مقالات رزومه دکتر مهدیه عطری فرد

The cancer is a chronic illness and d epression is one of the important psychological factors in its patients. In order to help these patients and show the necessity of needed psychological interventions، this study was aimed to compare depression rate among children and adolescents with cancer and healthy ones. This research was the causal-comparative type research. In this study، 65 children and adolescents 8-17 years old who went to Mahak Institute and 64 healthy children and adolescents were selected by available sampling method and all completed Child and Adolescent Depression Scale. According to results، the mean of scores of depression in children and adolescents with cancer (11. 42) were significantly (P<0. 05) higher than healthy group (8. 42). Also، the results indicated significant difference (P<0. 05) in the mean of scores of depression between girls with cancer (12. 08) and healthy girls (7. 87) but there were no significant difference in the mean of scores of depression between boys with cancer (10. 78) and healthy boys (8. 99). Depression in children and adolescents with cancer is higher than healthy ones and this matter can disrupt disease development and improvement. Therefore، effective psychological interventions are necessary to reduce depression rate in these patients.

The purpose of this study is determination of factor structure and psychometric features «negative self-picture scale» (NSPS). So، after preparation of mentioned scale and implementation of basic steps as well as omission of possible problems، NSPS was done on 574 Shahed University bachelor students، selected by cluster sampling and factor structure of this tool was surveyed by heuristic confirmatory factor analysis. Results of these analyses represents NSPS 4-factor structure which respectively include: «concerns on appearance of physical defects»، «concerns on of social competency defects (1)»، «concerns on of social competency defects (2)» concerns on defects and disabilities related to anxiety symptoms control«. In order to study NSPS validity and its factors، internal consistency coefficients and retesting coefficients were calculated. Results represent NSPS acceptable validity and its factors. Validity study of NSPS structure and its factors with 6 scales (SIAS SPS، LSAS-SR،SPIN، DASS-21، BDI-II) shows that Pearson correlation coefficients between NSPS and other scales is meaningful and only its correlations with LSAS-SR is at least and non-meaningful which will be explained. Generally، this study provides evidences for accuracy of factor structure NSPS acceptable validity.

The present study aims to determine the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy based on Hofmann’s model for decreasing symptoms of social anxiety disorder. 12 subjects with social anxiety disorder were selected using Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) and Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (SCID-IV). 6 subjects were randomly selected to be included in the test group and 6 subjects were included in the control group. The test group received CBT based on Hofmann’s model and the control group waited. Examinations showed that the 2 groups matched demographically. Subjects completed the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS-SR), and The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE) questionnaires before, immediately after and 1.5 months after the end of treatment/ waiting. The results of analyses indicated that the independent variable (CBT based on Hofmann’s model) had a significant effect on the dependent variable (SPIN, LSAS-SR, BFNE) in repeated measurements (pre-test, post-test and follow up). Generally, the results were indicative of the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy based on Hofmann’s model (2007) for decreasing different components of social anxiety disorder; as the efficacy was maintained from post-test to follow-up stage.