فهرست مطالب maryam ghazaei

This study tries to investigate the relationship between sexual guilt, depression, loneliness, religious orientation and the intensity of masturbation in single students of "Shandiz Institute of Higher Education". The research method is "descriptive correlational". The statistical population was the unmarried students of one of the higher education institutions of Mashhad city in the academic year of 2018-2019. A sample of 179 students who had masturbated at least once were selected from this institute by the "available sampling" method. Subjects were asked to fill out Mosher's "Sex Guilt" questionnaire (SGQM), Beck's "Depression" scale (BDI), DiTomaso and Spiner's "Emotional and Social Loneliness of Adults" scale (SELSA), Allport's "Religious Orientation" questionnaire (AROS) and researcher-made “intensity of masturbation” questionnaire. The data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and simultaneous regression analysis. According to the results of the regression analysis, depression, external religion, and loneliness have a positive and significant relationship with the intensity of masturbation, and sexual guilt has a negative and significant relationship with the intensity of masturbation in single students.

Prostitution is a social phenomenon, and its underlying factors require more scholarly attention. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of childhood traumas and sexual guilt with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes.  This was a cross-sectional study conducted on prostitutes who visited a health promotion center in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran in 2020. A total of 100 women agreed to participate in the study. Data collection tools included the Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST), Mosher Sex-Guilt Scale, and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The age of the participants ranged from 23 to 42, with a mean age of 33.54±8.9 years. About 40% of the participants were divorced, 13% were married, 27% were single, and 10% were widows. The findings indicated that 84% of the prostitutes met the criteria for sexual addiction according to SAST. Emotional abuse (r=0.41, P<0.001), physical abuse (r=0.32, P<0.001), sexual abuse (r=0.33, P<0.001), emotional neglect (r=0.52, P<0.001), and physical neglect (r=0.37, P<0.001) had a positive and significant relationship with sexual addiction in prostitutes. There was no correlation between sexual guilt and sexual addiction (r=0.13, P=0.09). Furthermore, the linear regression results showed that emotional neglect was the only variable positively associated with sexual addiction (β=0.5, P<0.001). The findings of this study suggested that childhood traumas can predict sexual addiction in female prostitutes.

Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is an essential psychological and psychiatric construct affecting distinct aspects of a person’s life. This study investigates whether SCT affects the quality of life (QoL) and whether this effect will persist after controlling attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, depression, and anxiety.

This descriptive correlational study was conducted on college students in Mashhad City, Iran. The participants were 279 students selected by the convenience sampling method from September 2020 to February 2021. The data collection tools included the Barkley adult ADHD rating scale-IV (Barkley, 2011), the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995), and the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992). Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the hypotheses. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS software, version 24. The significance level of the research was considered α=0.05.

Correlation results showed that SCT, ADHD symptoms, anxiety, and depression are negatively correlated with the physical and mental dimensions of QoL. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis showed that SCT was negatively associated with the total QoL (F change=4.1, P<0.05) and mental dimensions of QoL (F change=3.8, P<0.05) after controlling anxiety, depression, and ADHD symptoms.

SCT is associated with low QoL among Iranian college students, and this relationship remains present after controlling ADHD, anxiety, and depression. In addition, the results of this research emphasize the importance of considering QoL in prospective research and SCT intervention.

Aim of this present study was investigating the effect of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms on job performance with meditation of quality. The research method was descriptive correlational. The research population consisted of 400 employees of Iran Khodro Mashhad Company, which according to Morgan table, 196 people were randomly selected. Questionnaires were used to collect data were Adult ADHD Rating Scale (Barkley, 2011), Job Performance (Paterson, 1970), Quality of Life ( Sheboune & Ware, 1992). The proposed model was evaluated using structural equation modeling using AMOS and SPSS software version 22. The finding showed that the final model has suitable fitness to research data. Direct effect of deficit attention and job performance, attention deficit and life quality, impulsivity and life quality, life quality and performance job were significant (p<0.01). The results of Bootstrap for the intermediate pathways of the final model showed that the indirect effect between the variables of attention deficit and job performance, impulsivity and job performance through mediation life quality was significant (p <0.01).

The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and stress in residents of Mashhad in the early phases of COVID-19. Moreover, the current study investigated the associations of attentional control and responses related to the COVID-19 with depression, anxiety, and stress. This research was a cross-sectional correlational study that was conducted on 336 residents of Mashhad in 2020. The tools used in this study were researcher-made questionnaire, namely the COVID-19 related Behaviors scale (CB-19), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and the Attentional Control Scale (ACS). Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 22.0) and logistic regression analyses. A P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. The psychometric analyses showed a good model fit for the CB-19 with two factors, including health behavior and psychological behavior subscales. A prevalence rate of 41.37%, 31.85%, and 30.36% was observed for depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. In the regression analysis, poor focusing, and high levels of psychological responses related to the COVID-19 were risk factors of depression, anxiety, and stress (p<0.001). According to the findings of the present study it can be stated that high levels of psychological responses and poor focusing can predict depression, anxiety and stress during COVID-19.

The family is the first environment in which children grow up and therefore has significant effects on children’s behaviors. The present study aimed to test the aggression model among ADHD children based on maternal parenting styles with the mediation of executive function. This was a descriptive correlational study that was conducted on 200 primary school students with ADHD in Iran. Data collection tools included the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Baumrind’s Parenting Styles Questionnaire, and the Barkley Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). The results of path analysis suggested the relationship between maternal authoritative and permissive parenting styles with aggression was mediated through executive function (p<.05). The maternal authoritative parenting style has a negative relationship with aggression (p<.001) and executive function problems (p<.001). Also, the maternal permissive parenting style has a positive relationship with aggression (p<.001) and executive function problems (p=.006). Maternal parenting styles can affect the cognitive and behavioral performance of ADHD children.

Considering that fertility has a high value in most cultures, if attempt to get pregnant fails, it may lead to the mental health dysfunction of the person. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim to compare the postpartum fear of childbirth, postpartum symptoms of depression and postpartum PTSD in women with miscarriage, vaginal delivery and cesarean section.

The present study was a causal-comparative description research which was conducted from February 2021 to June 2021 on 300 women who had just given birth and referred to health centers in Mashhad. The tools used in this study were Wijma Delivery Experience Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory and Perinatal PTSD Questionnaire. Fear of childbirth, depression symptoms and postpartum PTSD were measured. Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 22.0) and multivariate analysis of variance test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Postpartum fear of childbirth, symptoms of depression and PTSD in women with miscarriage was significantly higher than women with vaginal delivery and cesarean section (p<0.001). There was no significant difference between the vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery groups in terms of postpartum fear of childbirth and postpartum depression (p>0.05). Symptoms of postpartum PTSD was significantly higher in the vaginal delivery group than cesarean group (p<0.05).

Postpartum fear of childbirth, depression and PTSD was higher in women with miscarriage than women with delivery.