جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « ایمن سازی روانی » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

The presence of emotional problems in adolescents causes a decrease in their quality of life, which requires psychological interventions, including psychological immunization. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of psychological immunization training on the quality of life and emotional regulation of adolescents.

This research was a semi-experimental type of research (pre-test-post-test design with a control group). The statistical population of the research included all female students of the 10th grade of high school in Rafsanjan city in 1402, 30 people were randomly selected by available sampling method and divided into two experimental groups (15 people) and control by lottery. (15 people) were placed. Var et al.'s (1996) quality of life questionnaires and Garnevsky and Kraij's (2006) emotion regulation questionnaires were used. The training of psychological immunization program was carried out in 10 sessions of 60 minutes and twice a week on the experimental group and the control group did not receive any training. Analysis of covariance and SPSS version 24 software were used to analyze the data.

The results of covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores, and the psychological immunization program training increased the quality of life and improved emotion regulation in adolescents (P<0.01).

Since teenagers are psychologically very vulnerable, the training of the psychological immunization program can play a very effective role in increasing the quality of life and improving their emotional regulation.

Background & Aims :

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses working in psychiatric departments were also involved, which affected their mental health. The present study aims to determine the effect of psychological immunization on perceived stress and anxiety caused by COVID-19 in nurses working in the psychiatry department of a hospital in Zahedan, Iran.

Materials & Methods:

 This is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted from February to June 2022. Participants were 50 nurses from the psychiatry department of Baharan Hospital in Zahedan city who were selected by a census method, and were assigned to intervention and control groups. Data collection tools included a demographic form, the perceived stress scale, and the corona disease anxiety scale. The psychological immunization was provided in two four-hour workshops. Data analysis was done in SPSS software, version 16 using mean, standard deviation and chi-square test, independent t-test, paired t-test, and Fisher’s exact test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results :

Most of the nurses had an infection with COVID-19 and were vaccinated. The mean and score of anxiety decreased from 11.96±10.05 to 8.12±6.92 in the intervention group (P=0.004) and decreased from 11.84±10.26 to 8.40±6.51 in the control group (P=0.07). The mean score of perceived stress changed from 27.45±5.56 to 27.20±4.20 after intervention in the intervention group (P=0.8) and from 27.48±4.71 to 28.32±4.87 in the control group (P=0.43).

Conclusion:

 The psychological immunization program has no significant effect on anxiety and stress caused by COVID-19 in nurses of psychiatric departments in Zahedan, Iran. It is recommended that psychiatric hospital managers should pay attention to the psychological problems of nurses at the beginning of the pandemic.

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders that its prevalence is becoming a public health concern in the present century. It should be noted that cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social factors play an important role in the development, regulation, and inhibition of diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of psychosomatic immunization therapy on depression and anxiety in children with diabetes.

The present study was a semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all children aged 12-8 years with diabetes who referred to Ahvaz city medical centers in the first quarter of 2018. The sample consisted of 30 children from the statistical population who were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The research instruments included Children's Depression Questionnaire (Reynolds, 1989) and Children's Anxiety Inventory (Beck, 1990). First, pre-test were performed for two groups, and then psycho-emotional intervention against stress for children and mothers of the experimental group was performed for ten 60-minute sessions (during two months, two sessions per week) and the control group, and the control group did not receive the intervention. It was the turn of the intervention. Finally, post-test was performed for both groups and the data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS-19 software.

The results of data analysis showed that the effect of psychosomatic immunization therapy on depression (P <0.001; F = 21.04) and anxiety (P <0.001; F = 19.43) in children with diabetes.

Overall, the results showed that psychological immunization interventions, by influencing parents and their children, reduced the symptoms of depression and anxiety in children with type 1 diabetes.

The most of students with intellectual disability have not appropriate social competency. Inappropriate social competency leads to psychological problem in their life, while mental immunization training has been associated with desirable outcomes. The purpose of this research was to investigation of the effectiveness of mental immunization training on psychological reactions and social competency of students with intellectual disability. The present research was a quasi-experimental study by pre-test, post-test design with control group. The study population included of boy students with intellectual disability aged 15-18 years old in Tehran during the academic year 2017-2018. The participants were 32 students with intellectual disability that selected by convenient sampling method from Nour eslam in Varamin and Taher in Rey city. Subjects were divided into two groups and assigned into two experimental and control groups randomly and each group consisting of 16 students. Experimental group received psychological immunization program in 10 sessions for 50 minutes while the control group did not receive this intervention. The instruments of present research were depression anxiety stress scales (Lawibund and Lawibund, 1995) and social competencies scale (Felner, Lease and Philips, 1990). Data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed that mean scores of depression, anxiety, and stress in experimental group was significantly decreased in the post intervention in comparison with control group (P<0.001). Also, the mean social performance scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group (P <0.001). The mental immunization program is related to subjective well-being and individual’s affective experiences, and that it influences cognitive processes as well as social relationships. Therefore, it seems that the training of this program plays an important role in improving the emotional reactions and social capability of students with intellectual disability.

Objective Most children and adults with cerebral palsy do not have appropriate social competency and personality traits, which in turn leads to psychological problems in their life and negatively affects their interactions. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of mental immunization program training on social competency and personality traits of individuals with cerebral palsy in Tehran city.
Materials & Methods The present research had a semi-experimental study with pretest and posttest design and control group. The study population included adolescents with cerebral palsy in the age group of 12-16 years in the academic year 2015-2016. Subjects were selected with the help of the convenient sampling method. In this study, 34 adolescents with cerebral palsy participated. They belonged to the middle socio-economical class. The subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control group, each of which consisted of 17 adolescents. The experimental group received psychological immunization program training across 10 sessions (45 minutes for per session; twice a week) while control group did not receive any training. The instruments of present research were social competency questionnaire of Felner, Lease and Philips and big five factor personality inventory (NEO-FFI) of Costa and McCrae. The obtained data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) test with the 21st version of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS).
Results The normality of variables and contingency of variance and covariance assumptions were tested. The Kolmogorov Smirnov test showed that all variables were normal (P>0.05). The Box test confirmed contingency of variance-covariance assumption (P=0.28). Therefore, assumptions of MANCOVA test were confirmed and were used the MANCOVA test for analysis of data. The findings of this research showed that there was a significant increase in social competency mean scores of experimental group post intervention in comparison with control group (P0.05).
Conclusion The results of the present research indicated a significant increase in social competency in adolescents with cerebral palsy. Also, desirable changes were found to be developed in the personality traits of these adolescents. In other words, there was a decreased level of neuroticism and significant increase in positive traits such as extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness. The overall results of the present research indicated that mental immunization program training led to improvement in social competency and personality traits of individuals with cerebral palsy. Therefore, paying attention to the mental immunization program training is essential, and planning for providing of psychological immunization program training is of particular importance. Cerebral palsy affects all aspect of an individual’s life and implementing the mental immunization program training has been associated with effective outcomes. Therefore, instructional interventions such as mental immunization program training are required . While a lot of research works have been conducted with regard to the effectiveness of mental immunization program training on social competency and personality traits of normal students, only a few investigations have been carried out for the same in relation to individuals with cerebral palsy. As far as present study used experimental method, could be cautioned in generalization of results . Another limitation of this study is the use of self-reporting questionnaires, wherein individuals do not feel the responsibility to answer correctly and honestly in order to avoid stigma or rejection by the community. It is recommended that the psychological immunization program training, which is very helpful in the instruction of teenagers with cerebral palsy, be used in primary schools and among various categories of exceptional students.

The present study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of psychological immunization program on pessimistic attribution style in boy students with dyslexia. In this quasi experimental study, pretest and post test design with control group was used. Thirty boy students with dyslexia were selected randomly from Learning Disabilities Centers in Isfahan City. They were assigned to experimental and control groups in equal (15 individuals in each group). Their intelligence quotient and learning ability were measured by Raven Intelligence Progressive Matrices and Learning Test respectively. All students answered to Children Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) before and after training sessions. Experimental group participated in 10 weekly training sessions (twice a week; each session lasts for 60 minutes) and received psychological immunization program. The results of analysis of covariance showed that psychological immunization training program has significantly (p<0.001) decreased the pessimistic attribution style of experimental group in comparison to control group. It seems that the psychological immunization intervention can be considered as an educational and rehabilitation program and lead to modify pessimistic beliefs of boy students with dyslexia.