Mehdi Akbari
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) according to a chronic course, high prevalence and comorbidity with other psychological disorders, as one of the most debilitating disorders is adult, so addressing effective treatment methods and more economically for this disorder is beneficial and necessary. The ...
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) according to a chronic course, high prevalence and comorbidity with other psychological disorders, as one of the most debilitating disorders is adult, so addressing effective treatment methods and more economically for this disorder is beneficial and necessary. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of intolerance uncertainty therapy (IUT(, Buspirone and the combination of IUT with Buspirone in improving symptom of patients with (GAD). In a clinical trial of quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest of the patients admitted to psychiatric and psychological clinics and centers in Tehran 24 patients were selected with GAD and randomly assigned to three groups to IUT, Buspirone (5-60 mg per day) and combination. Data before and after the intervention were collected by generalized anxiety disorder scale (GADS-7), intolerance of uncertainty scale (IUS), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). The data were analyzed using a Kruskal Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and one-way Analysis of Covariance. The results of this study showed Both treatments IUT and combined treatment in comparison with Buspirone led to significant improvements in alleviating the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, intolerance of uncertainty, worry, depression and work and social adjustment (p<0.01). Also, the result of Mann-Whitney U-test and one-way analysis of covariance showed there were no significant difference between IUT and combined treatment. IUT and combination therapy are more effective than Buspirone (5-60 mg per day) in improving of GAD are. However, it seems adding medication (Buspirone) to IUT does not improve the patients with GAD.
T. Mansori; Kh. Ariyan; M. R. Falsafinezhad
Volume 1, Issue 4 , February 2011, , Pages 90-110
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The aim of this study was to investigate the structure and definition of romantic missing from prototype perspective. In the first Study, Iranian young participants (age 18 to 33) generate features of missing a partner. In the second Study, another group of participants (age 18 to 33) rated the centrality ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the structure and definition of romantic missing from prototype perspective. In the first Study, Iranian young participants (age 18 to 33) generate features of missing a partner. In the second Study, another group of participants (age 18 to 33) rated the centrality of features gathered in the first Study. In the third Study, the most 20 central features generating the prototype of romantic missing was given to tow groups of participant (age 18 to 33), couples in long distance relationship (LDR) and couples in close relationship (CR). Results of exploratory factor analysis on the third study data supported three factors for the romantic missing prototype which are: desire for communicating and being together, imagining and thinking and feeling sad and separated. Two groups of LDR and CR were compared by the use of independent T-test and differences in total missing score and also each three factors score were significant for these two groups. A prototype measure of “romantic missing” offered to assess the extent to which partners experience romantic missing during interpersonal separation (N=20, α=0.921, M= 102.65, SD= 22.82).
Fātemeh Saeediyān; Mohammad-Rezā Nili
Volume 2, Issue 5 , February 2012, , Pages 91-115
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Background: Women living as the head of a family are vulnerable for a variety of reasons.
Objectives: This investigation examined the effect of assertiveness training on social adjustment and positive self concept of those women in Tehran who head their family and household. In this research, the assumption ...
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Background: Women living as the head of a family are vulnerable for a variety of reasons.
Objectives: This investigation examined the effect of assertiveness training on social adjustment and positive self concept of those women in Tehran who head their family and household. In this research, the assumption is that assertiveness training is influential on social adjustment and positive self concept of such women.
Methods: This research was quasi-experimental with pre-post test and control group. The sample consisted of 30 head-of-household women living in Tehran. Bell social adjustment and Tennessee self concept are two questionnaires that are used in this study. "T test" has been used for the analysis of the aggregate data.
Conclusions: The results showed that assertiveness training has a meaningful influence on the social adjustment of head-of-household women, but no effect on their positive self concept.
Mohammad Asgari; fatemeh torkashvand
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of combined positive techniques training on marital satisfaction of women referred to Malayer medical centers. The research method was quasi-experimental with non - equivalent groups. The statistical population consisted ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of combined positive techniques training on marital satisfaction of women referred to Malayer medical centers. The research method was quasi-experimental with non - equivalent groups. The statistical population consisted of all married women of Malayer city who had marital dissatisfaction. The statically sample comprised of 36 people (18 people in test group and 18 people in control group) which selected through available sampling method from counseling centers. Both groups were matched for age, sex, length of marriage, economic status and level of education. The test group were trained by Seligman and Ellis positive techniques in nine 90-minute sessions. The scale used in this research was long form of Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire to measure marital satisfaction in the pretest and post-test methods. The results showed that the combined positive techniques training was effective on the marital satisfaction of women, sexual relationship, ideal distortion, personal issues, communication, conflict resolution and family and friends and improved them, (p>05); But on economic management, leisure time activities, children and parenting, equalitarian roles, religious orientation had no significant effect (p> 0.05). It is suggested that the positive techniques training be applied in order to increase marital satisfaction and reduce the tendency of divorce in society.
Somayyeh Sha'bani; Azadeh Bolouki; Esma'il Mamsharifi
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 93-117
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This study aims to investigate the role of self-efficacy, social support and optimism in predicting mental wellbeing in order to develop a structural model in students. A sample of 293 BA, MA and PhD students from Faculty of Psychology of Allameh Tabataba'i University was selected through stratified ...
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This study aims to investigate the role of self-efficacy, social support and optimism in predicting mental wellbeing in order to develop a structural model in students. A sample of 293 BA, MA and PhD students from Faculty of Psychology of Allameh Tabataba'i University was selected through stratified sampling method. The collected data were analyzed using LISREL and SPSS software, and the direct, indirect and overall impacts of the variables of self-efficacy, social support and optimism on mental wellbeing were investigated.
The results led to the composition of a model. In the obtained model, the results indicate that a desirable level of self-efficacy, optimism and social support have a significant impact on happiness. In addition, the two variables of self-efficacy and optimism showed a direct and significant impact on happiness. In the discussed model, the variables of self-efficacy and optimism were able to explain 42 percent of the variance of mental wellbeing.
In conclusion, it seems that any increase in the level of the students’ self-efficacy, social support and optimism heightens their feeling of mental wellbeing. As found in the final model, the three variables directly and indirectly improve the feeling of mental wellbeing
mohammad narimani; saeed arya pouran
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotion regulation trainings on general health in chemical victims. Research method of current study was multi groups experimental with pretest post test and follow up in tow experimental and one control groups. 48 of chemical ...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotion regulation trainings on general health in chemical victims. Research method of current study was multi groups experimental with pretest post test and follow up in tow experimental and one control groups. 48 of chemical warfare victims in sardasht city with high score in general health questionnaire randomly selected and assigned in mindfulness based stress reduction training emotional regulation training and control groups. General health questionnaire used for gathering of data and mixed analysis of variance for analyzing of data. Results indicated that average scores of mental health were meaningfully improved in mindfulness training group than emotional regulation training group and in emotional regulation group control group in both post test and follow up.
fereshte momeni; shahriar shahidi; fereshte mootabi; mahmood heydari
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The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Cognitive- Behavior (CBT) group therapy (Borkovec model) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on signs and symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and cognitive mediators. An experimental design with control group and random ...
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The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Cognitive- Behavior (CBT) group therapy (Borkovec model) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on signs and symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and cognitive mediators. An experimental design with control group and random assignment using pre and post-test and a four month follow up was used. The statistical population comprised of women with generalized anxiety disorder who had at least one primary school age daughter in Tehran. Participants’ selection was based on availability. First of all, several primary girl schools were purposefully selected from all primary girl school of Tehran. All mothers were asked to complete the GAD-7 questionnaire. Those mothers who scored above the cut- off point of seven were selected as generalized anxiety disorder (91 women). This was confirmed by a diagnostic structured interview after which participants were asked to take part in the research (32 women). In this research the following measurement tools were used: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), Pennsylvania State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), Why Worry Scale (WW-II), data were analyzed using repeated measure analyze of variance. Results showed that both CBT and MBCT were effective in reducing GAD signs and symptoms and its cognitive mediators in post- test and follow up. so these two methods were effective in reducing GAD signs and symptoms and its cognitive mediators
Najmeh Hamid; Leili Ramezan Sa’atchi; Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Honarmand
Volume 3, Issue 10 , February 2013, , Pages 96-113
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In the present study, the effect of cognitive-behavioural therapy on pain severity and mental health of women with chronic low back pain has been investigated. The research method was experimental with pre-post, follow-up, and control group. The statistical society of this study was consisted of all ...
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In the present study, the effect of cognitive-behavioural therapy on pain severity and mental health of women with chronic low back pain has been investigated. The research method was experimental with pre-post, follow-up, and control group. The statistical society of this study was consisted of all women outpatients with chronic low back pain who referred to Tehran’s clinical institutions during winter 2011. 30 out of 88 women who had referred to four chronic-pain specialized clinics and physiotherapy centres of Tehran and whose chronic low back pain was confirmed by chronic-pain questionnaire were randomly selected to represent the sample. The subjects were assigned to one of the experimental or control groups, randomly. In pre-post, both groups of experimental and control replied to mental health questionnaire and pain intensity scale of multifaceted questionnaire. The experimental group was treated in 11 sessions of 70 minutes cognitive-behavioural therapy. In contrast, the control group was not subjected to any treatment. Furthermore, both groups were subjected to fallow-up test. The result of MANCOVA method indicated that cognitive-behavioural therapy significantly reduced pain and increased mental health of patients with chronic low back pain compared to control group (p<0.001). These results were also observed during follow-up period.
Mohammad Ali Hakimara
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In a psychological perspective, voting as a political behavior can be considered as expressing social attitude in political settings. These political attitudes are revealed by arguments rooting from the level of involvements which, in turn, are raised from and directed by the participants’ needs ...
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In a psychological perspective, voting as a political behavior can be considered as expressing social attitude in political settings. These political attitudes are revealed by arguments rooting from the level of involvements which, in turn, are raised from and directed by the participants’ needs and ideals. Two functions of attitudes have been proposed; utilitarian function and value-expressive function, which, accordingly, produce two kinds of involvements: outcome relevant involvement and value relevant involvement. In a qualitative research, 345 participants who had participated in at least one period of presidential election, were interviewed about their participation reasons, motivations, and the expectations from elected president. Over 3000 statements as arguments were gathered and analyzed for variables in question. 609 arguments were extracted and fitted in to a two by two table, according to types and levels of involvements. Results showed a pattern of argumentative orientation can be distinguished. The orientations are called as, Expertise, Committed, Need Seeking, and the Character-driven. These orientations seek civil demands, cultural-ideological demands, economy-living demands, and psychological demands, accordingly.
Seyyed Abolghasem Mehri Nejad
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Shyness is significant trait that influences wildly internal and external disorders in adolescents. This study investigated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the treatment of shyness and assertiveness failure puberty girls. The research method was quasi-experimental design with ...
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Shyness is significant trait that influences wildly internal and external disorders in adolescents. This study investigated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the treatment of shyness and assertiveness failure puberty girls. The research method was quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with two experimental and control groups. The population of the study is all female high school students (school year 95-94) (7th and 8th grades) that studied in Regions 7 and 3 in Tehran. 4 schools were selected using simple random sampling. After a test run shyness and assertiveness in the 4 schools, 30 people who agreed to receive 10 sessions of treatment were selected in available and randomly assigned to two experimental and control group. For experimental groups 10 one-hour sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was performed. Then both groups were post analysis of covariance was used to analyze the test data. The findings showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy have had significant effect to reduce shyness and increase assertiveness (P <0/001). According to the findings of this study, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness as an effective treatment to reduce Shyness and increase the skills of assertiveness.
Mansoureh alami niya
Volume 5, Issue 18 , May 2015, , Pages 99-125
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The present essay, deal with analysis and critical evaluation of researches in schema therapy area through qualitative method. Five theses have been selected and evaluated among all theses done in Allameh Tabataba’i University, which applied schema therapy in their researches. In addition to analysis ...
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The present essay, deal with analysis and critical evaluation of researches in schema therapy area through qualitative method. Five theses have been selected and evaluated among all theses done in Allameh Tabataba’i University, which applied schema therapy in their researches. In addition to analysis and evaluation, critical neglected issues and significant unanswered questions in schema therapy area, are discussed. Present review shows that in some cases the schema therapy is being employed without regarding to theoretical principles and adequate assessment of its appropriateness. A critical issue neglected in this area is examination the role of early maladaptive schemas in chronic psychological disorders that have been considered difficult to treat. There is a significant question that if early maladaptive schemas is moderator or mediator variable in the process of development of disorders and psychotherapy.
Abolghasem Mehrinejad; Azam Farahbijari; Mahsa Norouzi Nargesi
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Psychological studies suggest that attention bias and distortions in emotional processing are two factors of persistence of many mental disorders. Generalized anxiety disorder and body dysmorphic disorder as if two samples of common emotional disorders in our society that a great majority of people suffer ...
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Psychological studies suggest that attention bias and distortions in emotional processing are two factors of persistence of many mental disorders. Generalized anxiety disorder and body dysmorphic disorder as if two samples of common emotional disorders in our society that a great majority of people suffer from it. The aim of this study was to compare attention bias and emotional processing styles in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, patients with body dysmorphic disorder, and inpatients. The study sample included 300 female students who available sampling of public universities in Tehran were selected. Instruments used in this study are Beck Anxiety Inventory, Yale-Brown body dysmorphic Inventory, Baker emotional processing questionnaire and dot-probe software test. This study showed that patients with generalized anxiety disorder have negative attention bias more than patients with body dysmorphic disorder and inpatients (p<0.05). And also, patients with body dysmorphic disorder are not affected by attention bias during stimuli perception (p<0.05). In addition, patients with generalized anxiety disorder and patients with body dysmorphic disorder compared to inpatients are more likely to use intrusive, suppression, uncontrolled and dissociation dysfunctional emotional processing styles (p<0.05). From the results, it can be concluded that the rehabilitation and reform of attention bias can be effective in the diagnosis and treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. Also reparation of dysfunctional emotional processing seemed to be useful in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and body dysmorphic disorder.
Zeinab Khanjani; Seyyed Davoud Husseininasab; Ameneh Kazemi; Amir Panahali
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 103-126
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This study seeks to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and cluster B and C personality disorders. The statistical population included all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University in the academic year 2010–2011. A total number of 600 students were asked to fill the Millon ...
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This study seeks to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and cluster B and C personality disorders. The statistical population included all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University in the academic year 2010–2011. A total number of 600 students were asked to fill the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), 150 of which were diagnosed with personality disorder. They were asked to complete the Adult Attachment Scale, as well. Tools used for data collection included the MCMI-III and Adult Attachment Scale whose reliability and validity are significant. The findings showed no significant relationship between secure, ambivalent and avoidant attachments and cluster B personality disorder. However, a significant negative relationship existed between secure attachment and cluster C personality disorder and a significant negative relationship with avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles. Moreover, insecure attachment styles (avoidant and ambivalent) had a significant positive relationship with both cluster B and cluster C personality disorders. Regression results also showed that only ambivalent and avoidant attachment styles could predict cluster C personality disorder while none of them could predict cluster B personality disorder. The results demonstrated that there is no relationship between attachment styles and Cluster B personality disorder.
negin past; Zohreh Khosravi; Seyed Abolgasem Mehrinejad
Volume 5, Issue 20 , December 2015, , Pages 107-132
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There is a few research that have examined on neuropsychological deficits in Obsessive Compulsive Personality disorder (OCPD). In addition, neuropsychological disfunction can also be in relationship with obsessive compulsive personality symptoms. OCPD symptoms like rigid bounds to rules, can ...
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There is a few research that have examined on neuropsychological deficits in Obsessive Compulsive Personality disorder (OCPD). In addition, neuropsychological disfunction can also be in relationship with obsessive compulsive personality symptoms. OCPD symptoms like rigid bounds to rules, can be compensation for cognitive deficits, and in other hand, considering the relation between OCPD and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and regarding neuropsychological functions pattern in OCD, It is hypothesized that patients with OCPD also showed deficits in neuropsychological assessments. So neuropsychological profile of patients with OCPD and OCD have been compared with control healthy participants. In the present study, a neuropsychological test battery was administered to patients with OCPD, OCD and control healthy participants . Results of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that there is a significant difference in neuropsycological assessments of cognitive flexibility, problem solving and working memory between patients with OCPD and OCD. Our results suggest that OCD and OCPD patients have cognitive impairment in cognitive flexibility, problem solving and working memory. However impairment pattern was differed between OCD and OCPD patients.
Majid Mahmoud Alilou; Zeinab Khanjani; Ahmad Bayat
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Adolescence is one of the important periods of development. Difficulty in coping, emotional regulation and can lead to anxiety disorders. The purpose of this research was the prediction of anxiety-related emotional disorders in adolescences based on emotion regulation, coping strategies and symptoms ...
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Adolescence is one of the important periods of development. Difficulty in coping, emotional regulation and can lead to anxiety disorders. The purpose of this research was the prediction of anxiety-related emotional disorders in adolescences based on emotion regulation, coping strategies and symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Method was descriptive and predictive. Population was the students of middle and high schools in Touyserkan, 2014-2015 that 331 were selected in categorized sampling method. Examinees answered Cross & John Emotion Regulation, Endler & Parker Coping Strategies, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders questionnaires. Data were analyzed by Multivariable Regression method. Data analyze showed that emotion regulation, coping strategies and symptoms of borderline personality disorder can predict anxiety-related emotional disorders (P < 0.05). Also, a significant correlation between emotion regulation and symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders, coping strategies with symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders, and symptoms of borderline personality disorder with symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders (P < 0.05) was obtained.Thus, it is concluded that emotion regulation, type of coping of adolescences and the rate of emerge of borderline personality disorder symptoms have important role in appearance of symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders; and appearance or lack of such disorders can be predicted based on psychological features that mentioned.
Zahra Mottaghian; omid shokri
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The present study examined the mediationg role of driving anger on the relationship between personality traits and aggressive driving behaviors among drivers. In this correlational study, 400 drivirs responded to the Five Factor Inventory (FFI, John & Srivastava, 1999), the Driving Anger Scale (DAS; ...
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The present study examined the mediationg role of driving anger on the relationship between personality traits and aggressive driving behaviors among drivers. In this correlational study, 400 drivirs responded to the Five Factor Inventory (FFI, John & Srivastava, 1999), the Driving Anger Scale (DAS; Deffenbacher, Oetting, & Lynch, 1994) and the Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAEI; Deffenbacher, Lynch, Oetting & Swaim, 2002). Results showed that there is a positive significant correlation between neurotism with anger emotion and non-adaptive expression of driving anger and there is negative significant correlation between neurotism with adaptive expression of anger driving. Results also indicated that there is a negative significant correlation between extraversion, conscensciesness, agreeableness and openness to expriences with anger emotion and non-adaptive expression of driving anger and positive significant correlation with adaptive expression of driving anger. Results showed that the partially mediated model of driving anger on the relationship between personality traits and anger expression had acceptable fit to data. In sum, these finding show that the part of available variance in aggressive driving behaviors in the context of prediction by personality traits, accounted for driving anger emotion.
Nāser Yūsefi; Khāled Aslāni
Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2012, , Pages 113-140
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Background: This paper aims to study the effectiveness of Logotherapy and Gestalt therapy in diagnostic symptom improvement of clients referring to pre-marital counseling who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Methodology: Ninety students out of all referring to the counseling center of Kurdistan ...
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Background: This paper aims to study the effectiveness of Logotherapy and Gestalt therapy in diagnostic symptom improvement of clients referring to pre-marital counseling who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Methodology: Ninety students out of all referring to the counseling center of Kurdistan University in Sanandaj were selected through random sampling method. Obsessive students were diagnosed by applying Obsessive Belief Questionnaire (OBQ-44) and DSM IV-TR. Ninety subjects were randomly assigned into three groups (30 subjects in each Group). Accordingly, three groups were organized as Logotherapy, Gestalt therapy and control groups. The Obsessive Belief Questionnaire-44 was employed both before and after interventions for measuring obsessive characteristics of subjects.
Results: The results showed that Gestalt therapy was similar to Logotherapy in reducing obsessive-compulsive symptoms of students. Also, both Gestalt therapy and Logotherapy were influential in reducing mental symptoms in the follow-up stage.
Leila Esmaeili; shole amiri; Mohammad Reza Abedi; Hossein Molavi
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion on social anxiety of adolescent girls. Thirty two female adolescents with social anxiety were randomly selected in Isfahan. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental ...
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion on social anxiety of adolescent girls. Thirty two female adolescents with social anxiety were randomly selected in Isfahan. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (sixteen persons in each group). The study performed in pretest, posttest and follow up stages. Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and demographical information questionnaires were used to gather the data. The interventions were consisted of self-compassion focused therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy method (8 sessions for experimental group). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion had a significant effect on Reducing of social anxiety in adolescent girls in posttest(P≤0.01) and follow up (P<0.02). The study supported that acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion can reduce social anxiety in adolescent girls.
reyhane sheykhan; Ezatollah Ghadampour; reza aghabozorgi
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Getting a diagnosis of breast cancer and treating, it is a stressful event that affects many aspects of mental health, including body image and quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self compassion training on body image and quality of life in women with ...
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Getting a diagnosis of breast cancer and treating, it is a stressful event that affects many aspects of mental health, including body image and quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self compassion training on body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer without metastasis under chemotherapy. The research design was a semi-experimental, pret-post test with control group. Twenty-nine women (according to entry criteria) were selected by referring to the office of ancolologists and Ayatollah Khansari Hospital in Arak in 1397. They were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control. The participants responded to body image questionnaires in patients with breast cancer and quality of life as a pretest.The experimental group was trained based on self compassion package, eight sessions of 60 minutes. Finally, the participants of both groups responded to the questionnaires as a post-test.The results showed that self-compassion training, with emphasis on the three components of kindness with itself, human sharing and mind-consciousness, had a positive and significant effect on improving the body image. Also, based on the findings, the quality of life of women, especially in the physical and mental areas, in the experimental group, had a positive and significant increase compared to the control group. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the development of educational and therapeutic programs based on self compassion can help to improve the mental health and quality of life in cancer patients.
Elaheh Aghaei; Ali Asgary; Maryam bayat
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Externalizing disorder refers to a group of behavioral and emotional problems in young people. Interventions and treatment are necessary for these children. This studyaimed to comparethe effectiveness ofchild-centered playtherapy and filial therapy in reducingexternalizingproblems inchildren.To achieve ...
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Externalizing disorder refers to a group of behavioral and emotional problems in young people. Interventions and treatment are necessary for these children. This studyaimed to comparethe effectiveness ofchild-centered playtherapy and filial therapy in reducingexternalizingproblems inchildren.To achieve thispurpose, atfirst,using theEyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Eyberg, Ross,1978)300children who were7-8years of agewere testedand amongthosewith highscores, 12 children who obtainedthe highest score ofexternalizingscaleofthechild Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001)were selectedas the sample group. Children were randomly assigned to intervention groups: child-centered play therapy and filial therapy. In child-centered play therapy group, each child participated in 16 sessions play therapy (each lasted 45 minutes) and in filial group, mothers received eight group sessions. In child-centered play therapy, mothers completed CBCLagain at the end of forth, eighth, twelfth and sixteenth and in filial therapy, they did this at the end of second, fourth, sixth and eighth sessions.RepeatedmeasuresANOVArevealed significant difference between play therapy and filial therapy in decreasing externalizing problems and filial therapy was more effective. Then, filial therapy can be considered suitable alternative for child-centered play therapy that reduces child’s problems in shorter time and therebyincreases theeffectivenessof treatment.
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.
Mohammad Khaledian; Faramarz Sohrabi
Volume 4, Issue 15 , January 2015, , Pages 79-104
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AbstractThe aim of the study was to examine effectiveness of group logotherapy on reducing depression and increasing hope in elderly with empty nest syndrome living in city of Ghorveh. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and a control group. The statistical population ...
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AbstractThe aim of the study was to examine effectiveness of group logotherapy on reducing depression and increasing hope in elderly with empty nest syndrome living in city of Ghorveh. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and a control group. The statistical population included all men and women living in Ghorveh whose children had left them. The sample group consisted of 24 individuals who were selected using convenient sampling. Data were collected using the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI II) and Snyder’s Adult Hope Scale (AHS). The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (covariance analysis). The results showed that the average posttest depression score was significantly lower in the experimental group than the control group, and that the average posttest hope score was significantly higher in the experimental group. The findings suggest that group logotherapy has positive effects in reducing depression and increasing hope in elderly with empty nest syndrome
Dariush Khanei; Rezvanossadat Jazayeri; Fatemeh Bahrami; Nafiseh Montazeri; Ozra Etemadi
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adequate reduction of marital conflicts in Cardiovascular disease patients helps them cope better with their conditions, as well as improve their quality of life. The aim of this empirical study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on marital conflicts in Cardiac ...
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adequate reduction of marital conflicts in Cardiovascular disease patients helps them cope better with their conditions, as well as improve their quality of life. The aim of this empirical study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on marital conflicts in Cardiac patients with a history of coronary artery bypass. The method of this research was semi-experimental with pre- and post-test with a control group. Participants were 30 patients, who were selected through convenience sampling. Participants were administered the Marital Conflict Questionnaire (Sanai, Alaghband, Falahati, & Hooman, 2009) as pre- and post-test. Finally, 30 individuals who had the highest scores in the marital conflict questionnaire were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control (n=15). To analyze the data, the ANCOVA test was used. The findings of this study indicated that there was a statistically significant effect on the experimental group on the following sub-scales: decreased cooperation, dividing financial affairs and marital conflict. It could be concluded that ACT-based training intervention was effective of the above-mentioned subscales and could be used to reduce marital conflicts in patients with patients with a history of coronary artery bypass. This study indicates the importance of education, as well as psychological interventions as an essential part of the recovery process.
Maryam badipoor; Hossein Salimi Bajestani; Seyed Mohammad Kalantarkousheh
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Present study evaluates psychology empowerment effectiveness on decreasing mothers’ conflict of mother-child in Health Room of Tehran city. The method of the study is semi-experimental research with rendering of pre-exam and post-exam by witness group. In this study, we selected two Health Room ...
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Present study evaluates psychology empowerment effectiveness on decreasing mothers’ conflict of mother-child in Health Room of Tehran city. The method of the study is semi-experimental research with rendering of pre-exam and post-exam by witness group. In this study, we selected two Health Room cities of 15th zone of Tehran City Hall and North Afsarieh Health Room Locality. We sampled all available mothers who referred to Health Room after confirming their suitable conditions for our study. These mothers tested about mother-child conflict and finally 30 mothers selected who had the most conflict with their children. Then they divided by two groups by using of Random Selective method and considered in two groups of control and experiment. The experiment group participated in our sessions 8 rounds each 90 minutes. Data gathering tool in our study was scale questionnaire of mother-child conflict tactics. We analyzed gathered data with one variant covariance analysis method. The results showed that mothers’ psychology empowering program cause decrease of mother-child conflict, verbal aggression and physical aggression plus increase of argument between them. So we can claim that these people could decrease conflicts between themselves and their children by increase of self-confident, self-control, anger control and self-decision skill plus improve their irrational believes about their children and encourage them.
Somayeh Babaei; Ali.Reza.Abedin Abedin; Shahryar Shahidi; Mahmoud Heydari; Fatemeh Bagherian
Volume 5, Issue 17 , May 2015, , Pages 97-119
Abstract
Psychodynamic school is sensitive to socio-cultural factors. Namely its theoretical and practical applicability in non-western cultures had been always arguable. The aim of this study is to identify compatibilities and incompatibilities of psychodynamics in Iran. Theoretical applicability considers based ...
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Psychodynamic school is sensitive to socio-cultural factors. Namely its theoretical and practical applicability in non-western cultures had been always arguable. The aim of this study is to identify compatibilities and incompatibilities of psychodynamics in Iran. Theoretical applicability considers based on literature review and experts' references. Practical applicability will design based on facilities, barriers, compatibilities and incompatibilities, adjustments and suggestions that psychodynamic psychotherapists had in their practices with Iranian samples. According to Grounded theory methodology developed through codification process showed that applicability of psychodymics in Iran can be demonstrated by three connected elements. Executive mechanisms such as systematic vicious cycles, adjustments, preparatory items and the best selected approaches could determine applicability of psychodynamics in Iran, on the one hand, and redefining limits of psychodynamics and contextual changings in Iran, on the other hand. Although this school is an opportunity to investigation psychic dymics in Iran, but considering new approaches such as assimilative self, decentered self or median Islamic orientation could increase its flexibility, applicability and coverage faced with psychic dynamics in Iran.
