فهرست مطالب marzieh talebzadeh-shoshtari

Patients with diabetes face many problems, especially in the field of health hardiness, self-compassion, and behavioral emotion regulation. As a result, the present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of health-promoting lifestyle training in health hardiness, self-compassion, and behavioral emotion regulation in patients with type 2 diabetes.

This study was conducted based on a semi-experimental pretest and posttest design with a control group. The statistical research population was patients with type 2 diabetes who were members of Ahvaz Diabetes Association in the winter of 2021. After reviewing the inclusion criteria, 50 people were selected as a sample with the available sampling method and randomly assigned to two equal groups (n=25 in each group). The experimental group underwent eight 90 minutes sessions of  Alijani et al. health-promoting lifestyle training (2015), and the control group remained on the waiting list for training. Data were collected with the demographic information form, revised health hardiness inventory (Gebhardt et al., 2001), self-compassion scale (Neff, 2016), and behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire (Kraaij and Garnefski, 2019) and analyzed in SPSS software (version 19) using chi-square, independent t-test, and multivariate analysis of covariance.

The results demonstrated that the experimental and control groups did not significantly differ in terms of gender, education level, and age (P>0.05). The other findings pointed out that health-promoting lifestyle training led to increased health hardiness (F=575.597, P<0.001), self-compassion (F=283.882, P<0.001) and behavioral emotion regulation (F=633.967, P<0.001) in patients with type 2 diabetes (P<0.001).

As evidenced by the results of the present study, health professionals and therapists can use the health-promoting lifestyle training method along with other training methods to improve the psychological characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes, especially increasing health hardiness, self-compassion, and behavioral emotion regulation.

Patients with diabetes face many problems, especially in the field of health. Therefore, the aim of this study was determine the effectiveness of compassion training on health hardiness, compassion and behavioral emotion regulation.

This study was semi-experimental , havinga pretest-posttest design with a control group. The research population was patients with Type 2 Diabetes, who were members of Ahwaz Diabetes Association in the winter season of 2021 year. Fifty participants were selected by available sampling method and randomly replaced into two equal groups. The experimental group underwent eight 90-minutesessions of compassion training and the control group remained on the waiting list for training. Data were collected with the revised health hardiness inventory, compassion scale and behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire and analyzed with tests of chi-square, independent-t and multivariate analysis of covariance.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of all three variables of health hardiness, compassion and behavioral emotion regulation. In other words, compassion training increased health hardiness, compassion and behavioral emotion regulation in patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Regarded to the findings of this study, professionals and therapists can use the compassion training method along with other effective training methods to improve psychological characteristics.

Impulsivity is one of the symptoms of conduct disorder that has been widely addressed to modify and reduce it, in this study, the effectiveness of emotion regulation training (ERT) in reducing the impulsivity of adolescents with Conduct Disorder in correction and rehabilitation centers was investigated.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental and its design was pre-test-post-test-follow-up with the control group. This study was conducted in 2020 in the statistical population of male clients in Ahvaz correction and rehabilitation center in the age range of 15 to 18 years. 30 adolescents were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group participated in 8 sessions 90-minute focused on ERT and the control group was on the waiting list to receive the intervention. The data collection tool was a demographic questionnaire and the 11th edition of the Bart impulsivity scale, which was completed by two groups in three rounds of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the intervention (60.25±6.28) and control (80.21±4.99) in impulsivity score (F = 62.595, P = 0.001) over time (P <0.05) and 69% of the observed differences in impulsivity score is due to the intervention.

ERT is an effective intervention in reducing impulsivity in adolescents with conduct disorder. Therefore, it is suggested that this intervention be used in other correction and rehabilitation centers across the country and other educational and medical institutions.

The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between inferiority feeling and self-control with depression, anxiety and stress through mediation of social support in women with premenstrual syndrome.

The statistical population of this study was all women with premenstrual syndrome in ahvaz in the year 2020. The study was a correlational research based on structural equation modeling. In this regard, using targeted sampling method, a sample of 250 people were selected from those who completed the premenstrual symptoms questionnaire. Data were collected using premenstrual syndrome screening tool (2011), the Comparative feeling of inferiority index (1995), Self-control Questionnaire (2004), depression, anxiety and stress scale (2007) and Perceived social support scale (1986). SPSS25 and AMOS22 software were used to analyze the data.

The results supported the suitability of the relationship between the patterns and the collected data. The results revealed that social support mediated the relationship between inferiority feeling on depression and stress, as well as the relationship between self-control on depression and stress. However, this study did not find on indirect effect of social support on the inferiority feeling with anxiety and self-control on anxiety (p < 0/05). Also, the direct path of inferiority feeling with stress and social support with anxiety was not confirmed and the final model was removed.

Based on the results, social support can be considered as an effective factor in women with premenstrual syndrome in relation to the variables of inferiority feeling, self-control, depression, anxiety and stress.

Infidelity is a painful and complicated experience for couples. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of solution-based therapy on family functioning and couple burnout among women affected by spouse infidelity referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz.

The research method was experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. Participants included 30 women affected by spouse infidelity referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz in 2019, selected by purposive sampling method, and divided into two experimental and control groups of 15 people. Family functioning and couple burnout questionnaires were used to collect data. Before the intervention, a pre-test was held, and the experimental group received six 120-minute solution-based therapies, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The post-test was then performed, and after one month of post-test, the follow-up period was performed. Data were analyzedusing covariance analysis via SPSS software version 22.

The mean (SD) age of participants was 33.7 (6.3) in the experimental group and 31.4 (5.9) in the control group. In the experimental group, the mean (SD) score of family functioning increasedfrom 128.4 (17.7) in the pre-test to 188.5 (22.8) in the post-test, and 192.1 (23.4) in the follow-up (P<0.001). In the control group, it varied from 125.4 (15.3) in the pre-test to 124.9 (15.8) in the post-test, and 123.7 (15.5) in the follow-up, which was not significant. In the experimental group, the mean (SD) score of couple burnout decreased from 124.0 (14.6) in the pre-test to 61.9 (8.9) in the post-test and 58.9 (9.8) in the follow-up (P<0.001). In the control group, it varied from 123.5 (12.5) in the pre-test to 124.7 (12.3) in the post-test, and 123.8 (11.4) in the follow-up, which was not significant.

Solution-based therapy improved family functioning and reduced marital burnout among women affected by spouse infidelity referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz.

Paying attention to the personality abilities of adolescents with conduct disorder can reduce the context of crime in them. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of "Positive Psychological Intervention" on social well-being in male adolescents with conduct disorder in Ahvaz Correctional Center.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental and its design was pre-test-post-test-follow-up with the control group. This study was conducted in 2020 in the statistical population of boy adolescents with conduct disorder in Ahvaz Correction and Rehabilitation Center in the age range of 15 to 18 years. 30 boy adolescents with conduct disorder were selected by purposive sampling method and then randomly divided into intervention and control groups using lottery. The intervention group participated in 8 sessions in 90-minute focused on “Positive Psychological Intervention” and the control group was on the waiting list to receive the intervention. The data collection tool was a demographic questionnaire and the “Social Well-Being Scale”, which was completed by two groups in three rounds of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The validity of this scale was based on previous studies and the reliability was calculated by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was analyzed in SPSS.20.   

There was a significant difference between the two groups in the social welfare score (F=53.915, P=0.001) over time (P<0.05) and the scores of the intervention group from pre-test to follow-up. It has had an upward trend. In total, “Positive Psychological Intervention” explains 65% of the differences observed in social well-being scores.

“Positive Psychological Intervention” is an effective treatment method in increasing the social well-being of boy adolescents with conduct disorder. It is recommended to use “Positive Psychological Intervention” in other Correction and Rehabilitation Center.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress, hardiness and happiness with social adjustment in female students of Payam Noor University of Baghmalek city. In this research, the statistical population all of female students of Payam-e-Noor University of Baghmaolek in the 1396 who about 1400 people. The sample of this study, which consisted of 300 students, was selected on the basis of simple random sampling method. The instrument was used Perceptual Stress Questionnaire of Safar zadeh (2000), hardiness of Ahvaz (1377), Happiness of Argyle (1989), and Social Adjustment Questionnaire Bell (1989). The present study was a correlation. The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between perceived stress and the level of social adjustment in students. There is a significant positive correlation between hardiness and social adjustment in students. There is a significant positive correlation between happiness and social adjustment in students. Happiness variable with beta coefficient of 0/21, hardiness variable with beta coefficient of 0/25 can be positive and significant and the perceived stress with beta coefficient of 0/21 can negatively and significantly affect social adjustment in students to predict.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between psychological capital ,job satisfaction and social Phobia with organizational trust in the Eemployees of National Iranian Drilling Company in Ahvaz city. The sample was all the employees of national Iranian drilling company which 238 of them were selected through random sampling method. All participants were to complete organizational trust questionnaire Morman ,dishpound and zaltman(1992), psychological capital questionnaire Lotanz it al(2007) and job satisfaction questionnaire Judge and Bono(2000) and Social Anxiety questionnaire Watson and Friend(1969) for collecting data.This study was correlation research so to analysis data were used Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. Results showed that all predictor variables psychological capital, job satisfaction and social anxiety were significant and positive correlation with organizational trust. Also, stepwise regression analyses revealed that predictor variables account for 29/3 percent of variance of organizational trust.The significant level in this study was p<0.01.

Metaphor therapy is a topic that has recently been studied in cognitive psychology. Metaphors can transfer the social and cultural concepts and application metaphor fits the client's culture increases the effectiveness of cognitive therapy. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of metaphorical-cognitive therapy based on mathnavi on depression in students. The sample consisted of 60 students with depression symptoms that were selected by non-probability sampling and the subjected were randomly divided into two equal groups (experimental and control groups). For the measurement of variable, back depression inventory was used. The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control. The 8 metaphor therapy session were conducted on the experimental group. The same test was administered to both groups as post-test. Data were analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance. Results showed that metaphorical-cognitive therapy based on mathnavi decreased depression of the experimental group compared with the control group.