Mansour Beirami; Ebrahim Akbari; Abdollah Qasempour; Zeinab Azimi
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 40-69
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Anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and emotion regulation are critical psychological components involved in social anxiety disorder. The present paper seeks to study anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and components of emotion regulation in students with and without social anxiety disorder.
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Anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and emotion regulation are critical psychological components involved in social anxiety disorder. The present paper seeks to study anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and components of emotion regulation in students with and without social anxiety disorder.
This paper presents the ex post facto research design (causal-comparative method). The sample included 92 patients (46 patients with social anxiety disorder and 46 normal people). Data was collected using Wells anxiety thoughts, Gross and John emotion regulation, and Reiss and Peterson anxiety sensitivity index. They were also analyzed through MANOVA.
The results showed that there were significant differences between groups of students with and without social anxiety disorder in anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and reappraisal. In other words, students with social anxiety disorder experience more anxiety sensitivity and meta-worry and less reappraisal than the control group. Also, there was no significant difference between groups in terms of suppression.
The anxiety sensitivity, meta-worry and reappraisal are psychological structures which play a significant role in the development of social anxiety disorder and can lead to persistence of its symptoms.
Hadi Parhoon; Alireza Moradi; Mohammad Hatami; Shiva Moshirpanahi
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 41-62
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AbstractDepression is one of the most common psychological disorders for which numerous treatment methods have been developed. The aim of the present study was to examine effect of brief behavioral activationtreatment on reducing depression symptoms and improving quality of life in patients with depression. ...
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AbstractDepression is one of the most common psychological disorders for which numerous treatment methods have been developed. The aim of the present study was to examine effect of brief behavioral activationtreatment on reducing depression symptoms and improving quality of life in patients with depression. The study used a semi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and a control group. Convenient sampling was used in selecting 22 female patients who were diagnosed with major depression by a psychiatrist. The diagnosis was given using DSM-IV-TR. The 22 subjects were divided into an experimental and a control group, and the experimental group received a behavioral activation treatment. Both groups completed BDI-II, HRSD, and WHOQOL-BREF in the pretest, posttest and follow-up phases (the follow-up was three months after the intervention). The results were analyzed using single-variable covariance analysis and t-test. Results indicated that the treatment effected considerable and significant changes in depression symptoms and quality of life of the subjects, both in short-term and after a period of three months. The study suggests that a brief behavioral activation treatment is effective in reducing depression symptoms, a finding which is consistent with findings of the third wave of cognitivebehavioral therapies. The treatment is therefore recommended as an effective method for treating major depression. AbstractDepression is one of the most common psychological disorders for which numerous treatment methods have been developed. The aim of the present study was to examine effect of brief behavioral activationtreatment on reducing depression symptoms and improving quality of life in patients with depression. The study used a semi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and a control group. Convenient sampling was used in selecting 22 female patients who were diagnosed with major depression by a psychiatrist. The diagnosis was given using DSM-IV-TR. The 22 subjects were divided into an experimental and a control group, and the experimental group received a behavioral activation treatment. Both groups completed BDI-II, HRSD, and WHOQOL-BREF in the pretest, posttest and follow-up phases (the follow-up was three months after the intervention). The results were analyzed using single-variable covariance analysis and t-test. Results indicated that the treatment effected considerable and significant changes in depression symptoms and quality of life of the subjects, both in short-term and after a period of three months. The study suggests that a brief behavioral activation treatment is effective in reducing depression symptoms, a finding which is consistent with findings of the third wave of cognitivebehavioral therapies. The treatment is therefore recommended as an effective method for treating major depression.
shahnaz mahammadi
Volume 3, Issue 12 , March 2013, , Pages 41-63
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Objectives: The present research aims to study the effect of spiritual therapy on depression in elderly women residing in nursing homes. Method: This was a quasi-experimental research applying the method of pre-test and post-test. The subjects included 34 elderly women suffering from depression residing ...
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Objectives: The present research aims to study the effect of spiritual therapy on depression in elderly women residing in nursing homes. Method: This was a quasi-experimental research applying the method of pre-test and post-test. The subjects included 34 elderly women suffering from depression residing in Kahrizak nursing home. After the Geriatric Depression Scale ‘GDS’ (1993) was carried out, the subjects scored 15 or higher were randomly selected by using simple sampling method. Then, they were randomly assigned to experiment and control groups. The experiment group received 10 sessions of spiritual therapy. Subsequently, the GDS test was carried out again to both groups. T-test was used to analyze the data. Results:The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experiment and control groups in terms of GDS score, and that spiritual therapy could decrease the rate of depression in elderly women residing in the nursing home. Conclusion: Spiritual therapy, as a rehabilitation and nonorganic interference, can help betterment of depression in elderly women.
Alireza Maredpour; Mahmoud Najafi
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This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique on treatment of women's post-traumatic stress disorder in Yasooj. The population of this study was all women who have had psychological and psychiatric recording hospitals and therapeutic and specialized ...
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This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique on treatment of women's post-traumatic stress disorder in Yasooj. The population of this study was all women who have had psychological and psychiatric recording hospitals and therapeutic and specialized enters of Yassoj diagnosed with Posttraumatic stress disorder arising from non-military events. Fourty members of the population were selected randomly and divided into two groups of experimental and control that each of them including 20 people. Then technique of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing was applied to the experimental group in during five sessions ninety minute once week but no experiment was done to the control group. The study instruments included Impact of event revised scale, PTSD symptoms self-report scale, Symptom Checklist-90-R. The study participants were tested in pre-test, post-test, with regard to the variables under study. Obtained Data were analysed using MANCOVA and ANCOVA methods. The findings obtained based on data analysis showed that the method of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing decreased scores of the Impact of event revised scale, PTSD symptoms self-report scale, Global severity index of Symptom Checklist-90-R.The obtained results showed that this treatment method had been effective on alleviating PTSD and its symptoms.
M. Esmaeilinasab; H. Alizadeh; H. Ahadi; A. Delawar; H. Eskandari
Volume 1, Issue 4 , February 2011, , Pages 42-70
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This study compares the effectiveness of two Behavioral Approach (BA) and Adler-Dreikurs parent training approach on improving family environment components. For this purpose, Barkley program (BA) and STEP (Adler-Dreikurs approach) were utilized. Five schools were selected randomly from region 7 in Tehran ...
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This study compares the effectiveness of two Behavioral Approach (BA) and Adler-Dreikurs parent training approach on improving family environment components. For this purpose, Barkley program (BA) and STEP (Adler-Dreikurs approach) were utilized. Five schools were selected randomly from region 7 in Tehran and 60 parents whose 7-11 years old boys had received the highest scores on Child Symptom Inventory (CSI-4) were randomly assigned into Behavioral, Adlerian and control groups. For data collection, in addition to CSI-4, the Family Environment Scale (FES. In order to analyze the data, Analysis of Covariance test, two-way ANOVA and Tukey and Bonferroni Correction follow up tests were used. Analysis of research findings showed in Adlerian group, control and conflict components of family environment reduced, and intellectual-cultural orientation and moral-religious emphasis increased. But in Behavioral group just conflict reduced. Considering the role of family environment on the formation of conduct disorder in children, indicating the effectiveness of Adler most important way in adopting this method, therapeutic strategies are appropriate for conduct disorder. However, further research in this field considering the essential role of effective variables seems
Mohammad Ali Besharat (Ph.D)
Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2011, , Pages 42-62
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he aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and medical ill-health in a sample of general population. A correlation analysis was performed to assess the kind of association existing among three dimensions of perfectionism including self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially ...
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he aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and medical ill-health in a sample of general population. A correlation analysis was performed to assess the kind of association existing among three dimensions of perfectionism including self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism with ill-health indices including physical symptoms, perceived health, number of medical visits, and number of days sick in bed. A total of 274 volunteers (154 women, 120 men) were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS) and the Physical Health Inventory (PHI). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and regression analyses. The results revealed that self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism were associated with health indices in opposite direction. Other-oriented perfectionism showed negative association only with number of medical visits. It was concluded that self-oriented perfectionism would improve physical health indices through reinforcement of personal motivation, and provocation of mental and physical abilities. Socially prescribed perfectionism would negatively influence physical health indices through imposing high expectations by others which diminish mental and physical abilities in turn.
Volume 1, Issue 3 , February 2011, , Pages 42-60
Parvin Eslami; Gholamreza Manshaee; Zahra Hajebrahimi
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2014, , Pages 43-62
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Aviophobia is a common debilitating fear of flying with millions of people being impacted by it around the world. The present study aimed to examine effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy in alleviating fear of flying in patients with aviophobia. The study followed an empirical method with ...
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Aviophobia is a common debilitating fear of flying with millions of people being impacted by it around the world. The present study aimed to examine effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy in alleviating fear of flying in patients with aviophobia. The study followed an empirical method with pretest, posttest and a control group. The statistical society consisted of 40 individuals with aviophobia who had been referred to Tehran Aerospace Research Institute by counseling centers and by Tehran Mehrabad Airport. Twenty patients were selected using random sampling and divided into an experimental (9 females and 1 male) and a control (10 females) group. The experimental group received ten individual 20-minute sessions of virtual reality exposure therapy over five weeks. The Aviophobia questionnaire was administered both before and after the intervention in both the experimental and the control groups. The data were analyzed using Covariance analysis and two-way ANOVA. Results indicated that the virtual reality therapeutic method had a significant effect in alleviating fear of flying. Results of the follow-up examination showed that the effect still lasted in two months. The study suggests that a virtual reality exposure therapy can have significant, reliable and sustaining effects on alleviating fear of flying
Ali Reza Aghayousefi; Morteza Tarkhan; Azam Farmani
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Religious- ethical resources and recent psychological research have emphasized the role of patience in promoting mental health. A model investigating the mediating role of patience components in the relation between the Big Five factors of personality and emotion regulation strategies has been presented ...
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Religious- ethical resources and recent psychological research have emphasized the role of patience in promoting mental health. A model investigating the mediating role of patience components in the relation between the Big Five factors of personality and emotion regulation strategies has been presented in this study. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the role of the Big Five factors of personality in predicting cognitive emotion regulation strategies with the mediating role of patience components. The statistical population of the present study was all of university students studying at Shiraz Payam-e-Noor University in the academic year 2014- 2015. Two hundred and ninety six university students were recruited among them via cluster sampling method. The participants answered the Short form of Goldberg’s 50- Item Personality Scale, Patience Scale and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. To analyze the data, mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation coefficient in the descriptive statistics section were utilized. And in the inferential statistics section, path analysis in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used. Moreover, SPSS16 and AMOS were run to analyze the data. The results indicated that the Big Five factors of personality except openness to experience could directly predict patience components and positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Moreover, Agreeableness (β= 0.09; P< 0.0001), Conscientiousness (β= 0.04; P< 0.0001) and Neuroticism (β= -0.04; P< 0.001) indirectly predicted the positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the patience components of Transcendence and Persistence played mediating roles. Negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies were indirectly predicted by Conscientiousness (β= -0.07; P< 0.0001) and Neuroticism (β= 0.09; P< 0.0001) and Acceptance showed a mediating role. It can be concluded that patience components as mediating variables can moderate the effects of negative personality characteristics (e.g., Neuroticism) on emotion regulation strategies and reinforce the effects of positive personality characteristics (e.g., Agreeableness and Conscientiousness) on these strategies. Applying educational strategies of patience in order to increase emotion regulation strategies among patients is recommended to psychologists.
Ali Nikbakht; Hamid taher Neshat doost; Hosseinali Mehrabi
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Depressed people tend to process or recall negative information easier than positive or neutral information. A recent method that promises modifying the intrusive memories is cognitive bias modification (CBM). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of four weeks training of interpretation ...
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Depressed people tend to process or recall negative information easier than positive or neutral information. A recent method that promises modifying the intrusive memories is cognitive bias modification (CBM). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of four weeks training of interpretation (CBM-I) and CBM-I based on self-generation among the students with depressive symptoms and to compare them with computerized cognitive behavior training. The present study is a quasi-experimental research with three groups including pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Fifty one students were randomly assigned into groups of standardized CBM-I, self-generation, and computerized cognitive behaviour training. Instruments included a questionnaires related to the mood, interpretation bias, memory bias and dysfunctional attitudes. Standardized CBM-I, self-generation, and computerized cognitive-behaviour training significantly showed reduced symptoms of depression, enhanced mood, increased positive interpretation bias, increased positive memory bias and reduced negative memory bias. In none of the variables no significant difference was observed between the interventions. Only for positive memory bias, self-generation method was significantly superior to cognitive-behaviour therapy—but not to standardized CBM-I.
Mosayeb yarmohammadi vasel; yasaman savari; mohammad rasekh mahand
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Cognitive models of depression propose that negative schemas and Early Maladaptive Schema contribute to depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study is to identify the early maladaptive Schema of patients with depression disorder. The method of study is descriptive. Research Statistics involves all ...
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Cognitive models of depression propose that negative schemas and Early Maladaptive Schema contribute to depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study is to identify the early maladaptive Schema of patients with depression disorder. The method of study is descriptive. Research Statistics involves all patients with depression disorder who have come to the counseling centers of Tehran and Hamadan. The method of Sample choosing is stratified sampling. This study conducted among 120 patients with depression disorder. Instruments in this study were included Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Short Form of Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ). The analysis of the results showed high correlation between early maladaptive Schema and symptoms of depression disorder (P < 0.05). Regression analysis showed that early maladaptive schema of social isolation/alienation, enmeshment/undeveloped self and emotional inhibition were independent predictors of depression disorder. The results of the present study indicates that identifying Schema of depression in patients can help them understand the predisposing factors their problem.
mohammad hatami; hadi hashemi zarini; vahid sadeghi firouz abadi
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This research aimed to study the effectiveness of therapeutic community on attribute style of addicts. For this purpose two groups were studied. Experimental group were 25 addicte persons from hejrat therapeutic community institute and 28 addict persons as control group that were selected from shahid ...
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This research aimed to study the effectiveness of therapeutic community on attribute style of addicts. For this purpose two groups were studied. Experimental group were 25 addicte persons from hejrat therapeutic community institute and 28 addict persons as control group that were selected from shahid family addiction institute. At first because of determine of therapeutic community effectiveness on attribution style of addicts. Each group discrepancy scours were calculated.
Mas'ood Qorbanali; Ali Esma'ili
Volume 3, Issue 9 , February 2013, , Pages 47-62
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of schema therapy on decreasing hypochondria of persons consulting health care centers in Urmia. For this purpose, the method of random sampling was used to choose 20 participants out of the whole clients consulting health care centers in Urmia. The ...
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of schema therapy on decreasing hypochondria of persons consulting health care centers in Urmia. For this purpose, the method of random sampling was used to choose 20 participants out of the whole clients consulting health care centers in Urmia. The participants were randomly divided into experimental and control groups, and Illness Attitudes Scale was administered as the pre-test. The experimental group received 20 sessions of schema therapy while the control group received no intervention. The same test was administered to both groups as the post-test and follow-up test. The analysis of covariance method was used to interpret the results. The results showed that the level of hypochondria in experimental group was significantly lower than the control group in post-test and follow-up test (p<0/001).
Afsaneh Shahbazirad; Ezatollah Ghadampour; Firoozeh Ghazanfari; Khodamorad Momeni
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This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of education based on the cognition, meta-cognition, and behavioral model in reducing symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD). The study was a semi-experimental design with pretest -posttest design with control group. The study population was all ...
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This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of education based on the cognition, meta-cognition, and behavioral model in reducing symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD). The study was a semi-experimental design with pretest -posttest design with control group. The study population was all patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD), that, referenced to private and public centers in Kermanshah in 2016, that by available sampling method, 30 patients from persons through structured interview (SCID-I) and social anxiety questionnaire of Connor et al (2000), were eligible for the study, selected and assigned to the experimental and control groups, randomly. Twelve sessions of cognition, meta-cognition, and behavioral treatment according to the model developed and based on theoretical perspectives was administered to experimental group as biweekly; while the control group did not receive the intervention. At the end of the intervention, both groups were evaluated again by the test of Connor et al (2000). The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).The findings showed that education based on the cognitive, meta-cognitive, and behavioral model was effective in reducing symptoms of social anxiety disorder (P<0/001). Therefore, according to effectiveness of the model on reducing symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD), it seems therapists and counselors can use the developed model to reduce the symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD) among patients
ali akbar soleimani; Ali Soleymani; Kambiz Pirnia
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Play -therapy is a method of changing the child's behavior in which the parent-child interaction is emphasized. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of play-therapy training based on parent-child relationship on reducing aggression in children with parents under Methadone maintenance ...
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Play -therapy is a method of changing the child's behavior in which the parent-child interaction is emphasized. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of play-therapy training based on parent-child relationship on reducing aggression in children with parents under Methadone maintenance treatment. The present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. All children with parents under Methadone maintenance treatment in age range of 5 to 8 years in Tehran consisted the statistical population of the study. Thus, among 85 mothers that were selected using purposeful sampling method and were willing to cooperate in the study and participate the classes, 50 children who got the score higher than the cut-off point in Relational and clear Aggression Questionnaire by Shahim and were diagnosed of having aggression syndrome, were selected and assigned into experimental (25 individuals) and control (25 individuals) groups. Child-parent group therapy based on Landerth and Braton model was implemented for ten 45-minute sessions as an independent variable. Data were gathered using Relational and Overt Aggression Questionnaire and were analyzed using covariance analysis test and SPSS-18 software. The results showed play-therapy reduced aggression index in physical, verbal and relational components in children (p<0.001). These findings can influence psychological interventions as an independent approach or complement the medical treatment of children with behavioral disorders and psychiatric and clinical applications is important.
khodamorad momeni; farnaz radmehr
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Pervasive anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder, which is a serious concern, the main diagnostic criterion for this disorder. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotional schema therapy on the interpretation bias (self-explanation, interpretation of others) ...
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Pervasive anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder, which is a serious concern, the main diagnostic criterion for this disorder. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotional schema therapy on the interpretation bias (self-explanation, interpretation of others) of patients with generalized anxiety disorder. The present study was a pilot study with a pretest-post-test and follow up with the control group. The statistical population of this study was all female students with generalized anxiety disorder in Razi University in the academic year of 2017-18. In order to implement the research, screening tests were performed. At first, girls completed Pennsylvania's worries questionnaire, then, among those who scored above 47 in this questionnaire, a structured clinical interview based on DSM-IV-TR Thirty students were diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Then, 26 students who had the necessary criteria for entering the research were randomly selected and two groups of 13 subjects were tested and tested. The tools used in the general anxiety inventory were Spitz et al. (2006), Pennsylvania State Concern (PSWQ) May et al. (1990), and the bias between Butler and Matthews (1983). The experimental group received emotional schema therapy in 9 sessions, one and a half hours (weekly one session). At the end of the intervention, post-test and three months after the intervention, follow-up was done on two groups of experiment and control. Raw data analysis was performed using SPSS29 and descriptive and inferential tests such as multivariate and single-variable covariance analysis. In the experimental group, there was a significant decrease in the bias of their own interpretation and others after the intervention (P <0.001). These results were maintained at the follow-up stage. : According to the results, emotional schema therapy intervention is recommended to reduce the rate of interpretation bias in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
Mohsen Ahmadi Tahūr-Soltāni; Rezā Karami-Niā; Hasan Ahadi; Alirezā Morādi
Volume 2, Issue 5 , February 2012, , Pages 51-73
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Background and Objective: To measure the mental strength and ability of human and structures that exist in field of positive psychology some instruments are required. The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Simpson's Hope Scale in Iranian university students.
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Background and Objective: To measure the mental strength and ability of human and structures that exist in field of positive psychology some instruments are required. The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Simpson's Hope Scale in Iranian university students.
Methods: In this descriptive-survey research 1000 students of the 18-34 age group and the 23.9±5.13 mean were selected through categorical cluster sampling method from among different Iranian universities, and the participant answered Snyder's Hope Scale, Oxford Happiness Scale, Hardiness Scale, Beck Hopelessness Inventory, Riff's Psychological Well-being Scale as well as Simpson's (1999) Hope Scale (with minor changes).
Results: Of meaningful significance (p<0/01) were Coefficients of Cronbach's Alpha (0.94), split-half (0.85), convergent validity (with Hardiness, (0.40), Happiness, (0.64), Psychological Well-being, (0.47), divergent validity (with Hopelessness, -0.25). Exploratory factor analysis showed that 40-items Hope scale for adults had five latent factors that explain 56% of the variance. Second order confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the five factors had high factor loadings on one latent factor and therefore six factors model was fitted with the data (AGFI=0.93, RMSEA= 0.037, NFI=0.98).
Conclusion: The results showed that this test has high reliability and validity and can be used in other researches as well.
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.
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.
Zahra Rajabi; Mahmoud Najafi; Alimuhammad Reza’i
Volume 3, Issue 10 , February 2013, , Pages 55-71
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The aim of this research is to study the effectiveness of cognitive–behavioral group therapy in reducing aggression symptoms in elementary school children. The research design was experimental pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with experimental group. The population consisted of all 7-12 year-old ...
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The aim of this research is to study the effectiveness of cognitive–behavioral group therapy in reducing aggression symptoms in elementary school children. The research design was experimental pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with experimental group. The population consisted of all 7-12 year-old elementary school children (both male and female) of Shahroud in school year 2011-2012. Participants were randomly divided into two groups of 20. The treatment group received intervention for ten sessions a week. Data were collected by relational and overt aggression questionnaire. They were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance. Results showed that cognitive-behavioral group therapy reduced both verbal reactive and relational aggression in children but had no effect on physical aggression. While all components of aggression were not affected by the cognitive-behavioral group therapy, it could improve children's behaviors.
Afsar Khalili Sadrabad; Faramarz Sohrabi; Esmail Sadipor; Ali Delavar; Zahra Khoshnevisan
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and sustainability socio-educational inoculation program with Islamic teachings approach with the Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on risk taking students. The research of method was experimental method by the design of pretest-posttest with ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and sustainability socio-educational inoculation program with Islamic teachings approach with the Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on risk taking students. The research of method was experimental method by the design of pretest-posttest with two experimental groups and the control group. The sample was 54 students with risky behavior selected by random cluster sampling. The scale of measuring was risky behaviors (Zadeh Mohammadi et al.). The results of analysis of covariance indicated a meaningful decrease in mean risk taking scores for both groups, and Toki test results indicated a significant difference between two groups. Also, the paired T test indicated that the effect of education of Socio-Educational inoculation program with Islamic teachings approach is stable for six months. This sustainability was not established the Stress Inoculation Training. Findings indicate that that can be considered both the Socio-Educational inoculation program with Islamic teachings approach and the Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) as options for reducing Risk taking students, but was more effective sustainability in the Socio- Educational inoculation program with Islamic teachings approach.
Ahmad Abedi; Mahboubeh Kiani; Salar Faramarzi; Mojgan Shoushtari; Fereshteh Golshani Monnazah
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 59-83
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In recent years, experts in the field of obsessive-compulsive disorder are trying to measure and compare the validity and efficiency of psychological interventions and drug therapy. In this regard, a meta-analysis integrating results of different researches demonstrates the effect size of treatments.
This ...
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In recent years, experts in the field of obsessive-compulsive disorder are trying to measure and compare the validity and efficiency of psychological interventions and drug therapy. In this regard, a meta-analysis integrating results of different researches demonstrates the effect size of treatments.
This study aims to study the impact of psychological interventions and drug therapy on reducing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive patients. For this purpose, 40 accepted researches were selected and meta-analysis was performed on them. Research instrument was a checklist of meta-analysis.The effect size of psychological interventions on reducing obsessive-compulsive symptoms was 1/88( p ≤ 0.001) and for drug therapy 1/11 (p ≤ 0.001).
According to Cohen's effect size, psychological interventions and drug therapy have a high impact on reducing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Koorosh Eskandari; Imanollah Bigdeli; Ali Mohammad Rezaei; Atefeh Fadaei
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The aim of this study was the comparison of cognitive processes (working memory and response inhibition) in methamphetamine-dependent individuals. The design of the present study is causal-comparative. The study population was all methamphetamine-dependent individuals and normal participants at Ilam. ...
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The aim of this study was the comparison of cognitive processes (working memory and response inhibition) in methamphetamine-dependent individuals. The design of the present study is causal-comparative. The study population was all methamphetamine-dependent individuals and normal participants at Ilam. The sampling method of current research was available sampling. Participants consist of 30 methamphetamine-dependend and 30 normal participants. The color-word Stroop test (type PC) was performed for assessing response inhibition and for assessing working memory and evaluating subtest Wechsler memory span data(computer type) was used. The data were analyzed by multivariate analyses of variance. Results showed that theperformance of methamphetamine-dependent individuals in components digits span was significantly different from the normal group. Also, methamphetamine-dependent individuals in the performance of response inhibition was significantly different from normal, but the components of congruent reaction time and incongruent reaction time and components without incongruent response no significant difference was observed between the two groups. Results showed that the methamphetamine-dependence has significant influence on working memory and inhibitory responses.
Monir Kalāntar-Qoreyshi; Ahmad Borjali; Abbās Zāmyād; Fariborz Dortāj
Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2012, , Pages 65-88
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In this study we examine the effect of relaxation training on anxiety reduction and on working memory capacity (WMC). In an experimental study the students of a secondary school in Tehran were selected using random cluster sampling. Through an anxiety test based on the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale ...
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In this study we examine the effect of relaxation training on anxiety reduction and on working memory capacity (WMC). In an experimental study the students of a secondary school in Tehran were selected using random cluster sampling. Through an anxiety test based on the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (1970), 40 girl students were divided into two test and control groups by random assignment. In the pre-test, students responded to questionnaire of working memory capacity (Daneman & Carpenter, 1980). The tests were organized in group form. In the next stage of research, the test group received 12 one-hour session training (3 sessions per week), and were offered relaxation techniques, as well as deep breathing and muscle relaxation, while no training was provided for the control group. Upon completion of the sessions in the post-test stage, both test and control groups were tested again with Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and questionnaires of working memory capacity (Daneman & carpenter, 1980). The statistical methodology was based on multivariate analysis of covariance. The results of this study suggest that relaxation training increases the working memory capacity and its components, i.e. storage and processing, by way of decreasing anxiety. Therefore, relaxation training is a useful strategy for reduction of anxiety and promotion of working memory capacity
saeed khodabandelow; Mahmoud Najafi; Icaaq Rahimian Boogar
Abstract
The present study aimed to study the effectiveness of schema mode therapy on the increasing of explicit and implicit self -esteem in narcissistic personality disorder was carried out. In this study, the A-B single-subject design, and multiple baseline were used. The study sample was three clinic clients ...
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The present study aimed to study the effectiveness of schema mode therapy on the increasing of explicit and implicit self -esteem in narcissistic personality disorder was carried out. In this study, the A-B single-subject design, and multiple baseline were used. The study sample was three clinic clients in Qazvin who were selected by purposive sampling. So that, the clients after answering to the Third Version of Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MMPI-III(, were diagnostic interviewed by psychiatrist, and they were diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). First, at baseline, subjects (2 female, 1 male), responded to the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). After drawing the baseline data, the treatment process was followed in accordance with the principles of the single subject experimental designs and all three subjects entered to the treatment plan one after another. Schema therapy in 20 individual 60-minute sessions weekly for 2 sessions was administered and 1 month after the end of treatment, follow-up period followed. Finally, the data obtained using descriptive statistics, visual analysis charts with trend indicators, stability, percentage data unoverlapping (PND), and the percentage overlapping data (POD) were analyzed. The results showed that schema mode therapy on the increasing of the explicit self-esteem in narcissistic personality disorder was not effective, but on their implicit self-esteem was effective. According to the results, schema therapy on improving and increasing of the explicit self-esteem in narcissistic personality disorder is efficient and effective, and can be used in the treatment of symptoms that they are due to low implicit self-esteem in narcissism patients.
