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بدرالدين نجمي, حسن احدي, علي دلاور, مهين هاشميپور,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (8-2007)
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Introduction: A chronic illness, such as diabetes mellitus, creates changes in the life style and requires constant adjustment. The onset of a chronic illness can be a stressful event in any life stage including adolescence.. The interaction between the illness related problems and the psychosocial changes associated with normal adolescence makes it difficult for the patient to cope with the chronic illness in a constructive way.. Poor adherence to medical treatment and poor drug compliance are common concerns of the families and physicians dealing with diabetic adolescents. It is of an urgent importance to study effective, culturally appropriated interventions which focus on the high-risk diabetic adolescents with severe adherence difficulties and/or chronically poor metabolic control . Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial (Experimental design). The sample consisted of sixty randomly selected male and female diabetic adolescents living in Esfahan, with an age range between 12 to 18 years old. They were randomly assigned to four groups with different subjects of training including: personal self-efficacy, communication skills, both subjects and no training (control group). The scale of self-efficacy in diabetes and Family Assessment Device (FAD) were then administered to all participants. Treatment adherene was also evaluated using laboratory tests for Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) index. Data were analysed using the one-way Analysis of the Variance (one-way ANOVA). Findings: Significant difference was found between the groups regardind the scores of self-efficacy (F=3.725, P=0.017), FAD (F=4.151, P=0.01) and communication (F=8.302, P=0.000), as well as HbA1c results (F=3.088, P=0.035). Discussion: For preventing the short and the long term side effects of the diabetes mellitus, patients’ treatment adherence should be improved. Psychological interventions for enhancing self-efficacy and improving communication skills can be effective in this respect.
حمزه کريمي, اکبر همتي ثابت, محمد حقيقي, محمد احمدپناه, حميد محمدبيگي,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (5-2013)
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Aim and Background: This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of group anger management and communication skills training on aggression of marijuana addicted prisoners of Hamadan Prison, Hamadan, Iran. Methods and Materials: Quasi-experimental method was carried out with designing pre-test and post-test. The study community consisted of 700 prisoners of Hamadan occupational camp who had the history of aggressive behaviors. Based on the sample size formula of Krejcie and Morgan, 248 people were selected randomly. After conducting Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ) 63 individuals whom had high aggression rate were selected. Among them 45 people were randomly selected and were assigned to three groups of 15 people. 15 people were placed in group anger management training (life skills, Chris and Kling 1998), 15 people in group communication skills training (psychology, human relations, Bulletin 1994) and 15 people in the control group. First test group was trained in 8 sessions of anger management training with 60 minutes duration for 1 month, and the second test group was trained in 8 sessions of communication skills training with 60 minutes duration for 1 month, the control group did not receive any training. After the training program post-test was conducted for all three groups. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. Findings: The results showed that anger management and communication skills training both were effective in reducing aggression. Conclusions: Communication skill training is more effective than anger management training to reduce aggression.
يوسف دهقاني, ويکتوريا عمراني فرد, محمد باباميري,
Volume 14, Issue 2 (12-2016)
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Aim and Background: Caring for patients with dementia is considered as the most difficult and challenging type of care and leads to increased caregiving burden and reduced quality of life (QOL) among caregivers. This research aimed to determine the effect of communication skills training on caregiving burden and QOL among family caregivers of elderly with dementia. Methods and Materials: This Quasi-experimental study was conducted with pretest-posttest design and a control group. The subjects were selected through convenience sampling method. Therefore, 30 subjects were chosen randomly and assigned to control and experimental groups (each with 15 subjects). The data collection tools consisted of the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and Caregivers’ Quality of Life Questionnaire. The questionnaires were completed by the participants in the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The experimental group subjects received communication skills training in 7 sessions lasting 60 minutes. The collected data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS software. Findings: Communication skills training resulted in reduced caregiving burden and increased QOL in caregivers in the in experimental group in the posttest and follow-up stages. Conclusions: The results emphasize the importance of the use of these interventions in terms of caregiving burden and QOL in family caregivers of elderly with dementia. The results show that this intervention can be used as an appropriate intervention method.
احمد احمدي, احمد بهپژوه,
Volume 14, Issue 2 (12-2016)
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Aim and Background: Sensorimotor difficulties, including abnormalities in muscle tone, gross and fine motor skills, balance, and motor coordination, are common co-occurring symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and influence different aspects of their lives. The purpose of this study was to identify the effectiveness of sensorimotor exercises on improvement of motor functioning and ASD symptoms. Methods and Materials: In this quasi-experimental study, from among autistic children in Tehran, 2 autistic children were selected through non-random convenience sampling technique to participate in the study. Data were collected using multiple baseline design, and through the Lincoln-Oseretsky Motor Development Scale and Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS). After observation of a relatively stable baseline, the 7-part intervention plan, including body awareness, motor programming, bilateral motor integration, balance skills, fine motor coordination, functional vision skills, and oral-motor skills, was implemented. The data were analyzed using visual analysis, effect size, and inferential statistics including t-test. Findings: Results of t-test, effect size and visual analysis revealed a significant difference between baseline and treatment conditions. The mean scores of motor skills increased and mean scores of stereotypic behaviors decreased (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The findings indicate that motor performance and stereotypic behaviors of children with ASD improved with sensorimotor exercises. However, no significant changes were observed in the social interaction and communication skills of the children.
Ali Mahmoodzadeh Marghi, Fariba Mireskandari, Mohammad Sadehg Farbod,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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Aim and Background: Social developments in the past few decades globally, the family system has faced many changes, challenges and issues and by degrading the biological, social, cognitive and emotional functions of the family and gradually reducing the satisfaction of family members, causing psychosocial disruption and increasing cases such as tendency Divorced. The aim of this study was to Structural Equivalence Modeling of Divorce Tendency with Emphasis on Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, and Marital Problems.
Methods and Materials: The statistical population of the study included all couples in Kashan, 383 of whom were studied using cluster sampling method and data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. The instruments used were Qaderzadeh et al.'s Divorce Tendency Scales (2012), Rahim Conflict Resolution Scale (1983) and Communication Skills and Problem Solving Scale by Yarmohammadi Vasel et al. (2010).
Findings: Findings showed that communication skills, problem solving and conflict resolution and marital conflicts have a significant and inverse relationship with the tendency to divorce (P <0.05). Also, communication skills were related to the tendency to divorce through problem solving skills and conflict resolution skills and marital conflicts (P <0.05. (P analysis of the relationship between indicators showed that problem solving skills have the most direct impact). (-0.34) and general (-0.40) on the tendency to divorce and the most indirect effect on the tendency to divorce has belonged to communication skills (-0.09).
Conclusions: Interactions between couples and the reduction of issues that ultimately lead to conflict between husband and wife reduce the desire for divorce.
Mohammad Marefat, Fahimeh Namdarpour,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (12-2022)
Abstract
Aim and Background: Addiction to drugs can have irreversible effects. The support of families in regulating emotions and communication skills plays an important role in reducing the tendency of young people to drugs. Therefore, the purpose of the current research was to investigate the level of drug addiction based on the pattern of communication skills and emotional regulation with the mediation of the supporting role of families.
Methods and Materials: The present research was a descriptive-correlational type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the youths of Najafabad city of Isfahan, from which 200 people were selected by cluster sampling method. The data collection tool was Gros and John's (2004) Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Queendom's Communication Skills Questionnaire (2004), Wade and Butcher's Addiction Readiness Questionnaire (1992) and Procidano and Heller's Family Support Questionnaire (1983). Data analysis was done using structural equation method and SPSS and Amos software.
Findings: The results showed that the fit indices of the research model were in favorable conditions. Communication skills and emotion regulation had a direct relationship with family support, and family support and communication skills had an indirect relationship with addiction. Drug addiction was significant based on the model of communication skills and emotion regulation with the mediation of the supportive role of families. (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The findings of the research show that the supportive role of the family is effective in the way of communication patterns and emotion regulation and can provide a platform for drug addiction. Also, effective family support can help people with drug addiction feel supported, change their beliefs and self-confidence, and reduce their desire to relapse.