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Educational interventions aimed at the treatment and healing of all types of relationships have in most cases led to the individual and interpersonal vitality of couples. For this reason, the present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on the intimacy and cognitive emotional regulation of young couples in Qazvin city.

The current research method is quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design along with a control group. The statistical population in the present study included young couples referring to one of the counseling and psychology centers of Qazvin province, of which 32 people (16 experimental people and 16 control people) (consisting of 8 couples) were selected non-randomly with entry and exit criteria, were chosen. The research tools included Bagarozi's Intimacy Questionnaire and Garnevsky's Emotional Regulation Questionnaire. Data analysis was done through parametric analysis of covariance using Spss22 statistical software.

The components of social-recreational intimacy and physical intimacy, the effect of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on other components of marital intimacy is significant at the 0.01 level.

The results showed that the post-test scores compared to the pre-test scores in the variable of marital intimacy and its dimensions as well as the variable of cognitive regulation of negative emotions and cognitive regulation of positive emotions had a significant difference, which indicates the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on intimacy and regulation. He had an emotional recognition of the couple.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of parents' coherent self-knowledge between parental attachment components with students' self-concept. </strong>The method of the study was descriptive-correlation of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study included all female high school students in Tehran and their parents in the academic year of 2021 from which 446 people were selected by the cluster sampling. Participants completed the questionnaires of Raj Kumar Sarasut’ self-concept, Hazan & Shaver’s attachment and Ghorbani’s integrative self-knowledge. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and path analysis. The results showed that the direct effects of the attachment style (secure, avoidance and ambivalent) and coherent self-knowledge on self-concept were significant. Cohesive self-knowledge also played a mediating role in the relationship between parental attachment styles and students' self-concept. Accordingly, the parents' attachment styles can predict students' self-concept through the mediation of integrative self-knowledge.

There is a high incidence of distressing psychological symptoms, including anxiety in pregnancy. The present study aimed to determine the mediating role of the tolerance of ambiguity in the relationship between coping strategies and pregnancy anxiety.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of pregnant women referring to the health centers of the Social Security Organization of Tehran Province, Iran, in the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. The sample size was calculated as 384, according to the Cramer formula. The study participants were selected by a multistage cluster sampling technique. The study tools included the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (Van den Bergh, 1989), the Tolerance of Ambiguity Measure (Mc Lain, 2009), and Coping Styles Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980). To analyze the obtained data, structural equation modeling, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) were applied in AMOS. The significance level was set at 0.05.

In this study, the total path coefficient between emotional-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was positive and significant (p<0.001, β=0.311). Additionally, the total path coefficient between problem-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p =0.027, β=-0.149). The direct path coefficient between the tolerance of ambiguity and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p<0.001, β=-0.261). The indirect path coefficient between problem-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p<0.001, β=-0.089).

The greater use of the problem-focused coping style in pregnant women reduced the level of ambiguity and concern about unpredictable future situations in them. Eventually, they experienced less anxiety.