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پیاپی 33 (پاییز 1386)

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of playing on the blind students’ (years old) self-esteem in Isfahan Ababasir school. For this purpose, by using a semi experimental study, Available Samples were selected from all the blind male students (years old) in Isfahan Ababasir school and then they were divided based on Simple Selection Method in two experimental and control group (students for experimental and for the control group). The research instruments include Cooper Smith Self-esteem questionnaire of (question) and recording device for recording the presented information that the reliability and validity of the questionnaire are exposed to confirmation.Hypothesis concerning a significant increasment in the blind students self-esteem due to playing which suggested in present study. The results of Cronbach analysis after the controling the grades of pre-test and the age of testators showed that self-esteem was mainly increased in the male blind students’ (years old) of Ababasir school, (P<).

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of group behavioral methods training on social adjustment of children and adolescents with epilepsy. For this purpose, from the statistical population in this research (children and adolescents referred to the Noor Clinic of Isfahan city from the beginning of June to August,) thirty people (Thirteen boys and seventeen girls) were selected on the basis of age similarity (years old), school (regular versus special), and place of life (rural versus urban) and assigned into experimental and control groups (people in each). Since due to the limitation of statistical population the researder was not able to select randomly, she used semi-experiencnd design. Two instruments, including californai Personality Test (Social Adjustment Subscale) and the Demographic Questionnaire were administered to the participants. The reliability of social adjustment questionnaire in terms of Alpha Cronbach was. On the basis of research design for the two groups with pre-test and post-test the independent variable was group behavioral methods training and the dependent variable was social adjustment (social roles, social skills, anti-social interests, family relationships, school relationships, and social relationships). To analyze the data, covariance was used (MANCOVA). The results showed that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups on the post-test by controlling the pre-test on any subscale and the total scale of social adjustment (P>). But the results showed, there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups on the post-test by controlling the age, duration disease, ok of symptoms, frequency of seizures, education, father's education, mother's education and educational average in the total scale of social adjustment (F=) and in the subscales of social roles (F=) and school relationships (F=).

The accomplished research was proceeded to examine the impact of social skills training on individual-social adjustment, aggression and assertiveness in Ahwaz city high school female being at risk students. The sample subsumed high school female being at risk students who were selected via multi stage random sampling procedure. All the subjects were allocated into two groups by random; giving equal chance to every subject student to be included in each group: The experimental group and control group. Pretest and post test experimental design with control group was processed. For data collecting California Personality Inventory (CPI), Ahwaz Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ) and Adolescent Self-Assertive Scale (ASA) were administrated. Social skills training were presented to experimental group for twenty sessions, one hour duration each; while control group received none. The results were considered significant at p value less than. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was implied as main statistics procedure and revealed that: social skills training increased individual-social adjustment and assertiveness whereas reduced aggression in high school female being at risk students.

The aim of this study was to investigate the style of child raising in the parents who own conduct disorder children and the parents who own normal children. Therefore a sample of subjects were chosen by the use of chance sampling and chunk sampling methods. All of the subjects (conduct disorder, and normal) were evaluated by the use of Children Conduct Disorder Questionnaire (CSI-) and their parents were also evaluated by the use of Robinson Raising Style Questionnaire. The ressults of the statistical analysis showed that the parents who own conduct disorder children use authoritarian style more than the parents with normal children (p <). The parents who own conduct disorder children use authoritative style less than the parents with normal children (p<). There was no significant difference in the use of permissive style between the parents with conduct disorder children and the parents with normal children (p>).

This research aim was to study the relations between happiness, self- actualization, mental health and academic performance variables with androgyny in students studying in science and research center in Ahvaz. To do this, students (male & female) were randomly selected. Having given answers to the tests by selected subjects, the relations between the variables were statistically analyzed. Considering the results made, between happiness and androgyny variables, self-actualization and androgyny, mental health and androgyny, happiness and self- actualization, happiness and mental health and between self-actualization and mental health meaningful relations were captured (P<). No meaningful relations, nevertheless, were found between academic performance and androgyny, happiness and academic performance, self–actualization and academic performance and mental health and academic performance (P>). Depending on distinguishing the type of sexuality the relation between the variables was elaborated studied. Due to the results made, no meaningful relation was found between happiness and androgyny in male students (P>), but a meaningful relation was found between happiness and androgyny in females (P<). No noticeable meaningful relation was also captured between mental health and androgyny, self-actualization and androgyny and academic performance and androgyny in male and female (P>). On the other hand, a meaningful relation was found between happiness and self-actualization, happiness and mental health and self– actualization and mental health in males and females (P<). No meaningful relation was captured between happiness and academic performance, self–actualization and academic performance and finally between mental health and academic performance in females and males.

This study has been conducted with the aim of examining the relationship between optimism and pessimism and the dimensions of the mental health (somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction and depression) and comparing the relation of the optimism and pessimism with mental health in adult men and women in Isfahan. To accomplish the aims of the study, a sample of were selected from the statistical population by randomized cluster sampling to whom the optimism and pessimism Questionnaire and the Gerneral Health Questionnaire were administered. The results coefficient of pearson correlation showed that there is a significant, negative relation between the optimism with mental health and the dimensions of the mental health (somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction and depression). Also there is a significant, positive relation between the pessimism with mental health and the dimensions of the mental health (somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction) and pessimism with depression. However, the results Z-Fisher showed that there is no significant difference between the relations of the optimism and pessimism with mental health in men and women.

This research deals with the relation between the status of parent's lives and primary schools in Esfahan. The methodology used in this study was correlation. To do this research, frist the community of students related to the state schools were specified. Then, about students and their parents were chosen by the random cluster sampling method.After that the parent's lives status questionnaire and school functioning questionnaire were responsed by their teachers and their parents. Statistical analysis used in this research were linear regression and stepwise regression. The results of this research indicated that there was a relation between parent's quality of life and school functioning. This analytic regression showed that parent's education, unfavorable events and the number of people in a family are the most important variables in school functioning. Also, The relation between each school functioning variable and parent's quality of life variables were analyzed which had different results.

Present survey attempts to study the pathological backgrounds which involved in shaping of addiction disorder.In this study case sample was that of them were addicts of urmia reability center and of others were normal adults of urmia. Addicts sample was chosen as simple random sampling and normal adult sample was chosen as simple nonrandom sampling. Cases were male and their educations were at last elementary school and upper. Data came from Items questioner that were estimated validity and Reliability. Data were analyzed based on t test in the causal - comparative design.The results showed, preaddictional background in addicts were significantly different from normal adults. The existence of background and special susceptibility is necessary for acceptance and abuse of substance. Preventive intervention must be onset in childhood and family system. Treatment intervention must emphasis in psychological, social aspects as well as physical aspect.