فهرست مطالب fatemeh shahabi zadeh

Some studies have shown that parent’s divorce could weaken the social-emotional competence among teenagers. Previous studies have confirmed the effectiveness of psychological interventions. However, no research has been found comparing the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Metacognitive Therapy.

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy with Metacognitive Therapy on the emotional-social competence of 13 to 18-year-old male students from divorced families.

The research was a semi-experimental design of pre-test, and post-test type with a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included boys between the ages of 13 and 18 years old in two high schools in the fifth district of Tehran in the academic year 2021-2022. By random sampling, 45 people were selected as a statistical sample in two experimental groups and one control group. Zhou, M. and Ee, J. (2012) Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire was used for data collection. Also, emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg, 2015) was implemented in eight sessions in the first experimental group and metacognitive therapy (Jelinek et al., 2020) was implemented in eight sessions in the second experimental group. Still, the members of the control group did not receive any treatment intervention. Analysis of variance with repeated measures, Bonferroni post hoc test, and SPSS-26 software were used to analyze the data.

The research findings showed that the effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on the components of “self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management” of the dependent variable was significant (p<0.01). Also, statistically, there was no significant difference in terms of effectiveness between the two treatment methods.

According to the research findings, it can be concluded that Emotion-focused Therapy and Metacognitive Therapy both improve the social-emotional competence of adolescent boys aged 13 to 18.

Marital infidelity can cause psychological and social damage, adjustment problems and weakening of the family foundation. The purpose of the present research was Explaining the model of mental, spiritual and social health based on the intensity of stressful events with the mediation of religious beliefs and meaning and purpose in life in women victims of marital infidelity with regard to the style of attachment to God. The method of the current research was correlational description. The statistical society of the research was 350 women were the victims of marital infidelity that during the second 3 months of the year, they referred to psychological counseling clinics in Jahrom city. Data collection tools were Social Health Questionnaire of Keez, Meaning in Life Questionnaire of Steger et al, Measures of attachment style to God of Rawat and Kirkpatrick, Holms-Rahe stress Inventory, Religious Belief Questionnaire of George. The data were analyzed using Lisrel software. The religious beliefs and meaning and purpose in life in women victims of marital infidelity had role of mediation on increasing on the intensity of stressful events on social health. While the style of attachment to God does not have moderating role. The research of the current research emphasize the importance of having a purpose in life, religious beliefs and style of secure attachment to God on social health.

The present study was to investigate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy in the context of infertile women’s emotional expression and sexual function. The study was a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group design, with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population included infertile women who submitted referrals to the infertility clinics at Mother and Child Hospital and Samar infertility clinic in Shiraz during the winter of 2021. The experimental and control groups were randomly assigned to 36 infertile women who were selected through the voluntary sampling procedure. Over the course of two and a half months, the experimental group was subjected to ten sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy. In this study, the Emotional Expression Questionnaire (EEQ) (King, Emmons, 1990) and the Sexual Function Questionnaire (Keraskian, Mojembari, and Kaiballah, 2014) were implemented. The SPSS23 software was used to analyze the collected data using mixed ANOVA. The findings indicated that acceptance and commitment therapy has a substantial impact on the emotional expression and sexual function of infertile women (p<0.001). Through the development of psychological resilience and mental acceptance, acceptance and commitment therapy can be employed as an effective approach to enhance the emotional expression and sexual function of infertile women, as indicated by the study’s results.

Self-injurious and self-critical behaviors play an important role in bipolar disorder as basic variables. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of behavioral activation therapy and dialectical behavior therapy on self-criticism and self-injurious behaviors of 18-12-year-olds with bipolar disorder.

This research was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with a control group. The research population consisted of 18-12-year-olds with bipolar disorder in Tehran in 1400, which was selected from this population by purposive sampling from Tehran's Imam Hossein Hospital, Saadat Abad Clinic, and Qayim Shahr Clinic and based on a structured clinical interview. 60 teenagers were selected and placed in two experimental groups and a control group, 20 teenagers in each group (first experiment: dialectical behavior therapy), (second experiment: behavioral activation therapy) and control group. Klonsky and Glenn (2009) self-injurious behavior questionnaire and Thompson and Zuraf (2004) self-criticism questionnaire were used to collect data. Data analysis was done with the statistical method of covariance analysis and Bonferroni follow-up test at a significance level of 0.05 and with SPSS.21 software.

The results of the research showed that behavioral activation therapy and dialectical behavior therapy have an effect on self-criticism and self-harmful behaviors and have reduced self-criticism and self-harmful behaviors. The results of the Bonferroni test showed that dialectical therapy has a greater effect on self-criticism and self-injurious behaviors in adolescents with bipolar disorder than behavioral activation therapy (P<0.05).

behavioral activation therapy and dialectical behavior therapy play an important role in reducing self-criticism

 Extramarital affairs are phenomena that often occur to fulfill an individual's emotional or sexual needs through relationships outside the marital domain. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) in increasing intimacy and marital forgiveness and reducing marital burnout in women affected by extramarital affairs.

Methods and Materials: 

The present study is a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, along with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all women affected by their spouse's extramarital affairs who referred to specialized family counseling centers in District 6 of Mashhad. From this population, 30 women were selected through purposive sampling based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected using the Marital Forgiveness Scale by Rye et al. (2001), the Marital Burnout Scale by Pines (1996), and the Marital Intimacy Scale by Thompson and Walker (1983). Participants were randomly assigned to three experimental groups and one control group, each consisting of 15 individuals. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS-20 statistical software.

 The results indicated that Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy was effective in improving intimacy and marital forgiveness and reducing marital burnout in women affected by extramarital affairs (P<0.01). The results of this study remained stable during the follow-up phase.

 Therefore, it can be concluded that Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy is effective in enhancing intimacy, forgiveness, and reducing marital burnout in women affected by extramarital affairs. This therapeutic approach can be used to alleviate the psychological problems of couples affected by extramarital affairs.

Forgiveness and self-compassion are important constructs that are the opposite of high levels of anxiety and depression in the elderly, and their improvement can help reduce the problems of psychological symptoms in the elderly, so this research aims to compare the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy combined with self-compassion along with cognitive-motor activities and specific cognitive-motor intervention was conducted on forgiveness and self-compassion of the elderly.

The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test with a control group and a follow-up period. For this purpose, a sample consisting of 42 people (21 women and 21 men) over 60 years of age living in Mashhad city in 2021 who met the entry criteria were selected and after random assignment in three groups of the first experiment (combined cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention self-compassion with cognitive-motor activities); The second experimental group (intervention of cognitive-motor activities) and the control group (without any intervention) underwent interventions in 18 sessions during 9 weeks.

The data obtained from the questionnaires of the Heartland Forgiveness Scale and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire were analyzed by the multivariate analysis of covariance method with repeated measurements, and the results showed that there was a significant difference between the test groups and the control group, in the mean scores of  forgiveness (p<0.001) and self-compassion (p<0.001) in the post-test and follow-up. Also, between the two test groups, a significant difference in the mean scores of self-compassion in the post-test and follow-up (p<0.00). 001) was obtained.

Research and clinical observations demonstrate that anxiety is a prevalent mental health issue in children, impacting various aspects of their lives throughout different developmental stages. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mentalization-based therapy and parent-child relationship-based therapy in addressing executive functions and anxiety symptoms in anxious children. This research employed a semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up assessments. The study's statistical population consisted of mothers of anxious children from the Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company in 1402, with 45 eligible participants selected through available sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group. Assessment tools included Giova et al.'s behavioral rating questionnaires (2000) and the Spence-Parent Form children's anxiety scale (1998) administered at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. Data analysis utilized SPSS 26 software, incorporating descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the mixed variance analysis indicated a significant difference between the control group and the mentalization-based and relationship-based treatment groups regarding executive functions and anxiety symptoms in anxious children (P < 0.05). Both mentalization and parent-child relationship interventions contributed to reduced anxiety symptoms and improved executive functions in anxious children. Furthermore, parent-child relationship therapy demonstrated greater efficacy in alleviating anxiety symptoms compared to mentalization-based therapy. Consequently, based on the study's outcomes, it is plausible to consider mentalization and parent-child relationship interventions as appropriate strategies for enhancing executive functions and alleviating anxiety symptoms in anxious children.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with self-compassion along with cognitive-motor activities versus cognitive-motor intervention alone on death anxiety and aging perception in the elderly.

Methods and Materials: 

The research method was quasi-experimental and of the pre-test, post-test type with a control group and a follow-up period. To this end, a sample consisting of 42 individuals (21 women and 21 men) over the age of 60 residing in Mashhad in 2021, who met the inclusion criteria, was selected. They were randomly assigned to three groups: the first experimental group (with cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with self-compassion along with cognitive-motor activities), the second experimental group (with cognitive-motor activities alone), and the control group (with no intervention). They underwent 18 sessions of 90 minutes over 9 weeks. Data obtained from the Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire (1970) and the Slotman Aging Perception Questionnaire (2017) were analyzed using SPSS software and multivariate covariance analysis with repeated measures.

The results showed that for both variables, death anxiety and aging perception, there was a significant difference between the two experimental groups and the control group in both post-test and follow-up periods. However, the difference between the two experimental groups was not significant.

It appears that cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with self-compassion along with cognitive-motor activities, as well as cognitive-motor intervention alone, can be used to reduce death anxiety and improve the perception of aging in the elderly. These interventions can contribute to enhancing the quality of life and developing appropriate educational programs for them.

This study aims to assess the effect of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on cognitive emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility and worry in women with depression. 

This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with a pre-test/post-test design. The study population consists of all women with depression referred to psychology clinics in Jahrom, Iran, in 2022. From three clinics of Hami, Rahgosha, and Fardaye Behtar, 30 women with a Beck depression inventory (BDI) score of 20-28 (moderate depression) were selected using a purposeful sampling method, and were randomly divided into intervention (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. Garnefski et al.'s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, Dennis and Vander Wal's cognitive flexibility questionnaire, Meir et al.'s Penn State worry questionnaire, and BDI were used to collect data. Data analysis was done using the analysis of covariance. 

The DBT had a significant effect on the study variables. It has caused an increase in adaptive CER strategies and cognitive flexibility and a decrease in maladaptive CER strategies and worry. 

The DBT can be used to reduce worry and improve cognitive flexibility and adaptive CER strategies in depressed women.

comparing the effect of psychological approaches in different fields, especially students' problems, is one of the topics of interest to researchers. The purpose of this research is to compare effectiveness of teaching techniques based on Eric Berne's Transactional analysis and narrative-therapeutic approach on reducing the impulsivity of abusive male students in Zahedan.

Methods and Materials: 

The design of the descriptive research was causal-comparative, in order to investigate the hypotheses of the research, 45 badly behaved students who referred to the Omid Zahedan clinic were studied, the training package of techniques based on the narrative-therapeutic approach and Erik's exchange analysis. They were trained and subjected to impulsivity test and the results were analyzed using SPSS software using multivariate analysis of variance.

The results of the research showed that teaching techniques based on the narrative therapy approach is effective in reducing the impulsivity of mistreated students in Zahedan city, and also teaching techniques based on the exchange analysis approach is effective in reducing the impulsivity of mistreated students in Zahedan city (P<0.05).

According to the results of the research, it can be said that the impulsivity of poorly supervised students has been significantly reduced by teaching techniques based on Eric Burn's narrative-therapeutic approach and exchange analysis

Academic stress and sleep quality are the main issues of social anxiety disorder. The aim of this study was  to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral education based on intolerance of uncertainty and emotional regulation on academic stress and sleep quality of students with social anxiety disorder.

The method of the present study is quasi-experimental with a control group. The statistical population was the students of Islamic Azad University of Birjand in summer and autumn 2020. For that purpose, a total of 60 students with high scores of social anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty disorders were identified by the purposive sampling technique. In the next step, a diagnostic interview was conducted on the candidate students. Finally, the tested students were randomly split into two experimental (Education based on intolerance of uncertainty and emotional regulation) and one control groups. The experimental group was trained for ten sessions of an hour and half for diagnosis and treatment of reading disorders. The social anxiety, sleep quality and student stress questionnaires were distributed between the students. Statistical data analysis was performed by IBM SPSS Statistics 25.

The results showed that the academic stress and sleep quality scores of students have reduced in posttest compared to pretest groups (p<0.001).

The results indicate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral education based on intolerance of uncertainty and emotional regulation on decrease the academic stress and sleep quality. Therefore, the cognitive-behavioral education and emotional regulation method is suggested to counselors and education experts to decrease the stress and improving the sleep quality of students especially anxious students.

The present study was conducted to investigate The effectiveness of emotion focused therapy on cognitive fusion and emotional self-regulation of spouses of veterans. The present study was semi experimental (with experimental and control groups) with three-stage (pretest, posttest, follow-up) and two-month follow-up period design. In this research, the statistical population was formed by the spouses of neurology and psychiatry veterans who referred to the Shahid Counseling Center (under the supervision of the Martyr and Veteran Affairs Foundation) in Mashhad in the summer and fall of 2022. 51 spouses of veterans were selected through Voluntary sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental (26 women) and control groups (25 women). The experimental group received ten ninty-minute sessions of emotion focused therapy during eight weeks. The applied questionnaires included cognitive fusion questionnaire (Gillanders et al, 2010) (CFQ) and emotional self-regulation questionnaire (Gross, John, 2003) (ESRQ). The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA method via SPSS23 software. The results showed that emotion focused therapy has significant effect on the cognitive fusion (F=76.34; Eta=0.61; P<0/001) and emotional self-regulation (F=49. 07; Eta=0. 50; P<0/001) of the spouses of veterans. According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that emotion focused therapy can be used as an efficient method to deceace cognitive fusion and improve emotional self-regulation of spouses of veterans through applying the Conceptualizing emotional awareness and introducing the methods of achieving it, creating emotional change and creating confrontational self-soothing excitement.

One of the most significant factors that can disrupt family health is the breaking of commitment and exclusivity in emotional and sexual relationships and the creation of extramarital relationships, namely marital infidelity. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of integrative couple therapy on sexual function, marital intimacy, and impulsivity in women affected by marital infidelity.

This study was a quasi-experimental research with a pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up design, accompanied by a control group. The study population included all women affected by marital infidelity who sought help from Yarigar and Organic counseling centers in Tehran during the first six months of 2023. According to the counseling centers' officials, the total number of these individuals was 93. The study sample consisted of 30 women affected by marital infidelity who referred to counseling centers in District 2 of Tehran in 2023, selected through purposive sampling and then randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Marital Intimacy Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the Female Sexual Function Index. In this study, the experimental group underwent emotion-focused therapy in 9 sessions (one 90-minute session per week). Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and SPSS software version 22.

The results showed that integrative couple therapy effectively increased sexual function (F=54.5, P<0.001), marital intimacy (F=9.00, P<0.001), and decreased impulsivity (F=7.09, P<0.001) in women affected by marital infidelity.

It can be concluded that integrative couple therapy is effective in improving sexual function, marital intimacy, and impulsivity in women affected by marital infidelity and can be used to reduce the psychological problems of these women.

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of transdiagnostic child therapy with and without maternal acceptance and commitment intervention on anxiety and depression in anxious children and obsessive thoughts related to COVID-19 in mothers with corona anxiety.

Methods and Materials: 

The method of this research was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test (two experimental groups and one control group) along with a two-month follow-up period. The population included all anxious elementary school students in the second half of the year 2021-2022 in districts 1 and 2 of Sari city whose mothers also had corona anxiety. Transdiagnostic child-parent centered intervention combined with acceptance and commitment therapy for the parent was applied in the first group, and transdiagnostic child-parent centered intervention without acceptance and commitment therapy for the parent in the second experimental group, while the control group received no intervention. Sixty participants were selected through purposive sampling. They were then randomly assigned into 3 groups (Group 1; transdiagnostic child-parent centered intervention with parental acceptance and commitment intervention (20 participants), Group 2; transdiagnostic child-centered intervention without parental acceptance and commitment intervention (20 participants), and Group 3; as the control group (20 participants)). For data collection, depression and anxiety questionnaires were used for children, and a practical obsessive-compulsive questionnaire with COVID-19 was used for mothers. For the implementation of interventions, Ehrenreich-May et al.'s (2019) transdiagnostic intervention (12 90-minute group sessions twice a week), and Eifert et al.'s (2017) acceptance and commitment therapy (12 90-minute group sessions twice a week) were utilized. For data analysis, repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS software, version 26 was used.

The results of the repeated measures ANOVA regarding the children showed that the effectiveness of transdiagnostic child therapy combined with maternal acceptance and commitment intervention was significantly greater than transdiagnostic child therapy without acceptance and commitment intervention for the mother, in terms of anxiety and depression. Although anxiety and depression decreased in both experimental groups and were stable over time. The results of the repeated measures ANOVA regarding mothers showed that there was no significant difference in the effectiveness of transdiagnostic child therapy combined with maternal acceptance and commitment intervention with transdiagnostic child therapy without acceptance and commitment intervention for the mother regarding obsessive thoughts, although both interventions showed significant effectiveness over time.

Therefore, it is recommended that therapists and counselors use this treatment in conjunction with other therapeutic interventions to improve the interaction between children and parents.

Anxiety is one of the psychological factors that learners of the educational system experience a wide range of, on the other hand, academic vitality is one of the capabilities that play a role in students' adaptation, so the present study aims to determine the effectiveness of behavioral-cognitive group training in anxiety and the academic life of the students was done.

The current research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group with a follow-up period. The research population included all secondary school girls in Birjand city in the academic year of 2021-2022, 30 of whom were selected using accessible sampling and were randomly divided into two test groups (15 people) and control groups (15 people). The data collection tools included Lavibond and Lavibond's anxiety questionnaire and Dehghanzadeh and Hossein Chari's academic vitality. The experimental group was subjected to intervention in eight face-to-face sessions of 90 minutes over a period of eight weeks (two months) and the control group received the usual intervention. In data analysis, analysis of variance with repeated measurement between groups was used with SPSS version 20 software.

The results showed that the average anxiety scores in the behavioral-cognitive group training group compared to the control group in the post-test and follow-up stages decreased compared to the pre-test stage, but the academic vitality variable increased, and these results continued in the follow-up period as well. (P<0.01)

According to the obtained results, the use of behavioral-cognitive group training had positive effects on reducing anxiety and improving the academic vitality of students, therefore, it is suggested to use this treatment as a complementary treatment in schools and medical centers for students.

One of the most significant factors that can disrupt family health is the breaking of commitment and exclusivity in emotional and sexual relationships, leading to extramarital affairs, also known as marital infidelity. The current study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Emotion-FocusedCouples Therapy (EFCT) on sexual function, marital intimacy, and impulsivity in women affected by marital infidelity.

Methods and Materials:

This study is a quasi-experimental research with a pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up design, accompanied by a control group. The population studied included all women affected by marital infidelity who sought help at the Yarigar counseling centers and the Organic counseling center in Tehran, who had visited these centers in the first six months of the year 2023. According to the counseling centers' officials, the total number of these individuals was 93. The sample studied consisted of 30 women affected by marital infidelity who visited counseling centers in District 2 of Tehran in 2023, selected through purposive sampling and then randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Marital Intimacy Scale, the Barratt ImpulsivityScale, and the Female Sexual Function Index. In this study, the experimental group underwent 9 sessions of Emotion-FocusedTherapy (one 90-minute session per week). Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and SPSS software version 22.

The results showed that Emotion-FocusedCouples Therapy significantly improved sexual function (F=25.29, P<0.001), marital intimacy (F=5.49, P=0.026), and reduced impulsivity (F=39.46, P<0.001) in women affected by marital infidelity.

It can be concluded that Emotion-FocusedCouples Therapy is effective in improving sexual function, marital intimacy, and impulsivity in women affected by marital infidelity and can be used to reduce the psychological problems of these women.

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of parent-focused transdiagnostic child treatment with and without maternal acceptance and commitment intervention on mindful attention indices and psychological syndromes in mothers with corona anxiety.

Methods and Materials:

 This quasi-experimental research employed a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups and one control group, accompanied by a two-month follow-up period. The population consisted of all anxious second-grade primary school students during the second half of the year 2021-2022 in Districts 1 and 2 of Sari city, whose mothers also had corona anxiety. The transdiagnostic parent-child centered intervention combined with acceptance and commitment therapy for the parent was applied in the first experimental group, while the transdiagnostic parent-child centered intervention without acceptance and commitment therapy for the parent was applied in the second experimental group, and the control group received no intervention. Sixty participants were selected through purposive sampling and then randomly assigned into three groups (Group 1: transdiagnostic parent-child centered intervention with parent acceptance and commitment intervention (20 participants), Group 2: transdiagnostic child-centered intervention without parent acceptance and commitment intervention (20 participants), and Group 3: control group (20 participants)). Data collection for children utilized mindfulness questionnaires, and for mothers, psychological syndrome questionnaires including the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) were used. For implementing the interventions, Ehrenreich-May et al.'s (2019) transdiagnostic intervention (12 90-minute group sessions twice a week) and Eifert et al.'s (2017) acceptance and commitment therapy (12 90-minute group sessions twice a week) were employed. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS software, version 26.

The results of the repeated measures ANOVA for children showed that the effectiveness of the transdiagnostic child treatment combined with maternal acceptance and commitment intervention was significantly greater in terms of mindful attention indices than the transdiagnostic child treatment without maternal acceptance and commitment intervention. The results for mothers indicated no significant difference in the effectiveness of the transdiagnostic child treatment with versus without maternal acceptance and commitment intervention regarding psychological syndromes (anxiety, stress, depression, and spirituality; gratitude towards God) and COVID-19 psychological syndromes (obsessive thoughts, quality of life during the corona period, except for corona distress), although both interventions showed significant effectiveness over time.

Therefore, it is recommended that therapists and counselors use this treatment alongside other therapeutic interventions to improve child-parent interactions.

 Stroke is a type of neurological disorder that can be attributed to a central vascular cause. Stroke can affect the patient’s performance in daily activities and quality of life (QoL). Research indicates a decrease in the quality of life in stroke patients due to cognitive and emotional damage.

 The present study compared the effect of two group approaches, mindfulness training based on stress reduction and Powell’s cognitive rehabilitation, on improving the quality of life of stroke patients.

 This semi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group and a follow-up period. The sample consisted of 36 eligible stroke patients selected in a targeted and simple random manner. The patients were divided into two intervention groups and one control group. The tools used were a demographic information questionnaire and a Stroke-specific QoL (SS-QOL) scale. Data were analyzed with SPSS software (version. 26). Chi-square, repeated measures analysis of variance, and Bonferroni statistical tests were applied at a significance level of P<0.05.

 The majority of the sample were men, with 60%, 63.6%, and 75% in the cognitive rehabilitation, mindfulness, and control groups, respectively. There was no significant difference in gender distribution between the studied groups (P > 0.05). The mindfulness intervention had a higher effect on quality of life on average. Still, statistically, none of the interventions were effective in improving quality of life (P > 0.05), and there was no significant difference between the effect of mindfulness-based methods and cognitive rehabilitation on improving quality of life (P > 0.05).

 Mindfulness training increases behavioral responses related to attention as the basis of all cognitive activities. Also, mindfulness exercises improve cognitive skills and, by affecting the cognitive system, increase the capacity and ability of the information processing system and improve the quality of life.

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of treatment based on mentalization and therapy based on parent-child relationship on emotion regulation and eating behaviors of anxious children. The present research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population of the research included all the mothers of anxious children of the Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company in 1402, and based on the entry and exit criteria, 45 eligible people were included in the study using available sampling and randomly selected into two experimental groups and a control group. were assigned Subjects were evaluated using Shield and Kiketi's (1997) emotion regulation questionnaires, Wardell et al.'s (2001) children's eating behavior, and Spence-Parent Form's children's anxiety scale (1998) in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. The results of analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the control group with treatment based on mentalization and treatment based on parent-child relationship in emotional regulation and eating behaviors of anxious children, and treatment based on mentalization and parent-child relationship leads to a decrease Emotional negativity and eating behavior problems and increased adaptive emotional regulation in anxious children.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with and without self-compassion mindfulness on the spiritual reactions of women with COVID-19 anxiety who have insecure attachment to their husbands, with a two-month follow-up period. This clinical trial was conducted in 2021 on 48 female teachers in Zahedan. Women with COVID-19 anxiety and insecure attachment to their husbands were selected through purposive sampling and randomly divided into three groups: Intervention 1 (16 participants receiving ACT), Intervention 2 (16 participants receiving ACT with self-compassion mindfulness), and a control group (16 participants). The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Relationship Scales Questionnaire, Patience Scale, and the Spiritual Control Language Questionnaire were used, and data were analyzed using SPSS software version 26. Results showed that ACT with and without self-compassion mindfulness, compared to the control group, significantly increased cognitive control of language and patience (P < 0.05). ACT combined with self-compassion mindfulness was more effective in improving cognitive control of language and patience than ACT alone, and this effect was maintained at follow-up. ACT combined with self-compassion mindfulness, as a sustainable intervention, can be used in health and treatment centers for women with COVID-19 anxiety who have insecure attachment to their husbands, to enhance cognitive control of language and patience.

Nowadays, education and learning are the most basic activities of life in progressive societies, and the survival and durability of any society depends on acquiring information and applying it in life. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of self-efficacy education and education based on acceptance and commitment on test anxiety and belonging to school in second secondary school boys in Birjand city.

The current research was a quasi-experimental type that was implemented with a pre-test-post-test design and a 3-month follow-up. Among the second secondary schools in Birjand city, one school was randomly selected and using G Power software, a sample size of 78 students was considered and the students were randomly divided into three groups (26 students in each group) Self-efficacy test, 26 people were included in the ACT intervention group and 26 people were in the control group. The data were analyzed with repeated measures analysis of variance.

The findings of the present study showed that self-efficacy training and training based on acceptance and commitment reduce test anxiety and increase the level of belonging to the school of students compared to the control group (p<0.001). The results of the Bonferroni test showed that there was no significant difference between the influence of self-efficacy training compared to training based on acceptance and commitment on test anxiety and belonging to school (p<0.05).

Considering the influence of self-efficacy training and education based on acceptance and commitment on test anxiety and belonging to school in students, counselors and therapists can use these approaches to reduce test anxiety and also increase the level of belonging to school.

Successful intelligence is a major intelligence concept which can increase the creativity and problem solving skills of learners.This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulationin the relationship between spiritual intelligence and successful intelligence.The statistical population of this descriptive correlational study consisted of ninth grade boysat the secondary schools in the city of Birjand during the academic year 2020-2021.The sample consisted of 310 participants selected withthe random cluster sampling method. A questionnaire was used as the research tool.Data analysis was performedin SPSS-23 and LISREL 8.8 software programs using path analysis.The results showed that spiritual intelligence has a positive and significant effect on the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and successful intelligence, and a negative and significant effect on the non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.Also, the adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies have a positive and significant effect and the non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies had a negative and significant effect on successful intelligence.In addition, the results indicated that cognitive emotion regulation mediates the relationship between the spiritual intelligence and successful intelligence of students.

Spiritual coping strategies of patients are influenced by their mood/anxiety symptoms and emotional schemas. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a conceptual model of spiritual coping in patients with chronic back pain, considering the role of mood/anxiety symptoms and emotional schemas.

The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population included all women and men 25 to 55 years old with chronic back pain referring to the orthopedic and neurology clinics of Torbat Heydarieh City, Iran, in 2021-2022, of whom 400 people were selected considering the inclusion criteria using the convenience method. The tools used were the mood and anxiety symptoms questionnaire (MASQ-D30), a brief version of the Leahy emotional schema scale II-(LESS II), and the religious coping scale. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling by SPSS software, version 24 and LISREL software, version 8.8.

The fitted model showed a direct relationship between mood/anxiety symptoms and emotional schemas (β=0.740), an inverse relationship between mood/anxiety symptoms and spiritual coping (β=-0.480) at the significant level of 0.05, and an indirect relationship between mood/anxiety symptoms and spiritual coping through emotional schemas (β=-0.488), which was significant at the 0.05 level.

The results of the study supported the mediating role of emotional schemas in the relationship between mood/anxiety symptoms and spiritual coping strategies of patients with chronic back pain. Therefore, developing therapeutic interventions to reduce emotional schemas and improve spiritual coping strategies along with medical treatments is useful in adapting and improving chronic pain sufferers

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between sexual performance and loneliness with the mediating role of marital boredom. The research method was correlation type. The statistical population of the present study was all married women with family differences who referred to counseling centers in Tehran in 2022. The sample of the research was 200 of these married women, which was done in the form of two-stage cluster and simple random sampling of the lottery type. The research tools were: Pines Marital Boredom Scale (1996), Social Emotional Loneliness Questionnaire of DiTomaso et al. (2004) and Rosen et al. Sexual Performance Questionnaire (2000). The obtained information was analyzed using the method of path analysis and path analysis. Path analysis results showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between sexual performance and marital boredom, between loneliness and marital boredom, and between sexual performance and loneliness (P<0.001). Also, the results indicated that marital boredom plays a mediating role in the relationship between sexual performance and loneliness (P<0.001). It can be concluded that the model of the relationship between sexual performance and loneliness with the mediator role of marital boredom has a good fit.

anxiety is a consequence of avoidance and fusion, also bringing about learning problems. Therefore, the purpose of conducting the present research was to review the extent of the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation with mindfulness education on learning difficulties, avoidance, and fusion/anxiety of children with reading disorder.

the method of this study was of a semi-experimental type, including pretest-posttest and a control group with a follow-up phase. The statistical population consisted of all second-grade primary school students referred to Saravan city care center for learning disorders during the fall and winter of 2019-2020. Those students with the reading disorder were then identified following conducting Wechsler’s test, Karami et al.’s questionnaire of reading and dyslexia (NEMA), and Mikaili and Farahni’s list of reading disorders (teacher’s form), whereby 45 out of them were purposively selected based on inclusion criteria. They were then divided randomly into three groups (of fifteen), namely, group one: transcranial direct current stimulation with mindfulness education; group two: transcranial direct current stimulation; and a control group. The research tools were Colorado Willcut et al.’s learning difficulties questionnaire, March’s multidimensional anxiety scale for children, and Greco et al.’s avoidance and fusion questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out by SPSS software version 25 through the covariance analysis method.

Results of the covariance analysis showed that learning difficulties, anxiety, avoidance/fusion scores dropped in the posttest phase compared to the pretest for both groups (p<0.001), and these changes were invariable in the follow-up phase (p>0.05).

results indicate the effectiveness of direct current stimulation devoid of the role of mindfulness education’s preference in reducing learning difficulties, anxiety, and avoidance/fusion. Hence, it is recommended for education advisors and experts to use transcranial direct current stimulation to increase children’s learning and reduce their anxiety in reading disorder.