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A comparative study between student’s IQ and
Attributional Styles of parents
Mohammad
Ehsan Taghizadeh1, Sarah Vafaee2, Effat Davari Nezhad3,
Nima Ganji4, Alireza Bagheri5, Davood Shayan6
1. Ph.D.Assistant professor of psychology, payam
_e_ noor university, Tehran, Iran
2, 3 MA of psychology, payam _e_ noor university, Tehran, Iran
4. MA of cognitive psychology, Institute for
Cognitive Science Studies (ICSS), Tehran, Iran
5. MA of psychology, Department
of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
6. Department of Medicine, Tehran University of
Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: Introduction:
The presence of mental retarded children in the
family can cause problems and more stress. This
tension is concerning to attributional styles of parents and how they justify
their life issues. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to study the
relationship between student’s IQ and Attributional
styles of parents. Methods: The research
population consisted of the parents of normal, gifted and mental
retarded students who were enrolled in middle school in year of 2010-
2011. 90 cases (30 per group) were selected by
casual - comparison method. The type of this study was practical for
which, the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) was used as the
research tool filled out by samples. To analyze the index the descriptive
statistics (frequency,mean,standard deviation ) and to confirm the hypothesis
the multivariate analysis of variance test were employed. Result: There is a
significant relationship betweenIQ students (gifted, normal and
retarded) and attributional styles of parents. Conclution: The
student’s IQ has to do with attributional styles of parents .The higher
student’s IQ,the higher marginally mean scores of parents in the pleasant
styles. Moreover, the marginally mean scores of retardation student’s parents
is higher in the unpleasant styles .The results of this study, thus,is
effective to understand the problems , view these issues from the perspective
of parents and present the appropriate strategies for intervention.
[M.
E. Taghizadeh, S. Vafaee, E. Davari Nezhad, N. Ganji, A. Bagheri, D.
Shayan. A comparative study between student’s IQ and Attributional
Styles of parents. Life Sci J 2013;10(4s):371-379]
(ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 56
Keywords: Attributional Style, Mental Retarded student, Gifted
student, Normal student.
