Psychology

This study compared self-efficacy and hopes in 30 elementary school (sixth grade) children with learning disabilities (LD) and 30 their peers without LD. An ex post facto design was used. Statistical population comprised of all students in elementary schools (sixth grade) in, harsin, Iran, during the 2012-2013 academic year. Students with learning disability were randomly selected. The students with LD had been diagnosed by Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire (CLDQ). The student completed the Wechsler Memory scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Children’s Hope Scale. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance. Differences were found between the groups on the self-efficacy and hope.

This study compared self-regulation in 80 middle school athlete and non- athlete boys students (seventh and eighth grade). An ex post facto design was used. Statistical population comprised of all students in middle schools in, harsin, Iran, during the 2012-2013 academic year. Students selected by randomly multi-cluster sampling. The student completed the Self-Regulation Scale (SRS). Data were analyzed using analysis of variance. Differences were found between the groups on the self-regulation.

Present research was carried out to examine the extent of teachers’ awareness and utilization of innovative teaching strategies in private and public sector secondary schools, it further aimed to identify differences in the responses to teachers across teaching experience and professional background. A random sample of 100 secondary schools teachers were collected from various private and public sector schools of Islamabad. In this study 16 selected teaching strategies used to analyze teachers awareness and its utilization in classroom settings. For the measurement of research objective a questionnaire comprised of two section was develop, section 1 was based on awareness of innovative teaching strategies (32 items) and part 2 based on the utilization of innovative teaching strategies (16, items). Result reveled that level of teachers’ awareness and utilization of innovative strategies was high in the private sector schools as compared to the public sector schools, moreover teachers with more work experience and professional qualifications are aware with innovative teaching methodologies.

The purpose of this paper is comparing the role of teachers on teaching - learning process in ordinary and smart schools of Bojnurd (the center of north-eastern province of Iran). This type of survey and the questionnaire as a data collection tool is a cross-sectional study. This study was based upon descriptive-measuring model and due to its objective is categorized in functional research group. The population of the study including the teachers, girls and boys of middle school and high schools are in Bojnourd during Spring-2013. Cochran's formula for determining the sample size and the method used are stratified random sampling. It was found that the reliability obtained was high. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics for the analytical tests such as correlation analysis, analysis of variance and Tukey test. The statistical analyses used are SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The effect of variables such as attitudes toward technology, job outlook and teachers’ teaching methods in teaching-learning process are also investigated in this paper.

Diabetes is a chronic disease that has widespread effects on individual performance and social. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life in patients with diabetes type 1 and non-diabetic individuals. The design of this research was ex-post facto. The sample consisted of all patients with diabetes type 1, who were members of Diabetic Association in the city of Ahvaz in 1390. The sample was selected by convenience sampling method. Among the patients who referred to the Diabetic Association, 50 type 1 diabetic patients and 50 non-diabetic relatives of clients who were matched for sex and education were selected. Then the Quality of life Questionnaire were distributed among these three groups. The data resulted from the research were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multivariate Variance Analysis Method (MANOVA). Results indicated that there were significant difference in quality of life between two groups (p<0.001). Also there is significant difference between groups in all areas quality of life. Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects patients' quality of life.

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of loneliness and emotional intelligence on mobile phone addiction among adolescents. The sample for the current study consisted of 200 adolescents (100 males and 100 females) in the age group of 14-19 years from Chandigarh. The subjects were administered a measure of UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, 1980) along with Emotional intelligence scale (Singh & Narain, 2014) and Mobile phone addiction scale (Velayudhan & Srividya, 2012). Inter- correlation analysis, t-test and regression analysis were applied. Results revealed that loneliness was positively related and emotional intelligence was negatively related to mobile phone addiction. Also, loneliness and emotional intelligence were negatively related with each other. It was also found that loneliness significantly predicted the levels of mobile phone addiction in male adolescents. Males as compared to females were higher on loneliness and mobile phone addiction; however, females in comparison to males were higher on emotional intelligence.

Cognition is the mental processing that includes the attention of working memory, language comprehension, reasoning, etc. Reading is a basic and essential skill and has its own set of cognitive advantages which includes; the ability to empathize, reduction in stress levels, better analytical skills, etc. In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, Atticus Finch is a character who indulges in the seraphic pleasure of reading. The paper aims at bringing out how reading visibly impacts his character, as he stands juxtaposed in myriads of arenas, to the people of his race. Scientists have conducted a detailed research and have declared that reading has the following advantages.

The child is a gift given to each couple. Their growth process from children to adults plays an important role in shaping their personal qualities and behaviors. This reading is carried out in order to determine how the nature of the child is formed from a baby. This study emphasizes the child's development from the angle of cognitive and personality.

Present research was designed to explore the causes of violence acts of children in school through case study approach. Due to the nature of the study qualitative research approach was used and case study method was employed to unravel various causes attached with violence acts of children. Cases for the study were selected from one of the government sector school of Islamabad. Present study explored various causes of violence acts of children which are mostly related with family status, environment and intellectual level of the students. Findings of the study will help teachers and school administration to understand individual differences and also help them how they deal with highly intelligent students and motivate them to use their energies in positive way.

Family caregivers play a major role in providing care giving assistance to ill persons and their families. Families are an integral part of the care system for persons with a chronic mental illness. Mental health professionals need to be aware of and address the stress borne by the family in caring for patients with mental illness as they treat the patient. The aim of the study was to assess the burden of caregivers among mentally and physically ill women. This is a cross sectional study. The sample size consisted of 65 caregivers of women with mentally ill and 50 caregivers of women with physically ill attending the both OPD (Psychiatric and Gynae & obstetric OPD) of Sir Sunder Lal hospital. Caregiver burden of women with mental illness was more than of physical illness. There was significant difference found in both groups of caregivers. Keeping in view of the findings of study, the following recommendation were made. There is a need for teaching skills in the form of problem solving and communication is also needed to promote the coping abilities.