Masumeh Aminikhoo; Hossein Eskandari; Mohamad Reza Falsafinejad; Ahmad Borjali; Shahla Pezeshk
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Because of the dominance of positivistic approaches in psychology, exploring the subjective experiences of patients neglected, it is more prominent in patients with schizophrenia. The present researchers understand the meaning of their lived experience and their perception of themselves. Recently, researchers ...
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Because of the dominance of positivistic approaches in psychology, exploring the subjective experiences of patients neglected, it is more prominent in patients with schizophrenia. The present researchers understand the meaning of their lived experience and their perception of themselves. Recently, researchers have emphasized the importance of first-person’s information of patients. This study was conducted to understand the self-experience in schizophrenia. This was a qualitative case study (phenomenological design). Since the purpose of the research was the study of lived experience of participant, the phenomenological method used in this study. Participant was selected using purpose-oriented sampling. He is male, 36 years and with chronic schizophrenia. In-depth semi-structured interviews were recorded. External resources and participation records were also analyzed. Texts were analyzed by interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) method. The main themes include: the timing and location of self -experience, decreased agency, self -metaphor and mirror and physical aversion. The findings were approved theories of psychoanalysis, narrative and dialogical self.
Ali Reza Pirkha'efi; Ahmad Borjali
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 85-104
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Mental health is a multivariate concept that is related to various factors. Unfortunately, the impact of creativity on the development of mental health has been underexamined in the field of clinical therapy.
The present research was designed to investigate the clinical roles of creativity in the prediction ...
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Mental health is a multivariate concept that is related to various factors. Unfortunately, the impact of creativity on the development of mental health has been underexamined in the field of clinical therapy.
The present research was designed to investigate the clinical roles of creativity in the prediction and explanation of mental health.
A statistical sample of 120 male and female university students of Tehran was randomly selected through the process of multi-stage cluster sampling. Solomon's four-groups design was implemented in the study. Research tools included Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire, Sherer's General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Folkman and Lazarus's Ways of Coping Questionnaire. The data were analysed using the covariance analysis.
The results of the covariance analysis showed that the activation of creativity in samples could have a significant impact on increasing mental health, self-efficacy and coping.
Negar Karimian; Mahmoud Glozari; Ahmad Borjali
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 119-138
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The addicts experience various forms of mental stress in their daily lives. Inability to handle the stress reduces their quality of life and thus increases their dependence on drug.
The present article seeks to study the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy in improving the ...
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The addicts experience various forms of mental stress in their daily lives. Inability to handle the stress reduces their quality of life and thus increases their dependence on drug.
The present article seeks to study the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy in improving the male addict's quality of life.
In a pilot study, 30 male addicts in a rehabilitation center in Isfahan were selected through random sampling to represent the experimental group (15 patients) and control group (15 patients). The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy while the control group received no treatment. All the patients completed the SF-36 questionnaire at the beginning of the study, at its end and 3 months after its completion. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance.
The results of the covariance analysis demonstrated a significant difference between the two groups regarding the improvement of the quality of life. The experimental group received higher scores in both the post-test and follow-up test (p<005).
The cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy has a significant impact on improving the male addicts' quality of life.
B. Ajilchi (M. S); A. BorjAli (Ph. D); M. Janbozorgi (Ph. D)
Volume 1, Issue 4 , February 2011, , Pages 1-17
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The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of parental skills training on decreasing maternal stress. So, 250 individuals were selected randomly among mothers whom their children were studying in an elementary school. They completed the parenting stress Index (PSI, Abidin, 1990), then ...
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The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of parental skills training on decreasing maternal stress. So, 250 individuals were selected randomly among mothers whom their children were studying in an elementary school. They completed the parenting stress Index (PSI, Abidin, 1990), then 80 over stressed mother’s were selected among them and ultimately 38 mothers assigned randomly in two groups as experimental and control groups. After sessions training, pre- mentioned test were applied on Mothers in both group.Using depended T test to compare two groups, revealed that parental skills training can decrease maternal stress significantly (P< %5).
