نشریه اندیشه و رفتار در روان شناسی بالینی
پیاپی 51 (بهار 1398)

Emotion regulation plays an important role in responding to possible stresses and crises, especially among adolescents, So, it is important to examine the role of effective factors in the development of emotion regulation. Current study investigated the role of attachment and family functions in prediction of emotion regulation in adolescents. A sample of adolescents between the age of 14 to 17, selected based on multi-level cluster sampling, completed a battery of questionnaires including family function assessment, inventory of parent and peer attachment and children and adolescent’s emotion regulation checklist. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results of this study showed that the overall function of the family was most important in predicting emotional stability, self-awareness in expressing emotions, emotional expressiveness in suitable situations, emotional flexibility and control and management of emotions. Other family functions’ subscales including behavioral and communication control also played an important role in emotional expressiveness in suitable situations. However, attachment to mother showed weak correlations with several subscales of ERC, did not play a significant role to predict emotion regulation strategies in adolescents. Therefore, the healthy family function can play a crucial role in the formation of emotional stress during adolescence, and prevent many challenges during adolescence

The women victims of domestic violence do not have a favorable situation in terms of psychological, emotional, marital and overall quality of  life. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate  the effectiveness of cognition-based mindfulness therapy on social anxiety, resilience and emotion regulation in women victims of domestic violence. During a pilot study, 32 women victims of domestic violence with social anxiety were selected by using available sampling. They were randomly placed in experimental (16) and control (16) groups. Therapeutic intervention was performed for eight sessions of 90 minutes on the experimental group, and the control group don’t have any training at this stage. The data were collected by questionnaires of domestic violence against women, emotional regulation, social anxiety and vibrational scales. Analysis of covariance showed that there is a significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the experimental and control groups. Cognition-based mindfulness therapy has reduced social anxiety, increased resilience and emotional adjustment in women victims of domestic violence. It seems that cognitive-mindedness has a useful effect on reducing the psychological and emotional problems in violent women. It is important to pay attention to this method of treatment for women victims of domestic violence

The existence of multiple crises in human life and the effects that make it necessary to study the damage and the positive consequences of it. The purpose of this study was to investigate the qualitative aspects of spiritual components in post-traumatic individuals. To this end, a qualitative research was conducted using the grounded theory of 50 people with disabilities resulting from car crashes that had been at least two years of their disability and assessed for post-traumatic growth. Twelve subjects with the highest scores in post-traumatic growth were interviewed in the semi-structured group. After the interview, open and axial analysis and coding were performed. 83 open codes and 23 axial codes. Among these core codes, which constitute the spiritual components of individuals who grow up after injury, one can refer to the belief in the purposefulness of creation, the hope of the hereafter, the belief in the existence of divine wisdom. This research has provided a new understanding of the dimensions of spiritual growth in post-traumatic human-induced Iranian culture. The presence of these components in the developed population can be explained with cases such as type of injury, change in life due to crisis, events that occurred during the crisis, cultural, social and religious context of the studied population. These components can be used to treat and facilitate growth in affected individuals.

Originally, children recognize other people’s emotional expressions through an emotional transmission process that is approximately automatic. Happiness, sadness, fear and anger are some of the main internal emotions which can be directly perceived by facial expressions. Children’s reaction to the emotions demonstrate their ability to recognize and interpret them. Researches evaluating Deficit in emotional recognition of autistic children leads to conflicting results. The aim of this study is to compare recognition of six basic facial expressions and reaction times in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. For this purpose, utilizing a comparative research design, 20 children with autism spectrum disorder - selected by the use of convenience sampling method- were compared with 20 typically developing age-matched control subjects in facial emotional recognition and reaction time. Multivariate Covariance Analysis results showed significant differences between two groups in reaction time and recognition of emotions. It was revealed that performance of autistic children in facial emotion recognition was slower and less accurate than normal children. In this study, it is confirmed that children with autism spectrum disorder have a deficit in recognizing emotional expression in faces.

The nature of systematic scleroderma is very threatening and debilitating and affects mental health, including the destruction of self-esteem in the patient. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of integrated psychotherapy with the orientation of four common factors on self-esteem and its four components (general, social, familial, and occupational or educational) in women with scleroderma. Therefore, in a Semi-experimental research was carried out with pretest design, post-test with control group and follow-up after 3 months of intervention. The statistical population included women with scleroderma referred to Shariati Hospital and Iran's Rheumatism Center in 2016. Of these, 30 patients were selected as available samples and randomly were placed in two control and treatment (experiment) groups, each of which consisted of 15 individuals. The instrument of this research was Cooper Smith's (1967) Self-esteem Questionnaire. The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that integrated psychotherapy with the orientation of four common factors, self-esteem and all its components increased in women with scleroderma, and this effect was lasting after three months. Therefore, integrated therapy with four commonality orientations (relationship, hope enhancing, awareness promotion and behavior regulation) is considered as an effective intervention in patients with scleroderma.

Recently, the concept of meta-memory and its relation to the personality and psychological characteristics of individuals have been considered. One of the interests of this field is whether the personality traits of individuals are related to their meta-memory abilities, or whether it is possible to find out the extent of the existence of psychological disorders with the state of meta-memory in the individuals. The purpose of this study was comparison of meta-memory in people with symptoms of anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder in DSM-5. In this causal-comparative study, 180 patients (60 anxious, 60 depressed, 60 obsessive-compulsive) from Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Medical Sciences of Tabriz were selected by sampling available method and compared with 60 non-patients in memory. The results of ANOVA showed that people with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and normal people had a significant difference in the level of satisfaction with individual memory, perceived ability, application of memory strategy, and meta-memory. The findings showed that the mean of memory usage strategy of normal people was higher than those with obsessive-compulsive, anxious and depressed symptoms. Paying attention to the role and importance of meta-memory in people with psychological disorders can affect many of their problems.

Personality refers to a complex organization of tendencies and characteristics that are associated with important life outcomes such as health and disease and can be effective in mediating high-risk behaviors.The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of spirituality in relation to personality traits with suicidal tendencies and drug abuse. Descriptive correlational research method was used for research purposes. The sample was selected by convenience sampling method. It consisted of 472 second and third grade high school male students in Karaj, Iran. Students’ main personality traits, spirituality, suicidal tendency and addiction tendency were assessed . The results of correlation analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the neurotic personality traits and mediating role of spirituality and tendency toward suicidal thoughts and drug abuse, while there is a negative and significant relationship between personality traits of extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness and the mediating role of spirituality and tendency towards suicidal thoughts and drug abuse. And this relationship can be moderated by spirituality as mediator.

The obsessive-compulsive personality disorder described for the first time by Freud almost 100 years ago, characterized as the most common personality disorder among the general population. The disorder is associated with at least average destruction of psychosocial function and a decline in quality of life, and imposes significant economic burdens. The obsessive personality disorder in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders has been defined as a general pattern of excessive concern with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, loss of personal flexibility, openness and efficacy, starting in the early stages of adulthood, and it seen in various domains. Perfectionism as an important feature of obsessive disorder is a tendency to regulate unrealistic high standards and highly critical self-assessments. In The present study, the perfectionism as one of the main characteristics of obsessive personality disorder has been investigated. The results of studies support the point that focusing on treatment of perfectionism can lead to better therapeutic responses in the problems which including doubts about works and worries about mistakes. Understanding other intervening variables will help the results of clinical trials and research