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1 - Effectiveness of coping skills training on psychological capital and affective styles in 12-18 year-old working teens

 Abstract The purpose of this article is identifying the impacts of coping skills training on working teens'  psychological capital and affective styles. The research was based on investigation method and has been followed the pre-test/post-test method with co More

 Abstract The purpose of this article is identifying the impacts of coping skills training on working teens'  psychological capital and affective styles. The research was based on investigation method and has been followed the pre-test/post-test method with control group. The statistic population of the research  included 12-18 year-old working teens of Shemiranat area2. Tehran who worked under the social  welfare; using available sampling method 30 teen have been choose and settled on experimental group  and control group. In order to collecting data, the questionnaires of Lotanz‟s psychological capital and  Hoffman and Kashdan‟s affective style have been used. Afterwards, the coping skills have been taught  to the experimental group, 15 working teens, in ten tow-hour sessions while control group has been  not taught. The results indicated that the average of four constituents i.e. “psychological capital” and all three “affective styles” in experimental group in post-test increased than in pre-test, while this increase has been not seen in the control group. In conclusion, coping skills training leaded to improve the psychological capital and affective styles of working teens. Manuscript profile

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2 - The Path Analysis of Relation of Implicit Beliefs of Intelligence with Procrastination: Mediating Achievement Goals

Abstract Procrastination in academic community is more common, and can lead to stress and mental illness.  Experimental and theoretical foundations of procrastination are less than another psychological construct. With respect to importance of this subject the purp More

Abstract Procrastination in academic community is more common, and can lead to stress and mental illness.  Experimental and theoretical foundations of procrastination are less than another psychological construct. With respect to importance of this subject the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between implicit beliefs of intelligence and procrastination with mediating achievement goals in students of Islamic Azad University, Dezful branch. The method is based on the table of Morgan sample size, 375 students were selected as a sample size and completed the Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986); Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale (Abd-El-Fattah & Yates, 2006); and Achievement Goal Scale (Elliot & McGregor, 2001). Path analysis with AMOS software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a negative relationship between incremental intelligence beliefs and procrastination through mastery goals. Model indexes indicated that the proposed concept model was efficient. Manuscript profile

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3 - The share of emotional intelligence, happiness, and coping strategies in marital satisfaction predicition among working women and housewives in district 7 of Tehran

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the contribution of emotional intelligence, happiness and coping  strategies in anticipation of marital satisfaction housewives for this purpose, 300 married women were  and working Region 7 of Tehran housewives, and wo More

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the contribution of emotional intelligence, happiness and coping  strategies in anticipation of marital satisfaction housewives for this purpose, 300 married women were  and working Region 7 of Tehran housewives, and working in the region on the voluntary basis and  with Sulloway emotional intelligence questionnaire, Oxford Happiness questionnaire, stress and  coping strategies questionnaire short form Enrich marital satisfaction Multivariate regression analysis  showed that emotional questionnaire were tested.Intelligence step, happiness and coping with marital satisfaction of working women note the distinction between and housewives, there is a significant correlation.Emotional and hysterical housewives and emotional differentiation of people employed women was a significant relationship with marital satisfactions. But the people's reconstruction component housewives and working women with emotional attention martial satisfaction showed no significant relationship.Between happiness and martial satisfaction and martial satisfaction housewives coping strategies and significant relationship. Results showed a significant relationship between happiness and martial satisfaction was employed. As well as the problem-oriented coping strategy only showed a significant relationship with martial satisfaction of working women. Manuscript profile

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4 - Collective Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale (CTEBS): The psychometric properties study in primary schools

Abstract  This study carried out to investigate psychometric properties of the Persian version‟ Collective  Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale. In this study, 283 teachers from elementary schools at Sabzevar were  selected in multistage sampling method. The in More

Abstract  This study carried out to investigate psychometric properties of the Persian version‟ Collective  Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale. In this study, 283 teachers from elementary schools at Sabzevar were  selected in multistage sampling method. The instrument for data collection was Persian version of the  Collective Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale developed by Tschannen-moran & Barr (2004). Internal  consistency investigated by Cronbach‟s alpha and factor structure's scale verified with exploratory  principal axis factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, too. Results indicated that Cronbach‟s  alpha for Collective Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale is 0/93 and all of items have high correlation with  total. Exploratory factor analysis with principal axis and varimax rotation indicated that this scale  consist of one component that explained 59/70% of the variance. Also scale‟ confirmatory factor  analysis confirmed one components structure that extracted. Findings of current study emphasize that  Collective Teacher Efficacy Belief Scale is a suitable instrument to assess collective self-efficacy's  Iranian teachers in various researches. Manuscript profile

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5 - The predictive role of body image, body mass index, mindfulness and alexithymia in marital satisfaction of employed women

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of body image, Body Mass Index,  mindfulness and alexithymia in marital satisfaction of employed women. For this reason, in a  retrospective and cross-sectional study, 120 employed women of More

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of body image, Body Mass Index,  mindfulness and alexithymia in marital satisfaction of employed women. For this reason, in a  retrospective and cross-sectional study, 120 employed women of Tabriz University were selected by  simple random sampling method and were participated in research based on ethical consideration.  Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Enrich`s marital satisfaction questionnaire-short form, Toronto  Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), Body Mass Index (BMI) were  used for assessing the predictive and criteria variables. Hierarchical regression analysis results showed  that with controlling the demographical variables, from alexithymia components, the difficulty in  describing feeling and difficulty in identifying feeling able to predict the marital satisfaction. Also,  from mindfulness components, the Act with Awareness able to predict the marital satisfaction. As well  as, from demographical variables, the social-economic status and job status able to predict the marital  satisfaction. This results suggests that, the difficulty in describing feeling and difficulty in identifying  feeling and, the Act with Awareness components are the powerful determinates of marital satisfaction  in university employed women. Manuscript profile

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6 - Investigating the Effect of Life Skills in Reduction of Opium Drug Tendency Among the Students

Abstract The research aiming to consider the effect of life skill education on highschool students tendency to  opium drugs, pursues to find a respond to following question: are life skills education and its  components (such as self-knowledge, empathy skill, More

Abstract The research aiming to consider the effect of life skill education on highschool students tendency to  opium drugs, pursues to find a respond to following question: are life skills education and its  components (such as self-knowledge, empathy skill, effective relationship, interpersonal skill,  proactive and criticism thought, anti-excitement skill, anti-stress skill, brain storming, decision skill)  effective? The persent research is as applied. In the research , semi-experimental method and pre - post-test design have been used with control group and stochastic arrangement in the unique  exprements. Statistic community of this research is 170 male students of highschools in regions 1 and  4 of Tehran in the age ranged from 14 through 17 in 2011-2012 whom are controlled in gender, age  and qrade. Sampling method in the research is random and multi-phase that 100 students were selected  stochastically.The researcher-made tool of Information gathering is for drug tendency and other questionnaire is  about life skill. The confidence and validation of questioniare were measured using korenbach alfa test  and it was shown that the questionaire has a high validity. To analyse the data in the present research,  descriptive and argumental statistic methods were used. In the analytical section the variance analysis  method applied to arswer the questions using spss software, and final results showed that life skill  education has a high effect on reduction of adolescents tendency to drugs so as the difference between  control and test groups is meaningful statistically. Manuscript profile

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7 - The Relation of Critical thinking and coping strategies on the Hardiness of Saveh Students in Iran

Abstract Due to the delicate relationship between cognitive skills and emotional coping strategies to study the  relationship between critical thinking and hardiness of the students is discussed. 250 persons (126  females, 124 males) randomly selected fro More

Abstract Due to the delicate relationship between cognitive skills and emotional coping strategies to study the  relationship between critical thinking and hardiness of the students is discussed. 250 persons (126  females, 124 males) randomly selected from among all the students of Azad University of Saveh city.  Questionnaire respondents tended to critical thinking disposition inventory ( CTDI ) , questionnaires  hardiness (Kobasa) and coping strategies questionnaire ( WOCQ ) to complete. Data for this study was  a multiple regression analysis of the data. The results showed a significant relationship between  hardiness and its three components (control, commitment and challenge) with critical thinking and  coping strategies to avoid escape, positive reappraisal, problem solving, self-restraint and  responsibility. With the increase in critical thinking, positive reappraisal, problem solving and  accountability, increased hardiness and its components and by reducing avoidance and escape  strategies of self - control, hardiness and its components increases.  Manuscript profile

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8 - The effectiveness of assertiveness skills with specific approach to tolerance of ambiguity

Abstract Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of assertiveness training with specific approach to increasing tolerance of ambiguity young high school girl in Karaj. Method: An experimental with pre-test - post-test and follow-up and The study po More

Abstract Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of assertiveness training with specific approach to increasing tolerance of ambiguity young high school girl in Karaj. Method: An experimental with pre-test - post-test and follow-up and The study population included a  control group of high school girl students of the city of Karaj Among them multi-stage cluster random sampling method, 30 patients received low scores on the questionnaire ambiguity tolerance were  selected and then randomly divided into two groups (n = 15) and control ( 15) were replaced. Instrument tolerance of ambiguity Ahmad pur Mobarake (1388), respectively. In the pre-test stage, all students completed the questionnaire. The experimental group in 10 sessions of 1 hour, assertiveness skills, with special approach participated in the training program, while the control group received no training. In the test phase, both groups responded to the scale ambiguity tolerance. And data using one way ANOVA and repeated measures analysis of variance was used.Results: The results showed that training in assertiveness skills, with special approach, tolerance of ambiguity in the experimental group compared with the control group increased Afterwards the two month follow-up work is to continue.Conclusion: One of the most important infrastructure tolerance of ambiguity character with assertiveness training with specific approach, a formidable they are not able to predict in unclear circumstances and cope with issues and problems successfully. Manuscript profile

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