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منصوره سلامت, کمال مقتدايي, موسي کافي, احمدرضا عابدي, عباسعلي حسين خانزاده,
Volume 11, Issue 6 (2-2014)
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Aim and Background: One of the most important learning disabilities is spelling learning disability which is accompanied by memory problems and social skills. The main aim of present research was to review the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on memory and social skills of children with spelling learning disability. Methods and Materials: The research method of present study was experimental (pretest-posttest with control group). The statistical universe consisted of all third grade primary school students of Dehaghan city (Isfahan) in 2012-2013 academic years. The forty students with spelling learning disability selected randomly and then placed in play therapy and control groups randomly. Students in the experimental group received cognitive-behavioral play therapy for 8 sessions which each one took 90 minutes. Assessment tools consisted of Diagnostic Test of Spelling Learning Disability, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Revised (WISC-R) and Gresham&rsquo;s and Elliott&rsquo;s Social Skills Scale . Data was analyzed by analysis of Covariance and SPSS-18. Findings: Results of covariance analysis model showed that ,with control of pre-test effect٫ there is a significant difference between the experimental and control group in post-test (p< . 01) and the mean scores of memory and social skills in play therapy group in post-test stage has been increased in comparing with the pre-test and control group. Conclusions: According to results, cognitive- behavioral play therapy has been effective on improvement of memory and social skills of students who disabled in spelling learning.
مهرداد صالحي, کمال مقتدايي, حميد افشار, آسيه ابراهيمي, منصوره سلامت, مهشيد تسليمي,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (12-2015)
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Abstract Aim and Background: Based on the reinforcement sensitivity theory, normal and abnormal personalities are located along with a continuum. The aim of this study is comparing the behavioral inhibition systems and activation systems on different drug users, heroin withdrawers with normal persons. Methods and Materials: The present research applied fragmentary descriptive method and the statistical population was consisted of all drug-users who were under maintaining treatment with methadone, shisha- users, heroin-users, opium-users and heroin-withdrawers in Isfahan City in 2013, so that 150 users of different drugs and 30 men who did not use anything were selected and tested by the cluster sampling and the Gary Wilson&rsquo;s personality questionnaire (QWPQ). Findings: The results of variation analysis showed that there is a significant difference among the groups from the point of view of the behavioral activation level (P<0.05). No meaningful difference has obtained between the groups from the point of view of behavioral inhibition system and escape-fight system (p<0.05). The results of Post-Hoc Test represented that the mean behavioral activation&nbsp; in heroin user group is meaningfully more than normal groups, heroin and opium withdrawers and methadone users (p<0.05). Also the mean behavioral activation in shisha-users is meaningfully more than opium withdrawers and methadone users (p<0.05).There was no meaningful difference between other groups. Conclusions: This study is supported a hypothesis that represented drug-users enjoy thehyper function in activating-behavior system.
آسيه کريمی, صديقه رضايي دهنوي, کمال مقتدايی,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (4-2017)
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Aim and Background: A reason for the higher prevalence of psychological problems in individuals with obesity is their lack of emotional control. The aim of this study was the assessment of the effectiveness of emotion regulation techniques on the psychopathological problems in women with obesity. Methods and Materials: The present clinical trial was conducted through pretest-posttest method and follow-up. From among all women with BMI of over 25 in Isfahan, Iran, in 2015, 24 women were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental (emotion regulation techniques) and control groups. Data were collected using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using ANCOVA in SPSS software. Findings: The results of psychopathology dimensions indicated that the effect of emotion regulation on the reduction of anxiety and obsession was not significant in the posttest stage (P > 0.05), but it was significant in the follow-up stage (P < 0.05). However, emotion regulation had a significant effect on the reduction of depression and somatization in the posttest and follow-up stages (P < 0.05). Conclusions: It can be concluded that emotion regulation education is effective on the improvement of psychopathological symptoms in patients with obesity and it has some important implications in the consideration of emotion regulation group therapy in the reduction of the problems of patients with obesity.
Mansoureh Moghtadaie , Salar Faramarzi , Ahmad Abedi , Amir Ghamarani ,
Volume 17, Issue 4 (1-2020)
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Aim and Background: Parenting stress is one of the various effects that specific learning disorder has on parents. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of parenting program based on the lived experiences of mothers of children with specific learning disorder and positive parenting program on mothers’ parenting stress.

Methods and Materials: The research employed a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with the control group. The sample consisted of 45 mothers of children with specific learning disorder who were selected via the convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The research instrument was the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Data were analyzed by MANCOVA and using SPSS version 23 software

Findings: The research findings showed that both interventions had a significant effect on parenting stress. The results of the posttest showed that there was a significant difference between the two interventions of lived experiences parenting and positive parenting in the parenting stress variable in the children’s realm, but there was no significant difference in the parenting stress variable in the parents’ domain.

Conclusions: Parenting program based on lived experiences can be used as an effective program to reduce mothers’ parenting stress.


Kamal Moghtadaei, Amroalah Ebrahimi, Sayed Abbas Haghayegh, Hasan Rezai Jamalouei, Peyman Adibi,
Volume 21, Issue 1 (4-2023)
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Aim and Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder in the intestinal-gastric system that is defined by specific intestinal-gastric symptoms without an organic cause. The aim of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on treatment compliance and pain intensity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a semi-experimental research method of pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a 2-month follow-up group. The statistical population of this research was all the patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Isfahan city in 2017, 15 people were selected by the available sampling method and randomly divided into an intervention group using the acceptance and commitment treatment method and a control group. Data were collected using Seyed Fatemi et al. treatment adherence questionnaire (TAQ) (2017) and Durkin et al. pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ-2) (2009). The intervention of acceptance and commitment therapy was carried out during 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week; But the control group did not receive any intervention. The research data was analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements.
Findings: The findings showed that the acceptance and commitment treatment method is effective on the treatment compliance of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (p<0.05). Also, the treatment method of acceptance and commitment of pain severity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome was effective (P<0.05).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective on treatment adherence and pain intensity.

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