جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Cognitive Behavioral Therapy » در نشریات گروه « علوم انسانی »

 The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder (ROCD) in women attending health centers.

 The research design was applied in terms of aim and was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design, two experimental groups, a control group, and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all women referred to health centers and a private counseling center in Chalous city in 2023. Twenty participants were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. To collect data, the Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Questionnaire by Doron et al. (2012) was used. For statistical analysis, SPSS-26 software, repeated measures ANOVA, and Bonferroni post hoc test were utilized.

  The results indicated that CBT (F=6.92, p<0.01) and ACT (F=6.97, p<0.01) had a significant impact on ROCD scores over time (p<0.01), suggesting that both interventions significantly reduced ROCD in women attending health centers. A significant difference was found between pretest and posttest scores for ROCD in both approaches (p<0.01), indicating the meaningful effectiveness of these two therapeutic methods. No significant difference was observed between posttest and follow-up scores (p>0.05), indicating the stability of the effects.

 Based on the findings, it can be concluded that both CBT and ACT can be used to reduce ROCD in women attending health centers, with no significant difference in the effectiveness of these therapeutic methods.

Chronic pain can significantly impact an individual's health status and quality of life, leading to a decrease in health-related quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on pain intensity, childhood trauma, perfectionism, and psychological flexibility in patients with chronic pain.This applied and quasi-experimental study employed a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population included all chronic pain patients attending pain clinics in Tehran, totaling 198 individuals. From this population, 50 patients were selected through purposive sampling based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly assigned to either the CBT group (25 individuals) or the control group (25 individuals). Data were collected using the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (Kerns et al., 1985), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Bernstein et al., 2003), the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et al., 1990), and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (Bond et al., 2011). CBT for chronic pain was conducted in seven 60-minute group sessions over two months, based on the treatment package (Kelly Lamb, 2018). Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS.22 software.The results indicated that CBT was effective on pain intensity (P<0.001), childhood trauma (P<0.001), perfectionism (P<0.001), and psychological flexibility (P<0.001) in patients with chronic pain. It can be concluded that CBT is effective on pain intensity, childhood trauma, perfectionism, and psychological flexibility in patients with chronic pain. This therapy can be used to reduce the psychological problems of individuals suffering from chronic pain.

 Nowadays, internet addiction has become a social problem that can disrupt an individual's health and productive presence in society. Everyone spends a significant amount of time on various programs and using the internet daily, but some people excessively engage in these activities to the extent that their mental health, behavior, and social life are adversely affected. Therefore, it is essential to intervene and prevent internet addiction. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of quality of life intervention based on reality therapy according to adolescents' lived experiences on internet and computer game addiction.

Methods and Materials: 

The first part of the research employed a qualitative phenomenological approach. The statistical population consisted of all adolescents with internet addiction under counseling in counseling centers in Isfahan. Fifteen adolescents were purposefully selected and interviewed until saturation. After analyzing the interviews using Colaizzi's method and MAXQDA software, nine main concepts (lifestyle, identity formation, self-efficacy, psycho-physical factors, family structure, parent-adolescent relationship, family demographic characteristics, interpersonal relationships, and society) and 33 sub-concepts were categorized. Consequently, the quality of life intervention based on reality therapy was developed based on the extracted themes. The second part of the research was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test control group, and follow-up period. The statistical population included all adolescents with internet addiction under counseling in counseling centers in Isfahan. Thirty adolescents were purposefully selected based on the inclusion criteria (scoring above 50 on the Internet Addiction Questionnaire) and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the quality of life intervention based on reality therapy over two months in ten 120-minute sessions. The questionnaires used included the Internet Addiction Questionnaire by Kimberly Young (1998) and the Computer Game Addiction Questionnaire by Soltani and Farhadi (2016). The collected data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance with SPSS23 software.

 The results indicated that the quality of life intervention based on reality therapy according to adolescents' lived experiences had a significant effect on internet and computer game addiction (P < 0.001).

 Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the quality of life intervention based on reality therapy according to adolescents' lived experiences, utilizing the principles and techniques of changing conditions and enhancing quality of life based on Glasser's reality therapy theory, can be an effective intervention for improving internet and computer game addiction.

 The increasing delay in the age of marriage and the decreasing interest and willingness of single women to marry have led to a rise in the age of marriage, resulting in an increase in the number of single women with higher ages. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy before marriage on the emotional maturity and body image of single women.

Methods and Materials: 

This quasi-experimental study employed a pre-test and post-test design with a non-equivalent control group. The study population included single women from District 1 of Tehran in 2022. The research sample consisted of 60 participants selected through convenience sampling based on a call from the study population, and they were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. Participants completed the Emotional Maturity Questionnaire (Yashvir Singh and Mahesh Bhargava, 1991) and the Body Image Questionnaire (Fisher, 1970) before the intervention, after the intervention, and at follow-up. The first experimental group received schema therapy and the second experimental group received cognitive-behavioral therapy in eight 90-minute sessions based on the schema therapy protocol (Leahy, 2013) and the cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol (Beck, 1964), respectively. Data were analyzed using one-way ANCOVA and one-way ANOVA with post hoc tests using SPSS software.

 The results indicated that schema therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy significantly (mean difference with p < 0.05) reduced emotional maturity instability and improved body image (mean difference with p < 0.05) in single women.

 Based on the findings, it is concluded that schema therapy before marriage and cognitive-behavioral therapy can be effective therapeutic methods for improving the emotional maturity and body image of single women and can be used as important and key interventions in the pre-marriage domain.

 Sexual abuse in its various forms leaves irreversible damages on the physical and psychological development of children and adolescents. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on experiential avoidance and post-traumatic growth in sexually abused girls.

Methods and Materials: 

The present research was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group. The statistical population included sexually abused girls studying in Western Tehran during the 2023-2024 academic year. Forty-five individuals were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (each group consisting of 15 individuals). The first experimental group received Gilbert's Compassion-Focused Therapy (2010) and the second experimental group received Hofmann and Otto's Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (2008) in eight 60-minute sessions. The control group did not receive any psychological treatment. Research instruments included Lisak's Sexual Abuse Questionnaire (2005), Bond's Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (2011), and Tedeschi and Calhoun's Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (1996). Data were analyzed using covariance analysis, Bonferroni post hoc test, and SPSS software version 26.

 The results showed that Compassion-Focused Therapy was more effective than Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on experiential avoidance (F=24.91, P=0.001) and post-traumatic growth (F=51.26, P=0.001) in sexually abused girls (p<0.05).

 Compared to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy can play an effective role in reducing experiential avoidance and increasing post-traumatic growth in sexually abused girls.

 AIDS, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, is a chronic and widespread disease that, with its high mortality rate, is distinctly different from other diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on self-efficacy and emotion regulation in HIV-positive patients.

Methods and Materials:

 In a quasi-experimental method with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group, 30 HIV-positive patients receiving treatment at the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran were non-randomly and conveniently selected and then randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control groups, 15 patients each). Prior to the commencement of therapeutic interventions, participants from both groups completed the Sherer Self-Efficacy Scale (1982) and the Gratz and Roemer Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (2004). The experimental group underwent 12 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy, whereas the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Both groups were post-tested, and after a three-month period, they completed the research questionnaires again (three-month follow-up). The research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and SPSS.22 software.

 The results indicated that cognitive-behavioral therapy significantly improved self-efficacy (F=59.45, P<0.001) and emotion regulation (F=144.42, P<0.001) in HIV-positive patients.

 It can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can lead to improvements in self-efficacy and emotion regulation in HIV-positive patients.

 The objective of this study was to compare Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-Based Therapy on relational obsessive-compulsive disorder and fear of intimacy in female students.

Methods and Materials: 

This research was an applied study and utilized a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test assessments, including two experimental groups and one control group, with a follow-up period of two months. The statistical population comprised all female students who visited a private counseling center in Tehran in 2023. Using convenience sampling, 30 participants were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. Data collection tools included the Fear of Intimacy Scale (Descutner & Thelen, 1991) and the Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Questionnaire (Doron et al., 2012). For statistical analysis, SPSS-26 software was employed, utilizing repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc test.

 The findings indicated a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores for both approaches in reducing fear of intimacy and relational obsessive-compulsive disorder (p < .01), demonstrating the significant effectiveness of these two therapeutic methods. Furthermore, no significant difference was observed between post-test and follow-up scores (p > .05). Analysis using the Bonferroni test revealed that there was no significant difference in the effectiveness between the two therapies on problem-solving components (p > .05).

 Based on the current findings, it can be concluded that both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapy can be utilized to reduce fear of intimacy and relational obsessive-compulsive disorder in female students, with no significant difference in their effectiveness.

Adolescent girls who experience emotional breakups have a pressing need to overcome their difficulties. Accordingly, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Imago therapy for emotional breakup with cognitive-behavioral therapy on Affective capitaland depression in adolescent girls.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted in three phases: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, with a control group. The statistical population consisted of adolescent girls who experienced emotional breakups in Isfahan in the winter of 2022, from which48 girls were purposefully selected and assigned to three groups (each group with 16 participants). Golparvar's Affective capitalScale (2016) and Beck's Depression Inventory (1996) were used to measure the dependent variable in three stages. The two therapy groups each underwent ten 90-minute sessions, while the control group received no treatment. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis and Bonferroni post-hoc test through SPSS version 26.

The results showed a significant difference in Affective capitaland depression between the Imago therapy for emotional breakup and cognitive-behavioral therapy groups compared to the control group (p < .01). There was no significant difference between the two therapies in Affective capital. However, in the follow-up stage, cognitive-behavioral therapy was more effective than Imago therapy for emotional breakup in reducing depression (p < .01).

Considering the effectiveness of Imago therapy for emotional breakup and cognitive-behavioral therapy in enhancing Affective capitaland reducing depression, it is recommended that these two therapies be used in psychological treatment centers for adolescent girls who have experienced emotional breakups.

The objective of the current investigation was to conduct a comparative analysis of the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment-based therapy in managing the impulses experienced by individuals receiving treatment for addiction in Khorramshahr.

This study utilized a quasi-experimental approach employing a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study cohort for this investigation was comprised of 45 individuals undergoing drug cessation, who were chosen randomly from the pool of drug-dependent individuals seeking assistance at addiction treatment facilities in Khorramshahr. Subsequently, they were randomly allocated into three cohorts of 15 individuals each, with one group serving as the control (15 individuals) and two others receiving either acceptance and commitment therapy or cognitive-behavioral therapy. Data gathering was executed through the utilization of a questionnaire designed to assess drug use temptations post-treatment, as outlined by Federdi et al. (2008).

The outcomes of the study demonstrated the effectiveness of CBT and ACT in diminishing the temptations experienced by individuals undergoing addiction treatment in Khorramshahr. Furthermore, the findings indicated no significant difference between ACT and CBT in reducing temptations among individuals undergoing addiction treatment in Khorramshahr.

In conclusion, it is recommended that both interventions be implemented to mitigate the temptations experienced by individuals undergoing addiction treatment.

The enhancement of resilience, a psychological characteristic, can be achieved through addressing the various challenges and issues faced during adolescence.

Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on the resilience levels of high school students. Employing a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test, as well as a control group, the research encompassed a 90-day follow-up period. From a pool of 10th and 11th grade students, 30 participants were randomly selected and assigned to either the experimental or control group, with each consisting of 15 individuals. The experimental group underwent 12 sessions of 90-minute cognitive-behavioral therapy. Throughout the study, the research participants completed Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire on three occasions: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The data obtained were subjected to analysis using repeated measures analysis of variance and analysis of covariance.

Notably, the application of cognitive-behavioral therapy yielded a significant improvement in the resilience of high school students (p<0.001).

Consequently, this study demonstrates the potential of cognitive-behavioral therapy as an effective intervention for enhancing the resilience of high school students

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional schema therapy in reducing anxiety sensitivity and ambiguity intolerance in students with anxiety disorders in the city of Sari.

This is a quasi-experimental design that followed a pre-test and post-test format with a control group. The study sample consisted of 45 students diagnosed with anxiety disorders by the psychologist at the Education Department's consultation center in Sari. The students were randomly assigned to three groups (first experimental group: 15 individuals; second experimental group: 15 individuals; control group: 15 individuals). The first experimental group received training in the cognitive-behavioral therapy program, while the second experimental group received training in the emotional schema therapy program. The control group did not receive any specific intervention. Data collection was based on the anxiety sensitivity questionnaire by Floyd et al. (2005) and the ambiguity tolerance questionnaire by Weden et al. (2003). The data was analyzed using covariance analysis.

The findings of the study revealed no significant difference in the effectiveness of the two treatment methods, indicating that both cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional schema therapy were equally effective in reducing anxiety sensitivity in students with anxiety disorders. The results also indicated that despite the effectiveness of both treatment methods, there was no significant difference between cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotional schema therapy in increasing ambiguity tolerance in students with anxiety disorders.

Consequently, this study demonstrates the considerable effects of CBT and EST on students with anxiety disorders.

 The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on negative automatic thoughts and negative affect in depressed women.

 The design of this study was applied and quasi-experimental, featuring pre-test and post-test stages with two experimental groups and one control group, followed by a two-month follow-up period. The study population included all women diagnosed with depression who visited a private counseling center in Tehran in 2023. A convenience sample of 30 participants was randomly assigned equally to the two experimental groups and one control group. The Watson and Tellegen (1985) Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and the Hollon and Kendall (1980) Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS-26 software, applying three-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Bonferroni post hoc tests.

 Results indicate significant differences between pre-test and post-test scores for both therapies in terms of negative affect and negative automatic thoughts (p < .01), demonstrating the significant efficacy of both treatment modalities. No significant differences were found between post-test and follow-up scores (p > .05). Analysis using the Bonferroni test shows no significant difference in the efficacy of the two approaches on problem-solving components (p > .05).

 Based on the findings, it can be concluded that both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are effective in reducing negative affect and negative automatic thoughts in depressed women, with no significant difference in the effectiveness of these therapeutic approaches.

 Marital infidelity is one of the most significant threats to the stability of marital relationships and a leading cause of divorce across various cultures. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on self-compassion and experiential avoidance in women who have experienced marital infidelity.

 The current research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design, involving experimental and control groups and a three-month follow-up. All women who had experienced marital infidelity and attended psychotherapy and counseling clinics in Tehran during the year 2021-2022 constituted the statistical population of this study, from which 30 were selected via convenience sampling based on the inclusion criteria and randomly assigned to two equal groups of 15. Data were collected using the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003) and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire - Second Version (Bond et al., 2007). Participants in the experimental group received 8 sessions of intervention. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance with SPSS version 26.

 The mean self-compassion score and its dimensions in the experimental group significantly improved post-intervention compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Cognitive-behavioral therapy was beneficial in reducing experiential avoidance in the experimental group, unlike the control group (p < 0.05). The effects of this therapeutic program on dependent variables continued during the three-month follow-up period (p < 0.05).

 Cognitive-behavioral exercises can be used as an effective intervention method to improve the cognitive-emotional status of women who have experienced marital infidelity.

 The aim of the current research was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on improving impulsivity of hyperactive children aged 5 to 7 years.

 This study employed a quasi-experimental design with both pre- and post-tests, along with a control group, and a follow-up period of one month. The statistical population included all children with hyperactivity disorder, 5 to 7 years old, in Izeh City, Iran, in 2020. Purposeful sampling was employed to select 30 participants based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were then randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (n = 15 per group). The intervention group received twelve 60-minute sessions of cognitive-behavioral play therapy, while the control group was on the waiting list. The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Version 11 (BIS-11) was applied as a research tool. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used by SPSS software.

 The univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that cognitive-behavioral play therapy effectively reduced impulsivity (F = 24.514, P = 0.001) and this difference continued during the follow-up period.

 The effect of cognitive-behavioral play therapy training on the improvement of impulsivity in the experimental group in comparison with the control group has continued in the follow-up phase of 1.5 months.