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The aim of this study was to design and develop a computerized musical serious game to improve the attention components in both auditory and visual aspects of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. First, based on the research background and experts' opinion, the content of the game was designed, compiled and validated. Then, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the game, a one-case exploratory method was used. For this purpose, a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder was selected for the intervention and his attention span was assessed in 5 components of attention: selective attention, focused attention, continuous attention, intermittent attention and divided attention into auditory and visual aspects using the computer attention test (IVA-2), before intervention and after intervention (playing a serious game). Designed for 2 weeks (one hour daily). The results of the study of the effectiveness of serious game showed the improvement of the two components of selective attention and focused attention in the auditory and visual aspects of the child with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, but improved other components of attention such as continuous attention, Intermittent and divided attention appeared only in the auditory aspect. In addition, the findings of this study showed that the serious game has a more significant and positive effect on the components of auditory attention than the components of visual attention (P <0.05).

Flourishing  is a new concept whose mission is to create constructive behavior and promote well-being such as increasing positive excitement, commitment and fascination, positive relationships with others, feeling the meaning of life, success and progress along with teaching students lessons in class and school as a good place to learn. Values ​​and norms. The aim of this study was to construct and validate a flourishing educational package for students in the first three years of primary school. The method of this research for the design and construction of the training package was the tool design method with a sequential combined exploratory approach. To evaluate the validity of the educational package, the content validity method was used qualitatively and quantitatively with the presence of 20 experts in the field of positivism and two relative coefficients of content validity and content validity index. Minimum and maximum values ​​of 0.85 and 1 were calculated. Content validity index for the whole package was 0.84. The results showed that the educational package based on flourishing for the students of the first three years of primary school has a good content validity and has the necessary validity and reliability for educational and research applications. In other words, the developed educational package has the ability to promote the flourishing of learners in educational systems.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a time-consuming and severe mental illness that causes significant distress and impaired functioning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy on the accommodation of children with OCD. The research plan was single case. The statistical population of this research included all the children with OCD in the range of 7-12 years who referred to counseling centers and psychiatric in Ahvaz in 2020.  Samples (and with mothers) were selected by available sampling method and received family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention in 12 sessions.  In this study, Yale Brown Child Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Scale (1997) and the Family Accommodation Interview Scale (1999) were used. Data analysis was performed by using visual charting or graphical analysis methods, reliable change index and percentage of improvement. The results showed that reliable change index was significant for accommodation in treatment and follow-up (p <0.05). Also percentage of overall improvement showed the effectiveness of Family-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the accommodation of Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder in treatment and follow-up stages, was in Successful Treatment category in four child, Based on Blanchard's Classification and this Therapy can be beneficial and effective on accommodation of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Emerging adulthood is a new developmental period which components affects various personal psychological factors. The purpose of this study was to present a model to investigate the impact of emerging adulthood components on psychological well-being of youth mediated by self-concept. This study was a descriptive study with a correlation design in the framework of causal models. 395 participants (51% male) in the age range of 18 to 25 years were randomly selected from the educational centers of Ahvaz (In the 98-99 academic year). Participants responded online to Arnett Inventory of Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (Reifman, Arnett, & Colwell, 2007), Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff, 1989), and Beck Self-Concept Test (Beck, Steer, Epstein, & Brown, 1990). Path analysis method was used to analyze the results. The results showed the average self-concept and above-average scores psychological well-being. The results confirmed the strong significant positive direct impact of emerging adulthood components on self-concept (Identity Exploration: 0/272; Possibilities: 0/210; Instability: 0/318; Focus on others: 0/245; Self-focus: 0/230; Feeling in-between: 0/213), as well as self-concept on psychological well-being 0/799 (p<0.01). Also, instability 0/247 (p<0.01), identity exploration 0/217 (p<0.05) and possibilities 0/205 (p<0.05) are impacted on psychological well-being by mediating self-concept. The results showed that individuals experiencing emerging adulthood had a better psychological well-being, due to their improved self-concept.

Obesity as an epidemic disease plays an important role in the development of several Psychological disorders in obese people. In the same vein the main purpose of this article is determining the effectiveness of positive -psychotherapy in the reduction of sings of depression and self-steem in obese women. For this aim, a single-case experimental trial of multiple-baseline type was carried out. To conduct the study,4 people with symptoms of depression and low self-esteem were selected from among the applicants who had contacted following an announcement in cyberspace about holding positive psycho therapy sessions to reduce the psychological damage caused by obesity. 3 participants cooperated until the end. First, for each participant, between 2 and4 baseline sessions were held at random. Assessments were performed using the Depression (Goldberg, 1972) and Self-Esteem (Cooper Smith, 1967) Questionnaires of the intervention and follow-up sessions. Data were presented using visual analysis, charting, descriptive statistics index and calculation of recovery percentage. The results showed that positive-psychotherapy was effective in reducing depressive symptoms and increasing self-esteem in obese women. Positive psychotherapy interventions can replace positive thoughts with negative ones in obese people, which can improve depression and increase self-esteem. The results of a three-month follow-up period also showed that positive-psychotherapy for depression was still present while

The aim of this study was to model the structural relationships between academic life and creativity with the mediating role of computer literacy. For this purpose, from the statistical population that included undergraduate students of Tehran Azad University in the fields of humanities, 384 people were selected as a sample to participate in this study using cluster random sampling method. The instruments used in this research are Dehghanizadeh and Chari academic life questionnaires, Abedi cognitive creativity, Bagherpour computer literacy, Abolmaali. After collecting the questionnaires and collecting the data at the descriptive level, the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and elongation have been used separately for the research variables. At the level of inferential statistics, correlations based on structural equations have been used. The results showed that the model of structural relationships in academic life has an effect on creativity with the role and mediator of computer literacy.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship model of supervisor support for basic psychological needs, need satisfaction, and job motivation in staff and line employees in Marun Oil and Gas Producing Company. The participants of this study consisted of 246 employees, who were selected by a stratified random sampling method. The instruments used in the study were Need Support at Work Scale (Tafvelin & Stenling, 2018), Need Satisfaction at Work Scale (Tafvelin & Stenling, 2018), and Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (Gagné et al., 2015). Structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS-24 was used for the proposed model analysis. Also, to compare the proposed model between staff and line employees, the multi-group structural equation modeling analysis was used in AMOS-24 software. The results showed a good fit of the proposed model with the data. According to the results, the supervisor support for the basic psychological needs of employees has a direct and significant effect on the need satisfaction, autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and amotivation of them (p<0.01). The results also supported the indirect effect of supervisor support of basic psychological needs on autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and amotivation through the satisfaction of psychological needs (p<0.001). Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the model of staff and line employees (p<0.01).

The main purpose of this study was to predict physical syndrome through occupational and organizational stresses, Self-regulation and Autonomy among employees of the Agricultural Bank of Isfahan province. The statistical population consisted of all employees of mention bank, of which 320 persons were selected through convenience sampling method. Data collection tools included the modified Job and Organizational Stressor Questionnaire (Razmjoo and Naami, 2006), Physical Syndrome Questionnaire (Jex & Spector, 1999), Authonomy Questionnaire (Hackman & Oldham, 1975) and Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Bandy & Moore, 2010), and the results were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between occupational and organizational stressors with the physical syndrome, and between self-regulation and authority with the physical syndrome. Also, stepwise regression results showed that occupational stress variables predicted 0.08 units of physical syndrome variable and in the second step by adding organizational stress variables, both occupational and organizational stress variables were 0.10 units of syndrome variable. Predicts the physical, which means predicting 10% of the dependent variable changes by two independent variables. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that increasing occupational and organizational stressors exacerbate the physical syndrome and increase self-regulation and discretion decrease the incidence of physical syndrome.

The study purpose was to validate the video resume based on the estimation of the reliability of the evaluators 'score when assessing the students' competencies in the video resume. The statistical universe of this study was the graduate students Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University in 1398, were among those targeted 30 randomly selected to provide a video resume. The measurement tool used in this study was a researcher-made questionnaire with three questions with a descriptive graphic rating scale in seven levels, the content validity of which was estimated to be 0.82. The data were analyzed based on the generalizability theory, which is based on a two-dimensional cross-component design. the results showed that the measurement object and the interaction of the evaluators' component were to measure the largest share and 67 percent of the observed variance is related to the actual variance and in addition on these scores, the generalizability and reliability coefficients are above 0.7, which are acceptable. The findings of this study are applied in assessment centers, job seekers selection and student selection in the stages of assessment, recruitment and selection for job position and education.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of executive function-based training on enhancement of self-control symptoms in 6-8 year old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The research method was single case study and A-B design. The statistical population included all children aged 6-8 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in academic year 2016-2017. Sampling was performed by purposive method and 4 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were selected by psychiatrist using DSM-V and Hyperactivity Disorder Questionnaire (Conners, 1969), and after recording baseline data, they were intervened in 8 sessions of 45 minutes. Finally, one month after the end of the intervention, follow-up data were collected. Assessment tools included Teacher and Parent Questionnaire (Conners, 1990) and Children's Self-Control Questionnaire (Kendall and Wilcox, 1979). Data were analyzed using in intra-situ method. Visual analysis of the findings showed that the intervention was effective on three of the four subjects and executive function training has an effect on self-control symptoms in 6-8 year old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the organizational components of quality of work life of nurses in the care department of patients with Covid-19 in Isfahan. The research method was mixed. In the qualitative part, the content analysis method was used and in the quantitative part, the descriptive-survey method was used. The statistical population included nurses in the care department of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Isfahan. In the qualitative part of the content analysis method, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 nurses in a purposeful manner. In the quantitative section, 300 nurses were selected by convenience sampling method and using a researcher-made questionnaire, the identified components were prioritized using the "Friedman" test. Organizational components affecting the quality of work life of nurses were identified and prioritized as follows: Feeling of injustice in the ward and hospital, Atmosphere of cooperation and professional intimacy in the ward and hospital, The quality of job relationships with managers and superiors, Awareness of danger and feeling of danger in the workplace, Workplace safety, Proportional division of job duties of ward nurses, Training and monitoring of safety principles, Effective and related training for COVID-19 virus.

Cancer affects various aspects of a patient's quality of life, including mental, psychological, social, and economic status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect self-control on emotional well-being due to the mediating role of self-compassion and emotion regulation in cancer patients. The method of this research is descriptive and the correlational research design is structural equation modeling. The statistical population in this study included cancer patients in 1399 that were selected by purposive sampling. The sample consisted of 200 (male and female) cancer patients in Emam Hosein hospital in Tehran. To collect data from the Self-Control scale (Tangney et al, 2004), self-compassion scale-short form (Raes et al, 2011), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross and John, 2003), and the emotional Well-Being Scale (Keys & Magyar-Moe, 2003) was used. All analyzes were performed using SPSS26 and AMOS24 software. Bootstrap method was used to analyze the intermediate relationships in MACRO Preacher and Hayes (2008). The results showed that self-control has a direct and significant effect on emotional well-being (p<0/008). Also, the direct effect of self-control on self-compassion was significant (p<0/001), but the direct effect of self-control on emotion regulation was not significant (p> 0/05). The indirect effect of self-control on emotional well-being due to self-compassion was significant (p<0/001), but the indirect effect of self-control on emotional well-being wasnot significant due to emotion regulation (p> 0/05).The results of the research have practical implications for health professionals and psychologists and it can be concluded that self-control through self-compassion has an effect on the emotional well-being of cancer patients.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-perception on mental vulnerability mediated by emotional distress tolerance in people with depressive disorder. The research was a descriptive correlation based on Path analysis. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all women with depressive disorder with a record in 27 counseling and treatment centers for psychological disorders under the supervision of the Welfare Organization in Gorgan in 2020. In this study, 260 women with depressive disorder were selected as the sample size available. The research instruments included Mental Vulnerability Questionnaire of Najarian and Davoodi (2001), Self-Perception Questionnaire of Pourhossein (2009) and Emotional Distress Tolerance Questionnaire Simmons and Gahr (2005). Data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling based on multivariate regression and 18SPSS software, 23 Amos. Findings showed that self-perception of -0.32 and emotional distress tolerance -0.23 had a direct effect on mental vulnerability (P<0/001). The indirect effect of self-perception on the mediation of emotional distress tolerance on mental vulnerability was confirmed (P<0/001). In general, 0.38 of the mental vulnerability variable can be explained by self-perception through the mediation of emotional distress tolerance. The results of this study provide practical implications for reducing psychological harm with respect to the components of emotional distress tolerance and self-perception in depressed people.

The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and transdiagnostic therapy on sexual function and personality type D components in cardiovascular patients.The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a 2-month follow-up with the experimental and control groups. 51 cardiovascular patients in Isfahan city in 1401 were selected using the purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group(Three groups of 16 people). The research tools were the Rosen (2002)Male Sexual Performance Questionnaire and the Denolt(2005) Personality Type D Questionnaire. The experimental groups received the treatment in 9 sessions of 90 minutes and once a week, and the control group was waiting for the treatment. The data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements. The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and transdiagnostic therapy was on sexual function and personality type D components in cardiovascular patients (P<0.001) and there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of both methods.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of distress tolerance on mental health and academic performance with the mediation of emotion regulation in female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The statistical population included all the female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz who were studying in the academic year of 2019-2020 and 176 people were selected as a sample from them through a multi-stage random sampling method. In order to examine the research variables of each participant, completed the Distress Tolerance Scale (Simmons and Gaher, 2005), the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (Gross and John, 2003) and the General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg and Hiller 1979). The results showed that the model has a good fit with the data of the present study. The research method is descriptive-correlational type and structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data using SPSS and amous software. The results showed that distress tolerance both directly and indirectly through emotion regulation has a positive and significant relationship with mental health and academic performance.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of family communication patterns on quality of life mediated by perceived stress in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in patients. The research method was cross-sectional correlation using structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all people with inflammatory bowel disease in Isfahan in 1399, from which 331 subjects were selected by convenience sampling. In this study, family communication model tools (Alcalaa et al, 2004): Quality of Life of Inflammatory Bowel Patients (Fitzpatrick & Koener, 2004) and Perceived Stress Questionnaire (Cohen & Williamson, 1988) were used. Lisrel-V8.8 software was used to analyze the data. Findings showed that the dialogue component has a positive effect on quality of life and a negative effect on perceived stress and compliance component has a negative effect on quality of life and a positive effect on perceived stress (p< 0/05). Findings also showed that family communication patterns through perceived stress have an indirect and significant effect on the quality of life of inflammatory bowel patients (p< 0/05). Based on the findings of this study, it can be said that life stress has an important role in the quality of life of inflammatory bowel patients and it is useful to consider these psychological variables in the training, prevention and treatment of psychiatric patients.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of metacognitive-beliefs, emotional-schemas and parental-bonding in vulnerability to sensory processing sensitivity in the nonclinical population of Tehran. The research method in this study was correlational and type of path analysis studies. The statistical population consisted of all citizens over 16 years old in Tehran during winter and spring of 2018. 401 people were selected by available sampling method. After explaining the aim of the research, they were filled out Aron’s Highly Sensitive Person Scale (1997), Leahy’s Emotional Schemas Scale (2002), Wells’s Metacognition Questionnaire (1997) and Parker’s Parental Bonding Instrument (1979). Data were analyzed using SPSS-20 and LISREL. The results of path analysis indicated that the proposed model fitted well with the data. The highest path coefficients were related to emotional schemas (0.40), followed by Parental bonding (0.29) and metacognitive beliefs (0.25) respectively affecting sensory processing sensitivity. The indirect effect of emotional schemas through Parental-bonding (0.20) and metacognition through Parental-bonding (-0.13) was also significant. According to the results, metacognitive-beliefs and emotional-schemas are directly and indirectly affect the sensory processing sensitivity; therefore, metacognitive and emotional schemas therapy can be used to design the preventive programs and appropriate therapeutic interventions for this group.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of childhood trauma on psychological symptoms with the mediating role of psychological resilience. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of descriptive nature. The statistical population of the study includes all female undergraduate and graduate students (in the age range of 20 to 29 years) of Shams Gonbad Higher Education Institute in the academic year 2020-2021 with 752 people, which according to Krejcie and Morgan table, 254 people as Research data were selected. Online data collection using Bernstein et al's Child Trauma Questionnaires. (2003), Dennis and Vander's Cognitive Flexibility Inventory(2010) and Derogatis's self-reported symptom checklist (1994). Data analysis was performed using spss25 and liserel 8.8 software. The results showed that the experience of childhood trauma was associated with more psychological symptoms and lower psychological flexibility; in addition, the results of path analysis showed psychological flexibility in the relationship between childhood trauma and psychological symptoms play a mediating role. The results of this study show that psychological resilience can be considered as a therapeutic intervention in people who have experienced trauma in future studies.

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between love and belief in vilayat-e-faqih with psychological well-being, psychological distress, anxiety and depression during the Corona pandemic. The statistical population included all Iranian people in the age range of 18 to 65 years, and finally, 847 volunteers from the general population of the country who were randomly selected were included in the study and completed questionnaires of Love and Belief in the leader (Hosseini, 2022) the Mental Health Scale (Besharat, 2009), the Patient Health Questionnaire (Kroenke & et al., 2001) and the General Anxiety Questionnaire (Spitzer & et al., 2006). To analyze the data, Spearman's correlation coefficient was used with the help of SPSS version 26. The results of the research showed that love and belief in vilayat-e-faqih had a negative and significant relationship with anxiety, depression and psychological distress. Also, the relationship between love and belief in vilayat-e-faqih and psychological well-being was positive and significant. Considering the high and deep effects of vilayat-e-faqih on people's psychological life and beneficial effects which can increase psychological well-being, it is necessary to pay more attention to this variable in psychological researches and to use its effects and blessings as a component to improve mental health and prevent mental problems in educational programs and interventions.

The aim of this study was to compare perceptions of effort-reward imbalance, work-life conflict and mental well-being. The research was applied in terms of purpose, descriptive and causal-comparative in nature. The statistical population of the study included all official staff and faculty members of the Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch in 2019. Through the Krejcie and Morgan table from this population, a sample of 248 people was selected. The research instruments included the Balance-Reward Effort Questionnaire (Seagrist, 2013), the Work-life conflict Questionnaire (Carlson, Kacmar & Williams, 2000) and the Mental Well-Being Questionnaire (Keyes, Magyar-Mae, 2003). The method of evaluation and analysis of data is done by Spss25 software and the data were analyzed by t-tests. The results showed that the rate of effort-reward imbalance in the faculty (p=2.381) and in the staff (p=2.385) as well as the rate of mental well-being in the faculty (p=2.866) and in the staff (p=2.860) was calculated and these results Was lower than average in both cases. The rate of work-life conflict in faculty (p=3.288) and staff (p=3.348) was estimated to be higher than the average. Also, there is no significant difference in the variables of effort-reward imbalance, work-life conflict and mental well-being between the two groups of formal staff and faculty members.