Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Elahepir Zadeh ¹, Ladan Hashemi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, IR
2 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, IR

Abstract

Present research aims to investigate the relationship between assertiveness levels with occupational satisfaction and stress among hospital personnel. In order to achieve the research objectives, a sample consisted of 132 participants were selected among the Shiraz hospital personnel using accessible sampling. In order to gather the information, the assertiveness questionnaire, Dante's occupational satisfaction questionnaire and occupational stress questionnaire (Hss-35) were used. In order to analyze the data, SPSS and regression procedure were used. The results of this research indicate that assertiveness is a negative predictor of role incompatibility, role ambiguity, relation with colleagues and ergonomic factors and entire stress score. Also, it is the positive predictor of entire score and dimensions such as success, gratitude, responsibility, work nature, human relations management, insecurity, safety and satisfaction with colleagues. The findings of this research implied that the more assertive the hospital personnel is, more occupational satisfaction and less occupational stresses would be experienced.

Keywords

Assertiveness, Occupational Stress, Occupational Satisfaction, Hospital Personnel.

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Talieh Eslami ¹, Ladan Hashemi ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, IR
2 Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, IR

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to investigate the parenting styles in families with emotional divorce and comparing it with the normal and formal divorced families. In present research, the parenting styles are dependent variables which are analyzed in normal, emotionally divorced and formally divorced families. The sample included 525 girl and boy students in grade 1 of high school, in district 1, Shiraz city, with their parents without any problems and the parents involved in formal and emotional divorces which is selected using a clustering random sampling method. In order to recognize the families involved in emotional divorce, their score was considered in emotional divorce. For investigating the parenting styles, the Young's parenting styles questionnaire was used. After completing theses scales by the sample, the data collected in a causal-comparative procedure were evaluated and analyzed using SPSS. The findings implied that there is no significant difference between mothers' parenting styles in formal, emotional divorced and normal families. While, there is significant difference between fathers' parenting styles dimensions in formal, emotional divorced and normal families. Therefore, the differences between these 3 groups are insignificant in deprivation, abandonment, unreliability, vulnerability and merit and in other dimensions are significant.

Keywords

Emotional Divorce, Formal Divorce, Parenting Styles.

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