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Journal of Applied Psychological Research (22518126) 16(1)pp. 247-265
The present study examined the relationship of core self-evaluation with proactive personality with employability, with the mediating roles of career adaptability, career exploration, and career planning. This research was descriptive-correlational in nature. The present research encompassed all undergraduate students at the University of Isfahan in the academic year 2021-2022, a total of 9500 students (6199 women, 3301 men). A total of 1025 students (803 women, 222 men) completed the Self-Perceived Employability Scale (SPES), Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), Proactive Personality Scale (PPS), Career Adapt-Ability Scale (CAAS), Career Planning Scale (CPS), and Career Exploration Scale (CES). The data was analyzed using the SPSS 23 and AMOS 23 statistical programs, which implemented structural equation modeling and bootstrapping analysis. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that career adaptability, career exploration, and career planning played partial mediating roles in the relationship between core self-evaluation and employability, and a full mediating role in the relationship between proactive personality and employability. Ultimately, career exploration and career planning served as complete mediators in the relationship between employability and career adaptability. Employability may be achieved through proactive personality, career exploration, and career planning, as well as core self-evaluation. Therefore, universities may organize seminars that emphasize these variables to enhance their employability. © The Author(s).
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (18730388) 24(1)pp. 241-264
This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Childhood Career Development Scale (CCDS) on a sample of 1018 Iranian elementary school students. The Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the original eight-factor model was of a good fit. Measurement invariance analyses indicated equivalence across gender and grade. A factorial MANOVA was applied to assess gender and grade mean differences in CCDS subscales. Concurrent validity of the CCDS subscales with the measures of Locus of Control and the children’s Industry was confirmed. The CCDS Persian version proved to have good psychometric indexes for assessing children’s career development. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2022.
Current Psychology (19364733) 42(7)pp. 5480-5489
In this study, the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Assimilation and Accommodation Scales were assessed across gender among individuals with visual impairment. In addition, the relationship between assimilation, accommodation, and life satisfaction through self-efficacy was investigated. For this study, 270 participants were recruited using convenience sampling. They were administered Satisfaction with Life Scale, Self-efficacy Scale, and Assimilation and Accommodation Scales. The results indicated that the two first-order factors structure was confirmed and this structure was replicable across gender. Convergent validity of Assimilation Scale verified by the significant relationships between assimilation and life satisfaction (r =.21, p <.001), and self-efficacy (r =.50, p <.001). Also significant relations of accommodation with life satisfaction (r =.25, p <.001), and self-efficacy (r =.28, p <.001) confirmed convergent validity of Accommodation Scale. In addition, the values of average variance extracted (AVE) for assimilation and accommodation were estimated as.53 and.52, respectively. The reliability of both Assimilation and Accommodation Scale were reported acceptable by estimating internal consistency (α =.90; α =.89), composite reliability (CR =.91; CR =.90), and stability (r =.71; r =.73), respectively. Furthermore, the results demonstrated the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between assimilation and accommodation with life satisfaction. Accordingly, the Persian version of Assimilation and Accommodation Scales proved to be reliable and valid. Finally, the findings highlight the role of self-efficacy in targeted intervention for improving life satisfaction. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Azizkhani, R. ,
Meibody, A.A. ,
Sadeghi, A. ,
Meibody-tabar, G. ,
Flechon-meibody, F. ,
Ataei, B. ,
Kouhestani, S. Advanced Biomedical Research (22779175) 12(1)pp. 1-1
Background: The present study was to compare the professional quality of life (ProQOL) and its association with the emotional well-being among the physicians and nurses in contact with COVID-19 patients in Iran and France. Materials and Methods: The study was performed on 903 nurses and physicians in contact with COVID-19 patients in Iran and France.he subjects completed their demographics online and then answered questions addressing their job stress and emotion associated with their contact with COVID-19 patients and ProQOL. Finally, the collected data were analyzed using the SPSS software (ver. 25). Results: According to the results of the present study, the degree of contact with COVID-19 patients had a significant role in compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue, with the coefficient effects of 0.459, 0.688, and 0.433, respectively (P < 0.05). The emotional well-being had a significant role in increasing compassion satisfaction (B = 0.505, P < 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, factors such as contact with a COVID-19 patient, emotional well-being, gender, and marital status had a significant effect on dimensions of ProQOL in both Iran and France. Considering that the entire focus of the physicians and nurses is on the health of COVID-19 patients and they have no concentration on improving their emotional state, it seems that supporting them in terms of psychological self-care and considering its indirect impact on the quality of professional performance are of particular significance. © 2023 The Author(s).
Journal of Career Development (08948453) 50(1)pp. 200-215
The present study aimed to examine the fit of the career adaptation model for individuals with visual impairment. This study was conducted on 319 individuals with visual impairment. The results demonstrated the relationship between adaptivity and adaption was fully mediated by adaptability and adapting. In addition, career adaptability partially mediated the relationship between adaptivity and adapting. However, the results did not confirm the mediating role of adapting in the relationship between adaptability and adaptation. Finally, the results indicated the full mediator role of adaptability in the association between adaptivity and adaptation. The findings highlighted the important role of adaptability in the career adaptation model to explain career satisfaction. Therefore, intervention programs based on career adaptability can empower individuals with visual impairment and promote career satisfaction. © The Author(s) 2022.
Sadeghi, A. ,
Asgari, Z. ,
Azizkhani, R. ,
Meibody, A.A. ,
Meybodi, Z.A. Journal Of Qualitative Research In Health Sciences (26456109) 11(1)pp. 35-41
Introduction: The sudden onset and difficult consequences of COVID-19 pandemic are considered a trauma for healthcare. Despite its devastating consequences and psychological distress, it has also undergone positive changes. The main objective of this study was to explain post-traumatic growth among nurses and physicians during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In this study, a descriptive phenomenological approach was utilized and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 nurses and physicians who were selected by purposive sampling. The interviews were analyzed using Colizzi’s method. Results: The findings of the study were summarized into two main themes: distress with four subthemes including corona and loss of life, psychological trauma, ambiguity and confusion about the career path, environmental and interpersonal stress, and growth with four subthemes including alternative ways to overcome trauma, promoting interpersonal relationships, empathy in treatment, and finding meaning. Conclusion: The results of the present study revealed post-traumatic growth played an important role in maintaining the mental health of nurses and physicians beyond traumatic coronavirus pandemic. It is hoped that this study will encourage further exploration and examination of this subject and interventions for all groups of healthcare. © 2022, Kerman University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Azizkhani, R. ,
Heydari, F. ,
Sadeghi, A. ,
Ahmadi, O. ,
Meibody, A.A. Frontiers In Emergency Medicine (27173593) 6(1)
Objective: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are among the highest groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to analyze professional quality of life (ProQOL) and its association with emotional well-being in HCWs during the pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on HCWs being in close contact with COVID-19 patients in Iran. The questionnaires assessing ProQOL, emotional well-being, and demographic and occupational charac-teristics were recruited via email or social media. The ProQOL was used to measure compassion fatigue (CF), burnout (BO) and compassion satisfaction (CS). Results: Among the respondents, 705 HCWs were enrolled, including a higher proportion of physicians 449 (63.7%), females 452 (64.1%), and married 486 (68.9%). The mean of participants’ work experience was 8.41 ± 8.91 years. Almost all of HCWs showed moderate to high levels of CS (98.3%). Also, most of HCWs showed a moderate level of CF (96.3%), and the majority of them (76.6%) had a moderate level of BO. There were significant differences in the duration of contact with COVID-19 patients for all three components of ProQOL and emotional well-being score. Women had a higher level of BO than men (P=0.003). CS was significantly higher in married HCWs than in singles (P=0.007). Pearson correlation coefficient showed that CS had a negative relationship with CF and BO. However, there was a direct correlation between emotional well-being and the CS. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Iranian HCWs showed to have moderate to high levels of CS, and a moderate level of both CF and BO, and showed that emotional well-being had a direct correlation with CS. © 2022 Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Education and Information Technologies (13602357) 25(2)pp. 985-996
The use of online intervention in providing career counseling and guidance is one of the practical methods to help people improve their understanding of their conditions and existing career conditions. This method helps people to take fundamental steps in the decision-making process. Accordingly, the objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of online counseling and face-to-face counseling with a guidance paradigm on career decision-making self-efficacy of students of the University of Isfahan. For this purpose, three groups of students including the face-to-face group, the online group, and the control group were created. Different analyses pre and post tests for these groups showed that students in the online group were similar to students in the face-to-face group in terms of career decision-making self-efficacy and both interventions promoted career decision-making self-efficacy of students relative to the control group. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Journal of Career Development (08948453) 47(5)pp. 579-591
The purpose of this study was to examine the application of Lent and Brown’s social-cognitive model in predicting academic well-being of Iranian students. A total of 400 undergraduate students (252 female students and 148 male students) completed the measures of academic satisfaction, self-efficacy, environmental support, goal progress, and personality traits. Path analysis indicated that the modified social-cognitive model provided good fit to the data and accounted for substantial portion of the variance in academic satisfaction. The results of path analysis showed that self-efficacy, goal progress, environmental supports, and resources both directly and indirectly had relationship with academic well-being. It was revealed that only one of the personality traits (conscientiousness) had a direct and significant correlation with students’ academic well-being. However, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and extroversion had indirect and significant correlations with academic well-being through self-efficacy, environmental supports, and resources. According to the obtained findings, this research supported the role of social-cognitive variables in the academic well-being of Iranian students. © Curators of the University of Missouri 2019.
Education and Information Technologies (13602357) 23(6)pp. 2655-2672
Counseling through the internet is one of the provided facilities by modern technologies that paves the way for the career development of students. This study aims to investigate and describe the role and effect of online career counseling interventions on the career development of students. In the current study, 45 university students were randomly assigned into three groups of online counseling (15 students), face-to-face counseling (15 students), and control (15 students). Participants completed short form of career development inventory (Creed and Patton 2004). The collected data in pretest, posttest, follow-up 1, and follow-up 2 were analyzed using SPSS package at descriptive and inferential levels as well as analysis of variance with repetitive measurements. The results showed that both interventions increased the students’ level of career development as compared to that of the students in the control group. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal (17353602) 14(2)pp. 127-132
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to compare the emotion regulation strategies of blind and sighted students. Methods: The research method used was descriptive and causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all the sighted and blind students at the University of Isfahan and the Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan. The sample volume was 64 members (32 members in each group). Sampling was conducted using the availability sampling method for the first group and the simple random sampling method for the second group. Data was gathered and measured with the help of the Emotion Regulation Scale by O.P. John and J.J. Gross, and analyzed using SPSS 21 and the ANOVA test. Results: The results indicated a significant difference between two groups with regard to applied emotion regulation strategies (P < 0.05); Blind students applied both strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) less. The effect of gender, interaction between gender and vision status was also not significant with respect to emotion regulation (P > 0.05). Discussion: Emotion regulation is a possible influential factor in many problems that blind people suffer from, more than sighted ones, and using interventions that target emotion regulation strategies would be useful.
Sadeghi, A. ,
Baghban, I. ,
Bahrami, F. ,
Ahmadi, A. ,
Creed, P. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (18730388) 11(1)pp. 29-38
A short 33-item form of the Career Development Inventory was validated on a sample of 310 Iranian high school students. Factor analysis indicated that attitude and cognitive subscale items loaded on their respective factors, and that internal reliability coefficients at all levels were satisfactory to good. Support for validity was demonstrated by associations in the expected direction for career decidedness and career decision-making self-efficacy. This short form of the inventory shows promise as a measure of career maturity with students from a non-Western country. © 2011 The Author(s).
