مجله پژوهش های کاربردی روانشناختی
سال چهارم شماره 4 (زمستان 1392)

The purpose of this study was the investigation of effectiveness of life skills training on increasingthe marital satisfaction of couples referred to intervention and family counseling center in Isfahan. The method of the research was experimental one with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. For this purpose, among the couples who were referred to family court- in spring and summer (2008) in Isfahan, 40 couples were randomly selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control Groups according to the research entry criteria.Life skills training programs performed on experimental group during 8 sessions, Each session was about 2 hours. But the control group didn`t receive any interventions. For gathering data Enrich marital satisfaction inventory was used. After analyzing the data with statistical analysis of covariance, the results showed significant differences between performance of two groups(experimental and control) in these subscales: marital satisfaction (P<0/01), personal issues (P<0/05), communication (P<0/05), Conflict Resolution (P<0/05), financial management (P<0/05), leisure time (P<0/05), Sexual Expectations (P< 0/05), Family and Friends (P<0/05). The results showed that life skills training is effective in couples who referred to intervention and family counseling center.

This study has been conducted to investigate the parenting stress in Exceptional boy Children Mother's (ECMs) with mental retardation, blindness, deafness, and physical disabilit ies. With a causal-effect research design using multi-phases cluster sampling method, ECMs (n=352) were selected, which including children with blindness (n=74), physical (n=74), deafness (n=108), and mental retardation (n=96). data were gathered using Abedin`s short form parenting stress index (PSI-SF), and analyzed using analysis of variance. Finding showed that ECMs with blindness disability scored significantly higher on averages of total scores of parenting stress than did ECMs with physical disability. Investigation of parenting stress among the four under study groups showed that 1) ECMs with blindness disability scored significantly higher parenting stress on Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction (PCDI) subscale than did ECMs with deafness and ECMs with blindness showed upper score based on PCDI subscale than other three groups; and 2)ECMs with blindness disability scored significantly higher parenting stress on difficult child (DC) subscale than did ECMs with physical disability, and ECMs with blindness showed upper score based on DC subscale than other three groups. Although, previous studies revealed that ECMs scored higher on parenting stress than did normal children mother's (NCMs), but this study with focus in four ECMs groups showed that ECMs with blindness disability in comparing with three other groups encounter with higher levels of parenting stress in two PCDI , and DC subscales.

The inter-relationship between emotion and cognition has been increasingly studied over the past decades. Although emotional words have several properties that they may be considered as a special class of words, there are limited data on word stimuli that elicit emotional responses in Iranian sample. The purpose of this study was to provide a primary Iranian norm for different types of emotional Farsi words. Participants comprised 1200 Turkish, Kurdish and Persian University students (600 male and 600 female) of East Azerbaijan and Isfahan province during (2010-2012). Participants were asked to rate each word in terms of its emotional valence and arousal by using a computerized version of the Self-AssessmentManikin (SAM), on the 7-point scale. Mean and standard deviation of valence and arousal ratings for 320 Farsi words are provided for male and female participants, separately. These words can be used to develop experimental paradigms (especially explicit memory researches) that investigate reactions to emotional words.

The present article reviews the level of spiritual intelligence and its relationship with demographic variables of of employees Baghiyatollah University of Medical Sciences. the research in terms of purpose is application and in terms of method is descriptive and comparison. research community is All of employees of Baghiyatollah University of Medical Sciences. Sample in this study, by cluster sampling has been done that samples were Based on morgan tables, 322people .data was collected by King spiritual intelligence questionnaire (2008). To determine content validity have been used the opinions of several of Baghiyatollah University teacher. To help The descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as t-test, one way ANOVA test and Scheffe post hoc test, Reached the conclusion that the level of spiritual intelligence among empl oyees, is a moderate and spiritual intelligence between men and women, is the same. Also compared bet ween the groups in terms of spiritual intelligence with education levels and years of service as well as was significant difference.

The aim of this study is examining the psychometric properties of “Working Memory Training Software”. This research is applicable, a kind of constructing instrument and based on construction and validation of “Working Memory Trai ning Soft ware”, and it is performed in a semi-experimental design. Its data were collected from the 115 students of the third grade (45), fourth grade (54), and fifth grade (16) of pri mary school. The software content validit y was specified by asking expertise opinionsand investi gating these opi nions through Spearman Test (rs=1). “Worki ng Memory Training Soft ware”, the subtests of worki ng memory in “Tehran- Stanford BinetIntelligence Scale” and “Wechsler intelligence scale for children” was conducted in all three groups. due to The Pearsoncorrelation coefficient there is a relation between the numbe r of children’s correct responses in plays of the software and the score of the Wechsler s cales working memory (rp=0.809) and the s core of Binet scale worki ng memory (rp=0.864).Hence the “Working Memory Trai ning Software” has a proper content validit y and also has simultaneous validit y with the subtests of working memory i n “Tehran- Stanford-BinetIntelligence Scale” and “Wechsler intelligence scale for children”, and it has proper psychometric properties.

Memory is a component of the learning processand it plays a vital role on the acquisition ofknowledge, skills and experience.Memoryallows in adolescents thatuses their pastexperiences,benefit from current experienceandprovide for new experiences, sothe aim ofthis study is the visual memory comparison ofhearing girl students and hearing impaired.The research design was casual.In order tofulfill the stated goals, a sample of all deaf girlstudent and hearing, 11 to 18 years that wasmiddle and high schools at 90-91 years. Thisstudy sample was 35 deaf girl students andhearing. Deaf group and hearing were selectedby purposive sampling and then they werecompared. The following questionnaires wereadministered on presents sampling: Raven IQtest (homogeneous groups), kim-karad visualmemory test (individual performances). Visualmemory scores were formed total scores of threestage kim-karad testin this study .The results of MANOVA analysis showed thatvisual memory of hearing girl students and deafhad significant differences (F(3,66)=2/74 p<0/05).visual memory of hearing girl student was betterthan deaf student.

This study was conducted to investigate Prevalence and Demographic predictors of learning disabilities in Third-Fifth grade students of elementary school in Sistan va Baluchestan Province. In this descriptive-analytical study, 864 students were selected by a cluster sampling and were measured with demographic data inventory, lists related to learning disabilities, Wechsler Intelligence Scale–Rrevised, Clinical Interview. Data analysis was carried with descriptive and inferential statistical methods by SPSS-19 software. Results showed that the prevalence of learning disabilities in elementary school was 23/1 percent. There was a significant negative correlation between bilingualism and parent’s education with learning disorders. There is no relationship between birth order and learning disabilities. Sex and parent’s education can predictions in Students with learning disabilities.

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of turtle techniques training on response inhibition improvement in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).This study was conducted utilizing A and B design. The statistical population consisted of entire boys with ADHD ageing 7-12 years old in Qom. The statistical sample was 3 children with ADHD that have received a diagnosis of ADHD by psychiatrics. Also questionnaire of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Forth edition-Three Revised (American Psychiatric Association, 2000); was used to study student’s ADHD disorder symptoms better. The Baseline and then assessment were confirmed by teachers in three consecutive days based on the completed self-control questionnaire (Kendall & Wilcox, 1979). Children of the sample group individually received 8 sessions (each session 60 minutes) of turtle technique training program. Data analysis in this research was done through visual analysis charts. Trend analysis and mean of data showed significant difference between A and B steps. The research hypothesis was confirmed and showed turtle technique was effective in response inhibition improvement in children with ADHD. Therefore this technique could be used in clinical situation for enhancing response inhibition in children with ADHD subsequently for improving social, communicational and self-control skills.