Majid Saffarinia; Mansoure Nikoogoftar; Armaghan Damavandian
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2015, , Pages 141-158
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AbstractThe aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of DBT on reducing self-harming behaviors in juvenile offenders who resided in Tehran's Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. This study was semi-experimental (pretest-posttest with control group). The sample consisted of ...
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AbstractThe aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of DBT on reducing self-harming behaviors in juvenile offenders who resided in Tehran's Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. This study was semi-experimental (pretest-posttest with control group). The sample consisted of 30 juvenile offenders aged 12 to 18 years who resided in Tehran's Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. Klonsky and Glenn's Inventory of Statements about SelfInjury (ISAS) was used to collect pretest-posttest data. After the pretest, the experimental group was treated with the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program. This program was held in 10weekly ninety-minute sessions. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis (ANCOVA).The results showed that DBT was effective on reducing selfharming behaviors of juvenile offenders who resided in Tehran’s Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center. Moreover, the effect of DBT on reducing intrapersonal and interpersonal functions of selfharming behaviors of juvenile offenders was confirmed
Majid Saffarinia; Farhad Shaqaqi; Bahram Maleki
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 71-92
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A recent surge in narcissism research by personality and clinical psychologists has been prompted thanks to the development of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory )NPI-40). The purpose of the present study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of NPI-40.
A total number ...
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A recent surge in narcissism research by personality and clinical psychologists has been prompted thanks to the development of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory )NPI-40). The purpose of the present study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of NPI-40.
A total number of 410 (234 male and 176 female) students in the academic year 2011-2012 with an average age of 25-26 years were selected through stratified sampling to serve as the subjects of this study. They completed NPI-40, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory–III (MCMI-III) and Extraversion Agreeableness Subscales of Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The reliability coefficients of internal consistency, test-retest and concurrent validity were also reported.
The results showed that the total NPI-40 test-retest reliability and internal consistency were 0/81 and 0/77, respectively. The correlation coefficients between NPI-40 and MCMI-III and Extraversion Agreeableness Subscales of NEO-FFI were also reported at 0/82, 0/73 and 0/68, which indicate a satisfactory convergent validity for NPI-40.
Confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the seven-factor model of NPI-40 fits the Iranian sample. MANOVA results also indicated that the total score of Narcissism for men is significantly higher than the one for women.