Psychology
Hosein Fahimi; samira foji; elham navipour; Milad Maleki
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024
Abstract
Background and objective: Olanzapine is one of the antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia, but it has been noticed due to significant metabolic adverse effects, including the highest weight gain among all antipsychotic drugs.
Materials and methods: This study was conducted as a clinical ...
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Background and objective: Olanzapine is one of the antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia, but it has been noticed due to significant metabolic adverse effects, including the highest weight gain among all antipsychotic drugs.
Materials and methods: This study was conducted as a clinical trial on 120 patients with psychosis under standard treatment with olanzapine. The weight and waist circumference of both groups were measured before and after the study, and the effect of betahistine on the intervention group was compared to the control group. The study data were transformed using SPSS version 24 software and using statistical methods of analysis.
findings:
. The weight before the intervention in the control group was 66.3±10.88, and after the intervention it was 69.67±13.03, and in the intervention group, before the start of the study, it was 66.45±9.95 and after the intervention, it was 11.20. Waist circumference 68.16 ± 70.06 cm ± 12.63 ± 12.63 cm before the intervention in the control group and 71.55 ± 13.13 cm after the intervention and in the intervention group the waist circumference was 11.80 ± 11.80 cm. ± 68.26 cm and after the end of the intervention, 69.4 ± 12.70 cm was obtained.
Conclusion: At the same time as weight gain, olanzapine is prevented in the intervention group and there was no method to prevent weight gain caused by olanzapine.
Psychology
fatemeh dafeian; zahra yousefi
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024
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 .
Psychology
reza salmanipour noghlabary; Alireza Pirkhaefi; gavid peymani; Ali Akbar Foroghi
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024
Abstract
Objective: Major depressive disorder is concomitant with cognitive deficits and executive function. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness therapeutic reconsolidation process model on on executive functions, neuroplasticity and schemas associated with majordepressive disorder in veterans ...
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Objective: Major depressive disorder is concomitant with cognitive deficits and executive function. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness therapeutic reconsolidation process model on on executive functions, neuroplasticity and schemas associated with majordepressive disorder in veterans over 25% of nerves.
Materials and methods: The study method was semi-experimental in the form of pre-test, post-test and 45-day follow-up. Among the 50 nerves veterans above 25%, who had a history of being admitted to Niayesh Hospital in Tehran, 40 people were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups and underwent intervention for 12 sessions of 90 minutes once a week for 3 months. The research tools were: Beck Depression Questionnaire (1996), Leahy Emotional Schemas (2002), Wisconsin Cards (2008), Stroop Color Test (1935) and Dennis Vanderwaal's Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (2010). Data were analyzed using 24spss software.
Findings: The results of mixed variance analysis with repeated measurement showed that the training of the is thetherapeutic Reconsolidation Process model was significantly effective on the executive functions, neuroplasticity and emotional schemas of the sample people. This result also lasted in the follow-up phase (P<0.05).
Results: the effectiveness therapeutic reconsolidation process model was able to improve executive function, increase neuroplasticity and Compatible emotional schemas and maladaptive schemas in veterans over 25% of nerves by correcting traumatic memory and reducing depressive symptoms.
Psychology
Sara Taghizadeh Hir; Mohammad Narimani; Aghajani Seyfollah; Mehriar Nadrmohammadi; Sajjad Basharpoor
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation on improving impulsivity in children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
Materials and Methods: The current research ...
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Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation on improving impulsivity in children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
Materials and Methods: The current research design was quesi-experiment with pre-test-post-test and control group. 60 children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly replaced in three groups: experiment 1, experiment 2, and control (20 people in each group). Data were collected using Connors Parent Rating Scale (1978), Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (2000) Test and Barrett's impulsivity questionnaire (1995). The subjects of the first experimental group received Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation (tDCS) and second experimental group also received Captain Log's rehabilitation intervention. The control group did not receive any intervention.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the groups impulsivity (P<0.05). The experimental groups of transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation had lower impulsivity compared to the control group. Also, by controlling the effect of the pre-test in the two experimental groups, there is significant difference between the two methods of transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, it can be said that the intervention of transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation was effective in improving the impulsivity in children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Therefore, both interventions can be used to improve the impulsivity in children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
Psychology
Fatemeh Azizi Ganjehei; Isaac Rahimian Boogar
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024
Abstract
Background: Adjustment disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, and it is important to determine the factors involved in it. This study investigated the predictive role of individual, social, and psychological determinants in adjustment disorder.
Materials and Methods: The current research ...
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Background: Adjustment disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, and it is important to determine the factors involved in it. This study investigated the predictive role of individual, social, and psychological determinants in adjustment disorder.
Materials and Methods: The current research design is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the research includes 402 people living in Tehran, who were selected through the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using the International Adjustment Disorder Questionnaire (IADQ), Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S), Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (MSPSS) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) was collected and analyzed using SPSS-26 software with multiple linear regression analysis in a stepwise method.
Results: The results of the correlation test showed a significant relationship between predicting variables of fear of infected by Covid-19, perceived social support, resilience, and marital status with adjustment disorder, and the results of multiple linear regression showed that adjustment disorder was explained by the highest contribution of resilience variables (0.220). β=-, P=0.000), perceived social support (β=-0.153, P=0.003), fear of infected by Corona (β=0.150, P=0.002) and status Marriage was (β=0.109, P=0.031).
Conclusion: Resilience, perceived social support, fear of infected by COVID-19 and marital status play a role in adjustment disorder and can explain the variability of adjustment disorder. As a result, it seems important to consider these variables in people with adjustment disorder.
Psychology
Fahimeh Sajedifar; Parvin Ehteshamzadeh; Alireza Heydarei; Sahar Safarzadeh
Volume 31, Issue 1 , March and April 2024, , Pages 83-95
Abstract
Introduction: The early years of life are very important in the interventions and progress of autistic children, and it seems necessary to examine the role of parents in this field. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of early interventions of the Denver-parent ...
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Introduction: The early years of life are very important in the interventions and progress of autistic children, and it seems necessary to examine the role of parents in this field. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of early interventions of the Denver-parent model on improving the developmental profile of children with autism spectrum disorder.Materials and Methods: The current research is applied with AB-type single-subject designs and the statistical population was autistic children in Mahshahr, 3 autistic children were selected by purposive sampling and parents, during 12 individual sessions and 1 hour per week, learned P-ESDM. The evaluation was done in 7 stages with the questionnaire of ASQ3 and descriptive statistics, visual analysis by calculating the percentage of non-overlapping and overlapping data, and comparing graphs were used to analyze the data.Results: The results of the analysis showed that the use of early interventions of the Denver-Parent model increased the scores in the subscales of the developmental profile, with 100% PND and 0% POD, and the increasing trend of scores in various areas of growth continued until the follow-up stage.Conclusion: The implementation of early interventions of the Denver-parent model can lead to the improvement of developmental areas in autistic children and parents have a prominent role in this process, so it seems that introducing and Active participation of parents in the intervention process can be an important step to improve developmental delays in autistic children.
Psychology
sajjad basharpoor; shirin ahmadi
Volume 30, Issue 6 , January and February 2024, , Pages 669-680
Abstract
Introduction: Online gaming addiction is a growing global concern and is detrimental to mental health among adolescents. The present study was conducted aiming to predict the structural relationship model of online game addiction based on Deviant Peer Affiliation with the mediating role of maladaptive ...
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Introduction: Online gaming addiction is a growing global concern and is detrimental to mental health among adolescents. The present study was conducted aiming to predict the structural relationship model of online game addiction based on Deviant Peer Affiliation with the mediating role of maladaptive cognitions and social skill deficits.Materials and Methods: The intended research was structural equation correlation. Its statistical population included all male students of the second year of high school students studying in the public schools of Ardabil city in the academic year of 2023.A sample of 208 participants was selected using convenience sampling method who completed the questionnaires of addiction to online games. The obtained data were analyzed using smart pls4 software.Results: The results showed that Deviant Peer Affiliation has a direct and significant effect on addiction to online games, and the indirect effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation on addiction to online games was confirmed through the mediation of maladaptive cognitions and social skill deficits. The model had a good fit based on the goodness of fit indices.
Psychology
Roghaieh Chraghpoor; ramazan hasanzadeh; ghodratollah Abbasi
Volume 30, Issue 6 , January and February 2024, , Pages 691-703
Abstract
Background: Dyspepsia causes psychological problems and decreases psychological health; therapeutic interventions are needed to solve these problems. This study was designed aiming to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on psychological disturbance and psychological ...
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Background: Dyspepsia causes psychological problems and decreases psychological health; therapeutic interventions are needed to solve these problems. This study was designed aiming to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on psychological disturbance and psychological capital of patients with dyspepsia.Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental research was designed with a pre-test-post-test and a control group. The statistical population included patients with a diagnosis of indigestion without ulcers in the clinic of Tuba Gastroenterology in Sari and Ghaemshahr cities. Overall, 30 people were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly and by drawing lot assigned into experimental and control groups. The people in the experimental group received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Two questionnaires of psychological disturbance and psychological capital were employed.Results: The results showed that before the intervention there was no significant difference between the average scores of psychological disturbance and psychological capital in the experimental and control groups, but there was a statistically significant difference between the average scores in the intervention and control groups after the intervention. The mean and standard deviation of psychological disturbance in the post-test and psychological capital was 3.33±35.40 and 5.96±81.33, respectively (P<0.001).Conclusion: According to the results of this research, mindfulness cognitive therapy reduced the symptoms of psychological disturbance and increased psychological capital in patients with dyspepsia. So the use of this method is recommended as an effective strategy to reduce the psychological problems of patients.
Psychology
mojtaba aghili; Marjan Kalteh; Ensiyeh Babaee
Volume 30, Issue 6 , January and February 2024, , Pages 742-755
Abstract
Background: One of the dangerous unhealthy behaviors that are more common during adolescence compared with other periods of life is the self-injury behavior. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on self-concealment, self-compassion ...
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Background: One of the dangerous unhealthy behaviors that are more common during adolescence compared with other periods of life is the self-injury behavior. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on self-concealment, self-compassion and self-injurious behaviors of female students.Materials and Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The statistical population of the research was the female high school students in Bandar Turkmen, Iran, during the school years 2022-2023, when 30 students were included by cluster sampling and randomly placed in 2 experimental and control groups (n=15 for each group). The experimental group received dialectical behavior therapy while the control group did not receive any intervention until the end of the study. The research tools included Larson and Justin's self-disclosure questionnaires, Neff's self-compassion, and Klonsky and Glenn's list of self-injury behaviors and functions.Results: The results of the research showed that dialectical behavior therapy was effective on self-concealment, self-compassion and self-injury behaviors of female students (P<0.05).Conclusion: The results indicated that, with a receptive and non-judgmental state of mind and empathy, the dialectical behavior therapy led to the reduction of self-concealment, self-injurious behaviors and enhanced self-compassion in female students.
Psychology
Ebrahim Namani; Ghazaleh Nezamdoost; Mina Sahebi Mashhad Toroghi
Volume 30, Issue 5 , November and December 2023, , Pages 547-560
Abstract
Background: Operating room is a stressful workplace. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the structural model of the relationship between psychological well-being and critical thinking with strategies to deal with stressful situations in operating room personnel, considering the mediating role ...
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Background: Operating room is a stressful workplace. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the structural model of the relationship between psychological well-being and critical thinking with strategies to deal with stressful situations in operating room personnel, considering the mediating role of family process and content.Materials and Methods: The present research is a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population included all operating room personnel in Mashhad, Iran as of 2023 winter; 200 operating room personnel were selected as the study sample. To measure the variables, the Family Process and Content Questionnaires, Psychological Well-Being Scale, Critical Thinking Questionnaire and Index Questionnaire for Dealing with Stressful Situations were adminsitered. Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling with Amos22 and SPSS 22 software.Results: The results of the structural equation model showed that the family process played a mediating role in the relationship between critical thinking and problem-oriented and avoidance-oriented strategies. Also, family content played a mediating role in the relationship between critical thinking and avoidance coping strategy (p <0.05). Finally, the results showed that the content of the family and the family process did not play a mediating role in the relationship between psychological well-being and strategies for coping with stressful situations (p >0.05).Conclusion: According to the results obtained from the research, it is suggested to use family therapy workshops for operating room personnel.
Psychology
Seyyedeh Masoumeh Bagheri; seyyedeh maryam mousavi
Volume 30, Issue 5 , November and December 2023, , Pages 573-582
Abstract
Background: Autism spectrum disorder is one of the neurodevelopmental disorders that has been associated with persistent deficits in communication and social interactions in several different fields. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy on psychological capital, emotional ...
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Background: Autism spectrum disorder is one of the neurodevelopmental disorders that has been associated with persistent deficits in communication and social interactions in several different fields. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of reality therapy on psychological capital, emotional self-regulation and anxiety sensitivity in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.Materials and Methods: The research method is a quasi-experimental method and its design is pre-test and post-test with a control group. This study was carrie out on mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Rasht, Iran. The instruments included the 16-question anxiety sensitivity questionnaire of Deacon and Wallen (2002), the 24-question psychological capital questionnaire of Luthans (2007) and the 63-question self-regulation questionnaire of Miller and Brown (1999).The data were analyzed using SPSS23 software and Mankova's multivariate analysis of covariance test.Results: The results of the research showed that reality therapy had a significant effect on psychological capital, emotional self-regulation and anxiety sensitivity in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Reality therapy also had a significant effect on anxiety sensitivity and psychological capital. It also had a significant effect on emotional self-regulation.Conclusion: The average scores of psychological capital, emotional self-regulation in the intervention group under reality therapy in the post-test stage significantly increased compared to the pre-test and the control group. Also, the average scores of anxiety sensitivity in the intervention group under reality therapy in the post-test phase decreased compared to the pre-test and the control group.
Psychology
Elham Tavasli; Tayyaba Sharifi; Reza Amadi
Volume 30, Issue 5 , November and December 2023, , Pages 583-595
Abstract
Background: The illness of a family member affects the whole family and changes their lifestyle. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality of life training on resilience and psychological well-being of primary caregivers of ...
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Background: The illness of a family member affects the whole family and changes their lifestyle. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality of life training on resilience and psychological well-being of primary caregivers of chronic mental patients in Borujen city.Materials and Methods: The present study is a semi-experimental which was selected from the community of primary caregivers of chronic mental patients in Borujen city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province using available sampling method. Research tools included resilience questionnaires (Connor and Davidson, 2003) and psychological well-being (Reif, 1989).Results: The results showed that the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality of life group training on increasing resilience was significant (P<0.05) and the effectiveness of Islamic quality of life group training was more than training self-determination skills. Also, the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality training on increasing psychological well-being was significant (P<0.05) and the effectiveness of Islamic life quality training was more than self-determination skills training.Conclusion: Therefore, it can be said that teaching self-determination skills and teaching the quality of Islamic life can improve the resilience and psychological well-being of the main caregivers of chronic mental patients.
Psychology
Jafar Asvadi Ghoshe gonbadi; Abolfazl Bakhshipour; Hossein akbari amarghan
Volume 30, Issue 4 , November and December 2023, , Pages 428-441
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Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and behavioral activation therapy on cognitive avoidance and emotion regulation in people with generalized anxiety disorder.Materials and Methods: The research was of an applied type, with ...
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Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and behavioral activation therapy on cognitive avoidance and emotion regulation in people with generalized anxiety disorder.Materials and Methods: The research was of an applied type, with a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all the people suffering from generalized anxiety disorder in Mashhad in 2019, out of which 45 samples were selected from the Pulse of Life Psychotherapy Clinic and divided into 3 groups of 15 people (2 experimental groups and 1 control group). Randomly replaced and in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up, they responded to the general anxiety disorder scale of Spitzer et al. (2006), cognitive avoidance by Sexton and Dagas (2008) and emotional regulation difficulty by Gertz and Romes (2004). The first group received 8 sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy by Kabat-Zinn et al. (1992) and the second group received 8 sessions of behavioral activation therapy by Dimigian et al. (2008) and the control group did not receive any treatment. The data was analyzed using Spss statistical software.Results: The results of analysis of variance with repeated measurement showed that both treatments were effective on cognitive avoidance and emotion regulation of the sample (p<0.05), but there is no significant difference in the effect of the two methods (p<0.227).Conclusion: Both treatments can be used to reduce the psychological problems of people with generalized anxiety disorder
Psychology
javad taghavi khiabani; FATEME SHAHAMAT DEHSORKH; ATA TEHRANCHI
Volume 30, Issue 4 , November and December 2023, , Pages 475-489
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Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy and schema therapy on distress tolerance in students with a history of suicide attempts.Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design ...
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Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy and schema therapy on distress tolerance in students with a history of suicide attempts.Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups and one control group and the statistical population included students had a history of suicide attempts in 1400.With the available sampling method, 45 people were randomly selected and placed in the control group and experimental groups, and all three groups completed the Simmons and Gaher (2005) distress tolerance scale. Then, one of the test groups was exposed to schema therapy and the second test group was subjected to cognitive therapy based on mindfulness. in the end the experimental groups, completed the distress tolerance scale. after one month of the post-test, the follow-up stage was conducted and finally the obtained data were analyzed SPSS.21 software and descriptive statistics indicators and variance analysis of multivariate repeated measures.Results: The results indicated the effectiveness of two interventions on distress tolerance; according to the values of the average score difference in stages of measurement in the groups, the treatment based on mindfulness compared to schema therapy, for the component of regulating efforts to relieve distress and for the other three components, schema therapy is more effective in students with a history of action has committed suicide.Conclusion: The combined use of both treatment methods is suggested to adolescent therapists in increasing the distress tolerance of students with a history of committing suicide.
Psychology
Alireza Salehpoor; Zahra yousefi; Mohsen Golparvar
Volume 30, Issue 4 , November and December 2023, , Pages 513-524
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Background: Stuttering is a complex and multidimensional speech disorder that often creates negative reactions from listeners and a very negative attitude towards speech. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on social anxiety ...
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Background: Stuttering is a complex and multidimensional speech disorder that often creates negative reactions from listeners and a very negative attitude towards speech. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on social anxiety and self-compassion in adults who stutter.Materials and Methods: The current research design is semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all adults aged 18 to 40 with stuttering who referred to speech therapy and psychology clinics in Isfahan city in 2022-2023. The sample size was 30 people who were selected purposefully and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received mindfulness-based stress reduction and the control group did not receive any training. There were 15 subjects in each group who completed the Social Phobia Inventory and Self-Compassion Scale in three stages. The data was analyzed using mixed variance analysis in SPSS-23 statistical software.Results: The results of the mixed variance analysis showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction has made significant changes (P<0.001) in the experimental group in the variables of social anxiety and self-compassion in all evaluation stages.Conclusion: According to these results, it can be said that the mentioned method can be used by therapists to improve social anxiety and self-compassion of people who stutter.
Psychology
Hossein Alamdarian; Mohammad Ismail Ebrahimi; Arya Haddadi; Amirhosein Ghasemy
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 301-311
Abstract
Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease that affects patients with a variety of problems, including reduced function, reduced life expectancy, and emotional and economic problems. For this purpose, the present study was conducted with the aim of predicting suicidal ideation based on ...
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Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease that affects patients with a variety of problems, including reduced function, reduced life expectancy, and emotional and economic problems. For this purpose, the present study was conducted with the aim of predicting suicidal ideation based on self-compassion in married women with MS in Hamadan.Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive correlational study and its statistical population was 153 women with MS in Hamadan who were selected by convenience sampling method and 110 people were selected and studied based on Krejcie and Morgan sampling table. Suicidal tendencies, self-compassion, and psychological resilience were assessed by Beck's Suicide Tendency (1979), Nef's Self-compassion (2003), and Bond & etal (2011) Psychological Flexibility Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test using SPSS software version 25.Results: The value of r was -0.385 in the confidence level was more than 0.95 and this means that with increasing self-compassion of women, their suicidal tendency decreases.Conclusion: Self-compassion and psychological flexibility had a negative effect on the tendency of women with MS to commit suicide, so developing appropriate psychological programs to increase psychological flexibility centered on self-compassion for these patients can be useful.
Psychology
Zeinab Bahrambagi; Farah Lotfi Kashani; Shahram Vaziri
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 312-324
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Introduction: Heart disease is one of the most common diseases in the world. The aim of the current research was the efficacy of written emotional expression training on adherence to treatment in heart patients.Materials and Methods: The present study was practical and quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test ...
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Introduction: Heart disease is one of the most common diseases in the world. The aim of the current research was the efficacy of written emotional expression training on adherence to treatment in heart patients.Materials and Methods: The present study was practical and quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a two-month follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included all patients with heart problems in the west of Tehran city, 40 of whom were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. They completed Medanlo adherence to treatment questionnaire (2013). The data was analyzed using the repeated measurement variance analysis method with the help of SPSSV19 software.Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference in the adherence to treatment variable and all its components (F=7.332 and P<0.01). After the intervention in the variables of interest in treatment (F=7.694 and P<0.01), willingness to participate (F=6.959 and P<0.01), ability to adapt (F=14.113 and P<0.01), integration of treatment with life (F=9.953 and P<0.01), adherence to treatment (F=6.891 and P<0.01), commitment to treatment (F=6.892 and P<0.01), doubt in implementing the treatment (F=19.877 and P<0.01) and adherence to treatment (F=43.134 and P<0.01) of the group.Conclusion: Finally, it can be concluded that the use of written emotional expression training has elevated the adherence to treatment and its components in heart patients. Therefore psychologists, counselors, cardiologists, and clinical and health professionals can benefit from this training in order to improve the adherence to treatment of heart patients.
Psychology
Sima Boroon; Mahboubeh Fooladchang
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 374-383
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Introduction: Moral decision making and moral behavior are important and influential activities in adolescents' lives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Core self-evaluation training on adolescents' moral decision making and moral behavior.Materials and Methods: The method of the ...
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Introduction: Moral decision making and moral behavior are important and influential activities in adolescents' lives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Core self-evaluation training on adolescents' moral decision making and moral behavior.Materials and Methods: The method of the present study is quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The population of this study was female high school students in Tehran, 32 of whom were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 16 randomly. The instruments used included the moral decision making and moral behavior scale. The participants of the experimental group underwent a Core self-evaluation approach for 6 sessions. data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test.Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the Core self-evaluation group and the control group in the variables of moral decision making and moral behavior (P<0.0001). Due to the difference in means, the Core self-evaluation group performed better than the control group.Conclusion: In a general conclusion, it can be stated that Core self-evaluation training as a direct psychological intervention can affect the cognitive function of moral decision making and moral behavior of ninth grade girls and increase the quality of their decision making and moral behavior.
Psychology
Ali Rezaei sharif; Sara Taghizadeh Hir; Ghasem Fattahzadeh Ardalani
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 384-392
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Introduction: Since the anxiety is one of the effective factors in athletes, The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on reducing anxiety in Martial Athletes.Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest ...
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Introduction: Since the anxiety is one of the effective factors in athletes, The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on reducing anxiety in Martial Athletes.Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all Martial Athletes in Ardabil in 2022. 30 people were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned in experimental and control group (15 people in each group). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was implemented in 10 sessions, each session lasting 20 minutes, but the control group received no training. Data was collected using State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire (Moritz, 1990), which were administered in two stages of pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the post-test scores of the experimental group compared to the control group. In other words, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) led to a significant increase in the self-confidence scores and a significant decrease in the physical and cognitive anxiety scores of the athletes (P<0.05).Conclusion: According to the results of this study, the treatment of transcranial direct current stimulation is an effective intervention on reducing anxiety in Martial Athletes and is a suitable, low-cost and accessible way that athletes can use.
Psychology
samira safari dizaj; amir alipanah
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 393-403
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Introduction: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder face many psychological problems. Purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group schema therapy on distress tolerance and practical obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Materials and ...
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Introduction: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder face many psychological problems. Purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group schema therapy on distress tolerance and practical obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Materials and Methods: The research design was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the study included all women aged 20 to 30 with obsessive-compulsive disorder who referred to counseling centers in Tabriz in 2019. From among the statistical population using the purposeful sampling method and based on the score of Maudsley's obsessive-compulsive questionnaire (Hodgson and Rachman, 1977) and the distress tolerance questionnaire of Simmons and Gaher (2005) in the pre-test, 24 people who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected as the sample. formed a statistic. These 24 people were randomly selected into 2 groups of 12 people, test and control, the test group received group schema therapy, and the control group is on the waiting list. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the research data. The data were analyzed using spss-22 software.Results: The results of the research showed that group schema therapy significantly leads to an increase in the ability to tolerate distress and a reduction in the symptoms of practical obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Conclusion: It can be said that group schema therapy is a suitable approach to increase distress tolerance and reduce practical obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Psychology
masood rezaee; abdollah mafakheri; mahmoud jajarmi
Volume 30, Issue 3 , September and October 2023, , Pages 414-427
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of direct cranial electrical stimulation and cognitive-behavioral therapy on cognitive functions and psychological well-being of methamphetamine-dependent patients.Materials and Methods: This experimental study was a post-test pre-test by ...
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of direct cranial electrical stimulation and cognitive-behavioral therapy on cognitive functions and psychological well-being of methamphetamine-dependent patients.Materials and Methods: This experimental study was a post-test pre-test by control group. The statistical population was all male patients dependent on methamphetamine referred to Gam Addiction Treatment Clinic in Ghaemshahr in 1399, from which 45 statistical samples were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into 3 groups of 15 (Experiment 1, Experiment 2 and Control) were divided. Subjects in all three groups answered the Wechsler Form A (1945) and Reef (1989) psychological well-being questionnaires in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. For experimental group 1, direct electrical stimulation from the skull with a maximum current of 2 mA and a maximum voltage of 80 volts, and for the experimental group 2, sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the protocol of cognitive-behavioral therapy (Bailing, McCabe, Anthony, 2011) It was performed for 12 sessions and the control group did not receive any treatment. SPSS24 software and descriptive and analytical statistics (Analyze of Covariance and Post-Hoc) were used to analyze the data.Results: The analysis showed that direct electrical stimulation from the skull and cognitive-behavioral therapy had a positive and significant effect on cognitive functions and psychological well-being (p < 0.05). But the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy was greater (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Cognitive-behavioral therapy can be used to reduce psychological problems cognitive functions and improvement in methamphetamine-dependent patients.
Psychology
jamal sooreh; nader hajloo; akbar atadokht; sajjad basharpoor
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July and August 2023, , Pages 193-207
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Introduction: Cancer is one of the diseases that requires complex and multidisciplinary treatment. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of positive thinking training and cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in improving morale and psychosocial adaptation in breast ...
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Introduction: Cancer is one of the diseases that requires complex and multidisciplinary treatment. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of positive thinking training and cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in improving morale and psychosocial adaptation in breast cancer patients.Materials and Methods: The current research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design. The statistical population of this research included all breast cancer patients in the Bukan Cancer Patients Association, 45 people were selected and randomly replaced in three groups: positive thinking training, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness, and the control group. The experimental groups were trained in positive thinking and cognitive therapy based on group mindfulness for 8 weeks and one 60-minute session every week.Results: Both treatments had a significant effect on the variables of demoralization and psycho-social adjustment in breast cancer patients. Also, the study showed that positive thinking training treatment was more effective than cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in the variable of demoralization. Also, the results showed that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness was more effective than positive thinkin training in the variable of psychosocial adjustment.Conclusion: Therefore, to help breast cancer patients, psychological treatments can have positive effects so that by overcoming the existential crisis, they adopt a new cognitive and behavioral system and get out of their negative habits and thought patterns and live consciously and meaningfully. To discover the hidden meaning in the heart of suffering caused by cancer.
Psychology
sayfullah aghajani; Mohsen Khosravi; Ali Kermani; Matineh Ebadi; sajjad Ghobadzadeh
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July and August 2023, , Pages 243-255
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Introduction:Overweight and obesity have become aserious concern for public health; Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a model of food craving based on family communication patterns mediated by Behavioral Emotion Regulation in overweight ...
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Introduction:Overweight and obesity have become aserious concern for public health; Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a model of food craving based on family communication patterns mediated by Behavioral Emotion Regulation in overweight students in Mashhad.Materials and Methods: This research was a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of this study was all women with migraine headache and all healthy women in Kermanshah province. 30 migraine headache patients referred to psychiatric and neurological clinics in Kermanshah province were selected by convenience sampling method. 30 healthy subjects were selected based on their (age, level of education and status Socioeconomics) were chosen and questionnaires anxiety associated with pain, pain self-efficacy and coping strategies responded. The collected data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).Results: The results showed that the conformity orientation (β = 0.25) and behavioral emotion regulation (β = 0.29) have a direct and positive effect on food craving; Also, according to the amount of VAF statistics, it can be seen that 26/2% of the effect of dialogue orientation and 34/8% of the effect of conformity orientation on food craving can be explained through behavioral emotion regulation.Conclusion: Therefore, family and emotional issues can have a significant contribution to reducing the food cravings of overweight students.
Psychology
Azadeh Mojaradi; mohammad yamini; abdollah mafakheri
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July and August 2023, , Pages 270-283
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy and behavioral activation therapy on perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive patients.Materials and Methods: It was a semi-experimental applied research in the form of pre-test and ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy and behavioral activation therapy on perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive patients.Materials and Methods: It was a semi-experimental applied research in the form of pre-test and post-test with 2 experimental groups and a control group and a follow-up phase. The statistical population was all people suffering from obsessions who visited the psychotherapy clinics in Mashhad in 2019. According to Cohen's formula, 45 people were randomly selected based on the entry and exit criteria and placed in 3 groups of 15 people (2 experimental groups and one control group) and in three stages of pre-test and post-test and follow-up with Hill's Perfectionism Questionnaire (2004).) replied. The first experimental group underwent 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy by Hayes (2006) on the Internet, and the second experimental group underwent 8 sessions of group behavioral activation therapy by BA Gallen, Etlis and Marlevauconer (2003), and the control group did not receive any treatment. Results It was analyzed by SPSS software.Results: Analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that online ACT intervention was significantly more effective than behavioral activation therapy on improving perfectionism. This result was sustained in the follow-up phase as well (p<0.05).Conclusion: Internet Act therapy can be used as a method to reduce perfectionism in obsessive people more widely.
Psychology
Zahra karimian; Seyed Abbas Haghayegh; Seyed Mohammad Hassan Emami-Najafi-Dehkordi; Mostafa Raisi
Volume 30, Issue 1 , May and June 2023, , Pages 22-34
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Introduction: Using new psychological approaches along with biological treatments is an effective measure to reduce secondary mental symptoms caused by biological diseases. The purpose of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of extra diagnostic treatment and treatment based on acceptance ...
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Introduction: Using new psychological approaches along with biological treatments is an effective measure to reduce secondary mental symptoms caused by biological diseases. The purpose of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of extra diagnostic treatment and treatment based on acceptance and commitment to the quality of life of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Materials and Methods: The current study was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all patients with irritable bowel syndrome who were referred to Hakim Poursina Center in Isfahan in 2018-2019, out of which 45 people were selected by the available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 people). and the quality-of-life questionnaire of Patrick et al (1998) was used. For of the experimental groups, meta-diagnostic treatment packages and treatment based on acceptance and commitment were provided in eight 90-minute sessions. The data were analyzed by univariate covariance analysis using SPSS19 software.Results: Both trans-diagnostic interventions and acceptance and commitment were effective in improving the quality of life of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (p<0.05), while the examination of the difference in means in the follow-up test indicated higher effectiveness of transdiagnostic treatment on quality of life.Conclusion: With the effectiveness of both approaches used, the conclusion shows that doctors and the treatment team can prevent the severity of secondary symptoms caused by chronic diseases by using psychological treatment approaches along with biological treatments and thereby facilitate the treatment process.