seyed mahmood mirzamani

  Violence against women, as a major social problem, has an essential impact on the health, reproduction, as well as sexual and psychological health of women. As a result, the victims of domestic violence are not only more prone to experiencing biopsychosocial consequences, but may also require more emergency and medical care. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on anxiety induced by marital conflicts in women with domestic violence experience.

This was an applied research in terms of purpose, and concerning implementation, it was an experimental study with a pretest–posttest and a control group design. The statistical population of this study included all women referred to government hospitals for domestic violence in Babol City, Iran, in 2017. A random sampling method was applied to select the study participants. Three hospitals were randomly selected from all medical centers in Babol; next, 30 women were selected from those who met the study inclusion criteria, including domestic violence victims who visited these three centers. The study samples were randomly assigned into two experimental groups (n=15) and one control group (n=15). Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (1990) and Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ) (Sanaei Zaker et al., 2008) were used to collect the required data. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS. For analyzing the research hypotheses, Independent Samples t–test, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Bonferroni post–hoc test were used. In the descriptive statistics section, indicators, such as frequency, mean, and standard deviation were applied. Furthermore, for the inferential statistics analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) were implemented.

The MANCOVA results were used to compare the anxiety scores in the control and treatment groups based on ACT in the posttest phase. The obtained F value was equal to 22.14 and the significance level was set at 0.01 (p<0.001). Therefore, the assumption was equal to zero and the assumption of the research was confirmed, consequently. Accordingly, and considering the lower mean scores of ACT groups in the posttest (44.67), it could be concluded that ACT effectively reduced anxiety in the investigated women involved in domestic violence. The mean (± standard deviation) of the anxiety score of the subjects in the experimental group was in the post–test stage (44.67±12.12) which has decreased significantly compared to the pre–test stage (50.13±13.08); However, in the control group, the mean score of anxiety in the post–test was (46.33±13.05), which did not change significantly with the mean of the pre–test (47.93±13.29).

ACT and Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy (CBT) impact ineffective attitudes, marital distress, and anxiety induced by the marital conflicts of women involved in domestic violence.

In this study, "The Effectiveness of Group Training based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the Symptoms of Adults Suffering from Eating Disorders" will be discussed and the question is raised: To what extent the group therapy based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) is effective on nutrition attitudes, and eating feedback? The research method has been quasi-experimental and the main variable has been compared in the experimental group and the control group. The present research community was composed of all clients with eating disorders referred to Bahar Psychiatric Clinic. In the present study, following the targeted approach, people with eating disorders were identified and then using random sampling, 30 clients aged 18 to 65 were selected as sample (15 persons formed the control group and 15 persons formed the experimental group). In this study, two questionnaires were used as tools: Coker and Roger Questionnaire, The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Garner et al., The Eating Attitudes Test, Garner & Garfinkel, and The Body Image Test, Fisher. All the two questionnaires have acceptable reliability and validity. Finally, using the statistical model One-way ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) the research questions were examined. The research findings showed that the group training based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is effective on the nutrition attitudes, and eating feedback.

Religious values were investigated in a group of Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Tehran. The sample consisted of official duty troops and conscripts who were in prison due to a crime. One hundred thirty seven individuals cooperated with us in the project (37 Official personnel and 100 conscripts). The instruments used included a demographic questionnaire containing personal data and the Allport, Vernon and Lindzey's Study of Values Test. Most statistical methods used descriptive statistical methods such as frequency, mean, tables and t-test. The results showed that religious value was lower in the criminal group than the control group (p<.001). This study showed lower religious value scores in the criminals group, suggesting the possibility that lower religious value increases the probability of committing crimes.

This study investigates the effect of social and token economy reinforcements on academic achievement of 9th grade boy students with intellectual disabilities in an experimental science class in Tehran Province. The method used for this study was experimental by pre-test, post- test with a control group. The boy students with intellectual disabilities from three junior high schools participated in this study. The sample consisted of thirty, 9th grade boy students with intellectual disabilities in the selected schools; the schools were chosen by the multi-stage cluster method. To measure the progress of students in the science class, a teacher made test and the Wechsler intelligence test for matching the groups for IQ were used. To ensure validity, the content validity criteria depended tests calculated by the Lashe method and teacher's perspective were used. The reliability coefficient was obtained by the reliability coefficient of related tests; the percent agreement method and the obtained data were analyzed using one-way variance analysis and Shefe prosecution test. The results showed that there was a significant increase in academic achievement of students with intellectual disabilities when using token economy than using social reinforcements (p =0/002) compared with the control group (p>0.001). Also, when using social reinforcements, the academic achievement of students was more than the control group (p=0.021). Token economy and social reinforcements increased the academic achievement of students with intellectual disabilities in the science class; and also the effect of token economy reinforcements was more than social reinforcements on the subjects.