Masomeh Tadris Tabrizi; Majid Saffarinia; Mahnaz Aliakbari; Ahmad Alipor
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structural model of the relationship between alexithymia, Differentiation of Self, and gender roles in women’s sexual function with the mediation of social exchange styles.
Method: This research was a descriptive correlational study. The ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structural model of the relationship between alexithymia, Differentiation of Self, and gender roles in women’s sexual function with the mediation of social exchange styles.
Method: This research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all married women living in Tehran, of whom 550 people participated in the study through an online call. The instruments used in this study to collect data were the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1994), the Differentiation of Self Inventory (1999), the Bem Sex Role Scale (1981), the Women's Sexual Function Scale (Rosen et al., 2000), and the Leybman et al.’s (2011) Social Exchange Questionnaire. The structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and LISREL software were applied to evaluate the proposed model. Intermediate relationships in the proposed model were also tested using the bootstrap method.
Results: The results of structural equation modeling indicated the model fitness and showed that alexithymia has a negative impact on sexual performance by the mediation role of utilitarianism and extreme investment styles. In addition, the masculine gender role positively affects women's sexual function.
Conclusion: According to the results, social exchange styles should be considered in improving sexual function. The findings of the present study provide a useful framework for identifying the influential components in the field of social psychology in women's sexual function that should be considered in prevention and treatment programs.
Sousan Alizadehfard; Ahmad Alipor
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Objectives: Following the pandemic of corona disease in Iran and around the world, the most important goal of health policies focused on compliance with prevention behaviors, and its evaluating. One of the most effective model based on social psychology is Health Belief Model that has been employed in ...
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Objectives: Following the pandemic of corona disease in Iran and around the world, the most important goal of health policies focused on compliance with prevention behaviors, and its evaluating. One of the most effective model based on social psychology is Health Belief Model that has been employed in many studies as different aspects of preventive behaviors. The main purpose was study the relationship between compliance with preventive behaviors of corona disease with health belief model, and predicting the high level and low level of compliance with these behaviors based on health belief model variables.Method: The present study was a descriptive-correlational study in terms of its method. The statistical population consisted of all adults aged +20 who lived in Tehran. 472 voluntary subjects were selected through online recall method. The instruments of the study included the compliance with preventive behaviors of corona scale (CPBC), and the corona health belief model inventory (CHBM). Both measures were developed and standardized by the researchers. Data were analyzed by using regression analysis.Results: The Means of CPBC in all participants was 3.38 ± 0.83, thereupon two groups were formed accordingly, as high group (4.18±0.17) and low group (1.92±0/28). The findings show that high level of compliance could be predict by severity, benefits; and barriers; and low level of compliance by age, benefits, and barriers.Conclusion: Since preventive behaviors were known as the best way to control of corona virus outbreak, there is a great value of identifying variables that might mitigate or exacerbate compliance could contribute greatly to the development of more effective health planning in Iranian society. Therefore, increase the benefits and reduce the barriers of prevention behaviors could be effective, and consequently, corona virus transmission could be decreased.
Karim Sevari
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Objective: Fear of Covid 19 is one of the topics that human beings experienced in 2019 that threatened the individuals’ physical health and life, increased their stress, and triggers a wide range of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. In the present study, the role of positivity ...
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Objective: Fear of Covid 19 is one of the topics that human beings experienced in 2019 that threatened the individuals’ physical health and life, increased their stress, and triggers a wide range of psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. In the present study, the role of positivity and intolerance of uncertainty in the fear of developing Covid 19 was investigated.
Method: The study population included all the boy and girl university students studying in psychology, educational sciences, and counseling at Payame Noor University, Khuzestan Province. Among them, 269 students were voluntarily selected through the social network WhatsApp. The study method is correlational. The data were gathered with the assistance of positivism, uncertainty intolerance, and fear of Covid-19 questionnaires. SPSS software was used to analyze the data.
Result: The results of regression analysis indicated that positivism and intolerance of uncertainty are predictors of fear of Covid-19 that account for 16% of the variance of fear of Covid-19 (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The present study indicates that in order to reduce the fear of Covid-19, shifting from the negative attitude to the positive attitude and intolerance of uncertainty to the tolerance of uncertainty is necessary.
maryam - farhadi; shahram vaziri; Mohammad Mehdi Pasandideh
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Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, logo therapy, and schema therapy on reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis.Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design ...
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Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, logo therapy, and schema therapy on reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis.Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The study population consisted of all members of the MS Society of Iran located in Tehran in 2019, and the sample consisted of 60 members of the Association who were selected using the convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to three experimental groups and one control group (15 people for each group). All four groups were tested by DASS-21 scale, and then the experimental groups underwent mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, logo therapy, and schema therapy in 12 Two-hour sessions for 12 weeks, but the control group did not receive any training. Analysis was performed using SPSS22 in two parts: descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The results of analysis showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has been effective on reducing stress (f= 110.90, P<0,001), anxiety (f= 88.92, P<0,001), and depression (f= 32.29, P<0,001) in patients with multiple sclerosis. Also it was shown that logo therapy was effective on stress (f= 264.60, P<0,001), anxiety (f= 175, P<0,001), and depression (f= 305.07, P<0,001), and schema therapy was effective on reducing stress (f=110.90, P<0,001), anxiety (f= 88.92, P<0,001), and depression (f= 32.29, P<0,001) in patients with multiple sclerosis. Also, the comparison of means showed that in the variables of stress, anxiety, and depression, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, logo therapy, and schema therapy were effective.Conclusions: The findings of this study confirmed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, logo therapy, and schema therapy were effective in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis.
zahra GHassemi; Shahram Vahedi; Seyed Mahmoud Tabatabaei; Marizyeh Alivandi vafa
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Objective: Obesity is one of the risk factors for various diseases as well as mortality and women suffer from it more than men. Therefore, this study was conducted to design and evaluate the effectiveness of bioenergy economy intervention on self-compassion, self-efficacy, and weight loss in women with ...
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Objective: Obesity is one of the risk factors for various diseases as well as mortality and women suffer from it more than men. Therefore, this study was conducted to design and evaluate the effectiveness of bioenergy economy intervention on self-compassion, self-efficacy, and weight loss in women with obesity.
Methods: The design of the present study is quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control groups. The statistical population of the study included obese people who were referred to psychological counselling centres and nutrition clinics in Tehran in the spring and summer of 2019. Fifty obese women were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The Self-compassion scales of Neff and self-efficacy questionnaires of Scherer et al. were used to collect data. The weight and body mass index of participants were also calculated. Based on instructions of the bioenergy economy protocol of the American University of Medical Energy, a special training package for obesity was designed and was provided to the intervention group during 8 sessions of 120 minutes for 8 weeks. Data analysis was performed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 24.
Results: The results showed the effectiveness of the bioenergy economy on self-compassion and self-efficacy (P<0.01).
Conclusion: With this description, it can be claimed that effective interventions such as bioenergy economy can be used to increase the health and self-care of people with obesity to prevent the destructive effects of obesity and its complications.
leila makvandi; fatemeh forouhar; Biuok Tajeri; soraya Asiri Sorkhei; parivash nazari; Roya Shater Jalali
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Objective: Depressive mood along with boredom and unhappiness is one of the main consequences of addiction treatment and investigating the reduction strategies is of absolute and sheer necessity. The present research aims to investigate the effectiveness of the problem-solving training programs on the ...
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Objective: Depressive mood along with boredom and unhappiness is one of the main consequences of addiction treatment and investigating the reduction strategies is of absolute and sheer necessity. The present research aims to investigate the effectiveness of the problem-solving training programs on the happiness and coping styles of individuals suffering from drug abuse.
Methods: In a semi-experimental study, the addicted individuals with a low rate of happiness (N=36) were selected through multi-cluster stratified random sampling and assigned to the experimental and control groups. Both groups were measured by Oxford Happiness Inventory and Coping Styles Questionnaire and the experimental group underwent problem-solving skills training.
Results: the results of covariance analysis indicated that the happiness level (Eta square= 0.24) and rational style (Eta square= 0.31) of the experimental group has increased and there is a between-group difference in the three stages of intervention at the significant level of 99%. Also, there was a positive significant relationship between rational coping style (0.57) and the increase in happiness in subjects. Increased rates of happiness and rational coping skills were observed in the experimental group.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the more the individual uses a rational coping style, the more their happiness is. Problem Solving Training led to increasing happiness and rational coping style for addicts of methamphetamine.
Ladan Esmalian khamseh; Mahmood Nodargahfard; Mehdi Asadi Mofarah
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Objective:: Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, the contracting of which causes numerousphysical, psychological, and social consequences. However, there are a number of defense mechanisms humanspossess, which are responsible for protecting an individual against the stress, anxieties, ...
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Objective:: Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, the contracting of which causes numerousphysical, psychological, and social consequences. However, there are a number of defense mechanisms humanspossess, which are responsible for protecting an individual against the stress, anxieties, and pressures of everyday life.Accordingly, the present study was undertaken with the aim of investigating the comparison of defense mechanismsin a group of women with temporal lobe epilepsy against a non-clinical group of females.Methods:The research design of the present study was based on a causal-comparative case study. The statisticalpopulation of the study consisted of all epileptic women and their normal counterparts who had referred to ImamHossein Hospital in Tehran during the first half of 2019. The sample population included 40 female patients alreadydiagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy by neurologists through electroencephalography who were randomlyselected and compared to their 40 normal counterparts. The two studied groups were similar in terms of age, education,and marital status. Research data were gathered using the Andrews Defense Mechanism Questionnaire (DSQ40) andanalyzed by the SPSS24 software program employing multivariate statistical analysis of variance.Results: There was a significant difference (p <0.05) between the defense mechanism used in epileptic women andhealthy women.Conclusion: It can be concluded that women with epilepsy have different defense mechanisms and are more likelyto use immature mechanisms and neurotic defense mechanisms (only in terms of False Altruism) when compared tonormal women
sahar pahlavanneshan; shahla pakdaman; saeed ghanbari; shahriar shahidi; omid shokri
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of gender moderators in the effectiveness of the Iranian positive youth development package (IPYD) on the components of social-emotional health.Method: For this purpose, in a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stage, 60 ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of gender moderators in the effectiveness of the Iranian positive youth development package (IPYD) on the components of social-emotional health.Method: For this purpose, in a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stage, 60 male and female adolescents aged 15-17 years studying in the academic year 2009-2010 were randomly selected in Isfahan. First, all members of the experimental and control groups completed the Zhou and Ee (2012) Emotional-Social Competency Questionnaire, and then the experimental groups were trained with a researcher-made package for 16 sessions of 45 minutes. In the meantime, the control group benefited from the daily training of the school. At the end of the sessions and 40 days later, all groups completed the questionnaire again.Result: Findings showed that the package of the positive development of Iranian adolescence in the short term has led to an increase in the dimensions of social and emotional health in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management, and responsible decision-making in both genders, and in long term has caused an increase in all dimensions in girls (p<0.05).Conclusion: It seems that the Iranian adolescent positive development package is a suitable package to strengthen the components of positive development, achieve emotional-social health, and reduce problems and issues in different areas of developmental periods and the subsequent costs for adolescents, their families, and society.
fatemeh Fazeli sani; Mahdieh Salehi; amin rafiepoor; Javad Khalatbari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy on pain coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with pain disorder.Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and a control ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy on pain coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with pain disorder.Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and a control group and a twomonth follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women with psychosomatic problems and painwho referred to Manoushan and Behsa counseling centers in Tehran. The sample size included 60 patients (three groupsof 20). The research instruments included the Rosenstileand Keefe (1983) Pain Coping Strategies Questionnaire andthe Bishop and Pivik (1995) Pain CatastropheScale. The emotion-focused experimental group received 12 trainingsessions and the cognitive-behavioral experimental group received 10 sessions training, but the control group did notreceive any intervention during the study.Results: The results of mixed variance analysis and Benferroni pairwise comparison test showed that both emotionfocused therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy have significant impact on the components of pain reinterpretation,pain catastrophizing, behavioral activity, and coping efficiency (P <0.05), but they do not have significant effect onthe components of return attention, ignoring pain, prayer and hope, and self-talking (P <0.05). The results also showedthat both treatments have significant effect on pain catastrophizing (P<0.05). Also, no significant difference wasobserved between the two experimental groups (P <0.05).Conclusion: Therefore, the results of the present study show that emotion-focused therapy, like cognitive-behavioraltherapy, can be used for patients with pain disorders and improve their cognitive factors.
Bahareh Montazernia; Shirin Kooshki; Mohammad Oraki; Bahram Mirzaian
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Objectives: Diabetes is a chronic, multifaceted and threatening disease which has significant psychological complications. The purpose of this study was comparing the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) on cognitive emotion regulation ...
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Objectives: Diabetes is a chronic, multifaceted and threatening disease which has significant psychological complications. The purpose of this study was comparing the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) on cognitive emotion regulation in patients with type II diabetes.Method: The design of this quasi-experimental research was a pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all patients with type II diabetes referred to Baghban (Touba) Medical Clinic in Sari in 2019, among whom 45 patients were selected through the convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned into three groups. The first group received ACT, the second group received DBT-ST, and the third group was considered as a control group. Data were collected using a 36-item Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefsky et al., 2001) in three stages of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, and were analyzed by repeated measurement variance analysis.Results: The results showed that ACT and DBT-ST were significantly more effective on cognitive emotion regulation for the experimental groups compared to the control group (effect sizes 0.911 & 0.967, respectively). The effectiveness of DBT-ST compared to ACT was more significant on cognitive emotion regulation scores (effect sizes 0.967) at (P>0.01).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that ACT improved psychological indexes and mental health of patients with type II diabetes due to acceptance of unfavorable emotions and thoughts, commitment, and DBT-ST for emotion regulation and mindfulness components.
zahra salarrad; lida leilabadi; nahid Nafissi; adis Kraskian Mujembari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anxiety and quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Method: A quasi-experimental design was used to collect pre-test, post-test and follow-up data (three months after) from treatment and control groups. ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anxiety and quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Method: A quasi-experimental design was used to collect pre-test, post-test and follow-up data (three months after) from treatment and control groups. The sample consisted of 30 women with breast cancer in Tehran who had a high score in anxiety after screening. They were selected based on purposive sampling and randomly placed in experimental and control groups of size 15. The experimental group received 12 sessions (50 minutes) of emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg, 2010). The control group did not receive an intervention. Data were collected using Beck Anxiety Inventory and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Breast Cancer (FACT-B) in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow up, and analyzed using mixed variance analysis.
Findings: Results showed significant within and between subject differences (P<0.01) on measures of anxiety and quality of life. Emotion-focused therapy significantly reduced anxiety and increased quality of life in the treatment group relative to the control group. Moreover, post-test and follow-up levels of anxiety and quality of life differed significantly from pre-test levels, but not from each other.
Conclusion: Emotion-focused therapy targeting emotional processing and expression improved [d1] regulation of clients' emotions and can be used as an appropriate intervention method to reduce anxiety and increase quality of life in women with breast cancer.
reza Seyed Tabaii; elahe seyed tabaii; fatemeh shahi sadrabadi; sara Valizadeh; parvin rahmatinejad; hoda pouyanfar
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Objectives: The present study has investigated the role of orthodontic treatment on patients' mental health, body image, and oral health-related quality of life.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study, a sample of 90 patients referring to orthodontic clinics in the city of Kermanshah were selected ...
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Objectives: The present study has investigated the role of orthodontic treatment on patients' mental health, body image, and oral health-related quality of life.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study, a sample of 90 patients referring to orthodontic clinics in the city of Kermanshah were selected using the purposive sampling method, and then they were assessed before and 6 months and one year after undergoing orthodontics via the “The Symptom Checklist-90-R” (SCL-90-R), “Multidimensional Body–Self Relations Questionnaire” (MBSRQ), and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). Data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance.
Results: patients reported less obsessive compulsion, hostility, and paranoid ideation symptoms on (SCL-90-R) after six months and one-year treatment (P ˂ 0.05). In addition, the comparison of scores before and after treatment showed that there was a significant difference in appearance evaluation and body areas satisfaction dimensions of MBSRQ (P ˂ 0.05). Also, there were significant differences in physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and total score of OHIP-14 before and after treatment (P<0.05).
Conclusion: This quasi-experimental study highlights orthodontic treatment's role on mental health body image and oral health-related quality of life in patients with dental problems.
seyed mohsen nemati; mohammad narimani; fatemeh ghannadiasl; goudarz sadeghi-hashjin
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Objective: The study was aimed to compare the Training Package (SMN) and low-calorie diet (LCD) on psychological distress and weight in overweight individuals due to decreased adherence different diets.Method: In this clinical trial, the population consisted of all overweight individuals referring to ...
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Objective: The study was aimed to compare the Training Package (SMN) and low-calorie diet (LCD) on psychological distress and weight in overweight individuals due to decreased adherence different diets.Method: In this clinical trial, the population consisted of all overweight individuals referring to the nutrition clinic of Ardabil in the northwest of Iran. The research was conducted from Oct 2018 to March 2018. For this aim, 30 healthy women (BMI >25 kg/m2, age: 18-30 years) were randomly selected (for each group: 15 subjects). After Anthropometric measurement, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) questionnaire was completed before and after intervention among these persons. The repeated measures of ANOVA have been used for the analysis.Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between two groups of Training Package (smn) and LCD and the SMN effect on depression, anxiety, stress, and weight variables is greater than the effect of LCD (P<0.05). The series of multiple replications the ANOVA analysis showed that Training Package is a good cure for weight loss.Conclusion: The results showed that the effect of Training Package (SMN) intervention on depression, anxiety, stress, and weight loss was more than the effect of LCD. Therefore, this method can be used as a treatment method for weight loss and psychological distress in obese individuals.
Safoura Pourzabih; Masoud Arefnazari; Biuok Tajeri; Ahmad Delbari
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Objective: Alzheimer's is a progressive and debilitating disease of the brain that causes serious damage to human thoughts and memory and is associated with psychological disorders such as insomnia and agitation. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of body-centered meditation on insomnia ...
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Objective: Alzheimer's is a progressive and debilitating disease of the brain that causes serious damage to human thoughts and memory and is associated with psychological disorders such as insomnia and agitation. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of body-centered meditation on insomnia and agitation in Alzheimer’s patients.Method: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. From the statistical population of patients with Alzheimer's disease in mild to moderate levels referred to clinics and Alzheimer's Association of Tehran province, 20 people were selected randomly based on inclusion criteria and assigned into experimental (n = 10) and control groups (n = 10). The research questionnaires were Morin's insomnia (1993) and Cohen-Mansfield's Agitation (1986). Meditation was administered to the experimental group in eight sessions of 90 minutes. The research data were analyzed using multivariate covariance.Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that post-test scores of insomnia and agitation of patients with Alzheimer's in the experimental group were significantly lower than the control group (P≤0 / 005).Conclusion: Body-centered meditation can be used to improve insomnia and agitation in Alzheimer's patients.
fatemeh Alavi asil; khadije Abolmaali alhoseyni; Simin Bashar doust
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Objective: One of the basic human needs that plays a vital role in sustainable development is mental health. In the digital age, Internet addiction is a threat to mental health. So this study aimed at validating the treatment entry questionnaire for Tehran University students in 2019.
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Objective: One of the basic human needs that plays a vital role in sustainable development is mental health. In the digital age, Internet addiction is a threat to mental health. So this study aimed at validating the treatment entry questionnaire for Tehran University students in 2019.
Method: Participants were 324 undergraduate and postgraduate students of public universities in Tehran, who were selected through one-step cluster random sampling. All participants completed the Urbanoski and Wild’s (2012) Treatment Entry Questionnaire, the Miler and Tonigan (1996) Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale, and the Young Internet Addiction Questionnaire.
Results: Data were analyzed using the confirmatory factor analysis model. Confirmatory factor analysis of the data showed that the three-factor structure of the identified, intrinsic, and extrinsic treatment motivation has a good fit, and the validity of the scale was confirmed by face and content validity. Convergent validity evidence confirmed the positive relationship between identified, intrinsic, and extrinsic treatment motivation with subscales of recognition, taking the step, and ambivalence of the Readiness for Change and Treatment Motivation scale. Cronbach's alpha test was used to assess the reliability of the whole scale (0.95) and each subscale of identified motivation (0.94), intrinsic motivation (0.89), and extrinsic motivation (0.86).
Conclusion: The results showed that the Persian version of the treatment entry scale for the student population has acceptable psychometric properties and can be used as a valid tool in psychological research.
reza ahmadi; shahla farahzad boujeni; Ahmad Ghazanfari; Tayebe SHarifi
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Motivational Interview Group Therapy on Pain Self-Efficacy and Resilience of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the quality of life of patients due to its association with numerous neurological ...
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Motivational Interview Group Therapy on Pain Self-Efficacy and Resilience of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the quality of life of patients due to its association with numerous neurological problems; it may lead to job loss and reduced participation in social activities and, in general, have a negative impact on their professional and social life.
Method: In the present study, the effectiveness of motivational interview group therapy on pain self-efficacy and resilience of patients with multiple sclerosis was investigated. The present study is quasi-experimental in which 24 patients were selected from the population of patients with multiple sclerosis in Borujen city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, using the convenience sampling method. Research tools included pain self-efficacy (. Data analysis was performed by repeated variance analysis using SPSS-22 software.
Results: The results showed that motivational interview group therapy had a significant effect on increasing pain self-efficacy (Partial ŋ2= 0.24, p = 0.002, F = 6.92). Also, motivational interview group therapy had a significant effect on increasing resilience (Partial ŋ2 = 0.58, p = 0.001, F = 30.06). The present study showed that motivational interview group therapy improves pain self-efficacy and resilience of patients with multiple sclerosis.
Conclusion: Accordingly, in the process of motivational interview group therapy, patients learn to become aware of the mental process by teaching behavioral, cognitive, and metacognitive strategies, and in this way, they improve the resilience and pain self-efficacy.
Somayeh Hashemizadeh; Mahdieh Salehi; Amin Rafiepoor; Afsaneh Ghanbaripanah
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Objective: The role of cognitive, metacognitive, and meta-emotional factors in psychological distress has been clearly confirmed. The current research aims to examine a psychological distress model based on intolerance of uncertainty and emotional schemas of cancer patients with the mediating role of ...
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Objective: The role of cognitive, metacognitive, and meta-emotional factors in psychological distress has been clearly confirmed. The current research aims to examine a psychological distress model based on intolerance of uncertainty and emotional schemas of cancer patients with the mediating role of metacognitive beliefs and cognitive avoidance.
Method: Regarding the methodology, the present study was correlational based on structural equation modeling. The study sample included 300 cancer patients who visited various hospitals in Tehran and completed the questionnaires of uncertainty intolerance, stress, depression, anxiety, emotional schemas, metacognitive beliefs, and cognitive avoidance.
Results: Findings demonstrated that the proposed model has appropriate fitness among cancer patients. Also, the relationship between mediating variables and endogenous and exogenous variables is significant. The variables under investigation explained 46 percent of psychological distress variance in the patients.
Conclusion: Psychological distress in cancer patients is affected by the interaction of excessive emotional states, intolerance of uncertainty, such as metacognitive beliefs, and emotional schemas.
Mahshid Abbasi; Marzieh Pahlevan; Maryam Aliakbari; Maedeh Aghasi; Monirosadat Hosseini
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Objective: Spiritual therapy is recognized as an effective treatment for most psychological problems. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group spiritual therapy on resilience and coping styles of families of addicts quitting drugs.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental ...
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Objective: Spiritual therapy is recognized as an effective treatment for most psychological problems. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group spiritual therapy on resilience and coping styles of families of addicts quitting drugs.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test and a control group design. The statistical population included all families of addicts who were quitting in a camp in Shahreza city. The statistical sample consisted of 30 families of these addicts who were selected through a purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The instruments used in this study were the Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale, and the Moss and Billings Coping Styles Questionnaire. Spiritual group therapy was held in 11 sessions of 90 minutes for the experimental group. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the collected data via SPSS-21 software.
Results: The results showed that group spiritual therapy increased the resilience (p≤0.001) and problem-focused coping style (p≤0.001) of the subjects in the experimental group and decreased their emotion-focused coping style (p≤0.001).
Conclusion: The results indicated that spiritual group therapy could explain the high rate of change related to the resilience and coping styles of families of addicts under treatment.
Mohadeseh Kako Joibari; mohammad oraki; hossein zare; Ahmad Alipour
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on neurocognitive performance in people with mild neurocognitive impairment. Using meta-analysis and integrating the research results, this study has examined the extent of the effect ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on neurocognitive performance in people with mild neurocognitive impairment. Using meta-analysis and integrating the research results, this study has examined the extent of the effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the improvement of neurocognitive function in people with mild neurocognitive impairment.
Method: For collecting data for meta-analyses, Magiran, SID, and Irandoc databases were used to search Persian articles and Science direct, Scopus, and PubMed databases were used to find foreign articles by the use of keywords of ‘MCI’, ‘transcranial direct current stimulation’, tDCS, and ‘mild cognitive impairment’ and their equivalences for Persian articles. Of the 29 studies, 11 methodologically acceptable were meta-analyzed. The research tool was a meta-analysis checklist.
Results: The results of the study indicated publication bias in the studies. Due to the heterogeneity of the studies, a random-effect model was used. The effect of Hedges for the impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on neurocognitive functions in people with mild neurocognitive impairment was 0.26, which was a large effect.
Conclusion: This result shows that clinicians can choose transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an effective intervention for patients who suffer from mild cognitive impairments. More investigations are necessary to find out the cognitive benefits of using transcranial direct current stimulation in elderly people and other cognitive impaired persons.
Ezzatollah Ahmadi; Fatemeh Gorbani
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Objective: Problem Gambling is defined as one of the disorders associated with drug abuse. Gambling-related harm can affect multiple domains of life, including financial and health problems, psychological and emotional distress, and impaired social and cultural relationships. The aim of this study was ...
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Objective: Problem Gambling is defined as one of the disorders associated with drug abuse. Gambling-related harm can affect multiple domains of life, including financial and health problems, psychological and emotional distress, and impaired social and cultural relationships. The aim of this study was investigating the psychometric properties of Problem Gambling Severity Index in Iranian students.Method: The method of this study was correlational. The statistical population of this study was all students in the Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in 2019. The sample size was 211 students (121 girls and 90 boys) that were selected through cluster sampling method and determined based on the fact that at least 5 people are required for each item for factor analysis of the Problem Gambling Severity Index and Addiction Tendency Questionnaire.Results: In order to determine the psychometric properties of the Problem Gambling Severity Index, a confirmatory factor analysis method was used. Indirect path coefficients between the components of gambling behavior (b = 1, p >0.001) and gambling consequences ((b =0.97, P >0.001) with the Gambling Severity Index indicate a significant relationship between factors and the whole scale. The study of concurrent validity Gambling Severity Index with Addiction Tendency Questionnaire showed there is a positive and significant relationship between these Questionnaires (r=0.57, p<0/001). The reliability of the scale was obtained 0/79 using Cronbach's alpha.Conclusion: According to the results, it can be said that Problem Gambling Severity Index is a stable and valid tool for examining gambling problems and can be used in Iran.
Masomeh Aliyazdi; Mozhgan Agah; Shahnaz Nouhi
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived ...
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Objective: Type 2 diabetes is conceptualized as a complex interaction of psycho-physiological factors and consideringthe factors against this chronic disease is necessary. Accordingly, the present study aimed to compare the effectivenessof emotional regulation training and autogenic training on the perceived anxiety control in women with type 2 diabetes.Method: Using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest design, 33 women with type 2 diabetes wereselected by purposive sampling from Tehran and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one controlgroup. Members of each experimental group received emotional regulation training and autogenic training in ten90-minute sessions, separately. All respondents were asked to answer the demographic information and the PerceivedAnxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ) before and after interventions. To analyze data, MANOVA and Schefee posthoc test were used.Result: The results of the analysis showed that both interventions were effective in increasing the perceived anxietycontrol (p <0.05); however, the difference between the two groups was not significant (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Explaining the effectiveness of the interventions, it can be said that both interventions were able toincrease the perceived anxiety control through special techniques, hence using them along with medical treatments isrecommended.
Shamsaddin Agh Atabay; Mozhgan Sepahmansour; Mohammad Hatami
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of lifestyle-based stress management program on emotional problems and life satisfaction in patients with myocardial infarction.
Method: This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of lifestyle-based stress management program on emotional problems and life satisfaction in patients with myocardial infarction.
Method: This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all patients aged 40-65 years old with myocardial infarction who were under treatment at Kasra Hospital in Karaj in the first six months of 2019. The study sample consisted of 90 patients with heart attack who were identified among the patients and selected by targeted sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale as well as the Satisfaction With Life Scale. The collected data were analyzed using the method of Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance showed that the lifestyle-based stress management program significantly reduced emotional problems and increased life satisfaction in the experimental group (P<0.01).
Conclusions: The stress management program helped patients identify dysfunctional thoughts that trigger anxiety and depression and experience fewer emotional problems by feeling self-control, attention management, changing the assessment system and using cognitive strategies. Also, by identifying and correcting irrational attitudes and beliefs, the subjects were able to better cope with the physical effects of the disease or to deal with its negative psychological complications and have more life satisfaction. These findings have important implications for education and promoting mental health of patients with myocardial infarction.
Hamidreza Aliakbari Dehkordi; Alireza Estelaji; Abdolreza Faraji Rad
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Objective: Addiction is a physical-mental illness that, due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, endangers the health of the individual, family, and society. In order to prevent and resolve this destructive phenomenon, it is necessary to provide and implement comprehensive and appropriate ...
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Objective: Addiction is a physical-mental illness that, due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, endangers the health of the individual, family, and society. In order to prevent and resolve this destructive phenomenon, it is necessary to provide and implement comprehensive and appropriate programs in rural area. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to determine the predictors of substance abuse of rural immigrants.Method: The statistical population included all addicted prisoners who migrated from rural to urban areas. Using the cluster sampling method, 360 people were selected as the study sample. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze data.Result: The results showed that only the quality of life component can predict the drug abuse of migrant rural men and women, while the components of access to facilities, rural management performance, and individual participation, as well as marital status, age, and education cannot predict their substance abuse (P<0.05).Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, since the quality of life is a predictor of substance abuse in migrant villagers, and this problem, in fact, indicates the basic infrastructural problems in preventing the migration of villagers and their substances abuse, related planning and policies in the field of social health are suggested in this regard.
Mansour Fathi; Maryam Abbasi; Maryam Khakrangin
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Objective: Although HIV-infected women in Iran face many problems, research in this area is limited. This research aims to understand and deeply comprehend the issues and challenges HIV-infected women encounter.
Method: Qualitative research method and content analysis were applied in this study. The ...
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Objective: Although HIV-infected women in Iran face many problems, research in this area is limited. This research aims to understand and deeply comprehend the issues and challenges HIV-infected women encounter.
Method: Qualitative research method and content analysis were applied in this study. The participants of the research were HIV-infected women referred to three Supportive Health Centers in Tehran. Among them, 17 participants were selected through the convenience sampling method. The data collection technique was a semi-structured in-depth interview. The collected data were coded and interpreted using thematic analysis.
Results: The results of the interview analysis revealed six categories of "social exclusion", "job problems", "social phobia caused by stigma", "mental problems", "treatment problems", and “coping mechanisms”.
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that HIV-infected women face many challenges in their individual and social life for social integration and reducing their problems; besides, individual empowerment, structural, and social interventions are also essential. The results of this study can be used in policy-making, the presentation of supportive programs, and social services for HIV-infected women and their families.
mitra shahpanah; robabeh noury Ghasem abadi; mohammadreza seirafi
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Objective: Coronary Artery Disease is a chronic and complex disease requiring continuous medical care. The current study was conducted to predict Health-Related Quality of Life based on emotion regulation with mediating role of self-care in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).Method: The research ...
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Objective: Coronary Artery Disease is a chronic and complex disease requiring continuous medical care. The current study was conducted to predict Health-Related Quality of Life based on emotion regulation with mediating role of self-care in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).Method: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population comprised all patients with CAD (N=350) referring to Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital in Tehran, Iran, in the second half of 2020. Based on the Tabachnick Fidell formula, 184 subjects were selected using a convenient sampling method. Research instruments were the Self-Care Scale (Jaarsma, Halfens, Tan et al, 2003), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire of Garnefski and Graich (2001), and HRQol Survey (Ware, Kosinski & Keller, 1996). Data analysis was done using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and path analysis.Results: The results indicated a positive and significant mediating role of self-care in the relationship between emotion regulation (β= 0.175, p<0.01) and HRQoL of patients with CAD. Moreover, self-care and emotion regulation had a positive impact on HRQoL.Conclusion: According to the findings, a part of the mutual effect of self-efficacy and emotion regulation on HRQoL is explained by self-care. On the other hand, high emotion regulation and self-care led to better HLQoL of CAD patients.
