Papers by Alireza Homayouni
Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the The mediating role of L2 ... more Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the The mediating role of L2 motivational self system in relationship between Personality Traits with English Anxiety in Students. Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high school students in the ninth grade of 10 public schools in the academic year 2021. In this study, 350 people as a sample size by two-stage cluster sampling method. Students were selected. To collect data from HEXACO Personality Traits Questionnaire (2013), Taguchi, et al's Self-Motivational System Questionnaire (2009) and Khalaf Ali's English Language Anxiety Questionnaire (2017) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed that personality traits and language self-motivational system have a direct effect on English language anxiety in students. Also, personality traits have a significant effect on English language anxiety through mediation of language self-motivational system in students. Conclusion: In general, the research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict 49% of the English language anxiety variable. The present study shows the importance of cognitive and motivational factors in explaining English anxiety.
European Psychiatry, 2017
IntroductionThe study aimed to assess the relationship between mental disorders symptoms with pai... more IntroductionThe study aimed to assess the relationship between mental disorders symptoms with pain coping strategies in dentistry clinics.MethodOne hundred and twenty people with dental pain that attended in dentistry clinics were randomly selected and responded to Rosenstein and Keefe's Pain Coping Strategies Questionnaire (PCSQ) and Derogatis's Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). PCSQ assesses six pain coping strategies: diverting attention, reinterpretation pain sensation, self-negotiation, ignoring pain, disastrous thought, hope–praying, and SCL-90 measures nine dimensions: somatization, obsessive compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. The data were analysed with Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test.ResultsFindings showed positive and significant relationship between disastrous thought with all mental disorders symptoms; and reinterpretation pain sensation with depression and...
European Psychiatry, 2017
Language anxiety is a distinct complex of self-perception, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors relat... more Language anxiety is a distinct complex of self-perception, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related to classroom language learning arising from the uniqueness of the language learning process. Effects of foreign language anxiety are particularly evident in the foreign language classroom, and this anxiety is a strong indicator of academic performance. So, the study aimed to investigate relationships between personality traits with language anxiety among bilinguals. The research method was correlation. The population was included all upper intermediate language learners and higher levels in language institutes, that 250 learners were selected by cluster sampling method, and responded to McCare & Costa's NEO personality traits (neuroticism, openness to new experience, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and Horwitz's language anxiety inventory. The data were analysed by Pearson correlation formula. The results showed that there is positive and significant relati...
European Psychiatry, 2011
Introduction & objectivesSince the introduction of DSM-III Third Edition in 1980,there has been a... more Introduction & objectivesSince the introduction of DSM-III Third Edition in 1980,there has been a growing interest in the study of patients with substance use disorders (SUD). The driving force behind this field has been, and still is, the high clinical pessimism about the prognosis, and the difficulties in the clinical management of the characteristics of diagnosed patients. Also religion and to be religious can play an important role in human’s individual and social life. The religion can be entered in many aspects of human behavior and can affect on their behavior and reduce probably of abnormal functions. So the study was aimed to investigate personality traits and religious orientation in two groups of addicted and nonaddicted people.Methods109 addicted people were randomly selected and compared with 109 nonaddicted people. Participants were asked to fill out Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFM PI-R) and self-report questionnaire of Alport's E/I religious orientation...
European Psychiatry, 2012
The purpose of the study was investigation of personality traits and learning methods in distance... more The purpose of the study was investigation of personality traits and learning methods in distance education university students. Method: The statistical populations were 421 distance education and nongovernmental university students that were randomly selected and responded to Kolb learning styles inventory (LSI) and five-factor personality test (NEO-FFI). Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics (mean, variance and standard deviation) and inferential statistics with independent T test. Results: Findings showed significant differences in personality components in two groups. This means that distance education university students have more scores in Neuroticism, Extroversion and Openness to new experiences than nongovernmental university students. But there is not differencein learning methods in tow groups.
Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the The mediating role of L2 ... more Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the The mediating role of L2 motivational self system in relationship between Personality Traits with English Anxiety in Students. Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high school students in the ninth grade of 10 public schools in the academic year 2021. In this study, 350 people as a sample size by two-stage cluster sampling method. Students were selected. To collect data from HEXACO Personality Traits Questionnaire (2013), Taguchi, et al's Self-Motivational System Questionnaire (2009) and Khalaf Ali's English Language Anxiety Questionnaire (2017) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed that personality traits and language self-motivational system have a direct effect on English language anxiety in students. Also, personality traits have a significant effect on English language anxiety through mediation of language self-motivational system in students. Conclusion: In general, the research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict 49% of the English language anxiety variable. The present study shows the importance of cognitive and motivational factors in explaining English anxiety.
journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies
Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the
the mediating role of La... more Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the
the mediating role of Language Self-Motivational System in relationships
between Personality Traits with English Anxiety in Students. Methods: The
research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations.
The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high
school students in the ninth grade of 10 public schools in the academic year
2021. In this study, 350 people as a sample size by two-stage cluster sampling
method. Students were selected. To collect data from HEXACO Personality
Traits Questionnaire (2013), Taguchi, et al’s Self-Motivational System
Questionnaire (2009) and Khalaf Ali’s English Language Anxiety
Questionnaire (2017) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and
AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed
that personality traits and language self-motivational system have a direct
effect on English language anxiety in students. Also, personality traits have
a significant effect on English language anxiety through mediation of
language self-motivational system in students. Conclusion: In general, the
research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict
49% of the English language anxiety variable. The present study shows the
importance
European Psychiatry, 2010
ObjectiveReligious orientation can be understood in terms of two dimensions: extrinsic religiosit... more ObjectiveReligious orientation can be understood in terms of two dimensions: extrinsic religiosity and intrinsic religiosity. Those with an “intrinsic religious” orientation dedicated their life to God or a higher power and reported they were less afraid of death and experienced greater feelings of well-being, happiness and mental health than people who fit into the “extrinsic religious” category of using religion for external ends, such as a way to make friends or increase community social standing.Method80 senile people were randomly selected and Allport's religious orientation scale (AROS), Argyle's happiness inventory (AHI) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) were administered on them. Pearson correlation formula was used for analyzing the data.ResultsFindings showed that there is negative and significant correlation between intrinsic religious orientation and components of mental illness, positive and significant correlation between extrinsic religious orientation an...
European Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: Stress is integral part of human life todays. Stressful situations not only affect on ... more Objective: Stress is integral part of human life todays. Stressful situations not only affect on the shortterm events such as death or birth, but also it affects on events such as marriage, employment situations and particular political atmosphere that are to long-term events. However, whether these factors are short-term or long-term, individual reaction to cope with situations will be different. So the study aimed to investigate one of problems of 20 th century, addiction to internet, and its relation to strss. Method: In sampling process 100 university students were randomly selected. All participants were requested to complete Coudron"s Stress Inventory (CSI) and Addiction to internet inventory (AII). Results: Analyzing of the data showed that there is significant positive correlation between stress and addiction to internet. It showed people with stress are more dependent to the Internet and have more tendency to overuse of internet. Conclusion: With regards to results, it is bettter to plan for increasing of skills of cope with stress and decrease addiction to internet in university students.
European Psychiatry, 2010
Objective The study is to clarify psychological effects of two kinds of religious orientation (Ex... more Objective The study is to clarify psychological effects of two kinds of religious orientation (Extrinsic / Intrinsic) on tendency to addiction. Method Participants were 80 addicted people that attended in addiction treatment center. Alport's Religious Orientation Scale was administered on participants. Data analyzed with Chi Square formula. Results Analysis of data showed that eighty percent of addicted people are extrinsic religious oriented. Also seventy five percent of addicts were less educated and under high school. Conclusion Addicted with extrinsic religious orientation apply the religious to access their goals and when they do not access their goals, they disappointed, get anxiety and depression and try to make a defense about the event. The intrinsic religious oriented people tend to religious for developing in personality, life, attitude and cognition and like to reach the optimal goal that is cognition of God and this is a factor that makes hopeful and not disappointing from bad event and not reaching to goals. But in extrinsic religious oriented people, when they do not reach to goals, disappoint soon and want to make defense that one of the defense is addiction.
Aging & Mental Health, 2013
Background and Objective: Veterans, their spouses and their children suffer from persistent pain ... more Background and Objective: Veterans, their spouses and their children suffer from persistent pain and suffering. Many of them face many problems, including mental, physical, and economic, and therefore their general health is likely to be in danger. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-differentiation and mental health among veterans' children. Materials and Methods: This research was of semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, control group and follow-up. The statistical population of this study included all daughters of veterans who were high schoolstudents. Among the statistical population, 80 students were selected and after the implementation of the GQH-28 questionnaire, and 60 students who with middle and low scores were selected and randomly assigned to two groups, 30 students in the experimental group and 30 in the control group. The experimental group underwent eight sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy. Before and after intervention and the follow-up, tests were performed on groups. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 using covariance analysis. Results: The mean (SD) age of the experimental group was 16.31 (0.7) and the control group was 16.22 (0.6). The mean (SD) self-differentiation score in the pre-test of the experimental group increased from 1332 (18.1) to 177.1 (17.1) in the post-test and 179.5 (15.6) in the follow up (P<0.001), but the mean (SD) selfdifferentiation scores of the control group was not significantly different in pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The score for the lack of mental health in the experimental group varied from 58.8 (7.1) in the pre-test to 33.2 (6.4) in the post-test and 35.1 (6.6) in follow-up, but the mean (SD) of the mental health scores of the control group did not differ in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Conclusion: The study showed that acceptance and commitment therapy leads to increased self-isolation and reduced mental health of veterans'children.
journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies
ARTICLE INFORMATION Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the struc... more ARTICLE INFORMATION Background and Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural relationships among emotional self regulation with chemistry performance with mediation of chemistry learning in students. Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all 275 female high school students in the 11th grade, 11 public schools in Mahmudabad in the academic year 2021. In this study 275 people as a sample size by integer method Students were selected. For data collection, Chemistry Learning Motivation Questionnaire of Salta & Koulougliotis (2015), emotion self-regulation Questionnaire of Gross & John (2003) and Chemistry Score in school were used. Structural regression equations with SPSS18 and AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed that emotional self-regulation and chemistry learning motivation have a direct effect on the performance of chemistry in students. Also, chemistry learning motivation have a significant effect on the chemistry performance through the mediation of emotional self-regulation in students. In general, the research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict 33% of the performance variable in chemistry. Conclusion:
European Psychiatry, 2010
ObjectivePositive influence of emotional intelligence (EI) on psychological functions originaly i... more ObjectivePositive influence of emotional intelligence (EI) on psychological functions originaly indicated and entered by Golman (1995) in scientific literature. Now it is fast growing use in academic settings organizations and showed that higher levels of it can be important in positive behavior of humans. So the aim of this study was measuring the relationship of emotional intelligence and addiction to internet.Method100 university students randomly selected and Schutte's Self- Report E / I Test (SSREIT) and Addiction to Interne Inventory (AII) administered on participants. It was hypothesized that higher levels of emotional intelligence would be associated with lower levels of addiction to internet.ResultsFindings showed that there is negative significant correlation between components of emotional intelligence including appraisal of emotion, utilization of emotion and general score of emotional intelligence. It confirmed that higher levels of emotional intelligence related to...
Introduction & Aim: The Big Five are the ingredients that make up each individual's personali... more Introduction & Aim: The Big Five are the ingredients that make up each individual's personality. A person might have a dash of openness, a lot of conscientiousness, an average amount of extraversion, plenty of agreeableness and almost no neuroticism at all. Or someone could be disagreeable, neurotic, introverted, conscientious and hardly open at all. S, the purpose of the study was investigation the role of personality traits in learning mathematics and academic achievement in students of distance education system. Method: The statistical populations were 200 students from distance education students system of Mazandaran province that were randomly selected and responded to five - factor personality test (NEO - FFI). Total scores of general mathematics and average of the last semester and results were analyzed with descriptive statistics (mean, variance and standard deviation) and inferential statistics with Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The results showed negative a...
Practice in Clinical Psychology, 2021
Objective: Active memory is the search engine of the mind. Active memory is a cognitive function ... more Objective: Active memory is the search engine of the mind. Active memory is a cognitive function responsible for preserving instant information, its manipulation, and its use in thinking. This study aimed at investigating the effects of active memory practices on intelligence profiles in students with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD). Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and a control group design. The population of the study included elementary students of the East Bandpey region in Babol City, Iran, in 2019. The study participants were randomly divided into the experimental (21) and control (20) groups. The experimental group performed sixteen 45-minute active memory program sessions for 8 weeks, twice a week. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was employed for data analysis. Results: Research findings suggested that educational interventions on the verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, active memory, and overall scale have led to a si...
European Psychiatry, 2012
Introduction: Eating disorders is defined abnormal eating habits that may involve either insuffic... more Introduction: Eating disorders is defined abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. the precise cause of eating disorders is not entirely understood, but there is evidence that it may be linked to combination of psychological, medical, social, cultural and environmental conditions. So for better understanding the disorder, the study investigated relationship between sport competitive anxiety and eating disorders in adolescence athlete students. Methods: The population of 100 athlete students (50 males and 50 females) were selected and responded to Matner's sport competitive anxiety Inventory and Garner & Garfinkel's Eating Attitudes Test “EAT-26” (EAT-26 assesses: dieting, bulimia and food pre-occupation, oral control). Data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient and “T” independent test. Results: Findings showed that there is positive significant correlation between sport competitive anxiety and bulimia and food pre-occupation in eating disorder. More analysis showed significant difference in male and female athlete students. Female athlete students have more scores in bulimia and food pre-occupation and also sport competitive anxiety than male athlete students. Conclusion: The findings indicated that eating disorders involves in several different factors. Eating disorders are serious problems and need to be diagnosed and treated like any medical and psychological disease, specially during adolescence period in order to preventing the behaviors that may lead to severe life-threatening medical and psychological complications.
European Psychiatry, 2010
AimThe aim of the research is to test this question what is the first cause of addiction? Psychol... more AimThe aim of the research is to test this question what is the first cause of addiction? Psychological, Environmental or Physical causes.Method80 addicted people were randomly selected and Abuse Drug Assessment Inventory (ADAI) was administered on them. Chi Square formula was used to analyze the results.ResultsFindings showed 55 percent of tendency to addiction was psychological. Also more analyzing showed 65 percent of continuing causes of addiction were psychological factors such as fear, anxiety, sorrow.ConclusionIn regard to results we should put more emphasis on psychological prevention and treatment methods so that both tendency to addiction and continuing causes of addiction decrease and control.
Sport Sciences for Health
Nowadays, the covid 19 pandemics are challenging all students. The present study aimed to investi... more Nowadays, the covid 19 pandemics are challenging all students. The present study aimed to investigate whether motor skill development affects students' psychological and social traits during the covid 19 pandemics. The present study's population consisted of all students aged 9-17 years in the three grades of the elementary, middle, and high school in Mazandaran province in the academic year 2020-2021, which corresponded to approximately 534 thousand students. We used a simple random sampling to determine the sample size because Iranian schools were closed. In this study, we selected 15 individuals for each of the experimental and control groups. Due to some students dropping out or leaving the practice, the samples comprised 42 girls and 45 boys in the control group and 41 girls and 43 boys in the experimental group. To collect data, we used the Standard Student Social Skills Questionnaire by Garsham and Elliott (1990), Cooper-Smith Self-Esteem Questionnaire, and Children's Depression Scale Short Form (CDS-A). We conducted the experimental group for 36 sessions, i.e., three months and three sessions per week, and each session lasted 30-45 min, depending on the quarantine conditions on the 19th day. To analyze the data, we used a two-way analysis of variance and the Scheffe post hoc test. The results showed that all groups had lower scores in psychological traits than those in the pretest. However, no significant difference was found between groups (P. < 0.05), and this effect was not significant in social traits (05/0 < P.). We also suggest that school principals and health care professionals use this study to design guidelines for creating a healthy environment and developing health-oriented educational programs to improve students' quality of life and health.
Background: COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the routines of school sports for adolescent ath... more Background: COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the routines of school sports for adolescent athletes, which can affect their usual eating behaviors and body image. Specific pressures of individual sports (e.g., strict weight requirements, revealing sports attire, aesthetic judgments), vs. team sports, may further increase the risk of eating disorders (ED) and distorted body image. Methods: Participants of the study included 124 Iranian male adolescent athletes residing in Mazandaran province (one of the most affected areas of Iran during COVID-19), who played in 1 of 6 sports (3 individual, 3 team). ED symptoms were assessed by the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), and body image was assessed by the Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA). Results: The individual athlete group (n = 62) had significantly higher EAT-26 subscale scores for Bulimia and Food Preoccupation (p=0.019), as well as significantly higher BESAA subscale scores for Appearance (p =0.001), Weight (p...
Aim: The research aimed to investigate role of personality traits and Emotional Intelligence in t... more Aim: The research aimed to investigate role of personality traits and Emotional Intelligence in tendency to addiction. Methods: In sampling process a total of 73 addicted people and 73 non-addicted people that were randomly selected and completed Schutte's Self-Report E / I Test (SSREIT) (33 items) and Mc Care and Costa's NEO PI-R Inventory. In order to analyzing the data independent T test was used to compare means of two groups. Results: Findings indicated significant differences between two groups in components of Emotional Intelligent. Addicted people had less scores in agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness, appraisal of emotion, utilization of emotion and general score of emotional intelligence, and more scores in neuroticism than and openness to experience than nonaddicted people. Conclusion: Considering the current study are congruent with the other research in this field, it is recommended to apply the plans for EI education related to personality traits for...
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Papers by Alireza Homayouni
the mediating role of Language Self-Motivational System in relationships
between Personality Traits with English Anxiety in Students. Methods: The
research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations.
The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high
school students in the ninth grade of 10 public schools in the academic year
2021. In this study, 350 people as a sample size by two-stage cluster sampling
method. Students were selected. To collect data from HEXACO Personality
Traits Questionnaire (2013), Taguchi, et al’s Self-Motivational System
Questionnaire (2009) and Khalaf Ali’s English Language Anxiety
Questionnaire (2017) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and
AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed
that personality traits and language self-motivational system have a direct
effect on English language anxiety in students. Also, personality traits have
a significant effect on English language anxiety through mediation of
language self-motivational system in students. Conclusion: In general, the
research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict
49% of the English language anxiety variable. The present study shows the
importance
the mediating role of Language Self-Motivational System in relationships
between Personality Traits with English Anxiety in Students. Methods: The
research method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equations.
The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female high
school students in the ninth grade of 10 public schools in the academic year
2021. In this study, 350 people as a sample size by two-stage cluster sampling
method. Students were selected. To collect data from HEXACO Personality
Traits Questionnaire (2013), Taguchi, et al’s Self-Motivational System
Questionnaire (2009) and Khalaf Ali’s English Language Anxiety
Questionnaire (2017) were used. Structural equations with SPSS18 and
AMOS23 software were used to analyze the data. Results: Findings showed
that personality traits and language self-motivational system have a direct
effect on English language anxiety in students. Also, personality traits have
a significant effect on English language anxiety through mediation of
language self-motivational system in students. Conclusion: In general, the
research model was approved and the research variables were able to predict
49% of the English language anxiety variable. The present study shows the
importance