Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

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The aim of this study was to determine the arrangement of religion and the modern youth identity and its relation to the well-being. For this purpose, 360 youth participated in the study. The method of sampling was convenience. Modern identity questionnaire, Islamic identity questionnaire, identity processing style (ISIG3; Berzonsky, 1992) and The satisfaction with life scale (Diener, E. D., & et al, 1985) were applied. Results showed that there was a negative relationship between religious and modern identity in youth. Between modern identity and informational style as well as between religious identity and the normative style was a significant positive correlation. Well-Being positively related to normative identity and the informational identity and avoidance identity was no significant relationship with Well-Being. The findings suggest that the style of modern and religious identity both independently is organized, consistent and unique, which can be used as a form of monolithic identity. The Modern and Religious identity differences was in the internal dynamics and Well-being was associated with structure of identity rather than it's content. 

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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of mental kinestick imagery on athletic confidence. The population of this quasi-experimental study comprised the whole amateur basketball players. Available sampling was used as the instrument, such that 30 physical education students from Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah volunteered to participate in this study. They were classified into two groups of kinestick imagery and control, using matching scores method in Revised Hall and Martin’s (1997) questionnaire. Further, Willie and Knight’s (2002) scale of athletic confidence was used to measure participants’ athletic confidence in pre- and post-test. The experimental group did six sessions of thirty-minute kinestick imagery exercise and pay lay-up shot, while the control group only pay lay-up shot. With controlling the pre-test scores,  The results indicated a statistically significant difference between the two groups in post test of athletic confidence scores. The implication of this study is the impact that mental mental  kinestick  imagery has on improving athletic confidence in athletes.

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The purpose of this study, the relationship between personality characteristics and resiliency with job satisfaction at the Razi University of Kermanshah. The study method descriptive- correlational. The statistical study population consisted of all employees were working in 1395 at Razi University in Kermanshah. According to Cochran formula using simple random sampling method,  150 of them were selected as sample. The data collection tool contains three standard questionnaires; New Personality Five-Factor Inventory (NEO), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RIS) and Job satisfaction Specter Scale (JSS), The reliability and validity were confirmed. To analyze the data of Pearson correlation test and Stepwise regression analysis was used. The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between job satisfaction and resiliency as well as between personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness and there was a significant positive correlation while the characteristics of neuroticism and agreeableness with job satisfaction was a negative and significant correlation.

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Depression is a common disorder in psychiatry. Depressed people are likely to have difficulty in adaptive behaviors and social interactions; like Mind Reading ability. The present study was a descriptive-correlation study and was performed on depressed patients and the healthy counterpart. Subjects were evaluated by RME and BDI-II. The findings showed that depression had a significant predictive role on Mind Reading ability. The negative interpretation of social stimulus is the cognitive characteristics of patients with depression. Providing the necessary education to families can be used to prevent some disorders and problems.

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This study aimed to determine the relationship between cognitive beliefs and self-efficacy and test anxiety in secondary school students at Public Schools in Tonekabon city.  The statistical population included all fourth-year female students in public schools at TonekabonThat 180 students were selected as sample by using random clustering sampling. Tools of the research were, Inventory cognitive beliefs, self-efficacy and test anxiety. According to appropriate validity, reliability coefficient was obtained .75, .85, .94.  A research method is a descriptive and correlation type and used for the analysis of data obtained included mean, standard deviation, frequency table, diagram and inferential statistics that include Pearson correlation coefficient and Regression equation. The results showed that: There isn't a relationship between positive beliefs about worry and anxiety in test in students. There isn't a relationship between consciousness cognitive and anxiety in a test. There is a positive relationship between trust cognitive and anxiety in test in students. There is a positive relationship between negative beliefs about the uncontrollability of treatment and anxiety in test in students. There is a positive relationship between beliefs about the need to thought of control anxiety in test in students. There is a negative relationship between self-efficacy and anxiety in test in students. Thus, the number of cognitive beliefs, awareness of learning, curriculum, examination and self-education increase, on the positive side, also reduced exam anxiety and even a person responds to exam calmly and gets a good result.

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Autobiographical memory, or memory for personal experiences, allows individuals to define themselves and construct a meaningful life story. Current research aims to review the definition and theories of autobiographies memory and how it usually changes or abnormally in older adults. Base on studies, as we grow older autobiographical memory drops off, also semantic memory changes a little or sometimes doesn't change at all. How autobiographical memory changes in normal elders with neurological disease depends on the kind of disease and brains factor which effect on how these changes happen, the useful neurological factors and current explanation are expansively discussed.

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Given the significance of balance in maintaining body posture and exercising complex sports skills, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of brain gym on static and dynamic balance of non-athlete female students. To this end, 24 non-athlete female students from University of Kharazmi voluntarily participated in this study, and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group performed brain gym exercises, which were specifically designed to improve their body balance, for 8 sessions of 30 minutes each. The control group underwent a series of flexibility and stretching exercises, deemed not to impact their balance. The number of sessions and the time devoted to each session was the same as the treatment the experimental group went through. In order to measure the static and dynamic balance of the participants in the pre- and post-test, the Stork and Star tests were administered. ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that controlling the pre-test scores, there was a statistically significant difference in the static and dynamic balance between the control and the experimental groups, suggesting that brain gym has a positive impact on static and dynamic balance. It then follows that due to the ease of implementation of brain gym exercises, coaches and physical education teachers can use brain gym in order to improve balance in their students.

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The academic resilience is one of the components that relates to academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to prediction of academic resilience based on sense of belonging to school and academic engagement in female students. The descriptive- correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all the female students’ high school of 5th district Tehran city in year academic 2017-2018 to 261 female students. According to cluster random sampling method, 200 female students were selected as samples and they were asked to fill in the questionnaires academic resilience of Samuels (2004), sense of belonging to school scale of Brew, Beatty & Watt (2004) and academic engagement scale of Fredricks, Blumenfeld & Paris (2004). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression simultaneously. Findings showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between academic resilience with sense of belonging to school and academic engagement in female students. Regression analyses also revealed that 65/2 of variance of academic resilience was explained by sense of belonging to school and academic engagement in female students. It is recommended that training sense of belonging to school and academic engagement can increase academic resilience of female students.

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The purpose of this study was to determine effectiveness of analysis group therapy on empathy, social acceptance and social competence in adolescent girls in Tehran city. This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study included all the female students’ high school of Tehran city in year 2018-2019. In this study, 30 female students were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (15 students) and control (15 students). The experimental group underwent 6 sessions analysis group therapy 90 minutes and While the control group received no intervention and remained in the waiting list. To collect data basic empathy scale of Jolliffe and Farrington (2006), social desirability scale of Marlowe‐Crowne (1960) and social competence scale of Felner, Lease & Phillips (1990). Data analysis was performed using analyze of covariance. The results showed that analysis group therapy significantly increases the empathy, social acceptance and social competence in adolescent girls. Therefore, it can be concluded that the analysis group therapy used in this study can improve the cognitive, emotional and social of adolescent girls. So use analysis group therapy in counseling and psychotherapy of teen girls has a special significance.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the sense of coherence and personal intelligence in female students with and without traumatic experiences. The method of this study was causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study consisted of female students with and without traumatic experience who were in the ninth grade of education schools in one district of Rasht city during the academic year 2018-2019. The sample consisted of 160 female students (80 students with traumatic experience and 80 students without traumatic experience) who were selected through convenience sampling. In order to collect data, the Trauma Accident Screening Questionnaire - Self-Report Form (Ford et al., 2002), Antonovski's sense of coherence Questionnaire (1993), and Meyer & Allen's personal intelligence Questionnaire (2013) were used. The results of the analysis of variance showed that the sense of coherence and personal intelligence was different among female students with and without a traumatic experience (P˂0.001). Overall, the results of this study showed that awareness of psychological traits such as the sense of coherence and personal intelligence leads to better services for these people to experience a better quality of life and education.

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Job satisfaction in nurses, who are major members of the health team with the largest numbers in healthcare systems, is remarkably important. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mentoring and nurses' job satisfaction by mediating the role of organizational justice and commitment. The research method was cross-sectional and correlational. 205 nurses from PourSina Medical and Educational Center of Rasht participated in the study. Data was collected from Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (Castro, Scandura & Williams), Job Descriptive Index (Smith, Kendall & Hulin), Organizational Justice  Questionnaire (Niehoff & Moorman), and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (Allen & Meyer). Data were analyzed using path analysis and bootstrapping method. The results demonstrated that the direct effect of mentoring on job satisfaction is significant; Also, the organizational justice and commitment significantly mediated the relationship between mentoring and job satisfaction. Regarding the findings, it can be expected that nurses' job satisfaction will increase with improving mentorship in health care organizations. In addition, the supervisors of nursing sections can strengthen their role as an organizational mentor by improving fair and committed job behaviors to enhance the job satisfaction of nurses under their supervision. The implications of these results are discussed with the focus on improving job satisfaction.

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The spread of COVID-19 has highlighted the necessity to comply with the health guidelines such as social distancing and wearing masks. Using psychological techniques in addition to providing information could be helpful in persuading the population to follow the guidelines. The aim of the present study was to review the psychological factors involved in compliance with COVID-19 health guidelines. After a search for relevant keywords (e.g., COVID-19, distancing, mask-wearing) in Magiran, SID, and Google Scholar databases, followed by the identification and screening of the search results,  studies that met the criteria were selected and reviewed. Results revealed 15 psychological factors that could affect the adherence to COVID-19 health guidelines. In the end, practical solutions are discussed on how to use these psychological factors in policy-making.

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The aim of this study was to compare irrational beliefs and anxiety disorder (self-morbidity) in women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus. This was a descriptive causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Kermanshah in 2018. By random sampling method, 50 women with lupus and 50 non-lupus were selected. Research tools include; Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (IBT) and Evans Self-Pathology Questionnaire (EHQ). To analyze the research data, the statistical method of multivariate analysis of variance was used using SPSS 22 software. The results of the present study showed that there is a significant difference between women with and without lupus erythematosus and in how irrational beliefs and symptoms of anxiety disorder and having the disease (P <0.001). Therefore, it can be said that anxiety disorder and having irrational beliefs are considered risk factors in the exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus in women.

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The purpose of the research was to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on the evaluation of body fitness and concern about not accepting the application of women for cosmetic surgery. The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design, a control group, and a 2-month follow-up period. The statistical population of this research was all the women who were referred to cosmetic clinics for cosmetic surgery in Tehran in 2021, and 30 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into an intervention group and a control group. Data were collected using the Cash Body Image Scale (MBRSQ, 1990) and Sensitivity to Rejection (RSQ, 1996). Schema therapy intervention was performed during 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The research data was analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements. The results showed that schema therapy is effective in reducing fitness evaluation, worry about not accepting the request, and waiting for a response in women applying for cosmetic surgery (p<0.05). Also, the results showed that this effectiveness is permanent in the follow-up period (p<0.05). It is concluded that schema therapy is an effective treatment in reducing the evaluation of fitness, worry about not accepting the request, and waiting for a response in women applying for cosmetic surgery.

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The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of self-care training and regulation of the emotional process on the quality of life of caregivers of the elderly with dementia. This research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a 4-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all caregivers who were referred to the Dementia Treatment Center in Kerman City in 2021. The statistical sample included 45 people who were selected as available and randomly replaced in the control group and two experimental groups. The experimental group of self-care training and regulation of emotion process received interventions during 8 sessions of 45 minutes, once a week. The data were collected using the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire, World Health Organization, 1996) and analyzed using the analysis of variance method with repeated measurements. The results showed that the difference between the averages of both experimental groups was significant compared to the control group (P<0.05). Comparing the effectiveness of the two experimental groups to each other, the difference in means was reported to be significant at the 95% confidence level, and it was shown that self-care training was more effective than regulating the emotional process in improving the quality of life of caregivers of the elderly with dementia (P<0.05). It can be concluded that self-care training and regulation of the emotional process are effective in increasing the quality of life of caregivers.

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between a mother's attachment style and aggression of children aged 3-6 years with the mediation of a mother's mindfulness. The research method was descriptive-correlation and structural equation model type. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the mothers of children aged 3 to 6 years in preschool centers and kindergartens in Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020, and 290 of them were selected as a sample. The tools of this research included the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (RAAS, Collins and Reed, 1990), the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale (PKBS, Merrell, 1994), and the Five-Dimensional Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ, Bauer et al., 2006). The research data were analyzed using the structural equation analysis method. The results showed that the model fitted well. Based on the findings of the research, the relationship between the mother's attachment style and the child's aggression was positive and significant (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05) and also mother's attachment style was indirectly related to the child's aggression through the mother's mindfulness. (p < 0.05). According to the above findings, it can be concluded that mothers' mindfulness plays a mediating role in the relationship between their attachment style and children's aggression.