The aim of the present research was to investigate the causes of examination anxiety and ways to reduce it among the Payame Noor University students south of the West Azerbaijan province. The universe under study was all the Payame Noor university students south of west Azerbaijan (Mahabad, Naghade, Piranshahr). They number around 12000 who were differentiated as 5401 boys and 6599 girls. The sample in question in this research was 300 people including 171 girls and 129 boys. The sampling method was a random-classification one. To collect data in this research , a researcher made questionnaire that included 32 questions as well as a standard 25 question questionnaire for the examination anxiety(Ahvaz) were used so as to measure the depending variable (examination anxiety). The research method was survey and for analyzing the data, the inferential statistics (Spearman correlation test and U Mann-Whitney test) were used. Findings revealed that there is a direct significant relationship among the familial life and examination anxiety, personality characteristics, environmental factors, quality of regulations and administration of examinations and both mental and bodily characteristics.

The current research was carried out with the aim of investigating the relation between the emotional intelligence and mental health of the students majoring in educational sciences in the year 2012 at the Mahabad Payame Noor University. For this purpose, we chose 86 students from among 150 students through simple random sampling and these 86 people responded to the questionnaire of emotional intelligence and mental health. After analyzing the findings, we concluded that there is a significant relation between the emotional intelligence and mental health of these students and the correlation is positive. The average scores pertaining to physical symptoms, anxiety, disorders in social performance and depression are respectively 13/372, 13/767, 8/418 and 15/569.

ABSTRACT. The current paper was aimed at prediction of follow-up of personality types A and B based on Neo personality traits. Participants in the present article included 100 people referring to diet centers in Tankabon who were selected by simple random sampling method. Neo personality characteristics questionnaire and McCrae and Costa questionnaire (1985) and the Personality types A and B questionnaire by Burn Reuter were used. Findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between personality types A and B Scores and Neo personality characteristics components at the 0/05 level and the latter, i.e. Neo personality characteristics components would predict 65/8% of the personality types A and B variations. Also, results of variance analysis indicate significance of this prediction and from among the Neo personality characteristics components; the component of conscientiousness contributed most to prediction of personality types A and B.