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Mitra Tavighi, Javad Khalatbari, Shohre Ghorban Shiroodi, Mohammad Ali Rahmani,
Volume 17, Issue 4 (1-2020)
Abstract

Aim and Background: Mind wandering and deviation from attention to work at present is common among adolescents and has negative consequences. The purpose of this study was to compare metacognitive therapy and its techniques (attention training, Situational attention refocusing), and acceptance and commitment therapy on the mind wandering adolescents.
Methods and Materials: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design and the statistical population included 20837 adolescent girls in second grade secondary schools of Karaj in the academic year 1396-1397. A randomized multistage cluster sampling method was used to select 70 people who had the lowest score in the amount of wandering mindedness based on the measurement tool of the wandering minds. They were randomly assigned to five groups based on the criteria of the research. they got. Metacognitive Therapy, Attention training, Situational attention refocusing and Acceptance and Commitment therapy during 10 sessions a weekly, 90-minute test was performed individually for experimental groups. The collected data were entered into SPSS-23 software and a statistical method to analyze data from mixed analysis of variance is used.
Findings: The results of mixed analysis of variance showed that all four treatments were effective in reducing adolescent mind wandering and the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy was more than other treatments (P <0.01). This effect was also sustained at the 3-month follow-up.
Conclusions: Meta-cognitive therapy enables the adolescent to communicate with their mind wandering in a different way so that they are able to separate themselves from the mind wandering.
Farzanef Noroozi, Shohreh Ghorban Shiroodi, Ali Reza Khalaj,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (1-2021)
Abstract

Aim and Background: Obesity is a complex problem that can be caused by a large number of biological, psychological and social factors. The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on self-control and flexibility of body image in obese patients volunteering for sleeve and gastric bypass surgery.
Methods and Materials: The method of the study was semi-experimental with pretest, posttest, and follow-up with control group design. The research population included all obese patients who volunteered for sleeve and gastric bypass surgery referred to Tehran Obesity Treatment Center in 2020 and in the period from January to February. Among them, a 30-subject sample was selected by convenience sampling and were assigned randomly in tow groups (15 subjects in each group). The experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions two days a week of compassion-focused treatment intervention, and the control group were on the waiting list. Collecting the data were gathered Tanji et al.'s self-control questionnaire (2004) and Sands et al.'s body image flexibility questionnaire (2013). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24 and statistical test of analysis of variance with repeated measures.
Findings: The results of repeated measure ANOVA showed the subjects of experimental group, after receiving intervention, had better self-control and flexibility of body image than subjects of control group.
Conclusions: Therefore, it seems that compassion-focused therapy significantly increased self-control and flexibility of body image of obese patients. Theoretical and practical implications have been discussed in this article.

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