Women and Family Studies: 5 (10)

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1 - Comparison of Personality Disorders and Identity Styles in Woman ‎Offenders Imprisoned in Adel Abad Prison of Shiraz and in ‎Normal Subjects

The aim of this study was to compare personality disorders and identity styles in the woman offenders imprisoned in Adel-Abad prison of Shiraz and normal subjects. For this purpose&sbquo; the  researchers selected  100 women inmates of Adel-Abad Prison of Shir More

The aim of this study was to compare personality disorders and identity styles in the woman offenders imprisoned in Adel-Abad prison of Shiraz and normal subjects. For this purpose&sbquo; the  researchers selected  100 women inmates of Adel-Abad Prison of Shiraz by available  sampling method as the study group, and to compare them with  normal  subjects&sbquo; they  selected  100 normal women  with no criminal  record  or psychological  disorder  history  who  matched  the experimental group with  regared to age and educational  level .The subjects were evaluated  through the use of Millon clinical  multiaxial  inventory - III (MCMI-III) and extended objective major of ego identity statues (EOM-EIS2) (1979). The data were analyzed through using chi-square test, independent t-test, and linear regression analysis. The results showed that there is a significant difference between ego identity status and the rate of personality disorders in the imprisoned women offenders compared to normal women (P≥0.0005). The women offenders suffer from a higher rate of personality disorder.In addition&sbquo; the results showed that there is a meaningful difference between the rate of personality disorders and different ego identity status (P≥0.0005).Based on other findings of the research, ego identity status can predict the changes related to the personality disorder of the imprisoned offenders (P≥0.01).   Manuscript profile

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2 - ‎ Women's Attitude toward Body Management (Case study: female ‎students of Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch)‎

The objective of this research is to determine the attitude of the female students of Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch toward their body management. The theoretical basis of the research is Anthony Giddens and Mike Featherstone’s approach. The research is a More

The objective of this research is to determine the attitude of the female students of Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch toward their body management. The theoretical basis of the research is Anthony Giddens and Mike Featherstone’s approach. The research is a survey, and the population includes all the female students who studied at Shiraz Branch of Islamic Azad University in 2011.The sample size, based on Lin’s formula and by the use of random sampling technique, was 370. The data were collected by using a questionnaire, the validity of which was determined by face validity and the reliability of which was calculated by using Cronbach’s Alpha. The results of the research indicated that there is a relationship between the women’s attitude toward body management and factors such as consumerism, self-acquired identity, pleasure-seeking, lifestyle, social acceptance, media consumption, social and economical facilities, social expectancy, fashion tendency, and income. However, a relationship could not be found between body management and such factors as age, educational level, job run during college, and marital status.       Manuscript profile

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3 - The Relationship of Perfectionism with Beliefs and Motivations for ‎Marriage among the Students of the University of Tehran

The present study investigated the relationship of perfectionism with motivations for and beliefs about marriage among the students of the University of Tehran. The statistical population includes all undergraduate students of the University of Tehran in the academic ye More

The present study investigated the relationship of perfectionism with motivations for and beliefs about marriage among the students of the University of Tehran. The statistical population includes all undergraduate students of the University of Tehran in the academic year of 1389-1390. The estimated Sample size based on Morgan’s table is 419 students (295 females and 114 males). Stratified random sampling was used for the selection of samples. Three instruments were used: a) Tehran Multi-Dimensional Perfectionism Scale: TMPS.b) Marriage Motivations Scale, and c) Marriage Myths Scale. Correlation coefficient and logistic regression were used for data analysis. The results showed that the components of perfectionism can predict the rate of motivation for marriage. The power of prediction in each component is 4 percent.  There is a   significant positive relationship between the components of perfectionism and irrational beliefs about marriage.  Other- oriented perfectionism has more power (7percent) in predicting   irrational beliefs about marriage in comparison with social- oriented and self-oriented perfectionism.   Manuscript profile

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4 - Relationship of life Skills and Personality Traits with Marital ‎Forgiveness among Women in Kermansha

Marital forgiveness is of the issues that greatly effects marital satisfaction and family strength. Therefore&sbquo; the present study aims to investigate the relationship of life skills (empathy, effective communication, inter-personal relationship) and personality tra More

Marital forgiveness is of the issues that greatly effects marital satisfaction and family strength. Therefore&sbquo; the present study aims to investigate the relationship of life skills (empathy, effective communication, inter-personal relationship) and personality traits with marital forgiveness among the women in the city of Kermanshah. In order to carry out the study, the researchers selected a sample of 234 married women with 3 to 15 years of married life from among the married women in Kermanshah by using cluster sampling technique. For data collection&sbquo; the life skills questionnaire, personality traits questionnaire (NEO)&sbquo; and family forgiveness scale (FFS) were used. The research is of descriptive and correlation type. Descriptive statistical indices such as mean, standard deviation &sbquo; correlation and regression were used for data analysis. The results indicated that among the life skills under study, inter-personal relationships skill has a positive correlation with marital forgiveness&sbquo; and among the five personality factors; psychotic factor has a negative correlation with marital forgiveness. The other factors didn’t show a significant   correlation with marital forgiveness. Considering  the study results , it could be concluded that  inter-personal relations skill could enhance marital forgiveness  in women, and  the psychotic  factor  as a personality trait contributes  to reducing  marital  forgiveness.    Manuscript profile

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5 - Improvement of Male and Female Managers and Workers in ‎Official Organizations (Case study: Official Organizations of Tabriz city)‎

One of the key factors in  increasing productivity is organizational management principles since in organizations, organizing calls for management  principles and the managers’ awareness  of the models  and theories  of management causes t More

One of the key factors in  increasing productivity is organizational management principles since in organizations, organizing calls for management  principles and the managers’ awareness  of the models  and theories  of management causes them to perform their duties more easily and leads to the success of organizations in achieving their goals.On the other hand&sbquo;since the human resource is the most important  resource of the organizations&sbquo; the success of organizations through the realization of effective  management principles in the improvement  of managers and workers’ performance has been the subject of the present research. With regard to the importance of the improvement of organizational management performance&sbquo;determining these factors for the improvement of work force performance with a focus on satisfaction and organizational motivation has been the main goal of this research. In this regard &sbquo;the statistical population of the present research includes the male and female managers and workers of the official organizations of Tabriz. In fact&sbquo; the main reason for differentiating men and women has been to find out the views of the work force based on gender about the organizational management factors effective on the improvement of managers and workers’ performance. Due to some limitations&sbquo; five organizations were chosen as research sample for data collection &sbquo;and the key factors of different management principles were studied. The research proceeded with explicating the characteristics of organizational management principles including rules&sbquo; well-fare&sbquo;relations&sbquo; justice&sbquo; responsibility&sbquo; and promotion&sbquo; and then asked which one of the organizational management principles is currently in practice in the organization under study and which one of the management principles is preferred to increase the performance of the organization’s human power withregard to satisfaction and organizational motivation. Finally&sbquo; according to the obtained results&sbquo; management principles based on the priorities for each organization to improve the performance of the work force regarding satisfaction and organizational motivation were specified so that they could be practiced by the managers according to the type of the organizationُs operation. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Effect of Transactional Analysis Training on the Reduction of ‎Aggressive Behavior of 3 Runway Girls in Isfahan: A Single-subject ‎Design Research

The present study aims to investigate the effect of transactional analysis training on the reduction of the aggressive behavior of 3 runway girls in Isfahan. The study was carried out based on a multiple baseline design. The subjects comprised three runaway girls from I More

The present study aims to investigate the effect of transactional analysis training on the reduction of the aggressive behavior of 3 runway girls in Isfahan. The study was carried out based on a multiple baseline design. The subjects comprised three runaway girls from Isfahan Ershad center, who were randomly selected from among the runaway girls diagnosed aggressive through interviews with the psychologist and the head of the center, as well as the analysis of their files. The researchers used aggressive behavior check list .The subjects entered the experiment situation in a staggered fashion&sbquo; and the training sessions were held individually. Data analysis was done through the use of drawing trend charts and determining the rate of effect by analysis within condition, analysis between adjacent conditions, and analysis between similar conditions. The results of the analysis within condition, and analysis between adjacent conditions of the data chart revealed a significant difference between the intervention and baseline situations for the three individuals (75% of PND for the first examinee, 100% for the second examinee and 87% for the third examinee). Also, the   behavior changes of all the subjects remained stable in the follow-up visits (1 month and one week later). Manuscript profile

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7 - Surveying the Relationship between Personality Characteristics, ‎Attribution Styles and Coping Styles among Femal Students of ‎Ahar Islamic Azad University

The university students of each society are the human forces and future makers of their country .The existence of mental problems and psychiatric disorders creates educational problems for university students. This also causes a loss in financial resources, university b More

The university students of each society are the human forces and future makers of their country .The existence of mental problems and psychiatric disorders creates educational problems for university students. This also causes a loss in financial resources, university budget and professional forces, wastes students’ time and makes them feel depressed .The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of personality characteristics, and coping and attribution styles on university students’ mental health. The participants of this study were 500 students randomly selected out of 1200 students studying in Islamic Azad University, Ahar branch. This study is descriptive and to measure the above mentioned points the attributional style questionnaire, Lazarous coping style questionnaire, NEO, and general health questionnaire were used. The obtained data was analyzed using step by step regression .The results revealed that 53% of the variance of mental health marks of the university students is determined by agreeableness and neuroticism characteristics. Thus, it can be stated that some aspects of personality and attributional and coping styles   have a significant relationship with   university students’ mental health Manuscript profile

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8 - Relationship between Socio-cultural Factors and Women’s Tendecy ‎toward Beauty Surgery among the Women in Karaj

Tendency to be beautiful is completely normal and common among all human beings, but today tendency to be beautiful as a social phenomenon has been changed to pretentiousness and ostentation. This issue in our society is becoming more widespread day by day. One of its m More

Tendency to be beautiful is completely normal and common among all human beings, but today tendency to be beautiful as a social phenomenon has been changed to pretentiousness and ostentation. This issue in our society is becoming more widespread day by day. One of its manifestations is the high rate of beauty surgeries in our country. The purpose of this survey is to investigate the relationship between socio-cultural factors and women’s tendesy toward beauty surgry in the city of Karaj.The Statistical population includes all the women who experienced beauty surgeries in Karaj hospitals during the years 2007-2010, from among whom the researchers selected 148 women as the research sample. The study is descriptive, and the research method is survey. The data collection tool is a questionnaire with the reliability of higher than 0.7 the results of descriptive statistics showed that the age average of the respondents was 30, 50 percent of them were married, 24.2 percent were housewives, and 84 percent had private cars. Husband’s income, imitating friends, classmates and colleagues were the most important factors that have explained the tendency toward beauty surgery. The results of regression analysis showed that socio-cultural variables, watching satellite programs have explained 50 percent of the dependent variable, tendency toward beauty surgery.   Manuscript profile

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