Abstract:

Background and Aim: Recently psychology researchers have focused on the factors that mediate the relationship between attachment and depression. Due to complications associated with ignoring these mediating factors in the etiology of depression diagnosis and treatment of depression. Therefore, in this study through the standard path coefficient, the relationships between attachment styles and basic psychological needs with depression are investigated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the mediating role of the basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship between attachment and depression.

Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive and 290 students from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of Allameh Tabataba'i University were selected. Indicators of basic psychological needs including autonomy, competence and belonging were measured by the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale (BPNS-general version), indicators of ambivalent attachment and avoidant attachment were measured by the adult attachment inventory, and indicator of depression was measured by the center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), and the path coefficient were analyzed using path analysis to assess the theoretical model.

Results: There was no correlation between the five indicators with depression (r<0.7). The correlation between avoidant attachment with depression was 0.15 but through basic psychological needs satisfaction was 0.35 and the correlation between ambivalent attachment with depression was 0.26 but through basic psychological needs satisfaction was 0.45 (p<0.01).

‍Conclusion: It seems that the basic psychological needs satisfaction moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and depression. More research in this field is recommended.

Abstract:

Background and Aim: One of the consequences of job stress is its impact on job performance. The aim of current study is assessment correlation among psychosocial stressor’s and performance among teachers and presentation of path analysis model.

Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical study that carried out among 468 school teachers of Hashtrood city. Nordic psychosocial stressors questionnaire and job performance questionnaire were used for collection data. For statistical analysis SPSS software version 16 and statistical test of independent t-test, ANOVA, Pierson correlation and path analysis using regression were used.

Results: Result showed job stress and job performance were at moderate level. Mean of job stress among different teaching degree and work experience were statistically significant (P<0.05). Among overall job stress and all three dimensions of job stress with job performance were statistically significant negative correlation (P<0.05). According to path analysis model most important effective factors were individual dimension of job stress (57%), organizational-social dimension of job stress (37%), and task dimension of job stress (30%) respectively, also job stress have 43% impact on job performance.

‍Conclusion: Job stress can negative impact on job performance so that need measures to reduce job psychosocial stresses of teachers.