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The goal of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of working memory strategies trainingon motivation achievement and reading performance of dyslexic students in elementary schools. In this quasi-experimental study, a pre-test, post-test, with control group design was applied. The statistical population included all the elementary students with dyslexia who referred to Kerman learning disability centers in 2015-2016 academic year. Among these students, 30 students were selected through multistage random method and were randomly allocated in one experimental and one control group (each 15 students). The assessment tools included Reading & dyslexia test of Kormi Noori & Moradi (2005), Herman’s motivation achievement (1970) & Wechsler intelligence scale for children (Shahim, 2008). Working memory strategies trainingwas performed during14 sessions on the experimental group. The obtained data was analyzed statistically by using of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that working memory strategies trainingincreased motivation achievement and reading performance of dyslexic students (P=0.001).In result attending working memory in order to promote motivation achievement and reading performance is essential.

The goal of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of working memory strategies training on improvement of reading performance in dyslexic students. In this quasi-experimental study, a pre-test, post-test, with control group design was applied. The statistical population included all the elementary students with dyslexia who referred to Kerman learning disability centers in 2015-2016 academic year. Among these students,30 students were selected through multistage random method and were randomly allocated in in one experimental and one control group (each 15 students). The assessment tools included Reading & dyslexia test of Kormi Noori & Moradi(2005) & Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Shahim,2008).Working memory strategies training were performed during14 sessions on the experimental group. The obtained data were analyzed statistically by using of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that training of working memory strategies improved reading performance of dyslexic students (p=0.001).

The goal of the study was to investigate the effect of resilience and psychological hardiness on mental health of mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to determine the contribution of each of the predicting variables in predicting mental health. The statistical population of this descriptive-correlation study included all the mothers who consecutively referred to the child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of shahid Modares, Noor, Farabi & shahid Rajaii hospitals in Isfahan city that had at least one child with clinically diagnosed ADHD, aged between 6 to 12 years old. 141 mothers were selected through convenience sampling method. Research tools included the questionnaire of Goldberg & Hillier’s General Health (1979), Connor & Davidson’s resilience (2003) and Kobasa’s Hardiness (1982). Stepwise multiple regression analysis used for statistical analysis. The research results showed that hardiness and resilience were able to predict mental health significantly (p

This study is a semi-pilot research conducted on a control group on the basis of pre-test and post-test planning, the aim of which is to investigate the effectiveness of group spiritual therapy approach on increasing the resilience degree of the female high school students in Isfahan. The population sample consists of all the female high school students of Isfahan for the academic year 1392-1393 school. The sample comprises 30 students who were randomly chosen through available sampling and divided into two groups: a test group (15 students) and a control group (15 students). The test group attended twelve therapy sessions. Then, the two groups took part in pre-test and post-test sessions in which Connor and Davidson questionnaire on resilience was distributed. The statistical method of co-variance analysis and SPSS software were used for analyzing the data. The findings of research show that the group spiritual therapy at a meaningful level (P<0.05) is effective in increasing students’ resilience.

The goal the present study was to investigate the effect of spiritual group psychotherapy on hardiness of students in female high schools of Isfahan city This semi-experimental study employed a pre-test، post-test، with control group design. Population included all the students in female high schools of Isfahan city in 2013-2014 academic year. A sample of 30 students were selected through convenient sampling method and were randomly allocated in in one experimental and one control group (each، 15 students). The Questionnaire of Kobasa’s Hardiness (1982) was used as research instrument. The experimental group received group psychothrapy for 90 minutes in twelve sessions.، and Questionnaire of Kobasa،s was administered at the pre-test and post-test stages for both experimental and control groups. The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance by SPSS. The research results showed that using spiritual group psychotherapy increases hardiness of students (P<0. 05).