Mohammad Goodarzi; Mehrnaz Mohammadi Moghadam; Soheil Redaei
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AbstractIntroduction and Objectives: Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and the use of quarantine to prevent it have increased psychological reactions like depression, anxiety and stress in the general population. Hence, the need to identify variables that can affect these psychological reactions is felt more ...
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AbstractIntroduction and Objectives: Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and the use of quarantine to prevent it have increased psychological reactions like depression, anxiety and stress in the general population. Hence, the need to identify variables that can affect these psychological reactions is felt more than ever. The aim of this study was to predict the rate of depression, stress and anxiety during quarantine based on psychological flexibility, dysfunctional attitude and coping styles.MethodThe research design was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all students who were active in the social media. A total of 501 students accessed the call for completion of questionnaires on online media, including Instagram, completed prepared questionnaires in the Google Form format.Measures included the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Questionnaire (DASS-21, 1995), the Revised Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS-26, 1978), the Acceptance and Practice Questionnaire (AAQ-II, 2005), and the Lazarus and Folkman Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ, 1984).ResultsPsychological inflexibility, dysfunctional attitudes, and maladaptive coping strategies predicted depression, anxiety, and stress in a positive way, but problem-oriented coping strategies only showed an inverse relationship with depression. In regression analyzes, the variable of psychological inflexibility had the greatest effect on explaining depression, anxiety and stress.Discussion and ConclusionIt can be concluded that teaching psychological flexibility and cognitive reconstruction can be useful in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress during the quarantine. Teaching problem-solving strategies can also have positive effects on reducing depression.
Gholamreza Mohammadi; zabih pirani; Firoozeh Zangeneh motlag
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Children with separation anxiety disorder have many problems in their mental health and social life.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Training based philosophy for children on psychological flexibility and social performance in children with separation anxiety disorder aged 6 ...
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Children with separation anxiety disorder have many problems in their mental health and social life.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Training based philosophy for children on psychological flexibility and social performance in children with separation anxiety disorder aged 6 to 12 years with separation anxiety disorder. Research method in this study; The quasi-experimental was pretest and posttest with the control group. The statistical population was all children referred to Shamim Counseling Center in Kermanshah in 2019-2020. The sample group consisted of 20 children with separation anxiety disorder. The sample was selected by purposive sampling and random sampling. The sample group consisted of 20 children with separation anxiety disorder. The sample was selected by purposive sampling and random sampling. First, separation anxiety questionnaires (Han et al., 2003), Matson's social skills (Matson et al., 1983) and the Wisconsin card classification test (Grant and Berg, 1948) were administered to both groups (pretest). The participants in the intervention group then received Training based philosophy for children in 10 sessions of 60 minutes once a week; While the control group did not receive any educational intervention. Then both groups were re-evaluated with the mentioned questionnaires (post-test). The follow-up stage was held 2 months after the post-test. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data by observing the defaults. The results showed that psychological flexibility and social functioning increased significantly (P <0.05) and the level of anxiety in these children decreased significantly.
