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The concept of wisdom in religious and philosophical texts has a long history. Today, the significance of parenting styles and its effect on the upbringing and future of children is obvious to everyone. Since Imam Ali (AS) is considered as the symbol of wisdom and history proves his competent parenting, undoubtedly evaluating his valuable works can provide deep approaches in the field of wisdom and creativity. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of wise parenting package based on the teachings of Imam Ali (AS) on parental wisdom and creativity of preschool children.

This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, control group design. The research population included the parents of preschool female students in the academic year 2017-2018 in Isfahan. Based on the inclusion criteria, 30 subjects were randomly divided into experimental group (trained by wise parenting in 12 sessions) and control group (without intervention). In this study, the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking Visual Test and Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) were used. The results of post-test data were analyzed by MANCOVA test. In this study, all the ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests.

The findings indicated that parental wisdom with its three subscales (cognitive, reflective, and emotional), as well as the scores related to creativity in the subscales of expansion, fluidity, and flexibility were significantly different compared to the control group while the innovation subscale showed no significant difference with the control group.

Based on the findings, teaching the wise parenting package based on the teachings of Imam Ali (AS) was effective in parental wisdom and creativity of preschool female students.

The present study is an attempt to develop a wise parenting package based on the teachings of Imam Ali and evaluate its effect on parent-child relationship and symptoms of internalized behavior problems in preschool girls. The study falls under the category of hybrid heuristic research studies. The population of the study consists of two valuable books in the qualitative phase, namely Nahj al-Balaghah and Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim. The purposive sampling method was used to select the sample. Two components, namely wisdom and parenting were extracted and coded using qualitative thematic analysis methods. Finally, a wise parenting package was formulated based on the teachings of Imam Ali in 12 sessions. The validity of the package was calculated using Fleiss' kappa method (0.84). In the quantitative phase, the research fell into the category of experimental studies with control group and pretest/posttest design. The population consisted of the parents of female preschoolers  in Isfahan during the academic year 2017-2018. According to the inclusion criteria, 30 subjects were randomly assigned to an experimental group (receiving training with Wise Parenting Package) and a control group (without intervention) (15 subjects in each group). Data collection instruments included the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Pianta’s Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS). The MANCOVA results in SPSS-25 showed a significant difference between the parent-child relationship subscales (intimacy and conflict) and the behavior problems subscales (anxiety and depression) in the control group. However, no significant difference was found between dependence and physical complaints in the control group. It is recommended that this package be used to further improve health and conflict among family members..

Today ischemic heart diseases are the first reason of death in most societies, and in studies done some testimonies have reported about the role of inflammations and chronic infections in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to find out if there were any association between Helicobacter- pylori infection and atherosclerosis. In this case-control study, endoscopy, urease test, and serology on 164 individuals (82 with coronary heart disease and 82 healthy ones) were performed to test the existence of Helicobacter-pylori. Finally, the obtained data were statistically analysed at the significant level of P≤0.05 by applying SPSS software and t-test. It was found that among 82 individuals in the control group urease test of 82.5% and serology test of 65% were positive and among the case group (82 patients) 75% of urease test and 70% of serology test was positive. There was not a meaningful relationship between infection and coronary heart disease (P=0.21). In these two groups, whose age and gender were partly matched, there was not a meaningful statistical difference with regard to Helicobacter-pylori infection. Thus, other factors (inflammatory and non-inflammatory) for coronary heart disease should be investigated.