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Social responsibility is one of the important concepts that includes economic, social, and environmental fields. The purpose of this research was to examine the components and indicators of the social responsibility model of the National Company of the Southern Oil-rich Regions. The first statistical population includes specialists and experts of oil-rich regions companies and academics in the field of social responsibility, 15 of whom were selected. The second statistical population includes the beneficiaries and users of the social responsibility field. The number of them was calculated as 394 individuals. The third community involves managers and trustees of social responsibility programs; 79 people were selected as a sample. The results of the analysis of the content of the resolutions of the major oil companies of the world, the dimensions of the desired model were examined. Finally, with the help of structural-interpretive modeling and Mic Mac software, the desired model was drawn, and the five levels of this model were introduced. After content analysis and two rounds of Delphi implementation, twelve components and 58 indicators were extracted. These can be considered components and indicators of the social responsibility model of the National Company of Southern Oil Regions for the ecosystem of each region. These dimensions and components were screened in the second round of Delphi. Finally, in prioritizing the components, the organizational social responsibility index, with a relative weight of 0.330, is the most important. Therefore, among the 12 indicators, it has the most impact.

This research has been carried out with the aim of designing the developed model of social responsibility of the national company of the southern oil-rich regions, using the technique of content analysis. This research is qualitative research that by analyzing the content of the social responsibility policies of leading companies in the implementation of social responsibility in the world and Iran's oil industry, the dimensions and components of the model were identified and then confirmed by the Delphi method. The first statistical population includes specialists and experts of companies in oil-rich regions and academics in the field of social responsibility, the number of these people is 20 people. 15 people were selected by the judgment method and available. The second statistical population includes the beneficiaries and beneficiaries of the social responsibility field. The number of these people is unlimited. Based on Cochran's formula for unlimited communities, the number of these people was calculated as 394 people. The third community is the executors and trustees of social responsibility programs. The number of these custodians in the headquarters of the National Company of the Southern Oil Regions, which are he officials and those involved in the implementation of the social responsibility program, is 100 people, and 79 people were selected as a sample by a simple random method and using the Cochran formula. The results of the analysis of the content of the resolutions of major oil companies in the world showed that the dimensions and components of social economic responsibility, organizational social responsibility, social responsibility of stakeholders, governance social responsibility, customer-oriented social responsibility, development-oriented social responsibility, environmental social responsi-bility, Ethical social responsibility, civil social responsibility, social responsibility, accountability, individual social responsibility, and civil social responsibility are the dimensions of the desired model, and finally, with the help of structural-interpretive modeling and with the help of Mic Mac software, the desired model is drawn and five levels This model was introduced

Obsessive symptoms, low distress tolerance, and heightened guilt represent prevalent characteristics within the clinical demographic of individuals suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These features contribute significantly to the chronicity of this disorder, complicating the treatment trajectory and prolonging the therapeutic process. Consequently, the imperative to identify an appropriate treatment for OCD becomes more pronounced. The chronic nature of this condition inflicts substantial damage on various facets of life, including relationships, performance, work, and overall quality of life.

This study aimed to scrutinize the efficacy of schema mode therapy in ameliorating obsession symptoms, bolstering distress tolerance, and alleviating guilt among individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The present research employed a single case study utilizing an ABA design. The statistical population encompassed all patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attending psychological centers in Ahvaz city. The sampling method adopted for this study was Purposive, specifically selecting four individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder as the research sample. To assess and measure the participants, structured interviews based on DSM-5-TR criteria were conducted, along with employing the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Scale (Goodman et al., 1989), the Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005), and the Guilt Scale (Kugler & Jones, 1992). The therapeutic intervention utilized in this study adhered to the schema mode therapy protocol as outlined by Ferrell et al. (2014). For data analysis, visual chart, percentage of non-overlapping data, recovery percentage and reliable change index were used.

The research findings revealed that schema mode therapy exhibited effectiveness in reducing symptoms of obsession, enhancing distress tolerance, and alleviating guilt among the subjects during both the intervention and follow-up stages. Furthermore, the reliability index value was statistically significant for all measured parameters (p< 0.05). Additionally, the percentage of recovery during the follow-up phase fell within the spectrum denoting treatment success, signifying the sustained efficacy and stability of this therapeutic intervention.

Given the obsession and chronic obsession, the necessity of an effective and sustainable treatment is important for these patients. Also, according to the results of the present study and the effectiveness of schema mode therapy on the symptoms of obsession, distress tolerance and guilt in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the use of specific interventions and intervention techniques based on schema mentalities is suggested as a main and complementary method along with other main treatment techniques and concepts.

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.

According to the "Environmental Performance Index" certificate, Iran's environment is not in a good condition in 2022. And it faces many crises, including the phenomenon of fine dust, drying up of wetlands, land subsidence in most parts of the country, air pollution, etc. For this purpose, considering the importance of the drafting stage in the public policy making process, the present research intends to propose and provide a framework for the drafting of the country's environmental policies in order to solve environmental problems. The present research has a qualitative approach, which was first a literature review and then a semi-structured interview was arranged with 13 experts in the field of environment, and then thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. In this method, first through descriptive coding process, 105 primary codes (themes) emerged in the form of 37 sub-themes using MAXODA software. Then these themes were related to each other in the process of interpretive coding and finally 8 main or overarching themes were identified. Then, in the final stage of the research (quantitative approach), due to the possibility of bias in the experts' opinions, the Delphi technique was used to reach a group agreement between the experts. The results of this research show that eight components or factors have an effect on the development of environmental policies, which are the main themes of this research. These topics include "economic components of sustainable development", "social components of sustainable development", "environmental components of sustainable development", "political components of sustainable development", "legal requirements", institutional capacity and "actors effective in formulating the policy" "Environmental policies" as effective factors in developing environmental policies were identified and formed the research framework.

Objectified Body Consciousness Scale is a prominent scale of the key construct in the body image literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Objectified Body Consciousness Scale in women. 290 female undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz who were selected by multi - stage random sampling participated in this research. In order to collect information the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (McKinley & Hyde,1996), Appearance Schemas Inventory (Cash & Labarj,1996) and appearance orientation subscale of Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire -Appearance Scale (Cash,2000) were used. The validity of the OBCS was measured using confirmatory factor analysis and convergent validity, and the reliability of the scale was assessed by internal consistency and Half-Split. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an acceptable fit of the extracted model. Correlation coefficients between the OBCS and its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) with appearance schema and appearance orientation showed that the scale has good convergent validity (p <0.01). Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for OBCS and its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) were calculated to be 0.71, 0.78, 0.75 and 0.65, respectively. Also, the reliability coefficients of the OBCS were obtained by Half-Split method (Spearman-Brown and Guttman) 0.50 and for its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) in the range of 0.65 to 0.71, and by retest method 0.79 and for its factors (body surveillance, body shame and appearance control beliefs) 0.83, 0.66, and 0.63 respectively after four weeks. The results indicate that the OBCS in Iran has a good validity and reliability.

Depression and love trauma syndrome are characterized by changes in mood and emotions and disruptions in performance.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotion focused therapy on mental pain, experiential avoidance, and forgiveness in women with depression, who experienced a romantic relationship breakup.

In the present study, a semi-experimental, pretest-posttest, control group design with a three-month follow-up was employed. The statistical population consisted of all females, aged 18-35 years, who experienced a romantic relationship breakdown in Isfahan, Iran, in 2021. Thirty participants were selected via available sampling and randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of emotion focused therapy (90 minutes per session). For data collection, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-V Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), Love Trauma Syndrome Questionnaire (1999), Beck Depression Inventory (1996), Heartland Forgiveness Scale (2005), Orbach & Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale (2003), and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (2004) were used. Descriptive and inferential data were analyzed in SPSS Version 24, using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA).

The results indicated significant differences in the mean scores of mental pain, experiential avoidance, and forgiveness between the experimental and control groups (P<0.001). Regarding these variables, 73.1%, 39.7%, and 80.1% of the variance between the groups in the post-test, and 76.2%, 41.8%, and 77.1% of the variance between the groups in the follow-up were attributed to the effects of intervention, respectively.

The emotion focused therapy was effective in improving the mental pain, experiential avoidance, and forgiveness of women with depression and who experience relationship breakdown. Therefore, this method can be used to improve the emotional health of these women.

Job burnout is an important factor affecting human health, and it can reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of staff in various organizations, including academic libraries. This negative phenomenon may deprive libraries of experienced manpower, disrupting the educational and information needs of library users, ultimately leading to the failure of the library and its organization in achieving the intended goals and missions. This study aimed to optimize the performance of human resources and identify the relationship between work-related musculoskeletal disorders and burnout to help in planning to reduce the rate of burnout.

This descriptive-correlational and applied research was carried out by census method on 126 librarians working in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CMDQ) was used to measure the amount of physical injury caused by work and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure the degree of burnout. Data analysis was performed in two parts: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. P-value equal to 0.05 was considered as significant.

The findings indicated that the total rate of musculoskeletal disorders (32.96) and total job burnout (1.72) were lower than the population average. The highest rate of musculoskeletal disorders was in the neck area (78.9%) and the lowest rate was in the lower leg (37.8%). Moreover, no significant difference was observed between male and female librarians in the variables of musculoskeletal disorders caused by work and job burnout.

In general, musculoskeletal disorders had a positive relationship with all dimensions of job burnout except for individual performance. There was an increase in musculoskeletal disorders, as well as the rate of job burnout.

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Although dreams are subjective and completely personal experience while sleeping, some themes of dreams are universal and shared by all humans in different cultures. This study aims to identify common dreams and examine their relationship with the dimensions of attitude toward dreams in a sample of the general population of Iranian culture.

For this purpose, 720 Iranian people (17-63 years), were selected by voluntary sampling method in the study.  They participated by completing questionnaires about common dreams and attitudes towards dreams on the website of this research. Data were analyzed using Canonical correlation in SPSS-24 software.

"Seeing a dead person alive", "Sexual experiences" and "Being chased without physical harm" were the most frequent dream themes, respectively. The results of the canonical correlation showed that the relationship between the canonical variable of attitude toward dreams and the canonical variable of typical dreams is 0.57 (p<0.001). Also, 0.62 of the variance of the components of common dreams is explained by the dimensions of the attitude towards the dream.

The results of the canonical analysis with 99% probability confirm the existence of a correlation between the two sets of attitudes toward dreams and the components of common dreams, which indicates that intra-psychological variables such as attitude can make an individual difference even in common aspects of dreams. Therefore, they should be considered in the study of common dreams

Air pollution is an important environmental issue due to its proven serious impacts on human health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the concentration of suspended particles (PM2.5 and PM10) and its relationship with the rate of death due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Susangard during 2014-2016.

This study was performed cross -sectional to assess health impacts of PM2.5 and PM10 by using Air Q software.

The results showed that the highest annual average concentration was of PM2.5 and PM10 in 2016, which consisted of 58.07 and 356.89 μg/m3, respectively. The highest and lowest average concentration of PM2.5 was observed in April and December, respectively, and the highest and lowest average concentration of PM10 in July and November. Daily analysis showed that there was 178 dusty out of three years of the study, the most severe dust day occurred in 2016. Percentage of overall mortality attributed to PM2.5 in people over 30 years of age according to the estimate of the average relative risk in 2014-16 equal to 25.23%, 20.6% and 24.21%, The mortality attributed to ischemic heart disease was 62.87%, 60.74% and 43.62%, respectively.

The results indicate that the health effects attributed to PM2.5 included mortality for all-causes, cardiovascular and respiratory deaths in the city of Susangerd, which requires more attention from officials and specialists to control air pollution.

The present study aims to examine neuroticism, aggression, and risk taking as predictors of accident-proneness in line employees of National Iranian Drilling Company.

The present correlational predictive study was designed to predict group membership (injured employees, uninjured employees) and achieve the Audit Equation. The statistical population of the study consisted of all injured and uninjured line employees at the National Iranian Drilling Company of Ahvaz working in the company during the last five years (from April 2010 to November 2013). The research sample consisted of 145 injured employees (over the past 5 years) and 115 uninjured employees, selected using simple random sampling method. The subjects were measured by Neo Personality Inventory (Costa and McCrae, 1992), SCL90R Aggression Index, and Risk Taking scale (Westaby and Lee, 2003) questionnaires.

The data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software. The results of this study showed that accident-proneness of employees can be predicted only by neuroticism and aggression variables. The risk taking was not able to distinguish between injured and uninjured employees.

According to the research results, in order to reduce accident-proneness in employees, personality traits, such as neuroticism and aggression should be considered.

Conventional water treatment processes include screening, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. Many coagulants are widely used in conventional water treatment processes. These materials can be classified into inorganic and organic coagulants. Many researches on natural coagulants were carried out in recent years. This study evaluates Tragacanth as natural coagulants aids with poly aluminum chloride (PAC) for the removal of turbidity and coliform bacteria from water Karoon River. Tragacanth is a gum that extracted from astragalus. According to results of this study, adding tragacanth as a coagulant aid improved performance of the process and experimental observations showed that by applying tragacanth as coagulant aid in optimal conditions, larger flocks are formed compared to PAC applications and the sedimentation rate was higher. In total, this study showed that dose of 0.06 mg/l of tragacanth as a coagulants aid with 15 mg/l of PAC coagulant in high turbidity (480-500 NTU) has the best performance in reducing turbidity and total coliform.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of an intervention program of dream interpretation group sessions using the Ullman method on exploratory, action, and experiential insights in healthy women. This is an applied and quasi-experimental study with a pretest/posttest and a control group. The population includes all Persian-speaking women living in Iran, aged 20 to 45 years, with at least a diploma, and able to access and work with the Internet in 2020, who were eligible to participate in the study based on the inclusion criteria. After publishing the invitation on the websites and virtual advertising pages of various cities, 20 people from this population were purposively selected (based on the inclusion criteria) and then randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (10 people in each group). Data collection instruments were the Gains from Dream Interpretation (GDI) questionnaire and the intervention program, including the Ullmann's Appreciating Dreams Protocol (UADP), conducted online in 11 sessions of 90 to 120 minutes. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS-24 software. The results showed that the intervention program of group interpretation of dreams according to the Ullmann's method had a significant effect on exploratory and action insight (p < 0.05), but was not significant on experimental insight. Therefore, the Ullmann's Appreciating Dreams Protocol can be used to promote insight in the non-clinical population.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a time-consuming and severe mental illness that causes significant distress and impaired functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy on the symptoms and functions of children with OCD.

The research plan was single-case or single-subject. The statistical population of this research included all the children with OCD within the age range of 7-12 years who referred to counseling and psychiatric centers in Ahvaz, Iran, in 2020. In total, four children who were diagnosed with OCD were selected by the available sampling method and received family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention in 12 sessions. In this study, the required data were collected using Yale-Brown Child Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale and the Child Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Impact Scale. Data analysis was performed using visual charting or graphical analysis methods, reliable change index, and percentage of improvement.

The results showed that a reliable change index was significant for symptoms and function in treatment and follow-up (P<0.05). Moreover, the percentage of overall improvement showed the effectiveness of family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy on the symptoms and function of children with OCD in treatment and follow-up stages. All four children were in the successful treatment category based on the Classification of Blanchard.

Family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy can be beneficial and effective on the symptoms and function of children with OCD.

The aim of this study is to design and evaluate the structural model of the important precedents and outcomes of workaholism among the male teachers teaching in the high schools of Abadan. The existing variables in such a model include precedents such as perfectionism, the quality of life, and anxiety and the outcomes resuling from workaholism consist of features like aggression, physical symptoms, and sleep disorders.

The present research is of descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population of this study consists of 210 male Teachers teaching in Abadan high schools in academic years 2018-2019. The high school male teachers are all selected through systematic random sampling. To collect the required data, many reliable questionnaires including the following ones have been used: Ahvaz Perfectionism Questionnaire (1999), WHO Quality of life Questionnaire (1991), Beck Anxiety Inventory (1990), Libano et al.̓s Workaholism Questionnaire (2010), Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992), Powell and Enright Physical Symptom Questionnaire (1991) and petersburg Sleep Quality Index (1989).

This is why the suggested model is finally supported and approved by removing and modifying the non-meaningful directions. This study also approved that workaholism direction has positive and significant impactst on sleep disorders.

Considering the confirmation of a significant relationship between the antecedents and consequences of job addiction in teachers in this study, it is suggested that managers identify teachers who show a strong desire to work and examine the extent of job addiction to work within their organization.

This study aimed to explore the causal relationship of academic engagement and academic self-efficacy with mediation school climate in high school gifted students studying in Ahvaz in the school year 2018-2019. The research is of a provide model of the causal model relationship. The participants of the present study were selected using random stratified random sampling, included a sample of 300 students (140 boys gifted and 160 girls gifted). To collect the required data four educational questionnaires were used including Zarang Questionnair(2011), Maurice Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire(2001), Taylor's Educational Performance Questionnair(1999), a Trick and Mouse School climate understanding Questionnaire (1973). To analyze the collected data, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used and SPSS 18 and Amos 18 were used for evaluating the proposed model. The findings of the present study showed that the current pattern of development goals in the research community is valid (RMSEA = 0.08). Gifted students have a positive and significant relationship in all direct paths of academic engagement and academic self-efficacy with the component of the school meditation. Moreover, the indirect paths of research in academic engagement and academic self-efficacy with the mediation of school meditation have an effect on academic performance.

Occupational accidents are one of the most important problems in developed and developing countries. Occupational accidents in any form impose many economic and social problems on organization and society. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to predict group membership (accident-involved and accident-free employees) from interpersonal conflict and organizational justice.
 
Participants in the research were 255 employees of the National Iranian Drilling Company who were selected by simple random sampling method. The research design was correlational and predictive. Discriminant Analysis was used for data analysis. The instrument included Spector and Jacks (1998) Interpersonal Conflict Scale and Niehoff and Moorman (1993) Organizational Justice Questionnaire. The accident-involved employees mean people who had been severely injured as a result of traumatic work-related accidents and were referred to a medical center.
 
The results confirmed research hypotheses. In other words, the accident-involved employees had high interpersonal conflict scores and low organizational justice scores than accident-free employees. The variables of interpersonal conflict and then organizational justice have shown the highest correlation with only the discriminant function with two predictor variables, respectively.
 
The variables studied in this study were good predictors for group separation (accident-involved and accident-free employees), so it is suggested that organizations can reduce accident–involvement by controlling the mentioned variables. Also, based on the results, it is suggested that through job stress management programs as well as safety measures, strengthening the principles of safe behavior throughout the organization, the organizations can reduce accidents or eliminate risk factors.

This study aimed to compare achievement goals, perception of the school atmosphere and educational performance in gifted second-degree high school students (males and females) in Ahwaz city. This research was a causal-comparative study. The sample included 300 gifted students (140 gifted males and 160 gifted females) whom were selected by stratified random sampling. The required data were collected from three educational questionnaires of Development Goals Questionnaire (Midgely et al, 1998), Perception of School Atmosphere Questionnaire (Tricity& Mouse, 1973) and Educational Performance (Pham-Taylor, 2001). The collected data were analyzed using statistical methods such as multivariate analysis of variance and One-variable. The results of the study indicated that gifted male students had a lower average than gifted female students did in achievement goals the female students had lower average than male students did in the avoidance goals. Moreover, the perception of the school atmosphere and the school performance of male students showed lower average in comparison to the female students, as a result, all the research variables (except for avoidance goals) of gifted female students had a better performance than gifted male students. These differences were significant at the level of 0.05.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on cognitive fatigue in female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design and three months of follow up performed on three groups of therapy, placebo, and waiting list. Thus, among the female patients with MS referred to the MS Society of Ahwaz, Iran, 41 patients were chosen with the convenience sampling method and divided into therapy (n = 13), placebo (n = 13), and waiting list (n = 14) by random sampling.

All patients completed the Modified Impact of Fatigue Scale (MFIS) in the pretest and posttest stages and after the three-month follow-up period. The results of the mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the interaction between time and therapy can reduce the cognitive fatigue in patients with MS (F = 3.53, P = 0.014, effect size = 0.16, statistical power = 0.84) and this reduction will remain and until the follow-up.

According to fatigue as a main and pervasive complaint of this group, the results of this study can be used as an appropriate method to reduce cognitive fatigue in patients with MS.

 This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on mindfulness oriented recovery enhancement approach on Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood and Pain-Related Anxiety among Chronic Pain Patients.

Materials & Methods:

This study is quasi-experimental with control group. The statistical population included all the patients with chronic pain at Ahwaz who have been referred to Health Center (Hospitals with specialized clinics of physical medicine and orthopedics) in summer 2017. 30 chronic pain patients were selected through recall and in a voluntary method based on pain specialist diagnosis and randomly allocated into two experimental(n=15) and control (n=15) groups. Both groups were tested before. The experimental group for eight sessions of 120-minute group therapy were based on mindfulness oriented recovery enhancement approach. Control group members did not receive any interventions. Data through questionnaires study were Index of Depression Sensitivity-Revised Version (LEIDS-R) and Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS). Research data to way multivariate analysis of variance were analyzed by SPSS 21 software.

The results of multivariate analysis of covariance with significance level (p > 0.0001) on the hypothesis show a significant difference between the two groups at post-test, that represents the effectiveness of mindfulness oriented recovery enhancement approach group therapy based on Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood and Pain-Related Anxiety among Chronic Pain Patients.

The conclusion of the study is based on group therapy, mindfulness oriented recovery enhancement approach is to reduce. Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood and Pain-Related Anxiety among Chronic Pain Patients.

The present study was aimed at determining the effect of religious orientation and sense of humor on psychological stress with the mediation of optimism in students. The statistical population consisted of all the female senior high school students of Ahwaz, Iran who were studying in the academic year 2015-2016. From among them, 308 students were selected using the multistage random sampling method. The required data were collected using the Arian Religious Orientation Questionnaire (1998), the Sevari Sense of Humor Questionnaire (2016), the Shearer, Carver and Briggs Life Orientation Questionnaire (1994) and the Lovebound and Lovebound Psychological Stress Questionnaire (1995). The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis. The results revealed that, while modifying some of the relationships in the proposed model, the religious orientation and sense of humor have a positive causal effect on optimism, and the same variables do not have a negative causal effect on psychological stress. It was further revealed that religious orientation and sense of humor have an indirect negative causal effect on psychological stress through optimism, and optimism has a direct negative causal effect on psychological stress. The findings were indicative of the effect of religious orientation and sense of humor on the reduction of psychological stress through optimism. Hence, a more prosperous and healthy future with less stress can be created for individuals, especially students, by enhancing religious orientation, sense of humor and optimism.

The purpose of this study was designing and testing a model of some antecedents of happiness at work. The research sample consisted of 322 employees of Foolad Gharb Asia Company, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. The participants completed psychological capital, perceived interactive justice, supervisor support, opportunity of growth and promotion, pay satisfaction, trust in supervisor, job satisfaction and happiness at work questionnaires. Fitness of the proposed model was examined through structural equation modeling (SEM), using SPSS-19 and AMOS-19 software packages. The indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure. Findings indicated that the proposed model fitted the data properly. Better fit obtained by omitting 1 non-significant path. Finding also showed that all direct and indirect paths except psychological capital to trust in supervisor were significant.

Todays, Stress phenomenon is considered as an important that has many effects on employee productivity and staffing abilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management training on increasing psychological empowerment and reducing the dimensions of burnout in Industrial Company.

This research was a field experiment with pre-test and post-test type with control group. Participants of this research were employees of an industrial company in 2014, which was the basis for the next sampling of job stress, psychological empowerment and burnout of the individuals in the initial sample (351 people). Among the people whose score in these variables was out of normal, according to the experimental method, 36 subjects were randomly selected in both experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated of cognitive-behavioral stress management training in 11 sessions of 120 minutes. Both of the groups were evaluated before and after the test. Dekoetz and Parker job Stress Questionnaire, Maslach & Jackson Job burnout Questionnaire and Spreitzer psychological empowerment Questionnaire were used to evaluate research variables. The data were analyzed with SPSS software and covariance analysis.

The mean score of pre-test in emotional exhaustion in experimental group was 31.11±6.04 and in control group was 30.66±4.52, and the mean score of post-test in experimental group was 23.16±4.74 and in control group was 23.33±4.25. The mean score of pre-test in enhancing personal performance in experimental group was 16.38±3.85, and in control group was 19.88±2.11 and the mean score of post-test enhancing personal performance in experimental group was 22.83±3.39 and in control group was 19.27±1.99. The mean score of pre-test in psychological empowerment in experimental group was 28.22±3.07, and in control group was 27.16±3.31 and the mean score of post-test in psychological empowerment in experimental group was 42.38±3.25 and in control group was 30.61±4.51. Results showed that there are significant differences between experimental and control groups in emotional exhaustion (F=151/68) and enhancing personal performance (F=107/30) and there are significant differences between experimental and control groups in psychological empowerment (F=38/88). (p<0.05).

Learning stress management practices can significantly decrease the job burnout and increase the psychological empowerment of employees and ultimately increase the physical and mental health of individuals.

The present study aimed at predicting academic performance based on academic engagement, academic self-efficacy, goals of progress and perception of the school atmosphere in the gifted secondary high school students in Ahwaz city. The research method was descriptive correlational and 300 gifted students (140 male and 160 female) were selected through stratified random sampling. To collect the required data, Zarang Educational Inventory (2011), Mauritius Educational Self-Efficacy Inventory (2001), Midgley et al (1998), Perceptual Questionnaire of the Atmosphere of the Tricet and Mouse School (1973) and Taylor's Educational Performance Questionnaire (1999) were used. To analyze the collected data, statistical methods such as Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis method were used. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between academic engagement, academic self-efficacy and the components of achievement and approach with academic performance, and there is a negative significant correlation between achievement avoidance components and academic performance. Among the predictor variables, respectively, academic self-efficacy, avoidance goals, mastery goals, and approach were the best predictors of gifted students' academic performance. The level of significance was at P

Most accidents are caused by unsafe behaviors or human errors. Safety experts have argued that with the increasing focus on human behavior, it can significantly reduce accidents. The aim of the present study was to examine neuroticism, safety efficacy and regulatory focus as predictors of unsafe work behavior of employee Bidboland Gas Refining Company.

The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of operational and staffing departments of Bidboland Gas Refining Company in Khuzestan. The sample consisted of 273 employees who were selected using stratified random sampling. At first, the participants were divided into two groups, safe employees and unsafe employees by using Safety Behavior Scale (Salleh, 2010). Then to evaluate the variables studied, NEO personality characteristics (Costa & McCrae, 1992), safety efficacy (Brown, et al., 2000) and regulatory focus at work (Wallace & Chen, 2006) questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed through discriminant analysis and using SPSS 16 software.

According to the results, unsafe behavior of employees can be predicted from neuroticism, safety efficacy and regulatory focus and its dimensions (prevention focus and promotion focus).

Neuroticism increases unsafe behaviors and safety efficacy and regulatory focus (prevention focus and promotion focus) decrease unsafe behaviors of employees.