Psychology
mojtaba aghili; Marjan Kalteh; Ensiyeh Babaee
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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 ...
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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.
Gyneocology
Mojtaba Aghili; Nazanin Gholami; Ensiyeh Babaee
Abstract
Background: Pregnancy is an important part of a woman's life that requires psychological adjustment. This research was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on pregnancy anxiety and physiological parameters of newborns.Materials and Methods: In this pre-test-post-test ...
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Background: Pregnancy is an important part of a woman's life that requires psychological adjustment. This research was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on pregnancy anxiety and physiological parameters of newborns.Materials and Methods: In this pre-test-post-test pilot study in which there was an experimental and a control group, single-blind method was used since the evaluation of research participants was based on self-reporting. The statistical population of the research consisted of primiparous women who presented to Bahar Hospital, Shahrood in 2022. Overall 60 women were included in the study via convenience sampling method. They were then randomly divided into experimental and control groups (n=30). The experimental group received eight one-hour therapy sessions based on acceptance and commitment, but the control group did not receive any intervention. Research tools were Vandenberg Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire (1989) and Measurement of physiological parameters of newborns. The research data was analyzed by using univariate covariance analysis in the SPSS version 24 software.Results: The findings showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment is effective on pregnancy anxiety and physiological parameters of newborns (p<0.05).Conclusion: The results indicate that treatment based on acceptance and commitment by reducing experiential avoidance and increasing acceptance leads to a decrease in anxiety during pregnancy and improvement of the physiological parameters of newborns.