نشریه تعالی مشاوره و روان درمانی
پیاپی 41 (بهار 1401)

This research was conducted with the aim of determine the effectiveness of behavioral activation therapy on depression and sexual satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes.

This was a single case experimental study from type of multiple baselines. The research population was patients with type 2 diabetes of Mashhad city in 2019 year, which from them 4 people were selected by purposive sampling method as a sample. All four people individually underwent 6 sessions of 90-minute behavioral activation therapy. The research instruments were scales of Beck depression (1967) and Hudson and et al sexual satisfaction (1981). Data were analyzed with using reliable change index (RCI) and maximum percentage of improvement (MPI).

The results showed that behavioral activation therapy significantly led to decreased depression and increased sexual satisfaction in all four patients with type 2 diabetes.

Regarded to the effectiveness of behavioral activation therapy on deceasing depression and increasing sexual satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes, planning to use this therapy method is necessary. As a result, counselors and therapists can use behavioral activation therapy along with other therapies methods to improve psychological characteristics, especially decrease depression and increase sexual satisfaction.Keywords: Behavioral Activation Therapy, Depression, Sexual Satisfaction, Patients with Diabetes

Considering the role and importance of mothers in caring of children with autism spectrum disorder, the present research was conducted with the aim of comparison the effectiveness of autism integrated treatment program and multiple special skills training on self-concept in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.

This study was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and one-month follow-up with control group. The population research was mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder of Tehran city in 2019 year, which 45 people of them were selected by the available sampling method and randomly replaced in three equal groups. The first experimental group received the autism integrated treatment program with family and the second experimental group received the multiple special skills training for 9 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group did not receive training. The research tool was the self-concept scale (Beck & et al, 1990) and data were analyzed by methods of repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test in SPSS-22 software.

The findings showed that both methods of autism integrated treatment program and multiple special skills training in compared to the control group increased the self-concept of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and the results were maintained in the follow-up phase (p < 0.05). In addition, the autism integrated treatment program with family in compared to the multiple special skills training increased their self-concept (P˂0.05).

This research was administered with the aim of comparison of the effectiveness of successful marriage training and choice theory training on psychological well being of young couples.

The research method is semi-experimental with three groups in three stages: per-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population of the study included newly married couples (between one to six months after marriage) who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan in the summer of 2019. From the statistical population, 45 couples were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 couples in each group) and control group (15 couples). The short form of Ryff (1980) psychological well being Questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable. Successful marriage training group according to the needs of couples to know each other and choice theory training group according to Glasser (2000) choice theory trained each for 5 sessions of 90 minutes and one session per week and the control group did not receive any training. Data were analyzed by chi square, repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test by SPSS software, version 25.

The results showed that successful marriage training is effective on the psychological well-being of young couples (P<0.01). Also, based on the results, choice theory training did not have a significant effect on the psychological well-being of young couples (P <0.05). Comparison of the two approach showed that successful marriage training was more effective on psychological well-being than choice theory training.

Successful marriage education for Upgrade the psychological well-being of young couples is one of the possible approach trainings that can be considered for young couples.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of stress management training and self-management to mothers on reducing their children's academic procrastination.

This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and one-month follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included female high school students in District 5 of Tehran and their mothers in the academic year 2918-2019. The statistical sample of this study was 48 students along with their mothers who were selected by convenience sampling. Then their mothers were randomly replaced in four groups (three experimental groups and one control group). The stress management and self-management training program and integrated training (stress management and self-management) in 8 sessions of 60 minutes, twice a week. The research instruments included academic procrastination questionnaire (Savari, 2011), data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance test and Benferoni post hoc test using SPSS software version 23.

The results showed that despite the difference between the means of the components and the total score of procrastination in the post-test-follow-up stages, the difference between the means of the components and its total score in the pre-test-post-test and pre-test-follow-up stages at level 0.01 is significant.

In general, the results showed a decrease in the scores of the experimental group compared to the control group (four groups including three experimental groups and one control group) in the post-test, based on which it can be concluded that stress management training and self-management Mothers are effective in delaying the education of their daughters.

The purpose was the investigation of relationship between academic burnout and academic self-handicapping with mediation of emotional intelligence.

The study is applied in terms of purpose. As for methodology is a descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consists of 105 physical education students of North Khorasan Islamic Azad University in Academic year 2016-17. Based on the Cochran's formula, 83 person were selected by stratified random sampling based on their degree. The Brosseau’s academic burnout inventory (1997), Jones and Rodwellt’s academic self-handicapping questionnaire (1982), and Wizinger's Emotional Intelligence questionnaire (1998) were used. Data analysis was analyzed using structural equations and SPSS 21 and Pls 3 software.

Findings showed that academic burnout and academic self-disability of students are moderate and emotional intelligence is desirable. Academic burnout has a positive relationship with academic self-handicapping, ie it has a positive effect on its increase. Emotional intelligence is negatively related to academic burnout and self-handicapping, ie it has a reduction effect.

To reduce academic self- handicapping, students' emotional intelligence should be strengthened to reduce academic burnout.

The present study was conducted with the aim of Predicting academic engagement based on academic identity and self-directed learning mediates the basic psychological needs learning through mediation and self-determination

This research is applied in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of descriptive method. The study population consists of all twelfth grade female students of Robat Karim and Parand counties in the academic year 2019-2020. The research sample was 305 twelfth grade female students of Robat Karim and Parand cities who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Students responded to the Academic Conflict Questionnaire (Rio, 2013), Academic Identity (Waz Wisxon, 2008), Learning Self-Guidance (Fisher, 2001), and Self-Determination (Ryan and Desi, 2000). After collecting the data, they were analyzed using Spss-24 and Amos-21 software and Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equations. The assumed model was fitting in the research community.

The results of the analysis showed that the mediating role of self-determination in the relationship between academic identity and learning self-direction with academic engagement is positive and significant and the proposed model explains 43% of the variance of students' academic engagement.

Based on the research findings, it was found that the effect of academic identity and learning self-direction is more indirect than self-determination and through self-determination. As a result, students' self-determination and academic engagement increase with increasing academic identity and self-direction.

this study was prepared to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy training and EIS model on Marital Satisfaction in pregnant women

To achieve that, in a semi-experimental study with plan pre-test, post-test with the control group, 60 people among the statistical population were chosen by considering the criteria which is available in sampling method, and they randomly divided into three groups of 20 (two experimental groups and one control group). The Experimental participants were trained on cognitive-behavioral and EIS model in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any training during this time. The tool which is used to collect data in pre-test, post-test were, Enrich Marital Satisfaction .Data were analyzed by using mean, multivariate analysis of covariance.

The results showed that both cognitive-behavioral and EIS model approaches on Marital Satisfaction and Its subscales are effective and there is a difference between the effectiveness of these two approaches on mentioned variable. The EIS model had a greater effect on Marital Satisfaction and subscales Personality Issues, marital relationship, Sexual Relationship, Religious Orientation than the cognitive-behavioral approach, But in the financial management subscale, the effectiveness of the cognitive-behavioral approach was greater

Therefore, it can be concluded that despite the differences between these two approaches, both are useful in term of Marital Satisfaction and Its subscales. However, due to the greater effectiveness of the EIS model in marital satisfaction and most of its subscales, it can be used during pregnancy besides the other cares.