and avoidance of antisocial interests had proper adjustment. But, in the subscales of social skills, antisocial interests, family relationships, school relationships, and social relationships were not well adjusted.

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between quality of learning experience and academic burnout. The sample consisted of 170 graduate students of Shahid Chamran University who were selected randomly and answer to quality of learning experience and academic burnout questionnaires. The data were analyzed through simple and multiple coefficients. The result showed that there were negative relationship between dimensions of quality of learning experiences (resources, content, learning flexibility, student-faculty contact) and facets of academic burnout(academic exhaustion, academic cynicism, academic inefficacy). In addition the results showed that student-faculty contact is the best prediction of academic burnout.