hamideh samadi

Social anxiety disorder is one of the causes of poor social and academic functioning of students. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Psychodrama and Group Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment on Students' Social Anxiety.

This study was a quasi-experimental study. The statistical population included students referring to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences counselling center, from which 60 students were selected through purposeful sampling in this quasi-experimental study and randomly divided into three groups of Psychodrama (N=20), Group Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment (N=20) and control group (N=20). All participants were evaluated before and after the intervention and three months after the end of intervention. Social Phobia Inventory (2000) (SPIN) were used for data collection. Data analyzed by SPSS-21 software using Mixed Variance analysis and were analyzed at the significance level (P <0.05).  

The results showed that both Psychodrama and Group Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment had significant effect on reducing Social Anxiety compared to the control group. The effectiveness and continuity of the therapeutic effects of theatrical therapy and the treatment of acceptance and commitment on social anxiety have been the same.

Both treatments were able to reduce all symptoms of social anxiety after treatment and follow-up for three months by eliminating the vicious cycle of social anxiety. Therefore, these two therapeutic approaches can be used in the form of life skills programs in universities

Dyspareunia or pain during intercourse is one of the problems which some women experience. This problem becomes more severe during pregnancy. Therefore, this study was performed with aim to investigate dyspareunia and its relationship with estrogen changes and sexual dysfunction in pregnant women.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 2018-2019 on 50 pregnant women referring to obstetrics and gynecology clinics and also clinical psychologists in Mashhad who had dyspareunia as the case group and 50 normal and non-infected pregnant women as the control group. Also, pregnant women were at the interval between the fourth and fifth months of pregnancy. Data collection tool included demographic information, the structured clinical interview measurement tool for disorders I and II and DSM-IV, the standard Female Sexual Function Index sexual performance questionnaire, and disease-related information included in the researcher-made checklist. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version 16) and Pearson correlation coefficient test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

The results showed that the mean score of total sexual function in the clinical group was 6.84±5.65 and the score of dyspareunia was 5.46±4.22; the scores of the case group were much higher than the control group. Also, the level of estrogen in pregnant women with dyspareunia decreased compared to pregnant women without dyspareunia and was 21.68±12 12.04 in the case group and 36.21±18.12 in the control group that significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of estrogenic changes.

Low estrogen level is effective in causing dyspareunia. Also, the history of dyspareunia was associated with sexual dysfunction; so that the total score of sexual function and estrogen level was lower in the patient group than the normal group. What increases the prevalence of dyspareunia is a history of sexual dysfunction. In general, women in the control group had better score in sexual function and lower score in painful intercourse, and had no particular problem.

Asthma as a physical illness is affected by psychological problems. The purpose of this study was to investigate the activity of the behavioral brain system and defense mechanisms in asthmatic and normal individuals.

In this study, 50 patients with asthma referred to specialist clinics and physicians' offices were selected by convenience and non-random sampling method with 50 normal and non-normal subjects. Patients were compared. Participants through the Research Assessment Tool included the Defense Mechanism Scale (DSQ) (1993), Andrews et al., And the Gray-Wilson Personality Questionnaire to assess brain behavioral activity. Data were analyzed using independent t-test. Data were analyzed by SPSS16 and LISREL8 / 54 software using multivariate analysis of variance and path analysis.

Patients are higher in the dimension of shaving than healthy individuals, the results of the table also show in other aspects of inverse reaction, return to displacement, denial with, fantasy with exaltation, conversion with, and rational justification. Significant differences were found between the two groups in both variables (P

Infertility with a wide range of psychological disorders including decreased quality of life, self-esteem, sexual, emotional and social satisfaction, increased levels of stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, inadequacy, sexual dysfunction, and associated marital problems. Art therapy is one of the methods that can be used to treat mental health problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of theater therapy on general health of infertile women.

This study is a randomized clinical trial with control group. To select the sample size from health centers of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Samen center was selected and available among 30 primary infertile women aged 18-49 years from October to December 2016 and randomly assigned in two Experimental group (15) and control (15) were assigned. The research tool was Goldberg and Hiller General Health Questionnaire which was completed by two groups. The experimental group performed 8 sessions of theatrical therapy and then after the sessions the questionnaire was again administered to the two groups. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data and was calculated by SPSS software.

Considering that in the General Health Questionnaire the high scores of the three subscales of physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep disorder and severe depression and the low score of social dysfunction subscale indicate disease, the data of the experimental group mean in some subscales. The first scales decreased (11.3 / 10.3, 14.7) and increased in the social dysfunction subscale which may indicate the potential impact of an independent variable (theater therapy) on public health. Persons in the experimental group (infertile women). Whereas in the control group the averages increased in the first three subscales (14.4, 14, 13.5) and decreased in the social dysfunction subscale . The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (p <0.05) showed that the main hypothesis of our research was that the effect of theater therapy on general health of infertile women was significant.

Theater therapy is an appropriate way to increase the general health of infertile women and reduce physical symptoms, anxiety and sleep disorders and social dysfunction and severe depression.

Infertility affects various aspects of individuals’ life, and perhaps could be considered as one of the most common and stressful events in people's lives. The aim of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of treatment based on commitment and acceptance on marital compatibility among infertile women who referred to health and medical centers at Mashhad Medical Sciences University. In order to do so, through a quasi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test, and control group, 30 infertile women were selected by availability sampling method and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (n=15). Subjects in both groups were tested for marital compatibility prior and following the implementation of the research. The experimental group received ten sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy; whereas the control group received no interventions. The result of multi-variable covariance analysis presented that Acceptance and Commitment therapy is effective on marital compatibility among infertile women (0/05>P). Based on the research results, it can be concluded that Acceptance and Commitment therapy improves marital compatibility in infertile women.