adibeh barshan

The prevalence of psychological problems in elderly retired teachers is high due to distance from work and former mental and physical activities, and interventions are needed to solve these problems. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of training positive strategies on the resilience and quality of life of elderly retired teachers.

The research method was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all the elderly retired teachers of Kerman city in 2023, 30 people (15 people from the experimental group and 15 people from the control group) were selected by available sampling method and with informed consent. Data collection tools were Connor and Davidson's (2003) resilience questionnaires and Kaczynski and Keller's (1996) quality of life questionnaire. The intervention of teaching positive strategies in 9 sessions of 70 minutes and twice a week was performed on the experimental group and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was done with descriptive tests (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis using SPSS version 24 software. P level less than 0.05 was considered significant.

In the resilience variable, the mean and standard deviation of the experimental group in the pre-test was 56.55±5.74 and in the post-test 67.82±6.12 and in the quality of life variable, the mean and standard deviation of the experimental group in the pre-test 21.75 ± 4.15 in the test and 30.59 ± 3.68 in the post-test. The results of the covariance analysis also showed that teaching positive strategies had an effect on the resilience and quality of life of retired teachers (P<0.01).

Based on the findings of the research, training positive strategies can be used to increase the resilience and quality of life of elderly retired teachers.

This study aimed at investigating the mediating role of the quality of Islamic life in the relationship between academic perfectionism and the spiritual intelligence of the senior high school students.

This correlational study was conducted using a structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all 1046 senior high school students in Kerman, Iran, in the academic year of 2021-2022. 342 students were selected as a sample using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. In order to collect data, Namqi’s questionnaire of quality of Islamic life (2014), Rasouli and Bahrami’s questionnaire of academic perfectionism (2015) and Abdollah-Zadeh and his colleagues’ questionnaire of spiritual intelligence (2017) were used. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with AMOS software version 23 and SPSS version 22.

There is a direct, positive, and significant relationship between the variables of the quality of Islamic life and academic perfectionism (t= 11.182,  = 0.35), a direct, positive, significant relationship between the variables of the spiritual intelligence and academic perfectionism (t= 8.224,  = 0.24), and a direct, positive and significant relationship between the variables of spiritual intelligence and the quality of Islamic life (t= 13.716,  = 0.59). In addition, there is an indirect, positive, significant relationship between the variables of spiritual intelligence and academic perfectionism with the mediating role of Islamic quality of life ( = 0.23).

Academic perfectionism is one of the causes of students’ failure, and what can improve it is paying attention to the quality of Islamic life and spiritual intelligence. Therefore, by increasing spiritual intelligence and improving the quality of Islamic life, one can reduce academic perfectionism in students.

In training courses, all the materials learned will not always be transmitted to the workplace because of some effective factors. The aim of this study was to determine the effective factors on the formation of scrap learning in in-service training. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The participants were all employees and workers of the copper industry in Kerman province. According to the data saturation level, 16 of them were selected using purposive sampling. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The validity of the research findings was confirmed using assessment methods by members and multi-stratified data sources.   The effective factors on the formation of scrap learning were classified into three categories: individual factors (attitude, learner readiness, professional ethics, and motivation), organizational factors (organizational support and working environment conditions), and educational factors (need assessment and evaluation, training strategies, and content of the course).   Regardless of the attitude, motivation, and professional ethics of the participants, the lack of attention to their readiness for learning, lack of necessary support, lack of facilities and equipment, lack of attention to the employees' needs, and the results of evaluations are the most important factors that prohibit the application of the materials learned in the workplace.

Drug addiction has been one of the most important health and social crises in recent decades. One of the types of addiction that is prevalent among adolescents today is the addiction to Naswār, with the increasing youth tendency towards Naswār, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the lived experiences Naswār abuser adolescents. This study was carried out in a qualitative way and the phenomenological method was used. Participants were selected among the youth of Kerman. Twenty participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Data collection method was a semi-structured interview that was rewritten with the consent of the participants and analyzed by Colaizzi method. During the process of reviewing the lived experiences of Naswār abuser adolescents, two main themes with three contexts each were extracted; the main theme of personal factors with three contexts "sensual seduction, misassumption, risk taking and looking for excitement" and the main theme of social factors, with three contexts "family problems, availability of drug, and influenceability by peers". By describing the determinants of Naswār consumption, in addition to individual factors; this study found social factors as an important factor to such behaviors. Therefore, it is suggested to the national authorities to address this problem as an urgent and health priority; by using effective methods to educate and inform adolescents and their families about the side effects of Naswār; by facilitating suitable and accessible pastime; and by using life skill classes to teach them how to say no to drugs.

Iran as one of the outstanding countries regarding disaster occurrences is experiencing, on average, one earthquake
of above 3 Richters every week. Earthquake is a natural disaster, however, due to its various social consequences,
has become a subject of sociology and has created vulnerable groups, one of those groups being women.
The aim of this study is to evaluate women’s social vulnerability following the earthquakes. This research includes
both qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative method is used to identify the social damages to
women experiencing earthquakes and collecting categories through focus groups. In the quantitative phase, 90
women who have experienced Varzaghan and Ahar earthquakes are compared to another peer group of 90 persons
who have not experienced the earthquake, in order to examine the variables. The results showed that women are
one of the most dama,get society groups, not only having the highest rate of mortality but also are victims of many
social problems such as social insecurity, mistrust toward society and social alienation

Drug trafficking is one of the complex social problems of contemporaneously, which is the cause of many social Injuries and deviations. This phenomenon targets not only individual security but also national security of the community. In this research, the qualitative method has been used to recreate Life experience of women, to identify the causes and areas of their exposure to narcotics trafficking. The research data were obtained from a deep interview with 18 trafficked women in the central prison of Kerman who were selected through purposeful sampling and the results were analyzed using Thematic analysis approach. According to the results, the causes of drug trafficking by women can be found in eight main themes: women's situations, economic system problems, weaknesses in coping systems, ecological platforms of the region, family problems, cultural poverty, inferior friends and class contradictions. Therefore, the smuggling of drugs by women is a phenomenon of several causes, the causes and areas of its formation should not be sought only in a person or a particular entity; it is also always a set of cultural, social and environmental factors, family, judicial, law enforcement, and individual causes were The basis of smuggling.

The purpose of this study was to determine Effective Factors on the Formation of Learning transfer to work environment in in-service training of the Kerman copper industry by using a qualitative approach and a Content analysis method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The population of the study consisted of employees and workers of the copper industry in Kerman province. According to the data saturation level, 17 of them were selected by using purposeful sampling method. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. The validity of the research findings was guaranteed by the member's survey methods and multi-stratified data sources. The results of this study showed that Effective Factors on the Formation of Learning Transfer are placed in three categories, individual factors (self-efficacy, motivation, learner's readiness and attitudes), organizational factors (Transfer environment and organizational justice) and educational factors (Educational Strategies).

Objectives Although the earthquake is a natural disaster, it has become a social subject and has created vulnerable groups due to its various social effects. One of these groups is the elderly. The present study aimed to investigate the social vulnerability of elderly people who experienced earthquakes.
Methods & Materials The present study involved a cross-sectional qualitative-quantitative method. The population comprised all the elderly people in Kerman and East Azarbaijan provinces. In the qualitative part, in order to identify the social problem of elderly who experienced an earthquake, Categories has been collected By focus group. For this purpose, 17 people were selected by purposive sampling method for focus group of elderly and the social damage of the earthquake was determined. In the quantitative phase, 90 older people who have experienced the earthquake in Bam, Varzaghan and Ahar were selected randomly, and 90 older people who have not experienced an earthquake were selected and matched with the first group. Both groups answered the questionnaire on social isolation, social support, social adjustment questionnaire, and Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21) and t-test.
Results In the qualitative part, social damage of earthquakes, including social incompatibility, social isolation, lack of social acceptance and lack of social support were identified through interviews. In the quantitative results, the average of social incompatibility was 4.93±0.66, social isolation was 12.23±3.91, social acceptance was 11.41±2.38, and social support was 34.12±6.81 among the older people who faced an earthquake. However, the average of social conflict was 3.42±1.16, social isolation was 8.06±3.17, social acceptance was 24.7±4.66, and social support was 68.9±8.96 among the other older people. The findings of the study showed that the rate of social compatibility of the older people who have experienced the earthquake is less than that of other older people, but the social isolation is more than that in other older people (PConclusion Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that older people is one of Social groups that in the earthquake addition of distraction and loss of orientation and memory, confront with social problems that have not been considered. So, planning and preparing strategies to reduce and control such injuries are important.

Due to the growing elderly population, it is important to solve the problems faced by the elderly, including their mental health problems. Since the increase in death anxiety and the decrease in life expectancy is more common in the elderly, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group logotherapy on death anxiety and life expectancy of the elderly living in boarding houses in Kerman.
Methods & Materials: The study population consisted of all elderly people in Kerman. By visiting two centers of Mehrazin and Amiralmeomenin in Kerman, 30 elderly people (18 female and 12 male) were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (each n = 15). The experimental group was provided group logotherapy for ten sessions (each session of 90 minutes). The control group received no intervention. Both before and after the test, the participants were asked to respond to Miller’s Life Expectancy Scale (1997) and Death Anxiety Scale. The data were analyzed using statistical methods such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and covariance multivariate analysis.
The results showed that group therapy has a significant impact on death anxiety in the elderly (P Overall, based on the results of this research, group therapy was found to reduce death anxiety and life expectancy in elderly people living in boarding houses and subsequently, improve their mental health. Due to the special emphasis of logotherapy on the present and the meaning of suffering for the elderly, it is important to use it for promoting social well-being of older people.

This study determined the effectiveness of life skills training by empowerment approach to social work on personal and social adjustment of physically motor handicapped girls. The study was semi-experimental design and used pretest-posttest plan with a control group. The intervention group participated in 8 session's life skills training by empowerment approach to social work, and a control group received no teaching. To gathering information from California questionnaire were used. To examine significances, independent t-test was used. There is significant difference in posttest scores between the intervention and control groups (p<0.05) but neurological syndrome is not only significant change (p>0.05) Life skills education by empowerment approach to Social work is effective way to promote a level’s adjustment of physical motor disabilities girls.