Journal of Educational Psychology: 4 (3)

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1 - The effectiveness of reality therapy on identity crisis and Homesickness of student’s dormitory boarding schools in Isfahan
Narges rezaei Hosein abadi Felor Khayatan

    The Present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy on identity crisis and homesickness which was conducted based on a semi-experimental method in a pretest-posttest design with control group. The study population included 1500 mal More

    The Present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy on identity crisis and homesickness which was conducted based on a semi-experimental method in a pretest-posttest design with control group. The study population included 1500 male high school students living in dormitories of boarding schools at academic year of 2016-17 in Isfahan, 30 of whom were selected based on availability given inclusion and exclusion criteria and using simple random selection. The participants were then divided into two groups of experiment and control (n=15). All the participants completed the research instruments including, Ahmadi’s Identity Crisis Questionnaire (1988) and Van Vliet’s Homesickness Questionnaire (2001) at pretest and posttest. The Experiment group received 10 sessions of reality therapy while the control group did not receive any treatment. The Collected data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. The Results indicated that reality therapy has positive effect on reduction of identity crisis and homesickness (p<0/05). Manuscript profile

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2 - Structural Equation Modeling of University Organizational Agility with an Emphasis on the Role of Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management
Seyyed Abdollah Khavari Hamidreza Arasteh Parivash Jafari

    This research aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture and knowledge management on organizational agility of Mazandaran Islamic University. The adopted research approach was descriptive, and the correlation research design was based o More

    This research aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture and knowledge management on organizational agility of Mazandaran Islamic University. The adopted research approach was descriptive, and the correlation research design was based on Structural Equation Modeling. The statistical population chosen included 1684 faculty in Mazandaran Islamic Azad Universities. The sample included 270 persons who were selected based on Cochran formula. In addition, stratified random sampling was employed in accordance with the size of each University branch under study. The collected data was analyzed by Structural Equations Modeling using SPSS20 and LISREL 8.5. The result showed that knowledge management and organizational culture directly influence knowledge management. Moreover, it is confirmed that knowledge management plays the mediating role between organizational culture and organizational agility. The result of this research puts a great emphasis on creating a proper and effective organizational culture by providing a suitable environment conducive to knowledge sharing and support of knowledge-centered activities. Manuscript profile

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3 - The relationship between internet addiction and the academic performance of second grade high school students
hamid shafizadeh

      This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance of second grade High School students conducted in Varamin city. The overall objective of the present study is practical and in terms of metho More

      This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between Internet addiction and academic performance of second grade High School students conducted in Varamin city. The overall objective of the present study is practical and in terms of method is correlational descriptive. This research is random sampling. To calculate the sample size, Cochran formula has been used. The sample of 361volunteer students were randomly selected from Varamin city. In this study, Young's Internet Addiction questionaire is used to identify students who are addicted to internet. GPA at the end of the semester and the number of students’ failed units as academic performance indices were used. Data analysis was done by using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and percentage) and inferential statistics (Pearson). The Results showed that 1/7 percent of users have poor addiction, 44/9 percent medium addiction and 53/5 percent severe addiction to internet.  Investigation of correlational results indicates that there is a significant positive relationship between the variables of Internet addiction and the age of the students with0/95 interval confidence and also there is a significant positive relationship between the variables of the level of internet addiction and the number of failed students with 0/95 interval confidence,futhermore the research indicated that in terms of the relation between the variables of Internet addiction and the average of the students there is a significant negative relationship with 0/95 interval confidence. Manuscript profile

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4 - Effectiveness of the Acceptance-Based Education and commitment on the improvement of parental stress in girls’ elementary school mothers
Zahra Mohammadi Seyed Abbas Hashemi

    The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance-based education and commitment on the improvement of parental stress in girls’ elementary school mothers. The research method was semi-experimental with running pre-test More

    The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance-based education and commitment on the improvement of parental stress in girls’ elementary school mothers. The research method was semi-experimental with running pre-test and post-test. 60 mothers were selected among all primary school students’ mothers in Khomeini-Shahr (Isfahan) during the academic year of 2012-13.They were selected based on the research entering criteria and “available sampling” technique interview and they were randomly put into experimental group (30 mothers) and control group (30 mothers). The experimental group was under the family education based on acceptance and commitment trophy for ten 90-minute sessions. The Abidin self-reporting Questionnaire (1990) was used to assess stress in the parent-child system. The Data was analyzed by covariance analysis method. The findings of this research showed that an independent variable has an effect on empowerment, child temper, acceptance and compatibility. But, family education based on acceptance and commitment intervention failed to improve the performance of children in inattention / excessive action variable (P <0.05). In general, the results of this study indicated that the family education program based on acceptance and commitment resulted in improvement of parental stress in mothers. Manuscript profile

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5 - The impact of group discussion education on students’ social skills
esmaeil kazempour Samira Torabnezhad

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of group discussion education on students’ social skills. This method is quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up controls were performed. Population of the city high school girl students More

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of group discussion education on students’ social skills. This method is quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up controls were performed. Population of the city high school girl students in school Langroud formed. For data analysis, Mancova was used. Research findings indicate that; between teaching appropriate social skills through group discussion and there is no significant relationship between students. The group discussion method of teaching students with insufficient courage and there is no significant difference between. The group discussion method of teaching students about significant 0.4 impulsive act. The group discussion method of teaching excellence and students seeking a meaningful relationship is 0.5. The group discussion method of teaching and interacting with students in a significant relationship. Manuscript profile

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6 - The role of Attachment Styles in Academic Achievement of High School Students: The Mediating Effect of Risk Perception and Fear of Success
Fahimeh Fahimi Ali Zeinali

     Academic achievement is the most important parameter in the efficacy of each educational system. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the relationship between attachment styles, risk perception and fear of success and students’ aca More

     Academic achievement is the most important parameter in the efficacy of each educational system. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the relationship between attachment styles, risk perception and fear of success and students’ academic achievement. The study population consisted of all the male and female high school students in Urmia in the 2014-2015 educational years. A total of 380 students were selected using the multi-stage cluster sampling technique in terms of district, gender and educational level. Data were collected using attachment styles questionnaire (Van Oudenhoven, Hofstra and Becker, 2003), risk perception scale (Benthin, Slovic and Severson, 1993), fear of success questionnaire (Zuckerman and Ellison, 1976) and the average of students’ grades. The questionnaires have a desirable validity and appropriate reliability. Data were analyzed with Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis techniques. The results showed that in the first model, the secure attachment style had significant, positive, direct and indirect effects on academic achievement. The variables of risk perception and fear of success proved good mediators between secure attachment style and academic achievement. In addition, in the second model, insecure attachment style had a direct and significant effect on academic achievement; however, it had no significant indirect effect on academic achievement. The variables of risk perception and fear of success were not good mediators between insecure attachment style and academic achievement. Based on the results, emphasis should be placed on the roles of attachment styles, risk perception and fear of success in academic achievement. Manuscript profile

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7 - Relationship between hardiness Resilience to anxiety on Body Dysmorphic Concern in daughter adolescent city Tehran
Maryam Ghahremani Javad Khalatbari

The aim of this study compare in Relationship between hardiness Resilience to anxiety on Body Dysmorphic Concern in daughter adolescent city Tehran. Statistic community: daughter adolescent city Tehran. Statistics case: person 120of daughter adolescent city Tehran as by More

The aim of this study compare in Relationship between hardiness Resilience to anxiety on Body Dysmorphic Concern in daughter adolescent city Tehran. Statistic community: daughter adolescent city Tehran. Statistics case: person 120of daughter adolescent city Tehran as by approach beauty clinic. Knack: at research that correlate approach and bunch approach multistage to clinical clientele beauty on city Tehran. Research instrument: form questionnaire hardiness Resilience Koner_Dayvison ، form questionnaire Bek_ anxiety and form questionnaire Body Deformity Kash. Analysis resolve: statistics approach Ancova assistant by SPSS version 20- search study between community matrix predictive and canon variable  by possible 0/99 by mental stomach addition lessen do  amount pensiveness  people. All case study form mental stomach negative and meaningful the predictive anxiety. Effectually by change a score stomach change score anxiety. Remain between mental stomach and on Body Dysmorphic inverse relationship and by anxiety direct relationship. Manuscript profile

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8 - A comparative survey of self-compassion, Cognition flexibility and Sense of Coherence in Diabetic Patients and Individual Normal
Arsalan Khanmohammad Ghodratollah Abbasi Samira Rahmani Javanmard

Diabetes is a chronic disease that has many effects on individual and social performance. The purpose of this study was to compare self-compassion, cognitive flexibility and sense of coherence in people with diabetes and healthy people. The method of this research is ca More

Diabetes is a chronic disease that has many effects on individual and social performance. The purpose of this study was to compare self-compassion, cognitive flexibility and sense of coherence in people with diabetes and healthy people. The method of this research is causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study included all outpatient diabetic women patients referring to clinics and treatment centers. From this society, 50 subjects were selected by convenience sampling and compared with 50 healthy subjects. Self-compassion, cognitive flexibility and sense of coherence were used to collect data and data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance. The results of the data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between self-compassion, cognitive flexibility and sense of coherence in people with diabetes and healthy subjects. According to the findings, self-compassion and cognitive flexibility are among the most important factors for better management of chronic diseases and as psychosocial adaptation increases, with stressful events of life and higher levels of performance and life satisfaction, it affects self-care behaviors and quality of life in patients. Manuscript profile

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