Soudabeh Ahmadi Bejagh; Babullah Bakhshipour; Mah'boube Faramarzi
Volume 5, Issue 20 , December 2015, , Pages 79-109
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obsessive- compulsive disorder is one of the serious complications of psychological health and imposes huge economic and social expenditures annually on society and its disabling symptoms impair the individual's interpersonal function ,job and life. The aims of this research were to analyze the effectiveness ...
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obsessive- compulsive disorder is one of the serious complications of psychological health and imposes huge economic and social expenditures annually on society and its disabling symptoms impair the individual's interpersonal function ,job and life. The aims of this research were to analyze the effectiveness of group mindfulness based cognitive therapy on obsessive-compulsive disorder, metacognitive beliefs and rumination in female university students. This was an experimental study (pre-test& post-test –follow-up with control group plan). By applying simple random sampling method, out of 338 female students with age range 20-29 by Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive inventory(MOCI), Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (MCQ-30) & Rumination Responses Scale (RRS) and the eligible individuals diagnostic interview (with Obsessive-Compulsive diagnostic cut-off score ) based on DSM-IV-TR,16 subjects have been selected and randomly put in the experiment and control groups ( 8 for each group). The experiment group received 8 sessions of group mindfulness based cognitive therapy while the control group had no special treatment .Two months after the treatment was over, follow-up was executed subject in both groups before and after the intervention, and two-month follow-up questionnaire, MOCI, MCQ-30, RRS completed. Analyzing data, descriptive statistical methods and covariance analysis test have been employed. The results of covariance test showed a meaningful difference (p<0.005) in the two groups (control &experiment), in terms of Obsessive-compulsive, metacognitive beliefs & rumination scores. Regarding the mentioned findings, it can be concluded that group mindfulness based cognitive therapy is effective in decreasing obsessive- compulsive, metacognitive beliefs & rumination of the girl students with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the therapeutic changes created almost remained stable after two-month follow-up.
Ahmad Borjali; Mohamad Javad Bagiyan; Mohamad Ali Yazdanpanah; Moslem Rajabi
Volume 5, Issue 20 , December 2015, , Pages 133-161
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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on improving the quality of life and reducing impulsivity in patients with bipolar disorder type I was. This quasi-experimental study using pre-test and post-test approach with control group. The population ...
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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on improving the quality of life and reducing impulsivity in patients with bipolar disorder type I was. This quasi-experimental study using pre-test and post-test approach with control group. The population of this study, and all of men with bipolar disorder, a psychiatric clinic and hospital psychiatric ward of Imam Reza in Khorramabad up in 2014. Using purposeful sampling, by referring neurologist, 40 patients with Bipolar I Disorder, Of the 50 admitted to the psychiatric clinic and hospital psychiatric ward of Imam Reza, with regard to admission to the study, in the first place, and clinical interview based on DSM-IV were selected. That is, the men referred to those who score higher than (T >80) on a scale of hypomania were MMPI-2 test according to the DSM-5 criteria Clinical Interview, for axis I disorders sampling method selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups(20 cases and 20 controls). Collecting data, structured clinical interview, scale quality of life (SF-36) and the Barratt Impulsiveness scale were used. The results of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that training dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and impulsivity symptoms significantly reduce quality of life increases (p<0/001). According to the findings of this research skills dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), by providing the ability to understand their relations with others can reduce impulsive behavior and improve the quality of life in patients with bipolar and use of this therapy for people with bipolar disorder in the community is recommended.
Mansour Bayrami; Yazdan Movahedi; Reza Mohammad Zadegan; Reza Sepahvand
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2015, , Pages 139-153
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Metacognition is a multidimensional concept entailing knowledge, processes and the strategies which assess, monitor, or control cognition. This study sets out to draw a comparison between metacognitive beliefs and pathological worry in the students with test anxiety syndrome and normal students. In this ...
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Metacognition is a multidimensional concept entailing knowledge, processes and the strategies which assess, monitor, or control cognition. This study sets out to draw a comparison between metacognitive beliefs and pathological worry in the students with test anxiety syndrome and normal students. In this causal-comparative study, 670 individuals were selected from the senior high school students in Tabriz by means of multistep cluster random sampling method and responded to Spellberger Test Anxiety Scale. Then, 100 students with test anxiety disorder were selected and matched with 100 normal students. Moreover, they responded not only to demographic questions but also to Wells & Cartwright Scale of Metacognitive Beliefs, and Pennsylvania Worry Scale. The data were analyzed by means of multivariate variance analysis. The results suggest that there is a significant difference between the scores of students with test anxiety disorder and normal students as to the components of metacognitive beliefs and pathological worry. Metacognitive beliefs serve as effective factors in students' mental health, and one could make an improvement in their mental health by altering the metacognitions which develop negative and incompatible attitudes and general negative beliefs.
R. Dargahiyan (M. A); Sh. Mohammad Khani (Ph. D); J. Hassani (Ph. D); J Shams (Ph. D)
Volume 1, Issue 3 , February 2011, , Pages 81-104
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Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is a new and emerging approach that focuses on reducing unhelpful cognitive processes and facilitating metacognitive styles of processing. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of metacognitive therapy on improving of metacognitive beliefs, rumination, and ...
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Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is a new and emerging approach that focuses on reducing unhelpful cognitive processes and facilitating metacognitive styles of processing. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of metacognitive therapy on improving of metacognitive beliefs, rumination, and depression symptoms of major depressive patient.
In a single case experiment with multiple baseline design a woman suffering from MDD were treated with eighth weekly sessions of MCT and antidepressant medications. Second woman with the same diagnostic a control case only received antidepressant medications. Instruments used in this research were included MDD-S, Metacognitive beliefs, (MCQ), Ruminative style (RRS), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II).
Results indicated that metacognitive treatment result in improvement of subject's scores in Beck depression scale that reduced from 35 to 6 in posttest and 2 months follow up. The scores of scales of CAS and MDD-S showed remarkable reduction. But the control case who recived only antidepressant medications didn't show any significant changes in decrease of symptoms in follow up.
