Psychology
Roghaieh Chraghpoor; ramazan hasanzadeh; ghodratollah Abbasi
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
Seyyedeh Masoumeh Bagheri; seyyedeh maryam mousavi
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
Mohammad Azad Manjiri; Ebrahim Namani
Volume 27, Issue 3 , September and October 2020, , Pages 463-473
Abstract
Introduction: Inappropriate emotional reactions such as anxiety and depression is very evident in today’s societies, affecting and causing too many problems for nurses, then effect on the quality of providing health cares. According to the nurses' exposure to mental health disorders, the purpose ...
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Introduction: Inappropriate emotional reactions such as anxiety and depression is very evident in today’s societies, affecting and causing too many problems for nurses, then effect on the quality of providing health cares. According to the nurses' exposure to mental health disorders, the purpose of the present research is to study empathy moderating role in relationship between psychological capital with depression and anxiety of nurses.
Materials and Methods: This research is an exploratory research of correlation plans. Based on Morgan Table were selected 217 subjects of employed nurses (100 male and 117 female) as hospitals of Sabzevar in spring 2018 by available sampling. In order to obtain data, Luthans et al (2007), psychological capital questionnaire, Baron-Cohen empathy(2003), and Anxiety and Depression Scale of Zigmond and Snaith Hospital (1983),were used. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analyses by SPSS-22 software.
Results: Findings of the present research showed that there are negative significant relationship between psychological capital and hospital of anxiety and depression of nurses (p<0.01). also empathy is mediating role in relationship between psychological capital and clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression(p<0.01).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded that empathy can be mediated relationship psychological capital and hospital clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Mohammad Shakarami; Reza Davarnia; Kianoosh Zahrakar
Volume 21, Issue 3 , July and August 2014, , Pages 468-481
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Background & objective: The concept of Psychological Well-Being symbolizes a multi-dimensional structure consisting of life attitudes and was designed to review whether a person is aware from his potential, his goals, the quality of his relationships with others, and what he feels about his life ...
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Background & objective: The concept of Psychological Well-Being symbolizes a multi-dimensional structure consisting of life attitudes and was designed to review whether a person is aware from his potential, his goals, the quality of his relationships with others, and what he feels about his life or not. The aim of this study was to investigate the some variables such as psychological capital, social capital, psychological hardiness and spiritual intelligence as predictor factors for psychological well-being.
Materials and methods: This descriptive–correlation study carried on all students of Kharazmi, Islamic-Azad and Payam_e_Noor universities of Karaj in the 2012-13 school-year and the sample consisted of 377 persons that were selected by multi stage cluster sampling. For data gathering, questionnaires such as Ryff’s Psychological Well-being(PWBS), Lutanz’s Psychological Capital Questionnaire(PCQ), Delaviz Social Capital Scale, Kobassa Personal Views Survey Questionnaire(PVSQ) and King’s Spiritual Intelligence Self‐Report Inventory(SISRI-24) were used. Data analysis were performed via Pearson correlation and enter multiple regression methods with SPSS18 software in 0/05 P-Value.
Results: Results of regression showed that variables of psychological capital, social capital, psychological hardiness and spiritual intelligence predict 59.1% of variance of the psychological well-being and positively and significantly (r=0/76, P