فهرست مطالب soroush alimardani

 Infertility is not merely a medical condition affecting women but a biopsychosocial health issue that encompasses lower quality of life, psychiatric disorders, and even marital conflicts. The aim of this study was to predict marital intimacy based on infertility stigma and coping strategies in infertile women.

 This applied research was descriptive-correlational in nature. The population included all infertile women in Tehran in the year 2020. From this group, 250 participants were selected using purposive sampling. The participants were assessed using the Thompson and Walker (1983) Marital Intimacy Scale, Fu’s (2014) Perceived Infertility Stigma Scale, and Folkman and Lazarus’s (1985) Coping Strategies Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 23.

 Data analysis revealed that infertility stigma and coping strategies significantly predict marital intimacy in infertile women at the 0.01 level (p < .01, F(6, 249) = 45.877). Infertility stigma and coping strategies explained 53.1% of the variance in marital intimacy. The t-tests for significance in regression for self-devaluation (β = -.189, p = .001), social rejection (β = -.143, p = .003), family shame (β = -.279, p = .001), emotion-focused coping style (β = .351, p = .001), and problem-focused coping style (β = .251, p = .001) were significant at the level below .01. Among the sub-scales of infertility stigma, family shame and among the coping strategies, emotion-focused coping style had a more significant unique contribution in predicting marital intimacy.

 Infertility stigma and coping strategies can be used to predict marital intimacy among infertile women.

The aim of this study was to predict parenting styles based on educational motivation and critical thinking with respect to the mediating role of hardiness. The research method was applied research and its implementation method was descriptive (non-experimental) and the research design was relational - Correlation and mediator analysis. The statistical population of this study was female primary school students in KARAJ (district 4) in 2017, from which 400 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Research data were collected through these ways: parenting style questionnaire (Baumrind, 1971), educational motivation questionnaire (Harter, 1980), Ricketts critical thinking orientation questionnaire (Ricketts, 2003) and Ahvaz Hardiness Inventory, (2000). In order to test the hypotheses and analyze the data, multiple regression and SOBEL test were used. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between dictatorial, authoritarian and negligent parenting styles with students' educational motivation and critical thinking (P = 0.001). Also, educational motivation and critical thinking were able to predict parenting styles due to their hardiness.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on life orientation and interpersonal forgiveness among veterans' spouses. The statistical population included all the wives of veterans who referred to the Martyrs and Veterans Foundation of Karaj in 2021, from which 30 women who met the criteria for inclusion in the study were selected by purposive sampling method which was randomly assigned to 2 groups of 15 people. Experiments and controls were selected and the experimental group received 8 sessions of self-compassion training and the control group did not receive any intervention. Participants were assessed using the Life Orientation Questionnaire (1994) and Interpersonal Forgiveness Questionnaire (2005). Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance using SPSS23 software. Comparison of means shows that the intervention was more effective in changing the scores of life orientation and interpersonal forgiveness. Differences from post-test to follow-up were not significant (P <0.05). This means that the therapeutic effects have been stable over time. Therefore, it can be concluded that the effectiveness of shaft treatment on life orientation and interpersonal forgiveness is stable over time.

This study aimed to examine the role of psychological distress and tolerance of ambiguity in the loneliness of women who were quarantined during Coronavirus conditions.

The present study is descriptive and correlational, and the statistical population contains all working women in Karaj city who experienced quarantine for at least 38 days. According to Cochran's formula, 248 people were selected among the population using the convenience sampling method. The Kessler et al. (2002) Mental Disorder Scale, the Macaulay Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire (1993), and the Di Tommasso et al. (2004) Loneliness scale were used to assess the participants. The data were analyzed using simultaneous multiple regression by SPSS software version 23.

The results suggest that by increasing the standard deviation of the scores of psychological distress 0.465, the standard deviation of the scores of loneliness increases (P = 0.05). Also, by increasing the standard deviation on the scores of tolerance of ambiguity 0.237, the standard deviation of the loneliness score decreases. Psychological distress has a greater unique role in predicting loneliness (P = 0.05).

The results indicated that tolerance of ambiguity and psychological distress played a role in the loneliness of working women who were quarantined during Coronavirus conditions. According to the obtained results, the need to pay attention to psychological distress and tolerance of ambiguity plays a significant role in the intensity of loneliness among working women who were quarantined during Coronavirus conditions.