Psychology
fatemeh dafeian; zahra yousefi
Abstract
Background: The aim of the present study was the effectiveness of narrative therapy on meta emotion and reflective functioning among adolescent girls aged 13 to 18 in Isfahan city.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group with a 2-month ...
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Background: The aim of the present study was the effectiveness of narrative therapy on meta emotion and reflective functioning among adolescent girls aged 13 to 18 in Isfahan city.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group with a 2-month follow-up phase. The statistical population included all adolescent girls aged 13 to 18 in Isfahan city in 2022. Among these, with the available sampling method among adolescent girls aged 13 to 18, according to the entry and exit criteria and answering the questions of the questionnaires, the number of 40 people They were selected as a statistical sample and were replaced by a simple random method in two experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The research tools were Fonagy's Reflective Functioning questionnaire (2016) and Mitmansgruber's meta-emotion questionnaire (2009). The experimental group was exposed to 8 sessions of 90-minute narrative therapy intervention based on Gerald de Manck's (1941) protocol, while the control group. The data were analyzed using SPSS-23 software and at two descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (variance analysis with repeated measurements) levels (p<0.001).
Results:That the findings showed that mean positive meta-emotion and reflective functioning to the control group had increased significantly and mean negative meta-emotion to the control group had increased decreases (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study it can be concluded that narrative therapy has a significant effect on increasing positive meta-emotion, reducing negative meta-emotion and improvement reflective functioning of adolescent girls .
Zahra Eftekhari yazdi; Hasan Abdollahzadeh
Volume 21, Issue 1 , March and April 2015, , Pages 36-42
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing age at menarche in sabzevarian girls, for health policy.
Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive –analytical study, we enrolled 400 girls aged 10-17 years, whose menstruation had started during 6 months ...
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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing age at menarche in sabzevarian girls, for health policy.
Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive –analytical study, we enrolled 400 girls aged 10-17 years, whose menstruation had started during 6 months before the study; and lived in Sabzevar at least for 3 years ago. Data such as demographic information, height and weight of the girls were collected using a checklist, and analyzed in SPSS 11.5 software. Pearson correlation coefficient test was used to determine relationships, and T test for qualitative variables.
Results: The mean age of the participants, age at menarche, weight, height and body mass index (BMI) were 12.88±1.26 years, 15.12 ± 1.53 years, 53 ±10.49 kg, 160.49±0.07 cm, and 20.58 ±3.83 kg/m2, respectively. There was a significant correlation between age at menarche, and height (P