فهرست مطالب mania asgharpour

The present study aimed to develop a protocol for emotion regulation training and to examine its effectiveness on internet addiction among female students.

Methods and Materials: 

The methodology of this study was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test, control group, and follow-up period. The study population consisted of all female internet-using high school students in Islamshahr in the year 2021 (ages 15 to 18). The sample size was 100 participants who were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaires (1972) and Jackson’s Sensitivity to Reinforcement Questionnaires (2009) were administered before and after the training sessions to the relevant groups. The findings were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach.

The analysis showed that emotion regulation training led to a reduction in internet addiction (p = 0.001).

Consequently, it can be stated that employing an emotion regulation approach can effectively reduce internet addiction among students.

The present research aimed to develop an emotion regulation training protocol and to examine its effectiveness on internet addiction among female students.

Methods and Materials: 

The methodology of this study was quasi-experimental, utilizing a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a follow-up period. The population consisted of all internet-using female high school students in Islamshahr in the year 2021 (ages 15 to 18). The sample size was 100 individuals, randomly assigned to either the experimental or control groups. The General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1972) and the Sensitivity to Reinforcement Questionnaires (Gray, Jackson, 2009) were administered before and after the training sessions to the respective groups. The analysis of findings was conducted using a mixed-methods approach.

The analysis indicated that emotion regulation training led to a reduction in internet addiction (P = 0.001).

Consequently, it can be stated that employing an emotion regulation approach can be effective in reducing internet addiction among students.

Dysregulated emotional responses may promote addictive behaviors as a means of coping with high levels of stress. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of emotion regulation training on Internet addiction, focusing on the moderating role of brain-behavior systems. This semi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group and a follow-up phase. The study population included all Internet-using second secondary school students in Islamshahr, Iran in the second half of 2021. A total of 100 students were selected by purposive sampling and divided into three experimental groups (activation system (n=15), inhibition system (n=15), and fight-flight-freeze system (n=18)) and three control groups (activation system (n=16), inhibition system (n=17), and fight-flight-freeze system (n=19)). Over seven weeks, seven 90-minute emotion regulation training sessions were conducted, while the control group received no training. Research instruments included a revised questionnaire based on Jackson’s (2009) Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and Young’s (2007) Internet Addiction Test. Normality of data distribution was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk index of Internet addiction for all three groups in three levels, the statistical index of Box’s M test, and the assumption of homogeneity of the covariance matrices of the dependent variable. Analysis of covariance was performed using SPSS version 26. Findings suggested that emotion regulation skill training could reduce Internet addiction in individuals with the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) compared with other brain-behavior system groups (P<0.001). In addition, the Bonferroni test showed that the difference in the mean scores of Internet addiction was significant between the BIS and behavioral activation system (BAS) (P=0.432) groups as well as between BIS and fight-flight-freeze system (FFFS) groups (P=0.002) was significant. However, no significant difference was found in the mean score of Internet addiction between the BAS and FFFS groups (P=0.006). The results of the study suggested that emotion regulation training for students with different neurological and behavioral systems can help reduce their tendency to excessive Internet use. Acquiring emotion regulation skills can significantly affect the tendency to use the Internet excessively.

It has linked Emotion regulation difficulties and Internet addiction in several studies. This study was conducted to investigate the effective development of an educational model of emotional regulation based on Gross emotional regulation (ERT), Emotional Schema Therapy (EST), Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT) on internet addiction with the different roles of brain and behavior systems. This semi-experimental study used a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a follow-up period. The statistical population of the research was all Internet user students of the second secondary level of Islamshahr in the second half of 2021 (15 to 18 years old, girls). The sample size consisted of 100 people who were randomly selected by purposive sampling and placed in three experimental and control groups (Activation System (BAS), Inhibition System (BIS), and Fight-Fight-Freeze System (FFFS) groups). The research included a revised questionnaire from Jackson's (2009) Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (r-RST) and Young's Internet Addiction Test (2007). Univariate covariance analysis was performed using SPSS version 26 software. According to the study finding, emotion regulation training reduced the Internet addiction score in the experimental group (P=0.001; F=71.262). In addition, the effect size of emotional regulation training on internet addiction was 0.811%. Emotion regulation training for students leads to increased awareness of emotional understanding and acceptance, identification of anxiety-provoking situations, change of emotional response, and less tendency to Internet addiction.

Obesity is among significant public health problems globally that is one of the most critical risk factors for physicaland mental diseases. Early maladaptive schemas include psychological components that play essential roles in weight loss among overweight and obese women. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation on early maladaptive schemas of women with obesity.

The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all women with obesity who were referredto psychology clinics in Tehran in 2019. Sixty patients were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control, each including 30 participants. The experimental group received transcranial direct current stimulation intervention in 10 sessions. Before and after the intervention both groups completed the early maladaptive schema questionnaire. Data were analyzed by covariance test using SPSS software version 22.

The mean age of participants inthe experimental group was 32.7 (4.5) and in the control group 33.6 (4.9).The mean (SD) of early maladaptive schemas in the experimental group was 310.3(19.7) in the pre-test, which decreased to 234.1 (18.1) in post-test (P<0.001) and in the follow-up 233.9 (17.4). However, the mean (SD) of the control group in the pre-test was 310.9 (21.8), which reached 310.8 (20.2) in the post-test, which was not statistically significant and was 310.1 (20.8) in the follow-up.

The study showed that direct current electrical stimulation of the cranial wall improved the initial maladaptive schemas of obese women

This study aimed to predict the sexual performance women of Self-concept, self-efficacy and sexual awareness. To conduct this descriptive study, 500 women (40-24 years old) referred to health centers (2018) were selected by the available sampling method. The Female Sexual Function Index - FSFI (2000), and Multi-dimensional Sexual Self-Concept Questionnaire - MSSCQ (2013) were used to validate the data, and Pearson correlation coefficients, correlation variance, and regression coefficients were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the components of sexual self-concept play a role in predicting women's sexual performance. According to the study, sexual beliefs as sexual self-concept play a predictive role in women's sexual performance and the most important predictor of sexual function is sexual awareness, sexual desire, self-blame in sexual problems, sexual self-efficacy, sexual courage, and management It's a sexual issue. According to the results of sexual anxiety, self-blame in sexual problems, fear of sex and sexual depression is inversely related to sexual function. Between sexual self-efficacy, sexual awareness, motivation to avoid high-risk sex, sexual desire, sexual courage and boldness, sexual optimism, sexual monitoring, sexual motivation, sexual management, sexual validity, sexual satisfaction, personal patterns Sex, prevention of sexual problems and internal control of sexual issues are directly related to sexual function.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-care behaviors in explaining the relationship between personality type D and problem-solving styles with health-promoting lifestyle in coronary heart disease patients. For this purpose, 400 patients with coronary heart disease who referred to Tehran Cardiovascular Hospital during July to October of 2019 were selected by convenience sampling method and Walker's Health Lifestyle Questionnaire, The D-Denolt personality type questionnaire, Cassidy and Lang problem solving styles questionnaire, and self-care index in Rigel et al. Cardiovascular patients were answered and multiple regression was used to analyze the data. The results showed that type D personality has a direct effect on lifestyle through self-care. The results also showed that self-care plays a mediating role between problem-solving and health-promoting lifestyle. The results of the present study indicate the mediating role played by caring behaviors between personality type D and problem solving styles with health promoting lifestyle.

The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of body mass index in predicting sexual function based on women's gender identity.

By The research method was applied in terms of purpose and conditions of descriptive (non-experimental) nature, and the research design was structural equation correlation. The study population was women (40-40 years old) referred to Karaj health centers in 1977. Among them, 500 who met the criteria for the study were selected by the available sampling method. The research data were collected through Women's Sexual Performance Index-Rosen et al. (2000) and gender role identity questionnaire in different cultures-Schertz et al. (2008). Finally, data were analyzed in SPSS and AMOS software.

The results showed that sexual function had a positive and direct relationship with each of the variables of masculine and feminine gender identity. Is 0 (P <0.05). Body mass index had a direct effect on sexual function in women, and the regression coefficient of body mass index for height and weight was 0.56 and 0.48, respectively (P <0.05). Finally, the results showed that BMI has a mediating role in predicting sexual function based on sexual self-concept in women.

The subjective recognition of one's self as feminine or masculine gender identity, that is, the image that one has in one's own identity, plays a predictive role in women's sexual function. It is necessary to consider gender identity as an essential factor in enhancing women's sexual function in counseling and psychotherapy, recognizing women's BMI.

Deficits in the processing of facial emotions have been reported extensively in patients with schizophrenia. To explore whether restricted attention is the cause of impaired emotion processing in these patients, we examined visual attention through tracking eye movements in response to emotional and neutral face stimuli in a group of patients with schizophrenia and healthy individuals. We also examined the correlation between visual attention allocation and symptoms severity in our patient group. Thirty adult patients with schizophrenia and 30 matched healthy controls participated in this study. Visual attention data were recorded while participants passively viewed emotional-neutral face pairs for 500 ms. The relationship between the visual attention and symptoms severity were assessed by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) in the schizophrenia group. Repeated Measures ANOVAs were used to compare the groups. Comparing the number of fixations made during face-pairs presentation, we found that patients with schizophrenia made fewer fixations on faces, regardless of the expression of the face. Analysis of the number of fixations on negative-neutral pairs also revealed that the patients made fewer fixations on both neutral and negative faces. Analysis of number of fixations on positive-neutral pairs only showed more fixations on positive relative to neutral expressions in both groups. We found no correlations between visual attention pattern to faces and symptom severity in schizophrenic patients. The results of this study suggest that the facial recognition deficit in schizophrenia is related to decreased attention to face stimuli. Finding of no difference in visual attention for positive-neutral face pairs between the groups is in line with studies that have shown increased ability to positive emotional perception in these patients.

In schizophrenia, neurocognitive functions are one to two standard deviations below the normal controls and these deficits have a significant relationship with overall functioning and poor outcome. According to this fact, it is important to investigate the factors that effect neurocognition in schizophrenic patients. This study was carried out to demonstrate the relationship between attention/vigilance and some demographic and clinical variables in Iranian schizophrenic patients. This was a cross-sectional study; the participants were 60 Iranian schizophrenic patients. They were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, and the Continuous Performance Test. No significant relationship was found between gender, age, education, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale scores and CPS scores. Our findings suggest that contrary to some domains of cognitive functions, in schizophrenia, attention/vigilance is not influenced by severity of symptoms.