فصلنامه خانواده پژوهی
پیاپی 14 (تابستان 1387)

The aim of this study was to develop a reliable and valid family needs scale for Iranian families. The sample inc-ludes 472 men and women (267 ma-les) with mean and standard deviation of age 36.39 and 7.71 respectively. All participants filled out The Family Basic Needs Scale.Based on the results of the factor analysis with Varimax rotation, five factors were extracted: 1- Psycholog-ical/Emotional needs 2- Financial/Ec- onomical needs, 3- Physical Health n-eeds, 4- Recreational needs, and 5- E-ducational needsCronbach’s Alpha for these factors and total scale were:. 92,. 90,. 77,. 88,. 75,. 95 respectively. Also divergent validity for this scale was checked.In sum, the results showed that the Family Basic Needs Scale is a reliable and valid scale for assessment of the family needs for Iranian families.

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes, feelings, reactio-ns and needs of girls and boys with unwished celibacy. The individual and social consequence of this phenome-non was also investigated.20 girls and 10 boys (ages between 32 and 42) undergone a deep interview with a phonological approach.Qualitative analysis of data indicated that perfectionism and parents’ stric-tness on girls were the most important obstacles for their marriage But economic restrictions and difficu-lty in making decision (choosing right girl to get married) were the important causes for celibacy in boys. Female participants were absolutely unsatis-fied with their condition and usually felt failure accompanied with physical weakness. They tended to show wide range of incommensurable reactions to deal with their society problems.

Extramarital relationship is the main issue in the family, which still remains a topic of interest for many research-hers, particularly in the field of soci-ology and psychology. This study ai-ms to determine the role of attachm-ment style in extramarital sexual relat-ionship in married women.In order to achieve the goal of the study 55 married women who had extramarital sex relationship were sel-ected in residential center of deviant women. 70 normal women who had no extra-marital relationship were matched as a control group with the study group to compare. Both groups completed the Hazan and Shiver attachment style questionnaire. The Chi-Squire and Ph-icoefficient were used to analysis the data.The result of the study indicated that women with insecure attachment style are more at risk of extramarital sexual relationship. A significant correlation was found between education level and extramarital sex relationship, rate.Insecure attachment style may pred-ispose women extramarital sex relat-ionship. Given to the findings, modi-fying the attachment style into secure type would help to over come the problem.

The purpose of the present research is to study the prevalence of child abuse among highschool students in Tehran townships.A sample of 738 high school students (355 girls) were selected based on clu-stered and stratified sampling.A questionnaire for measuring phy-sical and emotional abuse and neglect was developed. The questionnaire was standardized in a pilot study. Data was analyzed using factor analysis and mu-ltivariate analysis of variance (MAN-OVA). Prevalence of physical abuse, emot-ional abuse, and neglect respectively were 17.5%, 49.46%, and 36.4%. The most prevalent type of physical abuse were slapping and kicking; for emot-ional abuse, shouting and insulting; and for negligence, lack of attention to the child’s interests, sicknesses and not taking the child to the doctor.Moreover, results showed that there are significant differences in prevale-nce of child abuse according to gender of students, grades, and divorce hist-ory in the family.Results indicated that prevalence of child abuse is not as high as western countries, however it is similar to other studies that have been conducted in Iran and indicates that we need fun-damental strategies for preventing chi-ld abuse

Required services for delinquent children and adolescents are addressed in the field of forensic psychology. Delivering better services to them depends on taking a professional approach in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Hence, the type of gathered information could guide offered educations towards assigned objectives.The objective of the present study was to examine demographic and psychos-ocial characteristics of juveniles main-tained in correction service and the need for a comprehensive psycholog-ical and forensic assessment as early as they enter the system. Profiles of 120 male juveniles inhabiting in correction center were reviewed to investigate the content and available information. Among them 78 profiles with valid data were selected, organ-ized, and reported in three categories: individual-mental, family status, and peers and school features. Preliminary, the results suggest the need for devel-opment of a proper and standardized procedure for evaluation of children and adolescents in correction centers based on forensic psychology appro-ach to be implemented national wide. The prevalence of remarkable differe-nt mental-family-academic problems in this group necessitates the need for attending to these problems while pro-ceeding them as delinquents in juve-nile justice system.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of narrative couple therapy on couple’s family fun-ctionning. Research procedure was qu-asi experimental with pre-test and pos-t-test and control groups. Sample inc-ludred 30 couples who were referred to Kashani hospital in Isfahan pro-vince in 2007.They were placed randomly in the ex-perimental (15 couples), and control (15 couples) groups Family functioning as dependent var-iable was assessed by Bloom’s Fam-ily Function questionnaire. The experimental group were exposed to narrative couple therapy for nine se-ssions. It was hypothesized that narr-ative couple therapy would improve couple family functioning and it’s di-mesions and out come will differ based on. Results showed that narr-ative couple therapy had improved couple’s Family Functioning (P<0/01) and influenced all dimensions except enmeshment and religious commitme-nt (p<0/05).There was no gender difference (P<0/05).