Parviz Sharifi Daramadi
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 99-118
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Research suggests that depression, anxiety and rumination disorders are among the most important psychological problems inpatients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) has been found effective in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms, but little research has studied ...
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Research suggests that depression, anxiety and rumination disorders are among the most important psychological problems inpatients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) has been found effective in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms, but little research has studied patients with autism. The present study therefore aimed at examining effects of a modified MBT protocol (MBT-AS) in high-functioning adults with ASD. A group of 42 autistic individuals, chosen through convenient sampling and aging from 15 to 26, were divided into an experimental (20 individuals) and a control (21 individuals) group. The experimental group received a treatment protocol based on mindfulness (Teasedale et al.; revised edition). Data analysis was carried out using t-test in independent groups, chi-square test and multivariate variance analysis. Results showed a significant decreasein depression, anxiety and rumination in the experimental group. Results also showed that positive affect increased in the experimentalgroup but not in the control group. The present study is the first controlled trial for demonstrating that adults with ASD can benefit from MBT-AS
Elham Abniki; Abbas Abolghasemi; Masoumeh Abbasi; Roghieh Moazzez; Razieh Jalali
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2015, , Pages 99-118
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This study sets out to investigate the impact of group cognitive-behavioral intervention in stress management on improved hardiness and self-control in depressed women. It was carried out by means of experimental method inclusive of pretest and posttest with a control group. The statistical population ...
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This study sets out to investigate the impact of group cognitive-behavioral intervention in stress management on improved hardiness and self-control in depressed women. It was carried out by means of experimental method inclusive of pretest and posttest with a control group. The statistical population comprises all female married patients visiting the Psychiatry Clinic in Tehran in 2013. The research sample is composed of 30 depressed patients who were selected from among the patients and divided into two experiment and control groups. For the purpose of data collection, the hardiness scale, self-control scale, perceived stress scale, and depression inventory were employed. Results of the multivariate variance analysis suggested that group cognitive-behavioral intervention in stress management positively affects improved hardiness and self-control (P<0.001). According to the research findings, group cognitive-behavioral intervention in stress management proves to be an effective method for improving and increasing depressed women's hardiness and self-control.
Marzeih Sobhani (M.A); Ali Reza Moradi (Ph.D; Neda Alibaigi (Ph.D); Behrooz Dolatshahi (Ph.D)
Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2011, , Pages 101-128
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Based on empirically supported treatments for schizophrenia, various independent researchers have shown efficacy of psychological treatment in reducing symptoms and improving functions but these therapies include only some parts of signs of symptoms. The main aim of the CBT is treating more ...
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Based on empirically supported treatments for schizophrenia, various independent researchers have shown efficacy of psychological treatment in reducing symptoms and improving functions but these therapies include only some parts of signs of symptoms. The main aim of the CBT is treating more symptoms and also rehabilitation. The aim of the current research is to investigate the efficacy of CBT in improving of functions and reducing positive and negative symptoms among patient who suffer from schizophrenia.
A Randomized Clinical Trial was used to compare the efficacy of CBT that of patients who receive treatment as usual (TAU). From Razi hospital in Tehran, 40 inpatient people with schizophrenia and persistent negative and positive symptoms were assigned. Patients were included if they were aged 25 to 55 years; had diagnosis of schizophrenia and persistent to medication for at least 2 years. 20 of these patients received a 16 session’s treatment over 2 months and the rest were located in control group. Patients in 2 group received Treatment as usual. The positive and negative symptoms scales, NOSIE & NCSE completed for all patients before, in the middle and after treatment.
SPSS 11.5 and multivariate repeated measure was used. Significant improvement were found in the severity and number of positive (P= 0/05) and negative (P= 0/001) symptoms in patients received CBT. CBT leaded to improvement in cognitive & behavioral functions (p=0/001).
CBT is a useful adjunct therapy in the management of patients with schizophrenia in treating negative &positive symptoms as well as cognitive and behavioral deficits.
Afsaneh Karimi; Seyyed Abdolmajid Bahreinian; Baqer Ghobari Bonab
Volume 3, Issue 9 , February 2013, , Pages 103-118
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The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of meditation on depression and anxiety of female students. In this quasi-experimental and application study, 100 women of 18 to 48 years of age were selected through available sampling method to represent the experimental group (50 subjects) and the ...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of meditation on depression and anxiety of female students. In this quasi-experimental and application study, 100 women of 18 to 48 years of age were selected through available sampling method to represent the experimental group (50 subjects) and the control group (50 subjects). Zung Anxiety Scale and BDI were used to gather data in pre-test and post-test. The results showed that meditation method had significant impact on depression and anxiety of women (p<0/001). The women that received meditation method had lower levels of depression and anxiety. Meditation technique is useful in treating anxiety and depression in female women. Thus, it is necessary to use this intervention in clinics.
M. Nicknam (M. A); A. Allahyari (Ph. D); K. Rasolzadeh Tabatabai
Volume 1, Issue 3 , February 2011, , Pages 104-119
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The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of stress inoculation training on perceived stress in different identity style.
Participates from simple random samplings were chosen and identity style questionnaires were performed. Entrance criteria for participant include: Female, undergraduate ...
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The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of stress inoculation training on perceived stress in different identity style.
Participates from simple random samplings were chosen and identity style questionnaires were performed. Entrance criteria for participant include: Female, undergraduate students in educational courses, having psychological and physical health by self-report.
54 subjects were divided by random assignment into 2 subject groups on the basis of their identity style (normative, diffuse/avoidant). In the next stage perceived stress questionnaires were performed. Then treatment. In the post test we perceived stress questionnaires was applied.
The results indicated. That stress inoculation training can decrease perceived stress, and explanations and evaluations of events in mind are important in stress. Changing on the basis of self instruction can affect on perceived stress.
Bakhtiar Molkari; Nader Karmian; Kioumars Farahbakhsh; Masoumeh Esmaili
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2014, , Pages 107-120
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The aim of the present study was to analyze emotional and familial situations of injured victims of the chemical air attack on city of Sardasht. The study employed a qualitative (interpretive) design and the statistical population included all injured victims of Sardasht chemical air attack. The sample ...
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The aim of the present study was to analyze emotional and familial situations of injured victims of the chemical air attack on city of Sardasht. The study employed a qualitative (interpretive) design and the statistical population included all injured victims of Sardasht chemical air attack. The sample consisted of 15 men and 15 women, chosen through convenient sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used for examining the sample population’s emotional and familial situation. Data were analyzed using categorizing and coding. Results suggested that the following complaints were common among the majority of the population: inability in communicating with others, inability in expressing emotions, changes in mood, humiliation, irritability, horrible nightmares, emotional dependence, lack of close relationships among family members, family fights, dissatisfaction with spouse, dissatisfaction with one’s parental role, and failed relationships with one’s children. The study suggests that the chemical air attack has widely incurred numerous emotional and familial problems on the injured victims, who are in urgent need of supportive interventions offered by people and the government.
M. Shahgholian; P. azadfallah; A. Fathi-Ashtiani; M. khodadadi
Volume 1, Issue 4 , February 2011, , Pages 110-134
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Executive functions describe as higher level processes that controlling and monitoring elementary (object) mental operations Neuroimaging studies have identified some of cortical areas involved in executive functions, frontal and prefrontal mostly. Because of these processing occur in a proportional ...
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Executive functions describe as higher level processes that controlling and monitoring elementary (object) mental operations Neuroimaging studies have identified some of cortical areas involved in executive functions, frontal and prefrontal mostly. Because of these processing occur in a proportional second, those couldn’t be tested by traditional paper-pencil tools exactly. With introducing computers as a valuable tool for psychological and neuropsychological assessment, developing computerized version of tests to be extensive. Since according to researches, the wisconsin card sorting test is one of the most distinctive test for frontal and prefrontal executive functions, in present study, we effort to design and developing wisconsin computerized version based on a standard version.For differential validity, according to scores of Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R), 2 groups including high anxiety (Anx+) and low anxiety (Anx-) were selected and performed computerized version of wisconsin. The results indicated that means of outputs differ in 2 groups. Also, cronbach’s alpha and split-half coefficients of computerized version showed that it has suitable reliability in Iranian subjects.
Elham Tavakoli; Shahla Pezeshk; Janet Hashemi Azar; Ali Delavar; Gholam Reza Sarami
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program based on neuro- dramatic play on mother-fetus attachment in pregnant women. For this purpose, the program was implemented from the 4th month of pregnancy and for biweekly an hour on volunteer women who were 20 to 35 years ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program based on neuro- dramatic play on mother-fetus attachment in pregnant women. For this purpose, the program was implemented from the 4th month of pregnancy and for biweekly an hour on volunteer women who were 20 to 35 years old, nulliparous, had general health according to Goldberg scale and their education was at least diploma. In order to check the status of attachment, the mothers filled the maternal antenatal attachment scale monthly. The method was semi-experimental and the pretest- posttest control group design, so the control group was selected with considering inclusion and exclusion criteria from women referred to Nikan hospital. Results based on descriptive statistics show the effectiveness of the research program but based on inferential statistics and using t test, significant difference between two groups was observed just in intensity of the 7th month. According to the results, it seems that the program was effective in promoting prenatal attachment, so we can use it to support at risk groups of attachment problems
mousa riahi; Masoumeh Esmaeili; Somayeh Kazemian
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The present study aimed to study the effects of mindfulness training to mothers on improving parent-child relationship. The statistical population of this research comprised all high school students with their mothers in first grade in academic year 1393-1394 in Baharestan District of Tehran Province, ...
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The present study aimed to study the effects of mindfulness training to mothers on improving parent-child relationship. The statistical population of this research comprised all high school students with their mothers in first grade in academic year 1393-1394 in Baharestan District of Tehran Province, where were studying together with their mothers. The present research subjects were 24 students with their mothers selected through cluster sampling method and interview. The measurement used in this study was questionnaire of parent-child conflicts of Murray Straus (2002) (mother and child forms).The mothers in the experimental group got mindfulness training for eight 120-minute sessions and a session per week, then, pre-post and follow up tests were carried out. Data were analyzed through MANOVA and ANOVA. The results showed that mindfulness training to the mothers improves parent-child relationships and its dimensions (increasing the reasoning skills of parent-child and decreasing their verbal aggression and physical aggression) between mothers and sons (p<0/05). Based on the findings of the study, we suggest the counselors and psychologists to use mindfulness training to improve parent-child relationship.
Saeid Aslani; Mahdi Khanjani
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are periods of distress with sensory, psychomotor and behavioral symptoms that resemble epileptic seizures but electrophysiological correlated variations of these attacks are not commensurate to epilepsy. This disorder has a significant impact on daily-life activities ...
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are periods of distress with sensory, psychomotor and behavioral symptoms that resemble epileptic seizures but electrophysiological correlated variations of these attacks are not commensurate to epilepsy. This disorder has a significant impact on daily-life activities and leads to poor quality of life. This study aimed to examine efficacy of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on improvement of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. This study was an empirical case study with AB design. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures were confirmed in subjects using QEEG and assessments of a neurologist and a psychiatrist. Beck depression inventory (BDI) was filled out by the subjects before and after the interventions. Eight Psychotherapy sessions with ISTDP approach were individually held once a week. Outcomes indicated that PNES disappeared. Furthermore, post-test BDI scores were significantly lower comparing to pre-test scores. Outcomes suggest that intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy is an appropriate approach to reduce psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and it's applicable by therapists in clinical settings.
Fereshteh Yaghooti; sogand ghasemzadeh; GholamAli Afrooz
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Objective: Studies have shown that Alzheimer's progression in people with Down syndrome is associated with a faster disorder in some of the functional functions. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of adults with Down syndrome with and without Alzheimer's disorder. Method: The present ...
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Objective: Studies have shown that Alzheimer's progression in people with Down syndrome is associated with a faster disorder in some of the functional functions. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of adults with Down syndrome with and without Alzheimer's disorder. Method: The present study is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all subjects with Down syndrome over 40 years of age and included 10 subjects or Down syndrome with Alzheimer's disorder and 10 subjects with Down syndrome without Alzheimer's disorder (a total of 20 people), which were selected by availability and then by instrument Wisconsin Cards and Stroop Test. MANOVA was used to compare the groups. Results: The results of the analysis of the data showed that among people with Down syndrome with Alzheimer's with people with Down syndrome without Alzheimer's There is a significant difference between Wisconsin and Stroup tests. Conclusion: The results showed that people with Down syndrome with Alzheimer's had a weaker performance than the other group. In fact, reducing the size of the cognitive reservoir in the frontal lobe leads to early impairment and then signs of impairment in the functional functions.
Kamran Sheivandi; Ebarhim Naeimi; Mohamad reza Farshad
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Wellbeing of the population is the main goal of each country. This study aimed to the structural model of self-compassion and psychological well-being, self-esteem and body image among female students of Shiraz University with mediator. The study population consisted girl students of Shiraz University. ...
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Wellbeing of the population is the main goal of each country. This study aimed to the structural model of self-compassion and psychological well-being, self-esteem and body image among female students of Shiraz University with mediator. The study population consisted girl students of Shiraz University. For this purpose, a sample of 280 student were selected using a one-step cluster sampling. The scale body image, well-being, self-compassion and self-esteem was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using path analysis by AMOS software. The proposed model is based on the hypothesis was tested. The results show that the model is a good fit. Based on the results of the structural model, "self-compassion is a predictor of body image and self-esteem", "body image is a predictor of well-being” and so "self-esteem is a predictor of body image". Indirect influences are consisting of "self-compassion influences on self-esteem on body image" and "influences self-compassion on body image on well-being ". Study the importance of self-esteem, body image and self-pity in well-being shows
Ali Delavar; Asieh Ebrahimi
Volume 3, Issue 10 , February 2013, , Pages 116-137
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The aim of this study is to quantitatively combine the theses about the individual and family factors influencing conduct disorder. For this purpose, meta-analysis was used as a statistical technique to identify, collect, combine, and summarize the research findings related to the role of effective factors ...
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The aim of this study is to quantitatively combine the theses about the individual and family factors influencing conduct disorder. For this purpose, meta-analysis was used as a statistical technique to identify, collect, combine, and summarize the research findings related to the role of effective factors on conduct disorder. The population of research included studies that had been done in Iran about effective factors of conduct disorder in children and adolescents, and the sample included all theses done in this field at the universities of Tehran (20 theses). The mean effect size (r) in individual factors was 0.33 in fixed effects model and 0.37 in random effects model while the mean effect size (r) in family factors was 0.05 in fixed effects model and 0.04 in random effects model. According to Cohen's criteria, the effect size of individual factors and family factors were below the average and low, respectively. But, in the investigation of separative effect size of factors, variables social skills, life skills, guilt feel, being a working child, academic achievement, internal-external attributions, planning-organizing ability, attention to class, mental state of parents, their marital satisfaction, their substance abuse and self-esteem were high and significant due to Cohen's standards. Because of the significance of Q statistic which resulted from the heterogeneity of studies, sex, measuring instruments, sampling method, and age variables were entered into the analysis as confounding variables. Z-test of the studies related to individual factors showed that the effect size was significant for all intervening variables. In contrast, z-test of the studies on family factors showed it to be significant only for variables of sex and measuring instruments. Due to the high mean of effect size in variables listed above, researchers and clinicians should consider the importance of these factors in evaluation and treatment of behavioral disorders in children and adolescents. They should also take note of the role of modulators listed above in their future studies.
Mohsen Shokūhi Yektā; Saeed Akbari-Zardkhāneh; Fahimeh Qahvehchi
Volume 2, Issue 5 , February 2012, , Pages 116-137
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Objective: This paper aims to study the effectiveness of training the pre-school teachers for issues relating to problem solving and anger management, and its impact on their teaching style, aggression and happiness.
Method: The present study is of a quasi-experimental “pretest-posttest” ...
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Objective: This paper aims to study the effectiveness of training the pre-school teachers for issues relating to problem solving and anger management, and its impact on their teaching style, aggression and happiness.
Method: The present study is of a quasi-experimental “pretest-posttest” single group design. 48 preschool teachers in Tehran were selected, and asked to complete the Teaching Style Questionnaire, Redford-Williams Hostility, and Oxford Happiness Inventory. The subjects were then exposed to problem-solving and anger management training.
Results: Test results for pre and post tests in all subscales of parenting styles showed significant differences. Comparison of the effect size for different subscales of teaching styles suggested that the highest effect size was for problem solving. Also hostility showed a significant decrease and happiness a significant increase in the posttest stage.
Conclusion: It is concluded that the interventions applied in the present study can be used to increase happiness, decrease hostility and improve the problem solving strategies accordingly.
Hamed Jahanbin; Ahmad Borjali; Hossein Eskandari
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This study has been conducted to investigate the efficacy of Narrative Constructive Treatment in Back to the future model on reduction of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) symptoms. The population of the study were all women with ASD symptoms, which appeared following the exposure to car accident coma of the ...
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This study has been conducted to investigate the efficacy of Narrative Constructive Treatment in Back to the future model on reduction of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) symptoms. The population of the study were all women with ASD symptoms, which appeared following the exposure to car accident coma of the spouse and their husband hospitalized in ICU ward of Poorsina hospital, in Rasht, during 2013 (from June to August). The sample included three women (n=3), who were selected based on purposeful sampling procedure. These cases were selected using Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Questionnaire (SASRQ). This study was a non-concurrent multiple-baseline (across participants) single-case experimental study. The intervention was conducted based on Narrative Constructive Treatment in Back to the future model. The treatment program was carried out for 13 sixty-minute sessions. In general, the study consisted of three stages including the baseline evaluation, the intervention period, and with a follow-up period of 1.5 and 3 months subsequent to treatment termination. Data were analyzed using the clinical significance (Cohen’s d) method, and findings demonstrated that all subjects who completed the treatment showed significant improvement in their ASD symptoms (d = -1.89), including dissociative (d = -1.78), re-experience (d = -1.82), avoidance (d= -2.08) and marked symptoms of anxiety or increased arousal (d = -1.88). It appears that back to the future model is effective in treating women’s ASD.
Negar Karimian; Mahmoud Glozari; Ahmad Borjali
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 119-138
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The addicts experience various forms of mental stress in their daily lives. Inability to handle the stress reduces their quality of life and thus increases their dependence on drug.
The present article seeks to study the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy in improving the ...
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The addicts experience various forms of mental stress in their daily lives. Inability to handle the stress reduces their quality of life and thus increases their dependence on drug.
The present article seeks to study the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy in improving the male addict's quality of life.
In a pilot study, 30 male addicts in a rehabilitation center in Isfahan were selected through random sampling to represent the experimental group (15 patients) and control group (15 patients). The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy while the control group received no treatment. All the patients completed the SF-36 questionnaire at the beginning of the study, at its end and 3 months after its completion. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance.
The results of the covariance analysis demonstrated a significant difference between the two groups regarding the improvement of the quality of life. The experimental group received higher scores in both the post-test and follow-up test (p<005).
The cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy has a significant impact on improving the male addicts' quality of life.
Ali Farhady; Moslem Abbasi; Mohammad Javad Bagyian Koulemarz; Ali Reza Azimpour
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The complex nature of borderline personality disorder, review and development of new treatments will be required. This study aimed at intervening the subjective well-being and reducing impulsive behaviors of men with borderline personality disorder: Efficiency and effectiveness cognitive analytic therapy ...
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The complex nature of borderline personality disorder, review and development of new treatments will be required. This study aimed at intervening the subjective well-being and reducing impulsive behaviors of men with borderline personality disorder: Efficiency and effectiveness cognitive analytic therapy was administered. This was a pilot study and pre-test and post-test follow-up were used as controls. Population in this study was all of the men with borderline personality disorder admitted to a psychiatric hospital and psychiatric clinic in 2013 in Kermanshah perfect form.Using purposive sampling, based on the referring neurologist, 40 male patients with borderline personality disorder, the 50 patients referred to psychiatric clinics, psychiatric hospitals, Farabi, according to the admission of the patient to participate in the study, in the first place and clinical interview (SCID-II) based on DSM-IV, and 3 million tests were selected. That was, the men referred to those who score higher than (BR>84) on a scale of borderline personality MCMI-III. This collection of instruments, including the Structured Clinical Interview for personality disorders, mental Wellbeing scale, and impulsiveness test was 3 million. Both the pre-test, post-test and two-month follow-up was performed for statistical analysis of data from multivariate analysis of covariance was used. Findings of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that psychological therapy - Analysis of the Improving social Wellbeing, emotional, and psychological and decrease impulsiveness is effective in men with borderline personality disorder. Data analysis revealed that post-test and follow-up between the control and experimental groups, the social Wellbeing, emotional, psychological, and impulsiveness there are significant differences. According to our findings, cognitive - a method of analysis strategies for improving social Wellbeing, emotional, and psychological and reduce impulsiveness in patients with borderline personality disorder and it can be a suitable intervention profit search.
hoseyn ghanbari givi; ehsan goli garmianaki
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Recent studies indicating that exploring mental problems of prisoners one providing mental health services for them were the most important areas for psychologists and psychiatrists; according to the spread on abnormalities and personality disorders in the prisoners in comparison with normal population ...
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Recent studies indicating that exploring mental problems of prisoners one providing mental health services for them were the most important areas for psychologists and psychiatrists; according to the spread on abnormalities and personality disorders in the prisoners in comparison with normal population so the necessity of psychotherapies is well informed for them. The purpose of this study was to exploring the effectiveness of humanistic existential group therapy in reducing sysptoms of borderline personality disorder. In this study 105 male prisoners eith borderline personality disorder were determined using preliminary screening of 400 prisoners in central prison in bojnourd city and 34 of them were selected using random sampling. According to the results humanistic existential group therapy could be a selective therapy in treatment of borderline personality disorder.
Abolfazl Karami; Maliheh Shahrestani; Samira Tavana'i Yousefian; Mina Asiabi
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 125-150
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The purpose of this research is to study the family communication patterns (conversation-oriented and conformity-oriented) and stress-coping strategies (emotional-focused and problem-focused) as the predictors of dependence of 13–18 year-old male smokers and non-smokers to cigarette in Mashhad. ...
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The purpose of this research is to study the family communication patterns (conversation-oriented and conformity-oriented) and stress-coping strategies (emotional-focused and problem-focused) as the predictors of dependence of 13–18 year-old male smokers and non-smokers to cigarette in Mashhad. A statistical sample of 182 male teenagers (91 smokers and 91 non-smokers) residing in Mashhad were randomly selected through the process of multistage cluster sampling from two regions (regions 2 and 5) among seven regions of Mashhad and from 14 districts in these two regions. A revised version of Koerner-Fitzpatrick Scale (1990) and Karami-Zinalkhani Scale were used to evaluate the aspects of family communication patterns and stress-coping skills (2010), respectively. In addition to descriptive statistics methods, discriminant analysis method was used for data analysis. The results confirmed all the hypotheses of the research and showed that the teenagers' tendency to smoking could be predicted by studying the conversation-oriented communication pattern, conformity-oriented communication pattern, problem-focused stress-coping skills and emotional-focused stress coping skills.
Habibollah Naderi; Rogeyeh Ramzanzadeh Alizamani
Volume 5, Issue 18 , May 2015, , Pages 127-142
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The purpose of this study is to investigate primary unadjusted schemes in patients suffering from obsession-obligation personality disorder with a non-clinical group. To this end, 50 respondents who were randomly selected from a group having obsession-obligation personality disorder (7 females and 18 ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate primary unadjusted schemes in patients suffering from obsession-obligation personality disorder with a non-clinical group. To this end, 50 respondents who were randomly selected from a group having obsession-obligation personality disorder (7 females and 18 males) and a non-clinical group (8 females and 17 males), completed Yang’s 90-item questionnaire of primary unadjustedschemes. The results showed that the mean and the standard deviation of the two groups were significantly different in some schemes. The Independent Samples T-Test results showed that the two groups were significantly different in self-sacrifice (t (2, 48) = 4.17; p<.001), emotional prevention (t (2, 48) = 18.81; p<.001), perseverance criteria (t (2, 48) = 18.6; p<.001), superiority (t (2, 48) = 2.82; p<.005), and self-punishment (t (2, 48) = 3.19; p<.005). The results suggest that study of schemes is an effective way for exploring fundamental factors causing personality disorder. It is suggested that further studies investigate other personality disorders.
Parvaneh Alaie; Mansour Bayrami
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Anger and its experience in the environment of school is one of the common emotions of adolescence that has been always attended by psychologists based on Tangney theory, shame appearances before anger. So, the goal of this research was the examination of the effectiveness of shame management training ...
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Anger and its experience in the environment of school is one of the common emotions of adolescence that has been always attended by psychologists based on Tangney theory, shame appearances before anger. So, the goal of this research was the examination of the effectiveness of shame management training in reducing female adolescents’ anger in the environment of school; so non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design was used for achieving this goal. Hence, students of two female public middle schools in Tabriz were chosen by multistage-cluster random sampling method and screened. Finally, 30 students from every school were selected by purposeful random sampling and results of Multidimensional School Anger Inventory. Every school consisted of two groups. The schools were randomly designed for experimental and control groups, and correspondingly received educational package and placebo. Results of One-way analysis of covariance, after examination of its presumptions, indicated that intervention was effective (F=11.04, P
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.
mohsen pasbani ardabili; Ahmad Borjali; Shahla Pezeshk
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Relationship with parents plays an important role in the lives of adolescents. Conflict in the relationship causes long-term and serious damage which occurs in adolescents. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on improving mother-child relationship ...
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Relationship with parents plays an important role in the lives of adolescents. Conflict in the relationship causes long-term and serious damage which occurs in adolescents. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on improving mother-child relationship is the opposite. This quasi-experimental study with pretest and posttest approach with a 2-month-old follow-up. 16 women with children that criterion for entry to the study were randomly selected to be available in both experimental and control groups were replaced. Parent-child conflict questionnaire was used to evaluate the experimental variable. Intervention in 8 sessions were performed on women. Pretest and posttest and follow-up was 2 months, and data were collected on children. Complex multivariate analysis of variance (within a group Mass), and multivariate analysis of variance revealed a mixed two-way between the pretest and posttest, but there is a pretest and posttest control group was not different. This difference was persistent in the pursuit of two months. The results showed that intervention of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in improving the quality of mother-child relationship conflict has a positive impact. This effect was significant in a 3-scale questionnaire. Results showed that the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on both sexes was significant, and there was no significant difference between girls and boys in treatment outcomes.
Mohammad-Ali Asghari Moqaddam; Narjes Rahmati; Mohammad-Rezā Sho’eyri
Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2012, , Pages 141-168
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Background: There is considerable individual variation in the levels of pain-related disability among people with chronic pain. Pain self-efficacy and fear of movement have been proposed to explain individual differences in the level of pain-related disability.
Objective: This study aims to investigate ...
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Background: There is considerable individual variation in the levels of pain-related disability among people with chronic pain. Pain self-efficacy and fear of movement have been proposed to explain individual differences in the level of pain-related disability.
Objective: This study aims to investigate whether pain self-efficacy and fear of movement mediate the relationship between pain intensity and disability in patients with chronic pain.
Method: In a cross-sectional design, 195 chronic pain patients completed measures for pain intensity, disability, pain self-efficacy and fear of movement.
Results: The mean age (SD) of the sample was 45.6 years (12) and 73% of the sample reported their main pain sites as low back and legs. Regression analyses were used to test the mediational hypothesis. The first regression analysis indicated that pain self-efficacy beliefs partially mediated the effects of pain intensity on disability. The results of the Sobel test confirmed this mediational effect (Z = 3.40, p < 0.001). The second regression analysis indicated that fear of movement partially mediated the effect of pain intensity on disability. The results of the Sobel test confirmed this mediational effect (Z = 4.43, p< 0.001).
Conclusion: Pain self-efficacy and fear of movement are important in terms of understanding the relationship between pain and disability. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed in the paper.
Neda Ghasemi; mitra goudarzi; firoozeh ghazanfari
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on cognitive emotion regulation, shame and guilt-proneness and mindfulness components in patients with mixed anxiety- depression disorder. The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test with control ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on cognitive emotion regulation, shame and guilt-proneness and mindfulness components in patients with mixed anxiety- depression disorder. The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study included all patients with mixed anxiety- depression disorder in Isfahan. The sample size of the study consisted of 24 people with mixed anxiety- depression disorder, who were selected by purposeful sampling method. They were randomly divided into two groups experimental and control. They were evaluated with cognitive emotional regulation strategy scales, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA) Questionnaire. The experimental group received group compassion-based therapy intervention for 2 months (8 sessions of 90 minutes) while the control group received no training at all. The results of covariance analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the scores of cognitive emotional regulation strategy, shame-proneness and guilt-proneness and mindfulness skills in the experimental and control groups in the post-test. Experimental group, in comparison with the control group, received less scores in shame and guilt and more scores in Mindfulness skills. The results showed that group compassion-based therapy of cognitive emotion regulation strategies was effective. Based on the findings, compassion-based therapy can be used as a suitable treatment option to improve the Mindfulness skills, cognitive-emotional regulation, and preparation for the experience of shame and guilt of people with mixed anxiety- depression disorder.
