Ali Mohammadzadeh; Faramarz Sohrabi
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In recent years an increasing interest in the hallucinatory experiences and its phenomenology is taken into consideration. The aim of this study was the prediction of predisposition to hallucinations based on positive and negative schizotypy. The current study was conducted in descriptive research context. ...
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In recent years an increasing interest in the hallucinatory experiences and its phenomenology is taken into consideration. The aim of this study was the prediction of predisposition to hallucinations based on positive and negative schizotypy. The current study was conducted in descriptive research context. A group of 312 normal participants (88 male (224 female) from university students took part in this research. Participants answered to Launay-Slade Hallucinations (LSHS), and Chapmans psychosis proneness Scales. Data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression analysis. All of the schizotypy subscales including magical ideation, perceptual aberration physical and social anhedonia, showed correlation with predisposition to hallucinations., but results indicated that magical ideation and perceptual aberration as positive schizotypy was suitable predictor towards predisposition to hallucinations. Based on results the relationships of predisposition to hallucinations and positive schizotypy were discussed in light of psychosis-proneness continuum.
fateme mokhtari dizaji; faramarz sohrabi
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ABSTRACT: Aims: This research was conducted to study the efficacy of quality of life group training on vitality of aged men. Materials & Methods: the research’s method was semi- experimental with pre-post Test and a control group. The samples consisted of 30 aged males who referred to Focal ...
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ABSTRACT: Aims: This research was conducted to study the efficacy of quality of life group training on vitality of aged men. Materials & Methods: the research’s method was semi- experimental with pre-post Test and a control group. The samples consisted of 30 aged males who referred to Focal Noor’s Jahandideg in Tehran and one standard deviation below the mean in happiness scale was acquired from them; they were matched according to age, educational; status, and other criteria considered in this research. Then randomly divided into groups as experimental group but the control groups didn’t receive any intervention. The instrument was oxford happiness Inventory. Results: the results revealed that there was a significant difference between two group in happiness a vitality (p<0/001). the rate of vitality in the experimental group compared with pre- test and control group was significantly higher. Conclusion: According to the research, quality of life training as the combined of positive psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy can increase the rate of vitality of aged men.
Nader Naderi; Farideh Hossein Sabet; Faramarz Sohrabi
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The phenomenon of stress and its role in sickness and health is overt. Furthermore, various studies have confirmed the role of emotions in psychological well-being; but the relation between stress and emotions is one of the important issues about which there are different theories. The aim of the present ...
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The phenomenon of stress and its role in sickness and health is overt. Furthermore, various studies have confirmed the role of emotions in psychological well-being; but the relation between stress and emotions is one of the important issues about which there are different theories. The aim of the present study is to compare the effect of three interventions including: emotional expression, meditation and compound method on perceived stress. The design used in the present study is quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest with control group and a two-month follow-up stage. Forty men who voluntarily had referred to Tavan Afza Clinic were chosen using hand-to-hand sampling method and were randomly assigned to four groups. The Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale was used in the pretest, posttest and follow-up stages and the intervention lasted for eight sessions within one month. The data were analyzed by covariance and T-test independent group test. The statistical data indicated that the difference between the compound treatment group and control group by the significance level of 5% and the confidence level of 95% was significant; but the difference between the other groups was not significant. The results indicated that the compound method can be effective in reducing perceived stress of the youth. Therefore, this method can be used as an effective way to reduce stress in the stressed-out people and to improve psychological well-being in the youth.
Mahmood Najafi; Hasan Ahadi; Faramarze Sohrabi; Ali Delavar
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The aim of this research was to present the life satisfaction path analysis predictive model Predictive Model of Life Satisfaction based on positive psychology constructs. For this purpose, 100 employees of Tehran University were selected by multiple cluster sampling method. The instruments used in this ...
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The aim of this research was to present the life satisfaction path analysis predictive model Predictive Model of Life Satisfaction based on positive psychology constructs. For this purpose, 100 employees of Tehran University were selected by multiple cluster sampling method. The instruments used in this study were spiritual well-being, religiosity, hope, optimism, self-esteem, self-efficacy and life satisfaction. The collected data were analyzed using LISREL 7/8 by path analysis method. Results showed that that in the first presented model only, some indexes were fitted. So the modified model showed better fitting through data. Results indicated that spirituality; religiosity, hope, self-esteem, and self-efficacy variables have significant direct relationship with life satisfaction. Also, there is a significant indirect relationship between spirituality and religiosity with life satisfaction through hope, optimism, self-esteem, and self-efficacy variables. There was not significant relationship between gender, marital and economic status with life satisfaction. Finally in this research the role of positive psychology constructs were confirmed in life satisfaction that this finding indicates the importance of positive psychology constructs in life satisfaction.
noushin soudmnd; faramarz sohrabi; hamed bermas
Volume 5, Issue 20 , December 2015, , Pages 55-78
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The aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of cartoon therapy on relationship improvement between mother and child due to mother type A, B by quasi-experiment. First, the sample, 70 mothers who have common characteristics, have at least 1 child 3-12 years old and in region 22 in Tehran ...
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The aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of cartoon therapy on relationship improvement between mother and child due to mother type A, B by quasi-experiment. First, the sample, 70 mothers who have common characteristics, have at least 1 child 3-12 years old and in region 22 in Tehran city, filled out questionnaire of types A and B, assessment scale of relationship between mother and child in pretest. Thus, giving kind of type A and B, they divided group that each group divided experiment and witness again. Experiment groups took part in 8 sessions of cartoon therapy (2 hours) and in the last training, they filled out questionnaires of types A and B of assessment scale of relationship between mother and child in post-test. The results of T-test after examining grades showed that cartoon therapy has a meanningful effect on relationship improvement between mother and child. In the other hand, the kind of mother’s type (A, B) doesn’t has meaningful effect on increasing and decreasing relationship between mother and child.
Esmaeil Naseri; Faramarz Sohrabi; Ahmad Borjali; Mohammad reza Falsafinejad
Volume 5, Issue 18 , May 2015, , Pages 75-97
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Purpose of this study is was to examine the effectiveness of dual focus schema therapy (DFST) in treatment of antisocial personality disorderded heroine dependent men. In Multiple baseline experimental single case study, three antisocial personality disorderded heroin dependent men were selected using ...
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Purpose of this study is was to examine the effectiveness of dual focus schema therapy (DFST) in treatment of antisocial personality disorderded heroine dependent men. In Multiple baseline experimental single case study, three antisocial personality disorderded heroin dependent men were selected using Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV based on disorders axis II and purposeful sampling. The treatment program was carried out for 24 week and 28 sessions, with a follow-up period of 3 months subsequent to treatment termination. Subjects completed Maudsley Addiction Profile and Young Schema Questionnaire and data was analyzed by Reliable change index and percentage of improvement. Results showed that DFST significantly reduced Substtance use and risk behaviour and improved Physical and psychological health and Personal/social functioning. DFST has appropriate effectiveness in treatment of antisocial personality disorderded heroine dependent men.
Ali Mousavi Asl; Ahmad Borjali; Faramarz Sohrabi; Noorali Farrokhi
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 1-20
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Although various psychological methods exist for treating symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), meta-analyses show that many patients suffering from the disorder still show no or little response to treatments. The present study therefore aimed to provide an answer to the question, ‘Does ...
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Although various psychological methods exist for treating symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), meta-analyses show that many patients suffering from the disorder still show no or little response to treatments. The present study therefore aimed to provide an answer to the question, ‘Does schema therapy have an effect on reducing symptoms of trauma recurrence in wounded in actions with PTSD?’, and to evaluate effectiveness of the new therapy method on treating chronic symptoms which were resistant to other psychological therapies. The study used a single-case empirical design with multiple baselines. Scales used were Young Schema Questionnaire (short from), Young Compensation Inventory, YoungRygh Avoidance Inventory, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, and Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. The statistical society included wounded in actions with chronic PTSD symptoms, of which 3 were chosen for the study using purposeful convenient sampling. The treatment consisted of 21 sessions for each subject with a two-month follow-up. The data were analyzed using various statistical methods, including mean, coefficient of variation, Z-test, and clinical cure rate.Findings indicated that schema therapy was successful in reducing symptoms of recurrent PTSD and in decreasing activity of maladaptive schemas. Moreover, the results sustained in the follow-up phase.
