masoomeh parpanji; ali delavar; noorali farrokhi
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to design a comprehensive mental health promotion model in girls' schools in Tehran. Method: The research method is a mixed (quantitative-qualitative) method. The statistical population of this study included all students of Tehran girls' schools who were studying in the ...
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The purpose of this study was to design a comprehensive mental health promotion model in girls' schools in Tehran. Method: The research method is a mixed (quantitative-qualitative) method. The statistical population of this study included all students of Tehran girls' schools who were studying in the academic year of 96-97. The sample consisted of 150 female students in Tehran who were selected by cluster random sampling method. The instruments used included General Health Questionnaire, Neo Characteristics, Family Valuation, Social Support, and Economic and Educational Factors. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that personality trait (0.63) was more than other factors, family relationships (0.43), social factors (0.37), and educational factors (0.51) could explain the variance of mental health in students. Family relationships play a decisive role in mental health of students. Among family factors, the component of emotional reactions in the family with a coefficient of 0.75 was able to play a more important role. There is a significant relationship between educational achievement and students' health at the level of 0.001. The coefficient of behavior of teachers with mental health of students is equal to 0.59 and significant. Also, the coefficient of school staffing path with mental health of students is equal to 0.51 and significant. educational factors such as the behavior of teachers and school staff can play an effective role in improving mental health of students. Also, out of a variety of personality traits, the extraversion feature is able to predict mental health of students with a coefficient of 0.46, as compared to other characteristics. B it can be suggested by holding workshops and related educational programs for students (providing leaflets), while clarifying the effect of different factors on their mental health, to address the deficiencies in walked this field.
Reza Kormi-Nouri
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This review article consists of two studies about well-being and positive and negative emotions in two different cultures of Iran and Sweden as markers of collectivistic and individualistic cultures, respectively. Study 1 compared Iranian and Swedish undergraduate students with new measurements of well-being ...
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This review article consists of two studies about well-being and positive and negative emotions in two different cultures of Iran and Sweden as markers of collectivistic and individualistic cultures, respectively. Study 1 compared Iranian and Swedish undergraduate students with new measurements of well-being distinguishing between cognitive and emotional components (Diener et al., 2010). Whereas there was no difference between the two cultures in cognitive component of well-being, there were significant differences between the two cultures in emotional components. Iranian students reported more negative emotions while Swedish students reported more positive emotions. Furthermore, whereas, in Iranian population, negative emotions more strongly predicted their well-being, positive emotions more strongly predicted well-being in the Swedish population. In Study 2, the same measurements of well-being and positive and negative emotions were used among Iranian and Swedish infertile women who were in an unpleasant situation and experience a significant amount of stress and negative emotions. The results of this study also showed no difference between the two cultures with respect to cognitive component of well-being. There were again cultural differences in emotional component. Infertile Swedish women reported higher levels of positive and negative emotions than infertile Iranian women. In both infertile populations, the most predictive affect with regard to flourishing was the balance affect. It was concluded that, under a stressful and unpleasant situation like infertility compared to a normal situation (such as university student populations), the same pattern of distinction between cognitive and emotional components of well-being can be still observable. However, negative emotions can act differently at cultural level: they become more noticeable in the Swedish population than in the Iranian population. The results are discussed with respect to individualistic-collectivistic dimension.