The survey of relationship between responsibility and problem-salving styles among sixth grad student of Shahindezh in 1392-1393 academic year

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Hamideh Farzi ¹ , Heydar Ali Zareie ²

1 - M.A in Elementary Education, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

Received: 2015-10-29 Accepted : 2016-01-10 Published : 2016-03-01

Keywords: Responsibility, problem-salving styles, Problem-Solving Confidence, Approach Avoidance Style, Personal Control,

Abstract :

This research was accomplished in order to consider the relationship between responsibility and problem solving styles sixth (elementary) grad students.The research is a descriptive - correlational study. Research’s statistical sample includes 234 six grade students (122 girls and 112 boys) who were educated in Shahindezh’s schools during 92-93 educational year. The sample members were chosen by classified random sampling. For the measuring theresponsibilityand the students’ problem solving styles, researcher used students responsibility questionnaire and Heppner & Peterson problem solving questionnaire. According to “Pearson correlation coefficient“, there is a positive and meaningful relation between the responsibility and the ability of solving the problems among Shahindezh students.  “T-test” results indicates that in terms of responsibility, there is a meaningful difference between the boys and the girls. Compared to the boys, the girls are at a higher level. On the other hand, “Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)” showed that considering the problem solving styles, there is no difference between the girls and the boys.