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The aim of this research was to assess the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on distress tolerance, pain perception and interleukin 12 in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

The present study was a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and a three-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population included female patients with Relapsing–Remitting MS who had referred to Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Sina Hospital in 2019. 20 patients were selected by target-based sampling and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the ACT in 8 weekly sessions (90 minutes each session) and the control group was placed in the waiting list. Participants completed the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) Simons & Gahr (2005) and the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI) Kerns, Turk & Rudy (1985). Also, the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) was used to measure interleukin-12. The data were analyzed using mixed varience repeated measure and Bonferroni post-hoc test.

The results showed that ACT increased distress tolerance and improved pain perception in post-test and follow-up (p<0.001), but this intervention had no significant effect on interleukin-12.

ACT can be a good treatment to improve the psychological factors of distress tolerance and pain perception in patients with MS, but not an appropriate treatment for reducing biomarkers such as interleukin 12 in these patients.

 Women with cardiovascular diseases have many problems, and one of the effective methods in improving their conditions is mindfulness training. Therefore, the present research aims to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training on vitality, psychological well-being, and blood pressure in women with cardiovascular diseases.

 This study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest follow-up design with the control group. The research population consisted of women with cardiovascular diseases referred to Shahid Rajaie Hospital of Tehran in 2019. The research sample was 40 people selected by purposeful sampling method and randomly distributed into two groups. The experimental group received eight face-to-face 70-minutes sessions of mindfulness training, and the control group did not receive any training. Data were collected using questionnaires of vitality and psychological well-being, besides blood pressure device. They were then analyzed using a two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures, together with Chi-square, independent t, and Bonferroni post-hoc tests.

 The results showed no significant difference in terms of vitality, psychological well-being, and blood pressure (p>0.565) in the pretest; however, in the posttest and follow-up stages, there was a significant difference in terms of all variables (p < 0.001). This means that mindfulness training increased vitality (F=6.510, p < 0.015) and psychological well-being (F=12.893, p < 0.001) and decreased systolic (F=7.258, p < 0.010) and diastolic (F=4.751, p < 0.036) blood pressure in women with cardiovascular diseases, and the treatment results were maintained in the follow-up stage.

 The results indicated the effectiveness of mindfulness training on vitality, psychological well-being, and blood pressure. Therefore, psychologists and therapists are advised to use mindfulness training, besides other educational and therapeutic methods, to improve the vitality, psychological well-being, and blood pressure in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Overweight and fatness in childhood and juvenile periods in Iran and around the world has been significantly increased. Despite overweight is not considered as psychological disorder, it leads to many problems including behavioral issues. This research tries to predict disorders in primary school students with overweight. Statistical population is all of primary school students in Tehran while 260 students were selected as sample using cluster sampling. The main tool in this survey was children behavior check list (CBCL). Using logistic regression, results showed that overweight forecasts somatoform disorder and age of children in significant level (P<0.05) while emotional problems, anxiety, parents’ education and job and child’s gender is not predicted by overweight. According to the results since somatoform predicts overweight, representing body’s critical issues, making parents informed and changing their view about overweight and fatness and therefore behavioral problems seems to be necessary. So, planning and policy making is suggested for children’s health

Parkinson Disease (PD) is a type of degenerative disorder for central nervous system at old age. The present study is intended to review the effectiveness of Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on quality of life among the old people who suffer from Parkinson disease. In this survey, the methodology was considered as semi- experimental with pre- test and post- test plan along with a control group of statistical population from Parkinson disease patients where the research samples included 100 participants who were chosen by available sampling technique and divided into test and control groups randomly. Research tools include 1) demographic questionnaire, 2) Scale of Quality of Life (Q.O.L), 3) Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ), 4) pharmaceutical following questionnaire. Results represent evaluation of proposed relationship model using structure equations modeling and analyses indicated that data were perfectly fit with the model by fitness indicators (IFI= 0.91, CFI= 0.91). Analyses showed that illness perception (r= 0.95) and pharmaceutical following (r= 0.86) have a direct relationship with quality of quality of life among the old people who suffer from Parkinson disease but there is no direct relation between that illness perception and pharmaceutical following. Therefore, it could be concluded that health has various aspects influencing quality of life and psychological factors such as that illness perception and pharmaceutical following as well as quality of life have relationship with each other as psychological factors affect quality of life which cause health problems and illness to old people with Parkinson disease.

According to the signification of psychological factors causing physical disease, the current study has been accomplished with aim of comparison between different irrational beliefs and defense styles among the cardiac patients.

Current study has been accomplished in the frame of field independence-comparison approach.238 samples of patients by the age of 20 - 70 who have taken in part in this study were all in Tabriz Shahid Madani Hospital. Those mentioned patients were chosen with sampling methodology in order to be studied in this field.240 healthy people were chosen randomly among the patient's companions and the hospital staffs. These healthy people have taken part in this study by filling out the irrational beliefs{IBT} and defense styles(DSQ) questionnaires. The data of this study was analyzed frequently using the multi-changeable variations and the analyzing of variations tests.

Two groups of cardiac patients and healthy people in relation to irrational beliefs demand for approval,frustration reactive, emotional irresponsibility, perfectionism, immature defense styles, mature defensive styles and neurotic defense styles are significantly different.(p<0/05)

In attention to the result of this study which is the indication of different sorts of the functions of irrational beliefs, specially in cardiac patients, it is suggested that in some fields such as: prevention, remedy and physiotherapy not only medical intervention is required but also psychological intervention would be necessary for both cardiac patients and healthy people.

The present study aims to analyze. The relationship between religious tendencies and alienation, depression, and death anxiety among Tehran Payame Noor University students.

Number of four hundred university students are selected stratified random sampling and alport and Russ religious criteria's are executed.

The results of the study shows a negative and meaningful relationship between inner religious attitudes of girls and isolation, disability and alienation. A positive and meaningful relationship between external religious attitudes and disability feeling and alienation. The results of the study also show a negative and meaningful relationship between inner religious attitudes of boys and isolation, disability and alienation feeling. A positive and meaningful relationship between external religious attitudes and disability feeling and alienation. The results on the other hand declare that inner and outer religious attitudes are two powerful variables in predicting alienation, particularly among boys. There is also a negative and meaningful relationship between inner religious attitudes and depression and death anxiety and a positive and meaningful relation between external religious attitudes and depression and death anxiety.

The present paper presents a predictive role for religious attitudes on death anxiety and alienation among students and confirms the effect of inner religious attitudes in reducing death anxiety, depression and alienation.