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This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of the acceptance and commitment therapy towards marriage and the criteria for choosing a spouse by unmarried students.

This was a pre and post test with a 2 month follow-up. The statistical population of this research included 167 unmarried students of Allameh Tabatabai University who were studying in the academic year of 2020- 2021. The sample were randomly selected and covariance was used for analysis.

The results and findings indicated that the teaching of acceptance-based therapy is effective on the components of attitude towards marriage and the criteria for choosing a spouse in single students.

Based on the results of the research, it is suggested that acceptance and commitment therapy could be use in premarital counseling

The present study examines the life experiences of unemployed girls aged 30 to 40 single in Tehran. This research has been done with qualitative method and descriptive phenomenological type. The research community of single unemployed girls were thirty to forty years old in Tehran. Among them, a sample of 17 girls were selected as target sampling in 2017. The data collection method was a semi-structured interview. To analyze the information, the Colaizzi’s seven-step content analysis method was used. The main contents extracted from the interviews showed that negative and positive pressures caused by celibacy can be divided into individual, family and social dimensions. According to the results of this study, delays in the marriage of girls over 30 years of age cause various stresses at the individual, family and social levels, which may endanger a person's mental health. Another finding of study found that depression and anxiety were one of the consequences of celibacy in girls over the age of 30, which was fueled by unemployment and the negative attitudes of society and those around them.

The aim of this research was to study the effect of functional analytic psychotherapy(FAP) on quality of life and self-esteem of prostitutes. Single-subject (A-B design) method was employed to collect the data from 3 baseline and 16 intervention sessions for 45 minutes twice a week. Two follow-up sessions were conducted 15 days and one month after the intervention. The statistical populations of this study included all prostitute women in Isfahan city in 2015- 16 that two women were selected by purposeful sampling including a married and a divorced one. Quality of life sf-36 questionnaire (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992) and Coopersmith self-esteem inventory (Coopersmith, 1967) were used to collect data. The findings of this study were analysed based on visual analysis and descriptive statistic indicators. Considering mean, median, trend and PND, the results demonstrated that the intervention was effective on increase of quality of life in both participants and increase of self-esteem in the second participant. Considering low quality of life and self-esteem among female prostitutes using Functional Analytic Psychotherapy to increase their quality of life and self-esteem is recommended.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral therapy on the psycho-social adjustment to illness and symptoms of depression in individuals with type II diabetes. This research was performed within the framework of experimental single case design. For this purpose، among members of Tabriz Diabetes Association، Three of them who were in the severe and very severe categories of the depression and anxiety subscales of Depression، Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) were selected for the research. Before starting intervention، for determining baseline، a pre-test was performed two times، and the status of individual was evaluated in terms of considered variables، then stages of intervention during 8 sessions were performed on participants. For measuring the variables، Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS)، and Depression، Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) were applied. Data analysis suggested that cognitive - behavioral therapy lead to the enhancement of adjustment to illness and reduction of depression symptoms in individuals with type II diabetes.

This investigation assessed the effectiveness of Relationship Enhancement Program on quality of parent-child relationship in mothers who are heads of household in single-parent families. The statistical society was all the 14 to 18 years old adolescent girls in single-parent families in a nongovernmental organization of Shahr-e-Rey city. 34 of these girls whose mothers were under protection of a nongovernmental organization were selected conveniently. Then using of parent-child relationship scale (Fine، J. R Moreland and Andrew chewable، 1383) and clinical interview، 18 adolescents were selected and finally assigned in 2 groups randomly (9 in experimental group and 9 in control group). Relationship enhancement program was administered for experimental group in 8 sessions while control group didn’t receive any intervention. All the subjects completed parent-child relationship scale before and after intervention. Independent T analysis and Cohen impact coefficient showed that relationship enhancement program had significant effect on parent-child relationship. Independent T analysis and Cohen coefficient also showed that relationship enhancement program significantly increased positive affect and communication. But، it hasn’t had significant effect on identification and resentment/confusion role. Relationship enhancement program can enhance the relationship between single mothers who are heads of household and 14 to 18 years old adolescent girls.

Schema theory is developed for patients with chronic psychological problems who have not achieved significant success in cognitive therapy. Although this approach has been applied mostly to personality disorders, it can also be a useful treatment for depression disorder. Therefore, the aim of this study is to show whether or not schema therapy is effective in the treatment of recurrent major depressive symptoms. This single-case experimental study is carried out with the method of multiple baseline on six patients who are all diagnosed with primarily a DSM-IV recurrent depression disorder. Patients are tested in four points in time; pre-treatment, in the 4th session, the 8th session, and the 12th session (post-treatment). Instruments used are Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Short Form of Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorder (SCID-I). The findings show that schema therapy plays a role in improving the symptoms of recurrent depression disorder and early maladaptive schema during the treatment. The results of the present study indicate that schema therapy could be effective in treating recurrent depression disorder. Thus, by identifying depressive schemas, they can be treated and reformed with interventions focused on the schema.

The purpose of the present study was to compare behavioral disorders among Tehrani primary school boys raised in single-mother, single-father and normal families. The research method was causal-comparative and the statistical population consisted of all primary school boys (normal and single-parent families) in district 2 of Tehran. Cluster sampling method was utilized and the sample included 122 children of single-parent families (61 single-mothers and 61 single-fathers) as well as 122 children of normal families. The instrumentation comprised Conners’ behavioral disorders questionnaire (teacher’s rating scale). The teachers completed the questionnaire. One-way analysis of variance and Scheffe test were used for the purpose of data analysis. Results indicated that behavioral disorders total scores were different for the three groups under study, i.e., boys raised in single-mother, single-father, and normal families. Furthermore, the total mean score of behavioral disorders for children raised in normal families was lower than that of children in single-mother and single-father families. In addition, there was a significant difference between the total mean score of behavioral disorders for single-mother and single-father families. More specifically, the total mean score of behavioral disorders for single-mother families was lower than that of children in single-father families.

objectiv: The present study aims to investigate the effect of self-efficiency training on runaway girls life quality in Isfahan city. The study has a single-subject method with multiple baseline across participants. The participants was three Isfahan Behzisti center runaway girls which came into the experiment in a stepwise fashion and received 12 individual sessions of self-efficiency training. Afterwards, they were given follow up tests after 2 successive weeks of training. A life quality questionnaire of world healthcare organization was used as data collection method. The results of the data chart analysis based on descriptive statistic's and visual analysis. Results indices revealed that the intervention has been effective on the three individuals (100% of PND for two individuals and 91% for the other one individual). The results of the present study were compatible with those of previously conducted ones indicating that the life quality of individuals increases along with the increase in self-efficiency. As a result, self-efficiency training in this study increased the life quality of runaway girls under study.