فصلنامه دانش و پژوهش در روانشناسی کاربردی
پیاپی 92 (تابستان 1402)

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive Therapy and assertiveness training on social avoidance and distress of students with foreign language anxiety (FLA). The research design was semi-experimental and the population of the study was all students of public Junior high schools in Urmia, Iran. 60 students were selected following a multi-step random sampling procedure and were randomly assigned into three groups (N= 20 each). the data were analyzed using foreign language classroom anxiety scale (Horwitz, Horwitz & Cope, 1986) and social avoidance and distress scale (Watson & Friend, 1969). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that metacognitive and assertiveness are effective in reducing social avoidance and distress, their effects are persistent in the follow-up phase (p <0.001). The obtained results show that metacognitive and assertiveness are effective in reducing social avoidance and distress students in both stages and the difference between metacognitive and assertiveness groups is not significant (p <0.05). Based on the results, there was no significant difference between metacognitive therapy and assertiveness training groups in reducing avoidance and social pressure (P <0.05).

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy on rumination, depression and self-efficacy of high school girls in Isfahan. The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with control group. Thirty female students were randomly selected from a group of female high school students in Khomeini Shahr by screening method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 in each group). Subjects in each group answered adolescent depression questionnaires (Kutcher, 2002), rumination answers (Yousefi, 2009) and self-efficacy (Sherrer, 2002) before, after and three months after the intervention. Experimental group 10 sessions, treatment based on acceptance and commitment (Hayes & Strosahl, 2010) but no intervention was performed in the control group. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that the mean scores of depression and rumination of students after treatment decreased in the post-test and follow-up phase and their self-efficacy increased. According to the results of this study, acceptance and commitment-based therapy significantly reduced rumination and depression in the experimental group compared to the control group (P<0.001) and increased the self-efficacy of the experimental group compeared to the control group (P<0.001).

Marital conflict is an interactive process in which couples feel uncomfortable about aspects of their relationship and sometimes try to resolve it in different ways. The aim of this study was to determine the appropriateness of structural equation modeling of early maladaptive schemas and marital conflicts with the mediating role of alexithymia. This research is applied and in terms of methodology, is the descriptive of correlation between structural equations. The statistical population of this study included all married people who referred to the psychological clinics of Tehran's District 2 in the period from February 2016 to July 2017, which is at least one year after their married life. In order to sample 300 people from the mentioned community, they were randomly selected by voluntary sampling method. Data collection questionnaires Marital conflict questionnaire (Sanai, Barati and Boostanipoor, 1996), Yang's early maladaptive schemas (Young & Brown,2005), and Toronto's Emotional Disappointment (Bagby, Taylor & Parker, 1994) were used to collect data. The data were collected using statistical method of structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS_22 software. The results showed that the fit indicators after model modification have property values and are in good fit with the research model and also the scope of early maladaptive schemas is related to the mediating role of questionnaires with marital conflicts. The result is that existing relationships can be used to improve marital relationships.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of art therapy based on Drawing on general anxiety disorder and Physical injury fears in primary school students. This research was a semi-experimental, pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population included all fourth grade elementary school boys in Kerman in 1396-97. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used and three schools were randomly selected from among the boys' primary schools in Kerman. Then sampling was done. Forty-seven students with high anxiety scores were selected based on the Anxiety Inventory (Spence, 1998). Finally, after matching based on anxiety scores, 30 students were randomly divided into experimental and control groups of 15 people. Drawing art therapy was performed on the students of the experimental group during 12 sessions of 90 minutes, two days a week. Students in the control group did not receive any training during this period. At the end of the intervention, anxiety inventory were performed on the students of the two groups. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. The results showed that art therapy based Drawing reduced general anxiety disorder and fear of physical harm in primary school students (p <0/05).

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Hypoventilation Therapy on symptoms and perception of anxiety control in women with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). This semi-experimental study was conducted using pre-test and post-test with control group. from all General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) patients referred in Ardabil Health Comprehensive Centers in Fal2019, 30 patients were selected through available sampling method and were randomly placed into two equal received and the control groups. The Experimental group experienced 4 weeks (12 session and 17 minutes each session) of Hypoventilation Therapy, while control group were just waited. Anxiety Beack (1986) and Perception of Anxiety Control Rapee, Craske, Brown & Barlow (1996) Questionnaires were used in pre-test, post-test and up as the study instrument. Data were analyzed by using analysis of covariance and spss-20. The result of analysis of covariance showed that there were significant differences in symptoms and perception of anxiety control scores intervention and the control group (p<0.01). Thus, it can be said that of Hypoventilation Therapy. Reduced symptoms and high perception of anxiety control in women with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Study of phenomenological approach the challenges of parental marriage from the perspective of adolescents can guide parents and adolescents towards a better life and better quality relationships between adolescents and their parents. The aim of this study was a phenomenological approach to adolescents' challenges to remarrying their parents. This research was a qualitative phenomenological study and thematic analysis has been used to analyze the data. Data were theoretically saturated and analyzed through semi-structured interviews with 18 adolescent girls and boys aged 11 to 20 years using purposive sampling method. Five main themes including: examining adolescents' emotional issues,  experiencing problems in the path of adjustment,   examining adolescents' behavioral issues,  the importance of family role and deterrence of socio-cultural issues in the path of adolescents' admission .According to the issues mentioned by adolescents can be obtained from five main themes and seventeen sub-themes, identify issues of interest to adolescents and give to parents, children and counselors to improve relationships and help with the challenges of remarriage. Family reunification and remarriage during adolescence can have a number of risk factors for children. Gaining information about adolescents' perspectives on this can provide a wealth of information for everyone.

The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting students' sleep disorders in corona pandemic. This research is a qualitative multi-method and has been done using two meta-synthesis and phenomenological quality designs. In meta-synthesis; the analysis was based on the six-step method of Sandelowski and Barroso 21 related research sources. In phenomenology; based on Colaizzi's seven-stage model, the necessary information was collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 graduate students of Shiraz University and analyzed using content analysis method. The validity of the data was verified using the techniques of verifiability (researchers' self-review), reliability (accurate guidance of data collection flow) and data alignment. The results showed that the factors affecting students' sleep disorders in corona pandemic can be classified into four main themes: social interactions, mental health, physical activity and educational activities. Due to the high impact of regular sleep patterns on students' academic future, the improvement and development of educational programs and counseling in the complementary view of culture building and coexistence in virtual education is of special interest.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of indigenous compassion therapy package with Gilbert compassion therapy on mental health and psychological capital of working women in Isfahan. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all working women in the age group of 25 to 45 years in Isfahan in 2019. The sample size included 45 people, of which 15 women were placed in the first experimental group, 15 women in the second experimental group, and 15 women in the control group and were selected by purposive sampling. Indigenous compassion therapy and Gilbert compassion therapy were performed for women in two experimental groups (in 8 sessions). Measurement tools included the GHQ Goldberg Questionnaire (1972) and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio (2007). Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of the effect of education based on indigenous compassion therapy package and Gilbert compassion training on mental health and psychological capital. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of post-test of mental health and psychological capital of women in the experimental and control groups. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of the three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up test of mental health and psychological capital of working women.

It is assumed that the dimensions of temperament and the disgusting sensitivity in interacting with each other lead to generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Despite the importance of this model, not enough research has been done to evaluate it empirically. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of temperament dimensions on generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder mediated by sensitivity-disgust in Urmia University students. The present research design is descriptive of correlation type. For this purpose, 377 students of Urmia University were selected using cluster sampling. Participants filled Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-125, 1994), Disgust Sensitivity Scale (DSS, 1994), Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire (GADQ-IV, 2006), the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Inventory Revised (OCI-R, 2002), and the Leibowitz Panic Inventory (LPI, 1984) were administered. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling. SPSS and AMOS software were also used to classify, process, analyze the data and test the research hypotheses.Evaluation of the hypothetical model of the research using fitness indicators showed that the hypothetical model fits with the measurement model (CFI = 0.97, NFI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.065). The results showed that the dimensions of temperament have a significant effect on generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder at the level of P <0.001. And obsessive-compulsive disorder has a significant effect at the level of P <0.001. Findings of the study, along with support for the hypothetical model for generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder, show a good model for the etiology of these disorders and can play a role in disgust. These findings might Help treatment of anxiety disorders and related cognitive-behavioral interventions.

The aim of this study is to explain the role of the mediation of time perspective in explaining the causal relationship between perfectionism and academic procrastination in female student in the second region. The research method was a correlational relationship. The statistical population this study formed of the female second middle school students in the second region of Tehran in the academic year of 1399-1400. Az the sampel 300 students were selected in an accessible and voluntary way. The questionnaires of Academic Procrastination(Solomon & Rathblum, 1984), Perfectionism(Frost, 1990) and The Time Perspective (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999)  were used. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling statistical method.The findings showed that positive perfectionism and the future negative dimension (p <0.01), negative perfectionism and the present fatalistic (p <0.01), predicted academic procrastination. The future dimensions and the present fatalistic mediate a negative relationship between positive perfectionism and academic procrastination and a positive relationship between negative perfectionism and academic procrastination among the time perspective dimensions(p <0.01). Generally, perfectionism and time perspective can explain 59% of the variance of academic procrastination.

The purpose of this study was to validate and evaluate the factor structure of the scale of The Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships with Friends Scale in students. In a descriptive and validation study, 172 and 228 students from Birjand University were selected through multi-stage random sampling method and completed the Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships Scale (La Guardia et al. 2000), Life Satisfaction Test (Diener et al. 1985), The Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (Ditommaso et al. 2004), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (Lovibond, & Lovibond, 1995). Internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and constructive validity was evaluated using SPSS.16 and AMOS.24 software. The results showed that the scale had three-factor structure with the variance explained 70.92%. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis confirmed. The scale had good construction reliability. The convergent validity confirmed in relation to life satisfaction and its divergent validity in relation to the social loneliness and depression (P≤0.01). There was no significant difference based on age, gender and marital status (P>0.05). It seems that the basic need satisfaction in relationships with friends scale has a good reliability and validity in students.

Communication skills are among the basic skills for living in the present age. Due to their job position, physicians must have sufficient skills to communicate properly with patients to enjoy comfort, satisfaction and health. The purpose of this study was the effect of communication skills training on flexibility, self-responsibility and professional commitment of Arak dental students in relation to patients. This study was a quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all dental students of Arak State University of Medical Sciences in 2019, who were selected by available sampling method of 24 people and randomly divided into experimental groups (n=12) and control (n= 12). After selecting the sample and performing a pre-test on both groups, the solution-based treatment program was performed on the experimental group during 11 sessions of 90 minutes (2 sessions per week) and no intervention was performed on the control group. Research instruments included the 20-item Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire by Dennis and Vanderwall (2010), and the 16-item Responsibility Questionnaire by Salkovskis et al., (2010) And the Clikeman & Henning (2020) 15-item Professional Commitment Questionnaire. To analyze the data from statistical methods of multivariate analysis of covariance and analysis of covariance was used. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of flexibility post-test and self-responsibility knowledge of experimental and control students. Based on the results, it can be said that communication skills training has an impact on students' flexibility and self-responsibility. Therefore, the intervention method of communication skills training, due to strengthening the mental ability to control unpleasant and inflexible thoughts, causes mental flexibility and avoidance of automatic thoughts and irrational cognitive distortions in the individual. And performing student-professional duties strengthens them positively.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of stress immunization training on the sense of agency, emotion regulation, tendency to masturbate, and online pornography in male 12th grade upper secondary school students in Ahvaz. This study was a quasi-experimental one with a pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population of this study included all male 12th grade upper secondary school students in Ahvaz in the academic year 2020-2021. Among them, 50 male students of the 12th grade of upper secondary school were selected using multistage cluster sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group (25 people in each group). The experimental group underwent Meichenbaum’s (2008) stress immunization training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group received no intervention. The instruments used included Sense of Agency Scale (Polito et al., 2013), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-short) (Garnefski et al., 2002), Masturbation Tendency Questionnaire (Jozak, 2017), and the Pornography Craving Questionnaire (Kraus & Rosenberg, 2014). Data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and Bonferroni post hoc test in SPSS-23 software. The results of data analysis showed that stress immunization training had a positive effect on sense of agency, emotion regulation, tendency to masturbate, and Internet pornography in male students compared to the control group (P <0.001). The results in the follow-up phase were also stable. The results indicated the effectiveness of stress immunization training on the sense of agency, emotion regulation, the tendency to masturbate, and Internet pornography in male 12th grade upper secondary school students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of parent-child interaction through play therapy (CPRT) on executive function and social adjustment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population included children aged 8 to 10 years with ADHD who referred to medical centers in Tehran in 1398. The sample consisted of 30 people (two groups of 15 people) who were selected using purposive sampling. Data collection tools were BRIEF (Parent Form) Behavior Rating Function Questionnaire (Guy,2000) and Dokhanchi Children's Social Adjustment Questionnaire (1998). After randomly selecting and determining the experimental and control groups and before conducting play therapy sessions for the participants in the study, a separate introductory session with the aim of initial acquaintance with the children and establishing a therapeutic relationship, as well as creating confidence in the subjects and collecting data. Pre-test was held. During the same introductory session to collect pre-test data, Connors parent questionnaires, BRIEF executive behavioral grading questionnaire and children's social adjustment questionnaire were given to children's parents in groups, and finally the experimental group played 10 sessions of 120 minutes once a week. Were treated. The results showed that play therapy training based on parent-child interaction on the executive functions of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was effective and according to ETA squared the effectiveness of play therapy training based on parent-child interaction on executive functions. In the studied children 75.1% Also, play therapy training based on parent-child interaction is effective in improving the social adjustment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The studied children are 74.9%.

This study has been written with the aim of introducing a questionnaire to measuring of students' level of wisdom. The present study is a part of development-applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey type in terms of data collection method. The statistical population in this study included all adolescent students of girls 'and boys' high schools in Isfahan in the number of 52813 people in the academic year 1397-98. Cluster random sampling method was used and 400 people were included in the main sample. Factor analysis, content validity and construct validity were used to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Spss and AMOS software using correlation coefficient, heuristic and confirmatory factor analysis. The KMO value (0.892) indicated the adequacy of sampling. The results of factor analysis showed that the eight factors of general wisdom, religious wisdom, emotional wisdom, human wisdom, spiritual wisdom, moral wisdom, social wisdom and scientific wisdom and special values higher than one could have been 71.494% of the variance of items. The reliability of the questionnaire in terms of Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.895 and for the first factors (general wisdom) 0.756, the second factor (religious wisdom) 0.727, the third factor (emotional wisdom) 0.715, the fourth factor (human wisdom) 0.712, the fifth factor (spiritual wisdom) 0.700, the sixth factor (moral wisdom) 0.702, the seventh factor (social wisdom) 0.680 and The eighth factor (scientific wisdom) was calculated 0.672.The results of the first-order confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit index is at a desirable level. In general, the results of the validity study and the calculation of the reliability of the questionnaire and the coordination of the components with each other and with the total score, show that the questionnaire is sufficient and is a suitable tool for assessing the wisdom of adolescent students.

With the Coronavirus outbreak, closure of schools and the restriction of children to the house, several challenges have been encountered due to fewer possibilities of releasing excitement, playing, entertainment and limited use of therapeutic and hygienic facilities. Loss of daily routine life and social interaction can act as potentially dangerous factors in regards with mental health problems, and exacerbate ADHD symptoms. Due to the significance of this matter, the goal of this study was to examine the behavioral, communicational, and environmental conditions in primary school children with ADHD during the Covid-19 outbreak. This project was a qualitative study of the phenomenology type in which statistical population consisted of mothers of hyperactive children living in Goldasht, Isfahan. in this study  15 mothers with hyperactive children were chosen in a targeted manner with the snowball sampling method. Data was collected using the semi-structured interview method, and this procedure continued to the point of data saturation and finally, the data were analyzed using the Van Manen Phenomenology Data Analysis method. The obtained contents consist of the following eight main items: lethargy and lack of motivation, decreased control of excitement, mental affect arousal of the mother, environmental problems, reduced fun and games, slumping in educational progress, changes in the amount of sleeping and eating, and reduction in social interactions.The obtained results show an exacerbation of ADHD symptoms during the Corona outbreak. According to the results, this project can facilitate better understanding of the factors affecting hyperactivity.

This aim was to design the structural model of academic enthusiasm based on self-regulatory strategy with the mediation of emotional intelligence of all high school students in Marivan. The research was conducted by correlational analysis and structural model analysis and the statistical population included all second year high school students in the academic year of 2019-2020 in Marivan city. The sample group consisted of 330 people (174 boys, 156 girls) who were random Multi-stage cluster sampling was selected. To collect research data, the 15-item Academic Enthusiasm Questionnaire (Fredricks, Blumenfeld & Paris, 2004), the 27-item Walters Motivational Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Wolters, 1999) and the Siberia Shering Intelligence Questionnaire (Siberia Shering, 1996) were use.  The psychometric properties of these tools were examined in the current study and their suitability was ensured.  Results The results showed that emotional intelligence and motivational self-regulation strategy mediated by indirect intelligence affect academic enthusiasm and in general both variables explain 0.42 of changes in academic enthusiasm. The results show that a combination of motivational self-regulation and academic intelligence can be effective in increasing students' academic enthusiasm

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of medication and combined medication and ACT on anxiety, worry, experiential avoidance and psychological hardiness of women with GAD. This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control groups. The present study population consisted of all women with GAD in Fereydunshahr city in the summer of 2017. Thirty women were purposefully selected as a sample and randomly assigned to three equal groups (10 people in each group). Medication was prescribed for all affected women, for at least a five-week period, and in combined intervention group, 8 one-hour sessions of ACT was performed individually. The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger et al., 1983), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Meyer et al., 1990), Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (Gámez et al., 2011) and Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (Kobasa et al., 1982) were administered before and after treatment. Covariance analysis was used for data analysis. The results showed that both medication and combined interventions in the experimental groups decreased the mean scores of anxiety, worry, and experiential avoidance, and increased the mean scores of psychological hardiness. Also, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the variables of experimental avoidance and psychological hardiness (P <0.05), and combined medication and ACT were more effective in these variables. According to the findings of this study, combined medication and ACT are more effective than medication in reducing GAD-related symptoms and features in women.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema mode therapy and impulse control training on self-control and behavioral-emotional self-efficacy in children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental: pretest-posttest and follow-up (2 months) with the control group. The statistical population of this study was all male students aged 10 to 17 years in Shiraz in the academic year 2019-2020. The research sample was 60 male students with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder who were selected from male students who had a high score in Laporte et al.'s (2019) screening questionnaire by multi-stage cluster random sampling method and in two experimental groups and control group (20 people in each group) were assigned. The research instruments were structured clinical interview, adolescent emotional self-efficacy questionnaire (Dacre Pool & Qualter, 2012), behavioral self-efficacy (Choi, Fuqua, & Griffin, 2001) and self-control scale (Tangney, Baumeister & Boone, 2004). The collected data were statistically analyzed using repeated measures covariance analysis. The results showed that both subjective schema therapy and impulse control training had a significant effect on increasing self-control and behavioral-emotional self-efficacy in children with disruptive mood disorders (P≤0.001). The results of Bonferroni post hoc tests showed that there is a significant difference between impulse control training and schema mode therapy in emotional self-efficacy scores (P≤0.001). However, there was no difference in behavioral self-efficacy and self-control between the experimental groups in the post-test and follow-up stages.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on parietal lobe functions in patients with schizophrenia: focusing on artificial intelligence. The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test. The statistical population of the study included all schizophrenia patients admitted to Isfahan hospitals. Thus, after designing software focusing on artificial intelligence At least 30 patients with schizophrenia were selected by purposive sampling method by referring to Farabi and Modares psychiatric hospitals. Were selected and tested with tests related to the evaluation of parietal lobe functions, which were introduced in the next section. Then, according to the cognitive status of each of them, the number of sessions and the time required for the cognitive rehabilitation intervention were determined and performed. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed a significant increase in function in the parietal lobe of schizophrenia patients in the experimental group compared to the control group (p≤0.05). According to the research findings, cognitive rehabilitation with a focus on artificial intelligence can be used to increase the parietal lobe functions of patients with schizophrenia.