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Zeinab Saketi, Dr Hadi Farhadi, Dr Seyed Hamid Atashpour,
Volume 21, Issue 4 (1-2024)
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Aim and Background: One of the foremost challenges that women face in their lives is the issue of becoming a mother, which can influence their mental well-being. The present study aimed to Comparison of the Effectiveness of a Motherhood Role Acceptance Training Package with Group Positive Psychotherapy on the Social Competence of Married Women Childless.
Methods and Materials: The research method was a quantitative and semi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest-follow-up design employed. Fifty-three women from the statistical population of all married women without children in Isfahan City who did not want to have children were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The experimental groups received a training package on the acceptance of the maternal role and positive psychotherapy. The participants were assessed using a social competence questionnaire.
Findings: The findings indicate that the educational package of Motherhood Role Acceptance and positive psychotherapy both had an effect on the social competence of married women without children. However, based on the findings, the effectiveness of the training package Motherhood Role Acceptance was more than that of group-positive psychotherapy.
Conclusions: The findings indicate that the educational package of Motherhood Role Acceptance and positive psychotherapy both had an effect on the social competence of married women without children. However, based on the findings, the effectiveness of the training package Motherhood Role Acceptance was more than that of group-positive psychotherapy.   
Mis Farnoosh Ghasemi, Dr Hamid Atashpour,
Volume 21, Issue 4 (1-2024)
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Aim and Background: The existence of problems in attachment style, interpersonal compatibility and communication pattern is evident in people with bulimia nervosa.The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on attachment style, interpersonal compatibility and communication pattern of people with bulimia nervosa in Isfahan city.
Methods and Materials: : The current research method was quantitative and of the type of semi-experimental studies with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included people suffering from bulimia nervosa in Isfahan city who visited the health centers of Isfahan city in 1401. In this study, 30 women with bulimia nervosa disorder who were diagnosed by psychologists and psychiatrists were selected by sampling method. were selected as available. The people in the control and experimental groups completed the attachment style, interpersonal compatibility and communication pattern questionnaires In two stages, pre-test and post-test. Multivariate covariance test and spss-23 software were used for data analysis.
Findings:  The results showed that dialectical behavior therapy had a significant effect on secure attachment style, avoidant attachment style, constructive communication, creditor woman communication pattern, mutual withdrawal communication pattern and interpersonal compatibility (p<0.05), but There was no significant effect on the anxious attachment style, the communication pattern of the creditor-debtor, and the communication pattern of the debtor's wife.
Conclusions: From the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that psychologists and psychiatrists can increase the secure attachment style, interpersonal compatibility, constructive communication pattern and decrease the avoidant attachment style, the withdrawn and demanding behavior pattern of women with bulimia nervosa. Use dialectical therapy and its techniques


Mis Parvin Foroughi, Dr Gholamreza Manshaee, Dr Seyed Hamid Atashpour,
Volume 22, Issue 1 (4-2024)
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Aim and Background: The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a combined treatment based on virtual reality and mindfulness on trait-state anxiety in individuals with panic disorder.
Methods and Materials: The research employed a semi-experimental design with two experimental and control groups, utilizing pre-test, post-test, and a 45-day follow-up. The target population included all individuals exhibiting symptoms of panic disorder seeking counseling and psychotherapy services in Tehran during the years 1401-1402. The sample size consisted of 30 individuals diagnosed with panic disorder, selected purposively, and randomly assigned to the experimental (15 individuals) and the control groups (15 individuals). The experimental group underwent eight sessions of combined virtual reality and mindfulness-based therapy. Both groups answered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire in three phases (pre-test, post-test, and 45-day follow-up). The research data were analyzed using SPSS23 statistical software, employing mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent and dependent t-tests for analysis.
Findings: The results showed that the average scores of trait and state anxiety in the experimental group at post-test and follow-up stages compared to the control group had a significant decrease (p<0.001). This means that the combined treatment of virtual reality-based therapy and mindfulness has been effective in reducing trait-state anxiety in individuals with panic disorders.
Conclusions: Based on the results indicating the positive effect of the combined treatment of virtual reality-based therapy and mindfulness on trait-state anxiety in individuals with panic disorders, therapists can utilize the combination of virtual reality and mindfulness packages for treating individuals with panic disorders.
Mrs Shila Shahbazi Bandani, Dr Seyed Hamid Atashpour,
Volume 22, Issue 3 (10-2024)
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Aim and Background: The present study aimed to predict the quality of life based on the perception of suffering, meaning of life, social support, and psychological flexibility in irritable bowel syndrome patients and by a correlational descriptive method.
Methods and Materials: The study's statistical population comprised 140 patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Isfahan in 2022-2023. To collect information from the quality of life questionnaires of Patrick and Drasman (IBS-QOL), the experience and perception scale of Scholz et al, the meaning in life questionnaire of Steger, Fraser, Avishi and Kaler, the acceptance and action questionnaire of the 2nd edition and colleagues and the background of the study of the medical consequences of social support (Sherborn and Stewart) were used.
Findings: The results showed that among the variables studied in the regression, the best predictor of quality of life was social support in the first step, the meaning of life in the second step, and the perception of suffering in the third step. Accordingly, in the first step, the coefficient of social support accounted for 52.6% of the variance of the quality of life, in the second step, the coefficients of social support and meaning of life accounted for 55.6% of the variance of the quality of life, and in the third step, the coefficients of social support, the meaning of life, and the perception of suffering accounted for 57/2%.
Conclusions: Considering the significant role of the perception of suffering, the meaning of life, social support, and psychological flexibility in predicting the quality of life, a comprehensive care program for irritable bowel syndrome patients is proposed by developing and increasing the above variables to improve their quality of life.


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