Mina Zare; Mohammad Reza Taghavi; Abdulaziz Aflakseir
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Successful marriage has positive effects on the well-being of individuals, and marital commitment is one of the key component of successful marriage. This study aimed to predict marital commitment based on couples' conflict resolution styles, self-compassion, and satisfaction of basic psychological needs. ...
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Successful marriage has positive effects on the well-being of individuals, and marital commitment is one of the key component of successful marriage. This study aimed to predict marital commitment based on couples' conflict resolution styles, self-compassion, and satisfaction of basic psychological needs. This research was a descriptive- correlational survey. The statistical population consisted of all married employees of Shiraz University in the academic year of 2019-2020, and 211 married employees (117 women and 94 men) were selected by single-stage cluster sampling method. Research tools contained the Marital Commitment Questionnaire (Adams & Jones, 1997), Rahim Conflict Resolution Styles Questionnaire (Rahim, 1983), the Self-compassion Scale (Neff, 2003b), Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale (Gagné, 2003) and the Basic Needs Satisfaction in Relationships Scale (La Guardia, Ryan, Couchman & Deci, 2000). The obtained data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that satisfaction of basic needs at general scale, non-constructive conflict resolution styles, self-compassion, constructive conflict resolution styles, and satisfaction of basic needs in relation to spouse ranked respectively based on their power in predicting marital commitment among the research variables. These variables predict 40% of the variance of marital commitment. These findings suggest that marital commitment rises with an increase in satisfaction of basic psychological needs at the general scale and in relation to the spouse, constructive conflict resolution styles, self-compassion, and a decrease in non-constructive conflict resolution styles. This study has considerable implications for developing premarital educational programs, couple empowerment and couple therapy interventions.
Maryam Esmaeilinasab; Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe
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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as the biggest threat to public health in 2020, is a two-year period that has caused many problems to people around the world. The aim of this study was to compare spirituality, resilience and self-compassion in students with high and low levels of COVID-19 anxiety. The method ...
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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as the biggest threat to public health in 2020, is a two-year period that has caused many problems to people around the world. The aim of this study was to compare spirituality, resilience and self-compassion in students with high and low levels of COVID-19 anxiety. The method of the present study is descriptive causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study consisted of male and female students of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of the University of Guilan in the academic year 2020-2021. Participants were selected by available methods from each group of 135 students with high levels of COVID-19 anxiety and 135 students with low levels of COVID-19 anxiety. Students were assessed using COVID-19 Anxiety Scale Wheaton et al. (2012), spirituality Parsian & Dunning (2009), resilience Connor & Davidson (2003), and Self-Compassion Questionnaire Neff (2003). Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of variance by SPSS software version 24. Findings from multivariate analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between students with and without COVID-19 anxiety in terms of spirituality, resilience and self-compassion; So that the average scores of spirituality, resilience and self-compassion in students with COVID-19 anxiety are lower compared to students without COVID-19 anxiety (P<0.001). According to the findings of the present study, students with high levels of COVID-19 anxiety have less spirituality and resilience, which in turn aggravates the symptoms in individuals. On the other hand, it was found that self-judgment, feelings of isolation and over-assimilation are high in people with COVID-19 anxiety; For this reason, psychologists and counselors need to pay more attention to these areas in order to reduce the unreasonable severity of anxiety in students.
mohamadreza zoghi paidar; Fatemeh Darvehei; Razie Hajimoradi
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This study aimed to presenting the structural model of appearance management based on self-compassion with the mediating roles of external shame and body image dissatisfaction. The method of the present study was correlation analysis based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted ...
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This study aimed to presenting the structural model of appearance management based on self-compassion with the mediating roles of external shame and body image dissatisfaction. The method of the present study was correlation analysis based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population consisted of female students residing in the dormitory of Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan. Among them , 400 individuals were selected randomly. They filled out Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Others As Shamer Scale (OAS), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), and Body Management Scale (BMS). Since 23 individuals did not fill out the questionnaires,377 questionnaires were examined through structural equation analysis. The results of structural equations indicated that all of direct and indirect relationships were significant; thus, all variables had pairwise relationships. On the other hand, external shame had a significant mediating role in the relationship between self-compassion and appearance management (z= -3.32, p < 0.01). In other words, self-compassion, due to the mediation of external shame , can predict appearance management. In addition, body image dissatisfaction had a significant mediating role in the relationship between self-compassion and appearance management (z= -4.03, p < 0.01). Hence, self-compassion, due to the mediation of body image dissatisfaction, could predict appearance management. Following the results, it can be concluded that self-compassion, with the mediating roles of external shame and body image dissatisfaction, can predict appearance management. These variables can be considered to modify body management
Malihe Amirirad; elahe Aslami; Shoukofeh Mousavi
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The present research is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of self-compassion focused Therapy on finding meaning in life, and sexual satisfaction in women with addicted husband in the city of Mashhad. The research was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group. The ...
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The present research is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of self-compassion focused Therapy on finding meaning in life, and sexual satisfaction in women with addicted husband in the city of Mashhad. The research was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group. The population included all the women with addicted husbands who had referred to addiction treatment centers. 30 people were selected by purposive convenience sampling. 15 people were randomly assigned to the experimental group of self-compassion training and 15 people were randomly assigned to the control group average. The questionnaires included Steger and Frazier’s meaning in life questionnaire (2006) used for measuring finding meaning in life, and Yavari Kermani’s sexual satisfaction questionnaire (2007) used for measuring sexual satisfaction. The mentioned questionnaires were used in two phases of pretest and posttest. The experimental group received self-compassion training program for eight 120-minute sessions. The findings of multivariate and one-way analysis of covariance in the experimental and control groups showed that the effect of self-compassion training was in the subscales of self-compassion training significantly increased the variables of finding meaning in life (F=12/42, P < 0/01), existence of meaning (F=4/25, p < 0/05), seeking for meaning (F=17/84), and sexual satisfaction (F=93/51, p < 0/001) in women. The results of this study suggested that self-compassion training is an effective way of increasing the variables of finding meaning in life, and sexual satisfaction in women with addicted husbands.
