فصلنامه روانشناسی
سال هفتم شماره 4 (پیاپی 28، زمستان 1382)

This research aims to study the effect of the intention for pilgrimage in themental health of the pilgrims. One hundred pilgrims (58 males and 42 females)were selected from a group of pligrims. One week before flying to Mecca andstarting the pligrimage, subjects filled out the General Health Questionnaire(GHQ) as the pre-test. At the end of the pligrimage, they filled out the GHQagain, in the day before flying back to Iran, as the post-test. Paired t-test analysisrevealed that the subjects’ total scores on the GHQ, as well as their scores on thePhysical Symptoms, Anxiety and Sleeping Problem subscales, were significantlyincreased in the post test.

The purpose of the present research was to study the reliability and validity ofthe Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) for use in Iran. Toevaluate the RCMAS’s reliability, it was completed by 196 students. The reliabilityof the RCMAS by test-retest and split-half methods were. 67 and. 66 respectively.To study the validity of the RCMAS, 45 anxious children and adolescents and 45normal controls, who were matched for age and sex, participated in another study.The discriminant validity of the RCMAS was quite satisfactory and the testsignificantly distinguished anxious patients from normal controls (p<.001). In addto total score, all 3 subscales of the RCMAS could significantly discriminate theanxious group from the normal controls. In sum, results of the present studyshowed that the RCMAS could be used for clinical assessments and psychologicalresearch with Iranian Children.

In natural circumstanes, nearly all energy consumption by brain cells provideby glucose. One of the factors which might be influenced by the amount ofaccessable glucose of brain, is attenional activities. In a normal person, the 24hours blood glucose cocentration is not the same. The blood glucose cocentrationin 4-5 a.m. is in the minimum level. The peak work time for nightworker nursingpersonnels occures in this time. Any decreasing in the amount of blood glucosecocentration during this time can influence attentional activitis, which is anecessary factor for nursing personnel work. This study, determined the effect ofblood glucose concentration on the nursing personnel attentions. Sixty persons ofnursing personnel of the Damghan Hospitals were divided into two exprimentaland control groups. At first, the blood glucose concentration, the means ofbonardel-test and the persons attention were measured. Then for the exprimentalgroup, glucose was administred orally (1.75 mg/kg) and the control grouprecieved placebo. After one hour all person’s attentions were measured by meansof Hanrypearn Test. This procedure was repeated 3 times. The results wereanalysed by independent t-test method. It was found that Increasing of the bloodglucose concentration can significantly increase the level of attention in thenursing nightworker personnels.

This study compares the efficacy of group counselling and token economy inreducing behavioral problems in a group of mentally retarded students. Fourspecial schools for mentally retarded students were randomly selected in Mashad.The Rutter’s Questionnaire (1967) were administered and according to it’s results,thirty students with behavioral problems were identified. The subjects wererandomly divided into three groups (ten in each group): Two experimental groupsand a control group. The first experimental group, participated in sixteen sessionsof the group counselling. The second experimental group received token economyfor eight weeks. The control group did not receive any kind of treatment. TheRutter’s Questionnaire were administered again as a post-test. The resultsrevealed that the mean scores of the three groups significantly differed in the posttest. There were significant differences between both experimental groups ascompared with the control group. But there was no significant difference betweenthe experimental groups

The purpose of the present study was the comparison of stressors, and copingbehaviors, among runaway and non-runaway girls in Tehran. Ninety subjectparticipated in the study: A) 45 runaway girls (15-25 years old), including theimprisoned ones, those who were conserved in the conservation centers of thewell-being organization in Tehran, and those who had escaped only once and werereturned to their homes. B) 45 nonrunaway girls (almost matched with therunaway girles) were randomly selected from a high school in district 6 of Tehran.All subjects were assessed by Adolescent Life Events Scale, Ways of CopingQuestionaire Social. The results revealed that, there were significant differencesamong runaway and nonrunaway girls in stressors and coping behaviors

Analysis of the nature of intelligence in aging period and its relationship withthe successful aging were the aims of this study. Two hundred subjects (all oversixty years old) from Shahrekord city were randomly selected. From this group, 60successful and unsuccessful elders were distinguished. Then, the intelligencefunction of the successful and unsuccessful elders, were measured by theIntelligence Cattle’s Test. Results showed that the intelligence function of thesuccessful elders was significantly higher than the unsuccessful elders. Datalanalysis also showed that the intelligence function of the elders does not vitallydecrease after sixty years old.