rahim narouei nosrati

This study was carried out entitled ‘The Study of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder of Ritual Ablution (Taharat and Nejasat) and Its Therapeutic Ways Based on Islamic Sources’. In order to achieve the aims of the study, it was done through the descriptive-analytical method; afterthe compilation, formulation, classification, summarization, and explanation of the concept, the collected data was divided into manageable and interpretable parts.
The findings showed that the obsessive-compulsive disorderis one in which the people suffering from it confront with a lot of stubbornthoughts, and it makes them do some jobs repeatedly. There are some theories on the obsessive-compulsive disorder in psychology. The main theories on the etiology and therapeutic ways of this disorder include (1) biological theory, (2) the theory of Janet and psychoanalytic theory, (3) behavioral theory, (4) cognitive theory, and (5) technical eclecticism theory. These theories are useful for the treatment of manifestations of the disorder. The manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder are cleaning, checking, primary obsessive slowness,mixed rituals, ritual ablutions. Among Islamic religious communities, there is a less obsessive disordersin cleanliness, and in the Islamic societies, there is a cleaning obsessive disorderin the ritual ablutions.  Some materials were considered Najis (impure) in Islam. According to Islamic rulings, being Najis is different from being dirty; that is, to worship, a Muslim person should be free from Nejasat. The unawareness of the delicacies of this religious belief causes some people suffer from the obsessive-compulsive disorder of the ablutions. This study examines the Islamic approach to the obsessive-compulsive disorderof the ablutionsin the fields of etiology and diagnostic criteria and therapeutic ways.

Among all human communication, verbal communication plays a significant role in his communications. Verbal communication is very important in interpersonal relationships. Given the differences between the foundations of Islam and psychology, and the Islamic advises regarding the human being’s communications, determining the features of desirable verbal communication is of important. Using an analysis method, and focusing on the Qur’an and the collections of Tradition and religious texts, this paper studies the features of desirable verbal communication from these sources. The findings show that, there are 24 features for desirable verbal communication.

Psychological studies show that one of the main causes of criminal behavior is disorders and dissonances in interpersonal behavior. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational package of interpersonal behavior modification with Islamic approach in reducing the criminal behavior of prisoners. This research is a kind of experimental design with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population consisted of all male prisoners of Qom Prison in 2017 among which 40 eligible inmates were selected and assigned to experimental and control groups through random sampling. The research tools were: Checklist of Criminal Behaviors, Interview Form Based on Azerbaijani Religious Orientation Questionnaire, and Researcher-Made Training Package. Data were analyzed using repeated measure ANOVA. Statistical results showed that the calculated value of F in group factors, test run time, and test run time and group interaction were significant for all criminal behaviors at P < 0.0005. The results showed that the implementation of interpersonal behavior modification training package with Islamic approach significantly reduced the criminal behavior of the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, a reduction in interpersonal behavior training package with an Islamic approach can be used to reduce prisoners' criminal behavior.

The purpose of the present study is expounding the concepts of conscious, pre-conscious and unconscious from the viewpoint of the psycho-analysists and comparing it with the views of Allameh Tabatabaei. To this end the author checked reliable resources regarding psycho-analysis approach and the works of Allameh Tabatabaei. Then the views were analyzed and compared using a descriptive-analytic method. The findings show that psycho-analysis believe that there are there stages of unconscious, pre-conscious and conscious for the mind and most of the psychological processes are done unconsciously. Allameh Tabatabaei believes that consciousness means science to science, pre-consciousness means forgetfulness and unconsciousness refers to the processes that lead to science to science. He believes that some of man`s understandings and activities are done with science to science, that can be called unconscious, however Allameh`s view is more compatible with the cognitive approach in unconscious not psycho-analysis. There are some similarities and some differences between old pattern of God in Young`s view and theology and natural God-seeking in Allameh`s view. In general, Allameh Tabatabei believes that unconsciousness means not knowing the science or neglecting the cognition.

This study aims at conducting a thorough test on spouses’ peace of mind based on Islamic sources. To collect the teachings of Islam, a descriptive method is used. To assess the reliability and validity of the scale, the survey method was used. Along with self-made instruments used in the test, state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) is used also. Findings indicate that the financing, and satisfying the sexual needs, emotional connection and spouses` faith are four main factors in spouses` peace of mind. Test validity was confirmed by certified experts. The criterion validity by calculating the correlation coefficient with the scale state-trait anxiety scale are significant at the 0.05 level. Construct validity, the correlation of each of the subscales and the total score and subscales correlated with each other desirably. Reliability also runs the tests on a sample of 108 men and Cronbach's alpha of 0.924.

The present study aims at discovering the structure of the concept of identity in Islamic resources. Using a qualitative-analytical content analytic method and a semantic method, the equivalent and structural components of identity has been drawn from Islamic resources. Then, the equivalents and components of identity were given to the seminary sciences experts who have psychological or educational expertise to analyze the content validity. After examining 561 concepts drawn from Islamic resources, first 17 and finally 7 concepts, including; temperament, scheme, virtues, faith, obedience, self-knowledge and philosophical identity showed the greatest coordination with identity. Based on theoretical evidences and experts` views, self-knowledge is the most appropriate equivalent for identity and 16 structural components were chosen for it. Based on experts` gradation, 9 components including; beliefs, values, goals, trends, acquired recognition, persistent features, wide-awake feeling and self-worth were introduced as the standard components of the structure of identity. Consequently identity in Islamic resources is the answer to the question as to what one is, which covers its different aspects.