فهرست مطالب پروین جعفری

The care of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) pose a significant challenge for parents, especially mothers as their primary caregivers. Mothers of ASD children often feel shame and low psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of group compassion-focused therapy on shame and distress tolerance of mothers of children with ASD. 

This is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test/post-test/follow-up design. The study population of consists of all mothers of children with ASD in Tehran, Iran, covered by the Iran Autism Association. The samples were selected using convenience and snowball sampling methods. Thirty mothers were randomly assigned to two groups of 15, including intervention and control. The internalized shame scale by Cook (1993), the Others as Shamer Scale by Goss (1994), and the Distress Tolerance Scale by Simons and Gaher (2005) were completed by both groups at pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up phases. The intervention group received eight one-hour sessions of group compassion-focused therapy. The data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS version 28.

The group compassion-focused therapy had a significant effect on reducing internalized shame, external shame, and increasing distress tolerance (P<0.01). The intervention had the greatest effect on distress tolerance with an effect size of 0.571, followed by internalized shame and external shame with effect sizes of 0.419 and 0.417, respectively.

The group compassion-focused therapy can reduce shame and improve distress tolerance of mothers of children with ASD.

Couples facing infidelity often suffer severe emotional trauma. To investigate the relationship between moral intelligence, perfectionism, and attitudes toward extramarital relationships in married men, we conducted a study.
The present research is a correlational study of the structural equation model type. The statistical population consisted of 100 married men from Kermanshah in 2022. The sampling method used was availability. Data collection tools included the moral intelligence questionnaires of Lenik and Keel (2005), Whatley's (2008) attitude scale towards extramarital relationships, and Hill's (2004) perfectionism scale. Data analysis was done in two parts: descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equations) using SPSS 25 and PLS 3 statistical software.
The results of the findings showed a negative and significant relationship between moral intelligence and attitude towards extramarital relationships (r=-0.274 and p05/0>), and a significant negative relationship between moral intelligence and perfectionism (r=-0.251 and p05/0>), there is a positive and significant relationship between perfectionism and attitude towards extramarital relationships (r = 0.234 and p05/0>), as well as a negative and significance relationship between moral intelligence and attitude towards extramarital relationships with the mediating role of perfectionism (r=-0.059 and p05/0>).
Moral intelligence is related to perfectionism and extramarital relationships, and high moral intelligence can predict the positive aspects of perfectionism and a more negative attitude towards extramarital relationships.

Auditory processing disorder and dyslexia are shown to be related in many researches and they are known to have high comorbidity. Most of dyslexic students have some problems in auditory perception. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of central auditory processing rehabilitation program on the dyslexic students’ auditory perception.

A controlled clinical trial was conducted. The population involved dyslexic elementary school students studying in a learning disorder center in Tehran. Using convenience sampling method, 30 dyslexic students with central auditory processing disorder were selected and were divided into experimental and control groups. Central auditory processing rehabilitation program was designed in 12 steps together with different practices for dyslexic students. Auditory perception test for hearing impaired was conducted in the pretest. The experimental group received 15 sessions of central auditory processing rehabilitation program. Auditory perception test for hearing impaired was conducted in the posttest again and follow up was administered five weeks later.

The data analysis using the multi-variable variance analysis with repeated measures indicated a significant difference between the mean scores of auditory perception in the experimental and in control groups in posttest (P= 0.05).

According to the results, the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program on dyslexic students’ auditory perception was confirmed and follow up showed that effectiveness was stable.

Aim: Learning disability is one of the most complicated disorders in the field of exceptional children. This complexity can be demonstrated in definition, classification and evaluation. In the diagnosis section, the criteria and the evaluation instruments are not so much clear. The most of the students with learning disability have reading problems. This study, has been done with the aim of investigating the auditory perception of the students with dyslexia, and comparing them with their normal classmates.
30 dyslexic students, from the ones who visited the learning disability centers in Tehran City along with 30 normal students were selected by convenience sampling method and auditory perception test APT/HI was conducted for them, after checking the entrance criteria.
The dyslexic students had lower performance rate in all the auditory perception subtests, compared to the normal students.
Many dyslexic students are weak in case of auditory perception and the evaluation and reinforcement of such perceptive skill should be involved in their rehabilitation program. Considering the high comorbidity of the central auditory processing disorder and learning disability, we can see that evaluating such skill in suffering students, seems to be important. In this regard there are many tests that can be conducted in a short period of time, which make it possible to diagnose the auditory perception problems in the subjects. On the basis of such evaluation results, comprehensive plan can be designed and implemented.

In this study clients’ satisfaction in public and private rehabilitation centers in Kordestan province was assessed and compared. In this comparative and cross-sectional study, 415 people who were admitted for the first time to out patient public and private rehabilitation centers in Kurdistan, during the six month period of autumn and winter 1383, were selected by simple randomized and stratified sampling. Using a structured questionnaire, information was gathered through telephone interviews, and each client’s satisfaction measured and scored by 1-20. The questionnaire’s face validity was approved by experts. Using the test- retest method, the reliability was r = 0.83 and it’s ICC was 0.76 (Kronobakh alpha). Independent t- test and Chi-Square test were used to analyze of data. The total satisfaction score of public sector clients (12.48±1.6) was more than that of private sector clients (12.15±1. 4) and their difference was significant (P=0.04). The private sector clients were more satisfied than public sector clients with physical conditions (P<0.001), time accessibility (P=0.018) and communication skills of the personnel (P=0.018), but the mean difference was not more than 1 point in either area. In public centers the physical accessibility (P=0.01), financial accessibility (P<0.001) and quality of services (P<0.001) caused significant higher satisfaction than private centers. Although the difference between client's satisfaction in public centers and private ones was statistically significant, but the differences were not so prominent, except in the case of financial accessibility. Attaining a higher quality rehabilitation services and enhancing client satisfaction, is necessary for both public and private centers. For the private sector we extension of insurance coverage is recommended.