فصلنامه روانشناسی تحلیلی شناختی
پیاپی 6 (بهار 1390)

The research purpose is to investigate the relationship between dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment) and mental health of physicians of hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz Jundi Shapur University. 196 physicians (115 males and 81 females(were randomly drawn from among the statistical population using the simple random procedure. Data received by responding to Maslach Job Burnout and GHQ 28 Questionnaires. According to data analysis we conclude that physicians with higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization are more likely to have less mental health and additionally, physicians with more favorable feelings toward their personal accomplishment, are healthier and more optimistic about themselves (more mental health). Moreover, according to regression results, there are significant multiple relationship between burnout dimensions and mental health.

The research purpose is to compare and determine the proportion of the cognitive intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence in predicting the academic achievement at different educational stages, namely the last years of high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate stages. 147 students were selected using cluster random sampling, from high schools across the city of Tehran, 154 of undergraduate, and 92 of postgraduate students of the Islamic Azad University of Roudehen. The research tools included the Culture-Free Cattle Test-Scale 3, to measure intelligence, The Sellier Creativity Test to measure creativity, and The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Inventory to measure emotional intelligence. In addition to the three above-mentioned tests, another questionnaire was also designed by the researcher to collect the information regarding the demographic features as well as the GPA of the previous semester of all the students participated in the research. Following the measuring of these variables in the sample group, the proportion of the role that each of the variables of cognitive intelligence, creativity, and emotional intelligence has in predicting the academic achievement was revealed through the regression analysis. The information drawn from the research showed that: Only cognitive intelligence has a significant role to predict the academic achievement in the last years of high school. At the undergraduate stage, as well as cognitive intelligence, creativity also has a significant role in predicting the academic achievement. At postgraduate stage (both master and doctorate), creativity and emotional intelligence have significant roles in predicting the academic achievement, whereas, creativity has a greater role in this regard, comparing to the undergraduate stage.

The research purpose it to assess the effectiveness of mood induction styles in increasing the happiness of the staff. The study is an experimental intervention(pre-test and posttest) with control group, the statistical population included all the staff working in Rajaee Hospital, out of which a sample of 60 individuals was selected and assigned to four fifteen-member groups, the first experimental group(positive sentences), the second experimental group(positive imagery), the third group(happy facial expression) and the control group received no intervention, moreover, Oxford Happiness Inventory was employed as the research tool. Findings revealed that happiness has significantly increased in the first three groups in comparison to the control group.

The Aim of this paper to identify job satisfaction Garmsar Azad university faculty members and review its relationship with organizational commitment, the year is 1389. Population included all male and female faculty members was the University and the sample size, based on standard tables, 144 persons were the subjects using simple random sampling method chosen. Research tools, including two standard questionnaire to measure job satisfaction and organizational commitment had already normalized and validity and reliability in satisfactory evaluation. Data analysis showed that the satisfaction of faculty members mentioned in much more moderate and organizational commitment in moderate to high. Between organizational commitment and job satisfaction as well, its components (job satisfaction, supervisor satisfaction, associate satisfaction and promotion satisfaction) relationship was a positive correlation. Between commitment and job satisfaction in terms of age and gender difference was observed, but the relationship type as a variable degree with organizational commitment moderated showed that faculty members with Ph.D degrees to graduate faculty members are more committed. Finally, between commitment and satisfaction of faculty service record was also significantly different. In final conclusion, the results with previous research results and to compare the theoretical interpretation.

The research purpose is to determine the relationship between dimensions of organizational neuroticism and mental health from the viewpoint of employees. This survey-based study employed a correlational method and our population comprised 370 employees, out of which a sample of 190 individuals was randomly selected. The organizational neuroticism dimensions and the mental health were considered as predictive and criterion variables, respectively. Research tools included Organizational Psychological Disorders Questionnaire)Kamkar et al, 2006(and Symptom Checklist 90-Revised)SCL-90-R(, which both demonstrated adaequate validity and reliability. Pearsonian correlation, simple regression and stepwise multivariate regression were analyzed using SPSS-15. There was a meaningful relationship between the dimensions of organizational neuroticism and mental health of employees (p≤0.001). Among the six dimensions of organizational neuroticism, only "anxious organization disorder" could significantly predict the employees’ mental health, whereas, other five dimensions didn’t have any predictive value.

The research purpose is to assess the relationship between conflict resolution styles, vocational interests and empathy amongst MA students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Therefore, our Sample comprised 150 students who were randomly selected using cluster sampling. The sample group were then requested to fill out the Vocational Preference Inventory (Holland, 1985); Conflict resolution Style Questionnaire (Rahim, 1983); and The Empathy Quotient–Short Form (Wkabashe & Baron-Cohen, 2006). Moreover, Pearsonian correlation and stepwise regression were employed to analyze the data. Empathy significantly correlated to collaborating style, compromising style, avoiding style; the same relationship was found between empathy and investigative interests, realistic interests and social interests. Furthermore, there were multiple regressions between empathy and compromising style, avoiding style, investigative interests and social interests that totally explain 33.5% of the empathy’s variance. Overall, empathy can be an area of focus in occupational counseling sessions and contribute to recruiting, selecting, promoting, training and also administration of related personnel program.

The research purpose is to evaluate the relationship between organizational justice quality of work life and mental health amongst the staff of Hafez Tile and Ceramic Factory in Zarghan Province. The tools administered in this correlation study were, Quality of Work Life Questionnaire by Ghasem Zadeh, Organizational Justice Questionnaire designed and developed by Niehoff & Moorman and Goldberg And Hiller Questionnaire For Mental Health and our sample comprised 200 individuals who were selected using stratified sampling. The data which were analyzed using correlation coefficient revealed that quality of work life is significantly correlated to organizational justice and mental health. Moreover, the results of the stepwise regression revealed that, the predictor variables for mental health in Hafez factory are as following: work commitment, procedural justice, work- life balance, financial and welfare issues, job security, human relations in the workplace and the interactional justice.

The research purpose is to examine the relationship between the organizational intelligence and the managers’ performance of educational groups in the universities of Garmsar in the school year 200-2011. The method of the research is applied and the data collection was descriptive correlation; the sample comprised forty managers of educational groups in Garmsar universities. The research tools include Albrecht intelligence questionnaire (2003) and a researcher-made report form of the managers performance; descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as regression by SPSS were used to analyse the data. No significant positive relationship was observed between the general organizational intelligence and the performance of educational groups’ managers. However, the stepwise regression indicated that application of knowledge (one of the components of organizational intelligence) is a significant predictor of managers’ performance especifically in human resources sector.