abdollah moatamedy

Depression during adolescence can lead to various psychological and social problems that often persist into adulthood.

The aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy based on mental imagery on depression symptoms and autobiographical memory in adolescents.

The present study employed a multiple baseline case study design. The study population included adolescents aged 12-18 who sought treatment at non-governmental psychological clinics in the city of Rasht during the years 1401-1402. The sample size consisted of three participants selected through purposive sampling. The instruments used were the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1996) and the Autobiographical Memory Test (Williams & Broadbent, 1986). Descriptive statistics, effect size, percentage of improvement, and mixed regression were used for data analysis with SPSS 24 software.

The results indicated that the cognitive-behavioral therapy package based on mental imagery significantly reduced depression symptoms in adolescents (p < 0.05) and increased meaningful self-report memories while decreasing more general self-report memories (p < 0.05).

When individuals approach specific memories through mental imagery instead of avoiding or neglecting them, hidden emotions become apparent, providing the individual with new meanings of those images and contributing to mood improvement. Considering the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy based on mental imagery on depression symptoms and autobiographical memories in adolescents, it is recommended that healthcare practitioners working with individuals diagnosed with depression take note of the findings of this research.

The phenomenon of procrastination is more or less seen in different strata of society, and identifying factors related to it can help provide solutions to improve people's efficiency. For this purpose, the relationship between life-trend, self-confidence and social isolation with procrastination is investigated in this research. This mixed research combines qualitative (interview and drawing life graf) and quantitative methods (correlation, structural modelling). Its statistical population included all the residents of Tehran city over 20 years of age, which were 688 people, including 354 women and 334 men, who participated in it. In order to investigate the life-trend, the researcher used interviews and the technique of drawing life graphs, and to analyze the data obtained from this technique, lifeline (R2), transition (β) and mean interpretation indices, and used data related to other variables were collected through 3 questionnaires. The presented structural model had a good fit, so the lifeline index of the total effect was -0.32, the transition index was -0/28, the mean interpretation index was -0/43, the self-confidence variable was -0/42, and the social isolation variable was 0/35. They showed the procrastination variable. The events that people have experienced during their life, self-confidence, and social isolation can predict procrastination. If people's procrastination strategies are correctly recognized, informing they to acquire and use more valuable strategies, develop programs to increase self-confidence in various fields and increase beneficial social relationships. In that case, it is possible to help reduce procrastination and the dynamics of societies as much as possible.

The aim of this study was to investigate the Relationship of Corona Anxiety and Health Concern with Quality of Life with mediating role of resilience in Nurses

The statistical population included all female nurses working in COVID-19 government hospitals in Ahvaz in the first 6 months of 2021(N=320). Therefore, 250 nurses were selected by cencus sampling method and were provided with online questionnaires using WhatsApp virtual network. In order to collect data, the Short Form of Quality of Life Questionnaire (World Health Organization, 2006), Corona Anxiety Scale (Alizadeh et al., 2020), Health Concern Scale (Wells & Davis, 1994), and the Resilience Scale (Connor & Davidson, 2003) were used. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Also, indirect effects were investigated through the bootstrap method.

The results showed that the direct effects of corona anxiety on resilience
(β = -0.35, p <0.05), health concern on resilience (β = 0.20, p <0.05), corona anxiety on quality of life (β = -0.11, p <0.05), and resilience on quality of life (β = 0.58, p <0.05) were significant. However, the direct path of health concern on quality of life (β = 0.03, p <0.05) was not significant. Also, the indirect effect of corona anxiety on quality of life through resilience and also the indirect effect of health anxiety on quality of life through resilience were significant (p <0.01).

Due to the importance of resilience in the quality of life of nurses, it is recommended that training be done to promote the quality of life of nurses.

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Families of psychiatric patients often experience physical and psychological stress, depression, anxiety, and social communication problems that affect their quality of life, and controlling these effects requires identifying related factors. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of family psychoeducation on the quality of life of families of patients with psychiatric disorders in Tehran

This semi-experimental research was conducted with the participation of 30 main caregivers of patients suffering from psychotic disorders admitted to Razi Psychiatry Training and Treatment Center in Tehran in the spring of 2018. This sample was selected by the available method and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, test and control. This research was done in four steps. In the first step, a pre-test was conducted, and in the second step, family psychological education sessions were held only for the main caregivers of the experimental group patients during 8 two-hour sessions (one 120-minute session each week). In the third step, two groups of experimental and control patients completed the quality   of  life   questionnaire   at the time of discharge, and in the fourth step, six months after the end of the family psychological education sessions, the two groups of experimental and control patients completed the questionnaire related to the research. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24 and repeated measures analysis of variance.

According to the data obtained in the pre-test stage, there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of demographic characteristics (P> 0.05). Also, there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of quality of life (F = 0.92, P> 0.05). But in the post-test and follow-up stages, a significant difference was obtained between them (F = 7.63, P <0.001). In other words, family psychological education and care sessions increased the quality of life in the families of patients with psychotic disorders.

Based on the research results, it can be said that family psychoeducation has increased the quality of life of families of patients with psychiatric disorders. This increase is significant in quality of life and subscales of physical health, mental health, social relationships, and environmental health.

Retirement is one of the important events in the elderly that can affect the one’s quality of life. Consequently, The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of personality traits, coping strategies and religious attitudes in predicting quality of life in retireds. The study was of descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population included all the retireds of Nahavand, Iran among whom 200 were selected through random sampling. Study tools consisted of NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), Religious Attitude Scale (RAS) and WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL-26). Data were analyzed through Pearson’s correlation coefficient and enter multiple regression. The results indicated that there were relationship between Big Five personality traits (except for openness) and quality of life as such, neuroticism had a negative significant correlation with quality of life and extraversion, and agreeableness and conscientiousness had positive significant correlation with quality of life. There was no significant relationship between religious attitudes and quality of life. The problem focused coping strategy had a positive significant, the emotional focused coping strategy had a negative insignificant, and the avoidance coping strategy had a positive medium relationship (0.30, p < 0.01) with the quality of life. The results of multiple regression also showed that personality traits, coping strategies and religious attitudes could predict 43% of variance of the quality of life. Based on the aforemebtioned results, it could be said that the improvement of the quality of life are impressed by personality traits and coping strategies that people apply when they encounter stress.

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders, meaning an abnormal mental state that is often described as "loss of contact with reality." Recurrence of symptoms and frequent hospitalizations are characteristics of patients with these disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of family psychoeducation education on the prevention of recurrence of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

The present study was a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this study was patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who were hospitalized in Razi Psychiatric Center in the spring of 1398. The study sample included 30 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of 15 subjects. Training sessions for the experimental group (patientschr('39') families) were held for 2 months (8 sessions). The research instrument was the scale of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21 and repeated measures analysis of variance

There was no significant difference between the research variables in the experimental and control groups in the pretest (P>0/05). The results of covariance analysis showed that holding family psychoeducation sessions on prevention of relapse symptoms (p < 0.001, F = 182.1), in preventing relapse of negative symptoms of Psychosis disorders (p <0.05, F = 5.24) and was effective in preventing relapse of positive symptoms of Psychosis disorders (p <0.001, F = 48.54).

The results of the study showed that family psychoeducation is effective in preventing the recurrence of symptoms of schizophrenia. In addition to common psychiatric treatments, it is recommended that family psychoeducation be used to prevent the recurrence of symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

In recent years, with the increase in divorce, the plan of obligatory divorce counseling was implemented by the judiciary and in cooperation with the Welfare Organization to reduce the divorce rate. However, the effectiveness of these counselings has not been as expected. The current study aimed to develop an instructive package for counselors to increase the statistics of divorce applicants’ compromise based on the pathology of divorce counseling in a mixed manner. In the qualitative section, phenomenological strategies used and semi-experimental design used in the quantitative section. The population in the qualitative section for the pathology of divorce counseling was 15 counselors implementing the obligatory divorce counseling project in the Zanjan province. After nine interviews with them, a saturation of categories was obtained. Research compiled for an educational package was divorce experts that after eight interviews with them, a saturation of categories was obtained. Data analysis using MAXQDA software showed that divorce counseling faced seven serious problems: “weakness in diagnostic interviews, family therapy, couple therapy, treatment of difficult clients, sex therapy, emotion management and motivational interviews, and marital infidelity.” The results from repeated – measures ANOVA showed that the instructive package developed empowered counselors and the compromise between divorce applicants increased significantly. It is concluded that counselors’ lack of professional and scientific information affects the divorce counseling process, the Designed training package can repair these injuries and the Welfare organization training counselors according to this package can take actions to empower counselors.

Social responsibility helps individuals define themselves and their roles as part of society and act responsible and active as a member of this community. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of social responsibility- based educational program on the tendency toward high-risk behaviors at risk adolescents.

The research method was Pre-test – post-test quasi-experimental method with control group. The statistical population of the study was adolescents at risk in Tehran. The sample was students of a school in the 17th district of Tehran (consisted of 39 students) that was selected as available sample. Sample was randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The educational program was administered to the experimental group in 10 sessions. The instrument used in this study was Iranian Adolescents Risk-taking Scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS and by using One-Way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA).

The results of the study showed that the F value obtained in the covariance analysis test is 5.52 and its significance level is less than 0.05; therefore, social responsibility- based educational program has a significant effect on the tendency towards risky behaviors in adolescents and decreases tendency to high risk behaviors. Promoting social responsibility can help adolescents avoid engaging in high-risk behaviors.

oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is one of the most common externalizing disorders in childhood and one of the most common psychiatric disorders among clients of health centers. The purpose of this study was to formulate and validate a social cognition training program and determine its effectiveness on symptoms of oppositional defiant.

The present study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, after reviewing the literature, therapeutic theories and concepts in the field of social cognition and training program were developed. Then, ten clinical and child psychologists determined the content validity of the training program. In the second stage, a semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group was used. The statistical population consisted of all male students aged 7 to 9 years in Tehran schools during 2019-2020 that were evaluated by two-stage sampling. In the first stage, screening was performed. In the second stage, 30 children according to inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The social cognition training program was administered to the experimental group for 10 sessions, and after one month, the experimental group was followed up. Data was collected using Hormerson et al. oppositional defiant disorder rating scale.

The results indicated that social cognition training program has acceptable content validity. Furthermore, the results of training intervention showed that social cognition training significantly reduced the symptoms of ODD in children and this effect was significant in the follow-up phase.

Social cognition training program can be considered as a valid and effective program for alleviation of ODD symptoms in children.

Physical and mental changes in the elderly may lead to decrease their hope and happiness in life. Research has shown the effectiveness of logo therapy, but the question of the present study is whether logo therapy-based educational package can help improve these symptoms in the retired elderly teachers?

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of the logo therapy-based educational package on the hope and happiness of retired teachers.

The method of this study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical sample of this study included 30 retired elderly teachers of Kerman, who were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental (15 subjects) and control groups (15 people). Experimental group participants received 12 sessions, twice a week, of logo therapy training based on positive psychology books (Seligman et al., 2000), cognitive-behavioral techniques (Stallard, 2005; Translated by Alizadeh et al., 2010), and logo therapy (Frankl) (Translated by Milani, 2016). To collect data, Miller & Powers (1988) Hope Inventory and the Oxford Happiness Measurement Scale (1989) were used. The data were analyzed by covariance.

The findings showed that the logo therapy-based educational package was effective on the hope and happiness of retired teachers (P<0/001).

Therefore, it can be said that holding educational courses based on the logo therapy can help improve hope and happiness of the elderly teachers.

This research aimed to investigate the relationship between Islamic lifestyle and marital satisfaction with the mediation of optimism. The correlation and path analysis was applied with the help of AMOS20 software. The population was the married public employees of the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization in Tehran and 214 employees (94 men and 120 women) were selected by the cluster sampling. They answered the Afrouz's couples' satisfaction questionnaire, Nouri's Islamic optimism questionnaire, and the Heirat et al.'s couples' Islamic lifestyle questionnaire. The findings demonstrated that there is a positive and significant relationship between Islamic lifestyle and marital satisfaction (p<0.01), in which Islamic lifestyle has a direct and meaningful effect on marital satisfaction (p<0.05). In addition, the standard value of the indirect effect of lifestyle with the mediation of optimism on marital satisfaction is significant at the level of 0.05. Therefore, Islamic lifestyle with the mediation of optimism has an indirect effect on marital satisfaction and two variables of optimism and Islamic lifestyle explain marital satisfaction

  The purpose of this study was to predict disorders in the elderly with respect to psychological disorders. The method used for the research was descriptive correlational analysis. The statistical population of this study included all the Tehran's elderly during 2018, among which 300 were selected by stratified random sampling method. The measurement instruments were the psychological Symptoms Checklist (SCL-90-R) and the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire of Wells (MCQ). Multiple regression analysis was used as the statistical method to analyze the data. Results revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the components of meta-cognition and psychological disorders. The components of positive beliefs, uncontrollable beliefs and cognitive beliefs were significant for all the components of psychological disorders. However, the components of negative beliefs did not have a significant effect on physical complaints and aggression, and the cognitive component had no significant effect on sensitivity in relationships and aggression. According to the findings of this research, it is concluded that metacognitive beliefs play an important role in the prediction of mental disorders in the elderly.

The aim of the present study was to predict cognitive failures in the elderly based on personality dimensions and lifestyle and examine the mediating role of negative emotions as a model.

This research is of correlation type and its statistical population included all the elderly in Tehran. In the present study, 150 elderly persons participated by convenience sampling method. Research instruments were cognitive failures, Eysenck Personality Inventory, lifestyle scale and Negative emotions. In order to analyze the data, the path analysis and stepwise regression analysis were used.

The results showed that personality dimensions and lifestyle can significantly and negatively predict emotions and cognitive failures and finally with respect to the proposed model, it was found that lifestyle and personality dimensions could significantly predict cognitive failures through the mediation negative emotions.

The result obtained from this study can be used to identify the groups vulnerable to cognitive failures and make necessary recommendations to the experts to understand the causes andetiology, consultation and prevention of cognitive failures.

In the retirement age, people experience conflicts and marital problems as they go through one of the transitional stages of life and spend more time at home and face new sources of stress. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the role of coping strategies, purposefulness in life, and quality of life in the level of marital adjustment in retirees.
The present study was a correlational survey. The population consisted of 200 retirees of Nahavand during year 2016, selected by simple random sampling method, as the study sample. The research tools were Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Marital Status Inventory and WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL-26), and Golombok-Rust marital status inventory. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis.
The results showed that there was a negative correlation between task-oriented strategy and marital adjustment (-0.22), a significant positive correlation between emotion-oriented strategy and marital adjustment (0.20), and a significant negative correlation between the avoidance strategy and marital adjustment (-0.19). Meaning of life was also negatively correlated with marital adjustment (-0.37). Quality of life had a moderate negative correlation with marital adjustment (-0.46). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that coping strategies, meaning of life, and quality of life with multiple correlation coefficient of 0.56 could significantly predict 31% of marital adjustment variance.
According to the results of the current study, effective coping strategies, meaningful life, and good quality of life are predictors of marital adjustment in retirees. Consideration of these issues is necessary for employees of government and nongovernmental organizations, who are on the brink of retirement, in order to cope with marital problems during the retirement period.

Objectives Owing to the fact that interpersonal bonds of social support can improve health under stressful situations, social support can have a protective and moderating role against the harmful effects of stress. The present research aims to predict the relationship between psychological well-being and the ability to manage stress and social support.
Methods & Materials This descriptive-analytic research is correlational and is done through the sectional method. The society includes all the elderly living in Tehran (60 years and older), and the sample was selected among the old people who appeared in parks during May and June, 2016 in district 8 in Tehran. The sample size is determined using Cochran formula (n=131 people). In this research, the short form of Rif psychological well-being scale (1989), Kalzbyk stress management scale (1990), and Philips social support scale (1977) have been applied. The data analysis was performed through multiple regressions.
Results The results show that social support and stress management with t=2.23 and t=4.79, respectively, on level Beta=0.05 will predict psychological well-being.
Conclusion The results showed that social support and stress management variables can predict psychological well-being variable among the elderly. Therefore, the use of active coping styles is recommended.

acceptance and commitment therapy is a third generation behavioral therapy that uses mindfulness skills, acceptance and cognitive defusion in order to achieve psychological flexibility. The main purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on anxiety in patients with Multiple Sclerosis( MS).
This research was carried out based on questionnaire survey and Beck Anxiety Inventory. The method of the experimental design of pretest - posttest control group design was used. The respondents of the survey were chosen from members of MS community of Tehran and randomly classified in two experimental/control groups. In pre-test the severity of anxiety was assessed by Beck Anxiety Inventory. The experimental group received 8 , one and half hour-sessions of ACT twice a week for a month but the control group did not receive any intervention. Again in post-test and 3 month follow up BAI was conducted.
The findings of this study showed significant differences between control and experimental groups. Acceptance and commitment therapy has a significant effect on reducing anxiety in multiple sclerosis.
It can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective in reducing anxiety in patients with multiple sclerosis.

This study compared the learning styles, study styles and time management in gifted and non-gifted students. This research is descriptive-comparison. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 100 students from gifted and non-gifted Kurdistan University are eligible for this research were randomly selected. for data gathering,Vermont and Van Ryjsvyk Learning style questionnaire (ILS),a Marton and Sljv study approaches questionnaire and, Bryton and Tesr management time inventory and demographic characteristics questionnaire was used. For data analysis using SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. showed that between gifted and non-gifted students learning styles and study styles there was significant difference, but the two groups were not significantly different in terms of efficient use of time. It is a time management workshops and teaching effective learning and study strategies by educational and counseling services to students by the university authorities to take action to occur.

This study compared the learning styles, study styles and time management in gifted and non-gifted students. This research is descriptive-comparison. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 100 students from gifted and non-gifted Kurdistan University are eligible for this research were randomly selected. For data gathering, Vermont and Van Ryjsvyk Learning style questionnaire (ILS), a Marton and Sljv study approaches questionnaire and, Bryton and Tesr management time inventory and demographic characteristics questionnaire was used. For data analysis using SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistical methodsere used. Results showed that between gifted and non-gifted students learning styles and study styles there was significant difference, but the two groups were not significantly different in terms of efficient use of time. It is a time management workshops and teaching effective learning and study strategies by educational and counseling services to students by the university authorities to take action to occur.