فصلنامه مطالعات اجتماعی - روان شناختی زنان
سال دوازدهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 38، بهار 1393)

In order to consider happiness and joy in the society, Ilam girls’ sense of happiness and its related factors were analyzed in this study. The research method was survey based on a cross-sectional design and the required information was collected by distributing questionnaire among 370 single females in Ilam. Findings suggestthattheparticipantshad an average level ofhappiness; Correlationbetween the independent variablesof life satisfaction,adaptability, self-esteem, hope for the future, being disciplined, adherence tobeliefs, purposefulnessandsocial acceptability and the dependent variable is direct and significant, and the relation between the variable of relative deprivation and sense of happiness was significant but reverse. There was no significant relationship between the dependent variable and alienation. Stepwise regression analysis showed that life satisfaction, adaptation, acceptability, purposefulness and self-esteem entered the equation through five stages, and eventually explained more than 73 percent of the variation in the dependent variable of “sense of happiness”.

Internalizing other's views of body and perceiving self as sexual object can have negative consequences on women's mental health. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between self-objectivity with self-esteem and depression. A group of female students (N = 202) from University of Shiraz participated in this research and completed the research scales including Objectified Body Consciousness Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. The results showed that two dimensions of objectified body scale including body shame and body surveillance significantly predicted self-esteem. However, appearance control did not have any significant role in predicting self-esteem. The present study also indicated that body shame and appearance control predicted depression significantly. But, body surveillance did not have any significant contribution in predicting depression. The results of this study support self-objectification theory proposed by Fredrickson and Roberts.

This paper investigates the contribution of Iranian women in high priority fields of science and technology in the Web of Science (WoS) database during 2000-2010. This research is carried out based on descriptive and analytical methods of Scientometrictechniques. The sample population was composed of 4844 records extracted from WoS in which 1198 of them were women contributors.The descriptive results show that Participation of women in the scientific field of biotechnology is higher than other fields. Also, women had most scientific outputs in the field of environment and the lowest was in aerospace. The results indicated that there is a significant difference between scientific productivity of Iranian women in eight high priority areas of science and technology.

This is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach that evaluates Women’s Experiences with Rhinoplasty Surgery.Using a convenient sampling method a purposeful sample was selected from patients undergoing Rhinoplasty plastic surgery procedures. 10 women were interviewed through in-depth interview sessions. The participants’ answers were recorded, coded, and organized.Interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi method.Findings were summarized in six coreconcepts namely "pre-surgery action", "pre-surgery concerns" and "post-surgery negative affect", "increased quality of life" and "post-surgery concerns".There were also several sub concepts. The results can provide a clear picture of the experiences of people undergoing cosmetic surgery. In this context, the contents are useful for those who want to do a Rhinoplasty surgery and for the medical staff because they provide appropriate information for these individuals.

This study investigates the role of environment on implementation of social entrepreneurial activities based on North’s institutional approach.Both formal and informal institutional factors influencing the implementation of the social entrepreneurial activities have been identified through a qualitative study using semi structured interviews from eight social women entrepreneurs in Tehran. Results point to "social network" as a non-formal institutional factor and "support mechanisms" as formal institutional factor influencing the implementation of socialentrepreneurial activities of women. These results could help policy makers in developing supportive policies forwomen social entrepreneurs. Also, help them to have better relationship with other social entrepreneurs, universities, academic centers and volunteers.

This research studiedstructural model of relationship between psychological capital Factorsand life and marital satisfaction among war survivors’ wives. Sample population was these wives in Shahrekord city, among them 354 persons were selected using systematic random sampling. Research instruments were; psychological capital questionnaire (Mac Gee, 2011), life satisfaction questionnaire (Diener et al, 1983), and marital satisfaction questionnaire (Solymanian, 1373). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results of structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that, hope and life orientation have direct and significant relationship with life satisfaction, and self-efficacy, hope, resiliency and life orientation along with life satisfaction have direct and significant relationship with life satisfaction. Also the results showed that, life satisfaction is a partial mediator variable in relationship between hope and life orientation with marital satisfaction. In other words, hope and life orientation partly effect marital satisfaction using life satisfaction.

The aim of this study was to investigate procrastination and defense style patterns in adolescent girls and their mothers. The study was carried out among 373 high school girls and their mothers. Andrews, Sing and Bound (1993) defense styles questionnaire and Tuckman’s (1991) procrastination scale, were administrated on the participants. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis, independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results indicated significant relationships between mothers’ and their daughters’ procrastination, between mothers’ and their daughters’ mature defense style, between mothers’ and their daughters’ immature defense style, and between mothers’ and their daughters’ neurotic defense style. The girls’ procrastination were associated negatively with their mothers’ mature defense style and positively with the mothers’ neurotic defense style. Also, among defense styles, immature defense style was best positive predictor for procrastination, and subsequently mature defense style and neurotic defense style negatively predicted procrastination.