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Akram Mazlomi, Hossein Davoudi, Hasan Heidari, Mohammad Asgari ,
Volume 17, Issue 3 (10-2019)
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Aim and Background: Substance abuse disorder or addiction is complex behavioral problems arising from many interacting factors, including social, cultural, environmental, psychological and biological. Therefore, the aim of this study was prediction of addiction potential using developmental assets in adolescents.
Methods and Materials: This study was a descriptive-correlational research. To achieve this purpose, 500 students (250 boys, 250 girls) of 10 and 11 grades in Arak were selected by stage cluster sampling. The participants completed Iranian Addiction Preparedness Scale (IAPS) and Developmental Assets Profile (DAP). Data were analyzed by SPSS software, using Pearson correlation and regression analysis.
Findings: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between developmental assets and its dimensions with addiction potential and its components in adolescents (p<.05). Also, developmental assets and its dimensions predict the addiction potential and its components (p<.05).
Conclusions: Results of present study showed that developmental assets an important role in predicting addiction potential in adolescents. Therefore, consideration of these predictive variables by researchers, specialists, therapists, and planners seems necessary to prevent drug substance abuse disorder or addiction.
Narges Khaton Akram, Nemat Sotodeh Asl, Raheb Ghorbani, Farhad Malek,
Volume 20, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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Aim and Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the diseases that can limit the function of the lungs and consequently the function of the patient's whole body. Therefore, research related to this disease can be effective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explain the severity of symptoms in patients with COPD based on health-promoting style with a mediating role of personality traits.
Methods and Materials: The present study was descriptive and structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study included all patients with COPD who referred to the health center of Kosar Hospital in Semnan for a period of 1 year from April to March 2016. 205 people were selected by random sampling method and completed the research questionnaires. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling using SPSSV19 and LISRELV8.80 software.
Findings: The results showed that health promotion has a negative and significant effect on neurosis and disease severity. Health promotion has a positive and significant effect on other personality traits (P<0.01). The results also showed that the health-promoting lifestyle variable has an indirect and significant effect on the severity of symptoms due to extraversion (-0.13) and conscientiousness (-0.15).
Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that the variables of personality traits and health-promoting style were related to the severity of symptoms in patients with COPD and had a direct and indirect effect on it. Therefore, experts' knowledge of these variables can help to improve the lifestyle of people with COPD.
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.
Elham Jolani, Lida Leilabadi, Akram Golshani,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (7-2023)
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Aim and Background: Researchers are interested in facilitating mechanisms in therapeutic interventions, including cultural mechanisms, therefore this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy using Mowlana's parables and anecdotes and acceptance and commitment therapy in distress tolerance in mothers of children with cerebral palsy.
Methods and Materials: This applied study was conducted using a mixed method (using qualitative-quantitative data). The quantitative part of the research consisted of comparative content analysis and the quantitative phase consisted of a quasi-experiment with pretest-posttest design using intervention and control groups. Participants consisted of 48 mothers of children with cerebral palsy who were selected using purposeful sampling and were randomly allocated to two intervention and one control groups. To collect data, the Distress Tolerance Scale (Simmons and Gaher, 2005) were used. Data were analyzed in SPSS 23 using the repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni's post-hoc test.
Findings: The results showed that the difference in the effect of the two treatment methods on the components of tolerance (p=0.020), evaluation (p=0.037) and, accordingly, the total distress tolerance score (p=0.016) is significant, so that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment has increased the average scores of the two components of tolerance and evaluation more in addition to the total score of distress tolerance compared to cognitive behavioral therapy using Rumi's parables and anecdotes.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment is a more effective method to increase distress tolerance in mothers of children with cerebral palsy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy using Rumi's parables and anecdotes.
Leila Sadat Azizi Ziabari, Sara Fakharian Moghaddam, Akram Sanagoo,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (8-2024)
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Aim and Background: Infertility is a global health-related problem that imposes significant psychological pressure on the people involved in this problem and can negatively affect their quality of life. The aim of research investigating the mediating role of illness cognitions in the relationship between infertility stigma and fertility quality of life in infertile women.
Methods and Materials: This study is fundamental in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of method. The statistical population of this study consisted of all women suffering from infertility in the city of Mashhad who had referred to specialized infertility clinics and centers between May and July 2023. The sample consisted of 300 infertile women who were selected by convenience sampling method. Participants completed the infertility stigma scale, illness cognition questionnaire and fertility quality of life questionnaire. The Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling methods were used for data analysis.
Findings: The results showed that the model related to the mediating role of illness cognitions in the relationship between infertility stigma and fertility quality of life in infertile women has a good fit. The results showed that the direct effect of infertility stigma on fertility quality of life (P>0.05). The direct effect of illness cognitions (P<0.01) and the indirect effect of infertility stigma with the mediation of illness cognitions on fertility quality of life are significant (P<0.01).
Conclusions: Considering the mediating role of illness cognitions in the relationship between infertility stigma and reproductive quality of life of infertile women, paying attention to these variables in the field of psychopathology and formulating educational and therapeutic interventions regarding reproductive quality of life can be useful.
Mr. Aryan Rezai, Dr. Akram Dehghani, Dr. Sayed Abbas Haghayegh,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (8-2024)
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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.
Mrs. Akram Zarei Goonyani, Dr. Ahmad Mansouri, Dr. Qasem Ahi, Dr. Seyed Abdolmajid Bahreinian, Dr. Fahime Saied,
Volume 22, Issue 4 (12-2024)
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Aim and Background: Research has increasingly shown a relation between childhood maltreatment and the dysregulated behaviors observed in individuals, yet the mediating factors in this relationship have received little attention. Thus, the primary aim of this study is to explore the role of cognitive processes as mediators in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and the dysregulated behaviors of individuals with bipolar disorder.
Methods and Materials: This study employed a descriptive and correlational research design. The statistical population consisted of all individuals with bipolar disorder who were hospitalized at Razi Psychiatric Hospital during the years 2023-2024. A total of two hundred individuals were selected for the research sample using convenience sampling. Data collection tools included the following: the Binge Eating Severity Scale (Gormally et al., 1982), the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (Gratz, 2001), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Saunders et al., 1989), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Cognitive Abilities Questionnaire (Nejati, 2013), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale- Short Form (Kaufman et al., 2016), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (Bond et al., 2011), and the Levels of Self-Criticism Scale (Thompson & Zuroff, 2004). Data analysis was conducted using SPSS and LISREL software, employing Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling techniques.
Findings: The study's results indicated that cognitive processes—including cognitive ability, self-criticism, experiential avoidance, and difficulties in emotion regulation—play a mediating role in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and dysregulated behaviors, such as alcohol consumption, binge eating, and non-suicidal self-injury, in individuals with bipolar disorder. The statistical fit of the model was strong, with the following indices: CFI= 0.96, NNFI= 0.95, IFI= 0.96, GFI= 0.92, and RMSEA= 0.072.
Conclusions: People with bipolar disorder who experienced childhood maltreatment often exhibit dysregulated behaviors due to cognitive processes. Therefore, clinical interventions focusing on cognitive processes are essential in preventing maladaptive behaviors in this population.
Husam Abbas Mashhoot, Maryam Faraeen, Akram Hoossein Algnabe, Hassan Abdi, Zohreh Meshkati,
Volume 23, Issue 1 (3-2026)
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of a course of plyometric exercises along with mindfulness exercises on the mental strength and anaerobic capacity indicators of Iraqi soccer school freshmen. The participants of the research were 60 football players aged between 14 and 16 years old in Baghdad in 2023-2024 who were selected based on the call and randomly divided into four groups of plyometric exercises, mindfulness exercises, plyometric exercises with Mindfulness exercises and control group were divided. Data collection was done using Sheard et al.'s (2009) mental toughness questionnaire. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to check the normality of the data distribution, and the Levine test was used to test the homogeneity of variances. Analysis of covariance and Bonferroni's post hoc test were used to analyze the findings using SPSS version 24 statistical software. The findings showed that the mental toughness score increased in all three groups compared to the control group, and the comparison between the groups showed that this increase was greater in the plyometric group with mindfulness than in other groups. Also, the findings showed that plyometric exercises and plyometric exercises along with mindfulness had a positive and significant effect on the indicators of anaerobic capacity of Iraqi football school freshmen and there was no difference between these two groups. However, in the group of mindfulness exercises, there was no significant effect on the indicators of anaerobic power. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that plyometric exercises and mindfulness exercises have an effective role in improving the mental strength of Iraqi soccer school freshmen. According to the results, it is recommended that coaches use mindfulness exercises along with plyometric exercises to improve performance and increase the level of mental strength.
