Research Paper
Reza Ahmadi; Parviz Sharifi Daramadi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 1-17
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Introduction: Researches show that some groups of people arebelow the normal level in terms of mental health. It seems that peoplewith drug dependency have risky mental functions. Objective: ...
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Introduction: Researches show that some groups of people arebelow the normal level in terms of mental health. It seems that peoplewith drug dependency have risky mental functions. Objective: The objective of present research is to determine theeffect of resilience training on mental health in people with drugdependency at Touska camp in Tehran. Method: The study was an applied research, and a semiexperimental method was used therein. The statistic populationcomprised all male teenagers and young people with drug dependencyparticipating in the 28-day faith-based and resilience-based trainingprogram at Touska camp in Tehran. Using simple random samplingmethod, 42 subjects were selected. The instruments used in this studyincluded the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ28) as well asConner and Davidson’s Resilience Questionnaire by which grouptesting was performed.
Research Paper
Fahimeh Pirsaghi; Ali Mohammad Nazari; Mehrdad Hajihassani; Hassan Nad-Alipour
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 19-34
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The present study aims to study the effectiveness of selfdifferentiation therapy on assertiveness of female students of AllamehTabataba’i University. The research employed ...
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The present study aims to study the effectiveness of selfdifferentiation therapy on assertiveness of female students of AllamehTabataba’i University. The research employed a semi-experimentaldesign with pre-test and post-test. Using convenience samplingmethod, 20 subjects were selected from among first-yearundergraduate female students of the Faculty of Psychology andEducational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University. The samplepopulated was randomly assigned into two groups, namely experimentand control groups, each consisting of 10 people. The experimentgroup received 8 sessions of self-differentiation therapy. The controlgroup received no intervention. The data was analyzed usingCovariance analysis. The results showed that self-differentiationtherapy was effective on improvement of assertiveness (P<0.01).Generally, it can be concluded that self-differentiation therapy helpedto increase the level of assertiveness of the participants.
Research Paper
Maryam Derakhshan-Nejad; Imanollah Bigdeli; Sa’eed A’zami; Shahrokh Makvand Hosseini
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 36-48
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Deficiency in facial emotion recognition is among the mainproblems schizophrenia patients are facing. However, there is littleinformation about this deficit in subtypes ...
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Deficiency in facial emotion recognition is among the mainproblems schizophrenia patients are facing. However, there is littleinformation about this deficit in subtypes of schizophrenia. Thepresent study aims to compare the facial emotion recognition in thethree subgroups of schizophrenia (i.e. paranoid, disorganized, andresidual), and to study its relationship with positive and negativesymptoms. The research was descriptive with a causal-comparativedesign. Using convenience sampling and based on psychiatricdiagnosis, clinical interview, and inclusion- exclusion criteria, 60subjects were selected from among schizophrenia patients at Razihospital in Tehran (including 19 paranoid patients, 21 disorganizedpatients, 20 residual patients). The research instruments were facialemotion recognition test and clinical symptom scale (PANSS). Thedata was analyzed by one-way ANOVA, post hoc tests, and non-linearcorrelation test. The results showed that disorganized patients hadmore impairment in the facial emotion recognition compared to othersubtypes of schizophrenia. Subsequently, paranoid and residualpatients showed major impairment, respectively. Moreover, there wasa significant relationship between deficit in emotion recognition andnegative symptoms in the patients. Altogether, the intensity of deficitin facial emotion recognition is different among different subtypes ofschizophrenia.
Research Paper
Homa Rezaei
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 49-77
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Objective: The present study aims to compare the decrease ofdepression level resulted by two different treatments of logo therapyand REBT applied on MS patients.Method: Three groups ...
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Objective: The present study aims to compare the decrease ofdepression level resulted by two different treatments of logo therapyand REBT applied on MS patients.Method: Three groups of subjects, each consisting of 12 people,were selected from among MS patients at Sina Clinic. They wererandomly assigned into two experimental groups and one controlgroup. The experimental groups received REBT group sessions, andno psychotherapy was given to the control group. The data wascollected using Beck Depression Inventory which was performedthree times (including pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages). Thedata was then analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Scheffe Test. Results: The results proved the effectiveness of both methods inreducing the level of depression in MS patients as well as its durabilityfor three months. Moreover, logo therapy was more helpful indecreasing depression that REBT. Therefore, both methods, especiallygroup logo therapy, are recommended to apply for treating MSpatients
Research Paper
Ali Farnam; Ahmad Borjali; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mohammad-Reza Falsafinejad
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 79-99
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Introduction: The present study aims to determine theeffectiveness of the Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)model on relapse prevention and enhancement of coping ...
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Introduction: The present study aims to determine theeffectiveness of the Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)model on relapse prevention and enhancement of coping skills inpeople with opiate substance dependency. Method: In a semi-experimental study and using cluster randomsampling method, 24 subjects were selected from among people withdiagnosis of opiate dependency who were successfully detoxified.They were assigned into experimental and control groups, eachconsisting of 12 people. The experimental group received 8 weeklysessions of MBRP training, and no treatment was given to the controlgroup. The subjects were assessed by Alcohol Abuse CopingResponse Inventory (AACRI) and morphine tests before treatment,randomly during treatment, after treatment, and after a 3-monthfollow-up stage. The data was analyzed using2test, MultivariateAnalysis of Covariance (MANCOVA), and covariance analysis(ANCOVA).Results: The2 test results showed that there was a significantdifference between experimental and control groups in terms ofrelapse rate. Moreover, the results of MANCOVA and ANCOVAwere indicative of a significant difference between the two groups incoping skills enhancement at posttest and follow up stages. Findings: The results indicated that the MBRP model training waseffective in relapse prevention and coping skills enhancement inpeople with opiate substance dependency.
Research Paper
Fatemeh Qannadi; Mohammad Hossein Abdollahi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 129-151
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In many researches, the role of parents’ behavior on the formationof cognitive and emotional problems in children has been emphasized.Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine ...
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In many researches, the role of parents’ behavior on the formationof cognitive and emotional problems in children has been emphasized.Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the relationshipbetween perceptions of parental behavior and early maladaptiveschemas in children. The method of study was descriptive-analytical.The statistical population consisted of all normal students as well asthose students who referred to the counseling center of Bu Ali SinaUniversity in Hamedan in 2013. In this study, the clinical and nonclinical samples were used. The research sample consisted of 69clinical individuals and 134non-clinical individuals. Conventionalsampling and multistage stratified sampling methods were used toselect the clinical and non-clinical samples, respectively. Theinstruments used for data collection were Young SchemaQuestionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) and Parker's Parental BondingInstrument (PBI), and the data analyzed using Pearson correlation.The analysis of the results showed a negative correlation betweenearly maladaptive schemas and perceptions of parental caring. Positivecorrelation was also observed between early maladaptive schemas andperceptions of parental overprotection (P<0.05). The results showedthat there were significant differences between perception of parentalbehavior (caring and overprotection) in clinical and non-clinicalsamples (P<0.05). The research findings indicated that parentalbehavior (caring and overprotection) is related with the formation ofearly maladaptive schemas of children. Therefore, the attention ofspecialists can be drawn to the cognitive development of individualsin interaction with primary caregivers, and to the formation ofsubsequent cognitive impairment.
Research Paper
Mahmoud Borjali; Hamid Alizadeh; Hasan Ahadi; Nourali Farrokhi; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mohamadreza Mohamadhi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, Pages 153-175
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three therapeutic programs including parents encouraging training (based on Adler-Dreikurs approach), behavioral training, and pharmacotherapy for increasing self-control among children ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three therapeutic programs including parents encouraging training (based on Adler-Dreikurs approach), behavioral training, and pharmacotherapy for increasing self-control among children with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD). In this experimental study, 40 parents of students referred to Rouzbeh Psychiatric Hospital were diagnose according to a psychiatrist diagnosis and utilizing Conners scale for ADHD. Covariance and F score analysis revealed a significant difference among the three methods indicating that parents encouraging training method, and parents behavioral training based on Barkleys theory are both effective for increasing self–control skills in ADHD children. We can conclude that parents encouraging training and parent behavioral training are effective in improving self-control in ADHD children.
