جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Psychological helplessness » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

Type 2 diabetes is known as one of the most challenging and dangerous chronic diseases. In the present study, the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on psychological helplessness and psychological coherence of patients with type 2 diabetes was investigated. The current research was a semi-experimental with repeated measurement design, pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population included male and female diabetic patients aged 45 to 60 who referred to Karaj diabetes clinic in 2022. 40 people were selected by the available sampling method and randomly replaced in two groups of 20 people, test and control. The intervention group received metacognitive therapy for 10 sessions of 90 minutes. Data were collected from two groups using questionnaires of psychological helplessness and psychological coherence in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. SPSS-25 software and mixed variance analysis method were used to analyze the results. The average difference of the components of psychological helplessness and psychological coherence in two groups of metacognitive treatment and control is statistically significant. So that the metacognitive therapy caused the average psychological helplessness components to decrease in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the pre-test stage (P<0.001). Also, metacognitive therapy has led to a stable increase in the mean of psychological coherence components (P<0.001). Based on the results of this research, metacognitive therapy is effective in reducing psychological helplessness and increasing psychological coherence of patients with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, metacognitive therapy is useful for the problems of patients with diabetes.

The main goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychology education on psychological distress of adolescents in shiraz city.

The research method of this study was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The statistical population of this research was consisted of all male students of Arts and cultural Foundations of Shiraz city, in the year 2022. The statistical sample of this research included 30 boys' students of Cultural and Art Foundation of Vasta in Shiraz City, who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent twelve sessions of 90-minute positive psychology training sessions introduced by Seligman and Rashid (2006), but the control group did not receive any training. The research instruments were the Scale the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale questionnaire (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995). SPSS-26 was used for statistical analysis of data.

The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that the training of positive psychological abilities has been able to be significantly effective on the psychological helplessness of adolescents in Shiraz. Also, the results of this research showed that the training of positive psychological abilities had a significant effect on the components of psychological helplessness.

Therefore, teaching positive psychological abilities can be an effective approach to reduce adolescents' psychological vulnerability and helplessness

The aim of this study was to predict psychological distress based on initial maladaptive schemas and coping strategies in women affected by marital infidelity.

The present study is descriptive-correlational in terms of method. The statistical population included all women involved in the issue of marital infidelity (spouse) who referred to counseling centers in District 5 of Tehran in 2021. 210 people were selected by convenience sampling method. Data collection tools included the Yeniseri and Kokdemir (2006) Marital Infidelity Questionnaire, the Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) Psychological Assistance Questionnaire, Lazarus Folkman (2001), and Young's Early maladaptive Schema Questionnaire (2000). Statistical analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression method.

The results of the study showed that based on the initial maladaptive schema and coping strategies, psychological distress in women affected by marital infidelity can be predicted.

The study of these predictor variables in premarital and family counseling is necessary to identify people at risk.

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of time perspective therapy on physical self-concept and psychological helplessness in postmenopausal women. This study was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population was all postmenopausal women who were referred to the health-treatment centers of Meshgin Shahr in the second half of 2022, of which 36 people were selected as a sample using the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of test (n 18) and control (n17). The experimental group participated in 90-minute sessions of Zimbardo's time perspective therapy (2012) for 6 weeks. Marsh's (1996) Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS) (Laubiond and Laubiond, 1995) were used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance test. The findings showed that by controlling the effect of the pre-test, there is a significant difference between the post-test mean of physical self-concept and psychological helplessness in the two groups of time perspective therapy and control at the level of 0.01. It can be concluded that time perspective therapy can effectively increase physical self-esteem and reduce psychological helplessness in postmenopausal women.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of life skills training on psychological helplessness and improving the psychological capital of patients with diabetes in Gilan province in 1400. The method used in this research in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and random assignment of subjects. The statistical population included all female patients with type 2 diabetes who had a file in Simorgh Diabetes Clinic, Gilan, using the available and targeted sampling method, the number of 30 patients with diabetes in two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups ) was considered as the sample size. The experimental group received life skills training for 9 sessions and the control group did not receive any treatment. In order to collect information, psychological helplessness questionnaire (Bond, 1995) and psychological capital questionnaire (McGee, 2011) were used. In order to measure the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used and the value of this coefficient was found to be above 0.7 for both questionnaires. Also, in order to measure validity, content validity was used, and for this purpose, the questionnaire was approved by the relevant experts. The analysis of the information obtained from the implementation of questionnaires was done through SPSS software in two descriptive and inferential parts (analysis of covariance). The findings showed that life skills training reduced the psychological helplessness of patients with diabetes. Also, based on the results of the findings, life skills training increased psychological capital and its components in patients with diabetes. Therefore, it seems that life skills training can reduce the psychological helplessness of patients and provide effective techniques to increase psychological capital.

 Menstrual pain syndrome B as one of the most common gynecological problems in addition to health consequences has a negative impact on quality of life. Also the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological helplessness and sleep quality in girls with menstrual pain syndrome.

The research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control and two-month follow-up group. The statistical population included all female students of Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah branch in 2021, who were selected by available sampling method of 40 people and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (20 people in each group). Mindfulness was applied to the experimental group in 8 sessions of 1 hour (60 minutes) but the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were collected using premenstrual screening questionnaire, sleep quality questionnaire and psychological helplessness questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and repeated measures analysis of varias and SPSS statistical software were used to analyze the data.

Mindfulness training program was effective in reducing psychological helplessness in the post-test phase (F= 74.19, P= 0.002 and Eta= 0.67). There was a significant difference between the mean sleep quality scores of the subjects in the two groups in the post-test stage (F= 13.85, P= 0.001 and Eta= 0.58). The positive effects of mindfulness training in the follow-up phase were sustained for research variables.

It can be concluded that Mindfulness training has been an effective way to improve sleep quality and psychological health of patients with menstrual pain.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in People with symptoms of back pain.

In order to achieve the research goal, 28 people suffered from chronic low back pain symptoms by sampling method were selected and randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups and were assessed using multidimensional pain questionnaires, pain acceptance questionnaire and Psychological helplessness questionnaires. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of treatment intervention and the collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.

The results of covariance analysis showed that mindfulness-based psychotherapy had a significant effect on pain severity, pain acceptance and Psychological helplessness of the experimental group compared to the control group. (p<0.05).

The results of the study indicate that the effect of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in people with back pain symptoms can be used as an effective method.

It seems that education and awareness of families about domestic violence and its consequences and ways to cope with it can increase mental health in the family and society. The present study aimed to determine the prediction of suicide ideation and psychological helplessness based on domestic violence in women.

The present study was descriptive and correlational and its statistical population consisted of all female victims of domestic violence in Shiraz in 2020. Among the statistical population, we selected and studied 110 women who visited health-medical centers, social emergencies, and family courts using the convenience method. To collect data, we used the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale- 21 Items (DASS-21), Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (1961), and Domestic Violence against Women Scale by Tabrizi et al. (2012). After collecting and extracting data, we analyzed the participantschr('39') scores using univariate and multivariate regression analysis.

The results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between domestic violence and suicide ideation and psychological helplessness in women (P= 0.01). The results of multivariate regression indicated that domestic violence could predict suicide ideation and psychological helplessness in women (P=0.01).

The present study indicated the psychological consequences of spousal abuse and violence against women and confirmed the damage to womenchr('39')s mental health due to violence. According to the results, providing supportive factors to reduce domestic violence could be effective in increasing womenchr('39')s mental health.

 Adolescent delinquency is a major problem of many societies, causing great concern of various institutions due to damages and losses on the lives of victims and delinquents and society on a larger scale. Therefore, the present study aimed to predict the tendency to high-risk behaviors based on psychological helplessness and distress tolerance in delinquent adolescents.

The present study had a descriptive and correlational design, and its statistical population consisted of all delinquent adolescents at the juvenile detention center of Shiraz in 2021. Among the statistical population, 100 delinquent adolescents were studied and selected by purposive sampling. The Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire (ARQ), The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale- 21 Items (DASS-21), and Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) were used to collect data. After collecting and extracting data, participants' scores were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.

The results indicated a significant positive correlation between psychological helplessness and high-risk behaviors in delinquent adolescents (P=0.01). There was a significant negative correlation between distress tolerance and tendency to high-risk behavior in delinquent adolescents (P=0.01). The results also indicated that psychological distress with a beta coefficient of 0.14 and distress tolerance with a beta coefficient of -0.17 could predict high-risk behavior in adolescents (P=0.01).

Psychological helplessness and distress tolerance could predict the tendency to high-risk behavior in delinquent adolescents