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Mahgol Shojaei, َakram Dehghani,
Volume 21, Issue 1 (4-2023)
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Aim and Background: Mentalization capacity is necessary for empowering students in interpersonal interactions and consequently obtaining future success, and for this reason, it is necessary to know its correlates, Therefore The purpose of the current research was to investigate the mentalization based on attachment styles, Ego strength, Object relations and Pattern of anxiety manifestation in students.
Methods and Materials: The research community was formed by the students of Isfahan National University and Azad University in 2022, according to the latest reports, their number is 35161. Based on Cochran's formula, 380 students were selected as available. The research tools were Attachment Styles Questionnaire (ASQ), Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths (PIES), Bell Object Relations Inventory (BORI), Anxiety Manifestation Patterns Questionnaire and Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) which were completed individually by students. Data analysis was done by multiple regression analysis using the twenty-sixth version of SPSS software.
Findings: The results showed that secure and ambivalent attachment styles as well as ego strength can significantly predict students' mentalization capacity. (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Therefore, in order to improve students' mentalization, it is necessary to pay attention to secure and ambivalent attachment styles as well as ego strength.
Mr. Aryan Rezai, Dr. Akram Dehghani, Dr. Sayed Abbas Haghayegh,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (8-2024)
Abstract

Aim and Background: Children with chronic obesity suffer from more unbalanced eating behaviors. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the play therapy package based on Hall and Fong's temporal self-regulation theory on their eating behaviors.
Methods and Materials: This research was quantitative and semi-experimental type and was implemented in the form of a pre-test, post-test design with a control group and a 2-month follow-up period. Also, its statistical population was all the parent-child pairs referred to Iranian Health Centers-Isfahan City, where, among them, 45 pairs by convenience sampling method were selected and randomly into two groups of experimental (22 pairs), and control (23 pairs), were assigned. To collect data, the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire was used, and along with providing 11 sessions of 45-minute play therapy package training to the experimental group, the control group did not receive any intervention. In the end, data analysis by SPSS-29 software and statistical methods of Chi-square and covariance analysis at significant level (p<0.05), was done.
Findings: According to the result of the chi-square test, no significant difference between the 2 groups in terms of parents' age and education; and children's age, gender, birth rank, number of siblings, and education was observed. Also, the results of covariance analysis showed that there were significant changes (p<0.05) in the eating behaviors of children in the experimental group compared to children in the control group.
Conclusions: The findings indicate the positive effect of the play therapy package used in the research on the adjustment of eating behaviors of children with chronic obesity. Therefore, it could be used to help treat children with chronic obesity.

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