Effects of emotional intelligence education on interpersonal conflict and work-family facilitation in an industrial company’s staff

The main question of the current study is to consider how much education of emotional intelligence is effective in reducing interpersonal conflicts and increasing job-family facilitation. In this test experiment, a sample of 40 people of District 5 Gas Transmission Operations staff that were selected by the simple random method, were randomly divided into two groups of test (20 people) and control (20 people). To measure variables, Jex and Spector’s Interpersonal Conflict Scale and Holbrook’s work-family facilitation scale have been used. The study is a variant of field experiment with pretest and control post-test. Participants were put under emotional intelligence education for ten 120-minute sessions. After applying interference, once again the amount of interpersonal conflict and work-family facilitation of subject and control groups was measured. To analyze data, SPSS 18 and multivariable covariance analysis was employed. Findings showed that a significant difference is dominant between interpersonal conflicts of groups, which means that education of emotional intelligence resulted in reduced interpersonal conflict. However, no significant relationship was observed for the variable of work-family facilitation. This study showed that a high level of interpersonal conflict, and effectiveness of emotional intelligence criteria and the information related to emotional intelligence in work-place can have a considerable effect on criterion

Effects of emotional intelligence education on interpersonal conflict and work-family facilitation in an industrial company’s staff

The main question of the current study is to consider how much education of emotional intelligence is effective in reducing interpersonal conflicts and increasing job-family facilitation. In this test experiment, a sample of 40 people of District 5 Gas Transmission Operations staff that were selected by the simple random method, were randomly divided into two groups of test (20 people) and control (20 people). To measure variables, Jex and Spector’s Interpersonal Conflict Scale and Holbrook’s work-family facilitation scale have been used. The study is a variant of field experiment with pretest and control post-test. Participants were put under emotional intelligence education for ten 120-minute sessions. After applying interference, once again the amount of interpersonal conflict and work-family facilitation of subject and control groups was measured. To analyze data, SPSS 18 and multivariable covariance analysis was employed. Findings showed that a significant difference is dominant between interpersonal conflicts of groups, which means that education of emotional intelligence resulted in reduced interpersonal conflict. However, no significant relationship was observed for the variable of work-family facilitation. This study showed that a high level of interpersonal conflict, and effectiveness of emotional intelligence criteria and the information related to emotional intelligence in work-place can have a considerable effect on criterion

The Investigation of Near-death Experiences, and Necessity of Awareness about its Elements

Introduction: Near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon with paranormal elements which follows pervasive and deep personal and social changes for patients. The familiarity of medical staff with the components of this phenomenon, and their appropriate response to patients’ experiences could facilitate understanding and integration process of NDEs for patients. Due to the impact of medical staff reaction to patients’ experiences, and the lack of research on NDEs which described the elements, this study aimed to explain the elements of Iranian patients’ NDEs. Method: This qualitative study was performed using a descriptive phenomenological approach. The subjects of the study consisted of 10 people with NDE. They were selected through purposive sampling method. Data were collected via individual tape-recorded interviews, and simultaneously analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step analysis method. Results: Through data analysis, 113 codes were extracted which were classified under 11 semantic codes. Then, the 4 main themes of cognitive, spiritual, emotional, and paranormal were extracted from the experiences of the participants. Conclusion: The findings suggest that some patients, during cardiac arrest and resuscitation operation, have experiences which usually follow inappropriate reactions of medical staff. So, accurate knowledge about the NDEs, and appropriate interventions can help patients in coping with their NDEs. Keywords: Qualitative research, Near-death experiences, Cardiac arrest, Medical staf

The Psychological Effects of Exercise on Perceived Stress in Athlete Staff: Presenting a Theoretical Model

Background: The study is intended to examine a model of direct and indirect effects (through mediating role of self-assessment latent variable containing self-efficacy and self-esteem components) of sports mental toughness construct (including the components of confidence, consistency and control) on perceived stress of athlete employees. Method: The research design of study was correlational and its approach was structural equations. The population were all athlete employees at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) 400 of whom were selected with simple random method. The applied instruments were reliable and valid. Data analysis was performed using macro program of Preacher and Hayes in SPSS-19 software and also using AMOS-20 software. Results: The results indicated that the direct path of the proposed model should be eliminated and after eliminating this path, the model’s fitness parameters were optimized. Conclusion: According to the data of this research it can be concluded that one of the mechanisms of sport’s impact on perceived stress of employees is that first, it influences the three aspects of sports mental toughness and then, a mixture of these variables’ effects improve this employees’ perceived stress through increasing the self- assessment construct of them (and its components)

The Psychological Effects of Exercise on Perceived Stress in Athlete Staff: Presenting a Theoretical Model

Background: The study is intended to examine a model of direct and indirect effects (through mediating role of self-assessment latent variable containing self-efficacy and self-esteem components) of sports mental toughness construct (including the components of confidence, consistency and control) on perceived stress of athlete employees. Method: The research design of study was correlational and its approach was structural equations. The population were all athlete employees at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) 400 of whom were selected with simple random method. The applied instruments were reliable and valid. Data analysis was performed using macro program of Preacher and Hayes in SPSS-19 software and also using AMOS-20 software. Results: The results indicated that the direct path of the proposed model should be eliminated and after eliminating this path, the model’s fitness parameters were optimized. Conclusion: According to the data of this research it can be concluded that one of the mechanisms of sport’s impact on perceived stress of employees is that first, it influences the three aspects of sports mental toughness and then, a mixture of these variables’ effects improve this employees’ perceived stress through increasing the self- assessment construct of them (and its components)

Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in Relationship of Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Intelligence with Adjustment to University

For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Background and Objective: Adjustment to university is an important factor in different dimensions of students’ life such as mental- physical health and social adjustment in the fields outside the university. The aim of this study was to determine mediating role of distress tolerance in the relationship of spiritual intelligence and emotional maturity with adjustment to university.Method: In this correlation study, based on Krejsi and Murgan table, 273 students of Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz city were selected via multistage cluster sampling method during the fall semester of the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants completed the items of Emotional Maturity Scale, Distress Tolerence Scale, Spiritual Intelligence Inventory and Adjustment to College Scale. The data were then analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, structural equation modeling. All ethical issues were observed in this study and the researchers declared no conflict of interests.Results: The findings showed that emotional maturity, spiritual intelligence, and distress tolerance had positive significant correlation with adjustment to college. There was also a positive significant correlation between emotional maturity as well as spiritual intelligence and distress tolerance. The proposed model for relationship between these variables has acceptable fit with a correction and removal of direct path of spiritual intelligence with adjustment to college. Direct path of emotional maturity to adjustment to college was significant. The analysis based on Bootstrapping indicated that all indirect paths were significant.Conclusion: It is proposed that to raise adjustment to university, educational programs for emotional maturity and spiritual intelligence with an emphasis on enhancing distress tolerance should be developed.For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.Please cite this article as: Sharifi Rigi A, Mehrabizade Honarmand M, Beshlideh K, Sarparast A, Khanali Nejad S, Amini Z. Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in Relationship of Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Intelligence with Adjustment to University. J Res Relig Health. 2019; 5(1): 87- 100. doi: https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v5i1.1940

The effect of Spiritual Resources on Turnover Intention and Workplace Well-beingin Employees: The mediation of Emotional Exhaustion and Work Engagement

Spiritual resources is one of the important factors that could affect job outcomes. The purpose of this research was to design and test the effect of spiritual resources (sacred calling to the work, secure attachment to God, and collaborative religious coping)  on turn-over intention and work-place well-being with the mediation of emotional exhaustion and work engagement. turnover intention and work well-being as job outcomes of spiritual resource in Khuzestan Steel Company employees. Therefore, through convenient sampling, 315 employees were selected and and asked to complete the following qustionnaires: Dik, Eldridge and Steger Calling and Vocation Scale, Beck and McDonald Attachment  to God Scale, Pargament, Kennell, Hathaway, Grevengoed, Newman, and Jones Religious Problem Solving Scale, Schaufeli, Bakker, and Salanova Work Engagement Scale, Bozeman and Perrewé Turnover Intention Scale, Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, and Jackson Emotional Exhaustion Scale, and Zheng, Zhu, Zhao, and Zhang Workplace Well-being of Employee Scale. Statistical data was  analyzed  using structural equation modeling. Mediator effects were tested using the bootstrap method. The results showed that the spiritual resources both directly and indirectly through emotional exhaustion and work engagement have significant effects on the work well-being of employees and turnover intention. The results also indicated that spiritual resources, despite cultural and religious differences, can increase the perception of control, the sense of meaning and calling and flexibility in the employees, thereby reducing emotional exhaustion and increasing work engagement

نقش واسطه‌یی تحمل پریشانی در رابطه‌ی بلوغ عاطفی و هوش معنوی با سازگاری با دانشگاه در دانشجویان پسر دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز

خلفية البحث وأهدافه: التكيف مع الحياة الجامعية هو واحد من العوامل المهمة في مختلف جوانب الحياة الطلابية كباقي العوامل بما في ذلك الصحة الجسمية والعقلية والتكيف الاجتماعي في الاجواء غير الجامعية. الغرض من هذا البحث، دراسة دور تحمل الارتباك كعامل وسيط في النضج العاطفي والذكاء المعنوي مع التكييف الجامعي. منهجية البحث: في تصميم ارتباطي، تم اختیار 273 طالباً من بين الطلاب المقيمين في القسم الداخلي بجامعة الشهيد شمران في العام الدراسي 2016-2017 وذلك بطريقة اخذ العينة العنقودية مستخدما جدول krejcie و Morgan. تم استخدام استمارة النضج العاطفي والذكاء المعنوي وتحمل الإرتباك والتكيف الجامعى لغرض جمع البيانات. تم تحليل البيانات وتجزئتها باستخدام معامل ارتباط بيرسون والنمذجة بالمعادلة البنائية (SEM). تمت مراعاة جميع الموارد الأخلاقية في هذا البحث؛ واضافة الى هذا فإن مؤلفي المقالةلم يشيروا الى اي تضارب في المصالح. الكشوفات: بناء على الكشوفات، هناك علاقة ايجابية ذات دلالة احصائية بين النضج العاطفي والذكاء المعنوي وبين التكيف الجامعي. كما ان هناك علاقة ايجابية دالة احصائية ايضا بين تحمل الارتباك والتكيف الجامعي وبين النضج العاطفي والذكاء المعنوي مع تحمل الارتباك. تشير النتائج الى ان النموذج المقترح للعلاقة بين المتغيرات المذكورة أعلاه يكون مناسبًا تمامًا مع تصحيح وإزالة المسار المباشر للذكاء المعنوي الى التكيف الجامعي. اضافة الى هذا، فإن المسار المباشر للنضج العاطفي الى التكيف الجامعي كان دالا احصائياً. كما أظهرت نتائج المعاملات غير المباشرة باستخدام Bootstrap أن جميع المسارات غير المباشرة كانت ذات دلالة احصائية. الاستنتاج: اظهرت النتائج ان الذكاء المعنوي والنضج العاطفي ومن خلال تحمل الارتباط، يؤديان الى زيادة نسبة تكيف الطالب مع الحياة الجامعية. لذلك، يُقترح أن يُدوّن برامج تعليمية للذكاء المعنوي والنضج العاطفي مع التركيز على زيادة تحمّل الارتباك من أجل زيادة توافق الطلاب مع الحياة الجامعية.   يتم استناد المقالة على الترتيب التالي: Sharifi-Rigi A, Mehrabizade-Honarmand M, Beshlideh K, Sarparast A, Khanali-Nejad S, Amini Z. Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in Relationship of Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Intelligence with Adjustment to University. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2019;5(1):87-100. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v5i1.19401Background and Objective: Adjustment to university is an important factor in different dimensions of students’ life such as mental-physical health and social adjustment in the fields outside the university. The aim of this study was to determine mediating role of distress tolerance in the relationship of spiritual intelligence and emotional maturity with adjustment to university. Methods: In this correlation study, based on Krejsi and Murgan table, 273 students of Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz city were selected via multistage cluster sampling method during the fall semester of the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants completed the items of Emotional Maturity Scale, Distress Tolerence Scale, Spiritual Intelligence Inventory and Adjustment to College Scale. The data were then analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, structural equation modeling. All ethical issues were observed in this study and the researchers declared no conflict of interests. Results: The findings showed that emotional maturity, spiritual intelligence, and distress tolerance had positive significant correlation with adjustment to college. There was also a positive significant correlation between emotional maturity as well as spiritual intelligence and distress tolerance. The proposed model for relationship between these variables has acceptable fit with a correction and removal of direct path of spiritual intelligence with adjustment to college. Direct path of emotional maturity to adjustment to college was significant. The analysis based on Bootstrapping indicated that all indirect paths were significant. Conclusion: It is proposed that to raise adjustment to university, educational programs for emotional maturity and spiritual intelligence with an emphasis on enhancing distress tolerance should be developed. Please cite this article as: Sharifi-Rigi A, Mehrabizade-Honarmand M, Beshlideh K, Sarparast A, Khanali-Nejad S, Amini Z. Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in Relationship of Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Intelligence with Adjustment to University. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2019;5(1):87-100. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v5i1.19401سابقه و هدف: سازگاری با دانشگاه از عوامل مهم در ابعاد مختلف زندگی دانشجویان مانند بهداشت جسمی-روانی و سازگاری اجتماعی در حوزه‌های خارج از دانشگاه است. هدف این پژوهش بررسی نقش واسطه‌یی تحمل پریشانی در رابطه‌ی بلوغ عاطفی و هوش معنوی با سازگاری با دانشگاه است. روش کار: در یک طرح همبستگی و با استفاده از روش نمونه‌گیری خوشه‌یی از بین دانشجویان پسر مجتمع خوابگاهی وابسته به دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، با استفاده از جدول کرجسی و مورگان، تعداد 273 دانشجوی پسر در سال تحصیلی 95-96 انتخاب شدند. در پژوهش حاضر از پرسش‌نامه‌های بلوغ عاطفی، هوش معنوی، تحمل پریشانی و سازگاری با دانشگاه برای جمع‌آوری داده‌ها استفاده شد. برای تجزیه و تحلیل داده­ها نیز از ضریب همبستگی پیرسون و الگویابی معادلات ساختاری (SEM) استفاده شد. در این پژوهش همه‌ی مسائل اخلاقی رعایت شده است و نویسندگان مقاله هیچ‌گونه تضاد منافعی گزارش نکرده‌اند. یافته‌ها: بر اساس یافته‌های به‌دست‌آمده، بلوغ عاطفی و هوش معنوی با سازگاری با دانشگاه ارتباط مثبت معنادار داشت. همچنین بین تحمل پریشانی و سازگاری با دانشگاه؛ و بین بلوغ عاطفی و هوش معنوی با تحمل پریشانی نیز ارتباط مثبت معنادار وجود داشت. نتایج نشان داد که مدل پیشنهادی با یک اصلاح و حذف مسیر مستقیم هوش معنوی به سازگاری با دانشگاه دارای برازش پذیرفتنی بود. علاوه‌براین، مسیر مستقیم بلوغ عاطفی به سازگاری با دانشگاه نیز معنی‌دار بود. همچنین، نتایج ضرایب غیرمستقیم با استفاده از بوت استراپ نشان داد که همه‌ی مسیرهای غیرمستقیم نیز معنی‌دار بود. نتیجه‌گیری: نتایج نشان می‌دهد که هوش معنوی و بلوغ عاطفی از طریق تحمل پریشانی موجب افزایش سازگاری با دانشگاه می‌شود. بنابراین، پیشنهاد می‌شود به منظور افزایش سازگاری با دانشگاه در دانشجویان، برنامه‌های آموزشی هوش معنوی و بلوغ عاطفی با تأکید بر افزایش تحمل پریشانی آنان تدوین شود.   استناد مقاله به این صورت است: Sharifi-Rigi A, Mehrabizade-Honarmand M, Beshlideh K, Sarparast A, Khanali-Nejad S, Amini Z. Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in Relationship of Emotional Maturity and Spiritual Intelligence with Adjustment to University. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2019;5(1):87-100. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v5i1.1940