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Fatemeh Zahra Karbasizadeh Esfahani, Dr Fatemeh Bahrami,
Volume 18, Issue 1 (3-2020)
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Aim and Background: Studies have shown that emotion-oriented therapy affects many psychological variables; therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-oriented approach on self-control and mother-daughter conflicts in high school girls in Isfahan.
Methods and Materials: The research method was semi-experimental and applied. The research design was pre-test, post-test, follow-up, and experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the study consisted of all girls in the first year of high school in Isfahan and their mothers in 1398. Due to the fact that the research type was semi-experimental and the intervention was performed, 30 people (control and experimental groups) were selected as the sample size based on entry and exit criteria. The research instruments consisted of the Roseenbam Self-Control Questionnaire (1980) and the Murray E-Conflict Tactics Questionnaire (1990). In the present study, a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to study the natural distribution of data. A variable and multivariate analysis of covariance test was used to examine the data.
Findings: The results showed that due to the difference between self-control and conflict averages, scores from pre-test to post-test self-control increased and decreased in conflict (p<.05). The difference between pre- and post-test self-control and conflict testing in the control group was not significant (p=.003).
Conclusions: It seems that emotion-oriented therapy can affect many psychological variables, including self-control and mother-daughter conflicts in students. To increase external credibility, it is recommended that more research be conducted.
Farzanef Noroozi, Shohreh Ghorban Shiroodi, Ali Reza Khalaj,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (1-2021)
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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.
Seyyedeh Afsoun Golestanehi, Masoud Mohammadi, Azam Davoodi, Najmeh Fath,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (1-2021)
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Aim and Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a developmental neurological disorder characterized by several symptoms including impulsive behavior and inability to attention. To reduce such symptoms, it is necessary to use appropriate psychological therapies. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness on behavioral inhibition, self-control, and high-risk behaviors in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Methods and Materials: The study method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design including a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population of this study included adolescent boys aged 13 to 18, with ADHD who had been admitted to the social emergency of the city of Shiraz city in the year 2019. Thirty adolescents with ADHD were selected through psychiatric evaluation and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) through convenience sampling after which they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (with 15 individuals in each). The experimental group received mindfulness-based intervention during two and a half months which included ten 90-minute sessions while the control group did not experience training and remained on the waiting list. The questionnaires used in this study included the Go/No-Go test, the Tangney self-control questionnaire, and the Iranian adolescents’ risk-taking questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS-26 software in two sections, namely descriptive (mean and standard deviation), and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures).
Findings: The results showed that mindfulness-based intervention had a significant effect on behavioral inhibition and increased self-control, and it reduces high-risk behavior in adolescents with ADHD (P<0/01).
Conclusions: Based on the results of the present study, it is safe to say that mindfulness-based therapy improved behavioral inhibition, increased self-control, and reduced high-risk behavior in adolescents with ADHD. Accordingly, this treatment is suggested to be used along with other approaches to reduce the symptoms of people with ADHD.
Rozita Tanbakouchian, Firozeh Zanganeh, Mohammad Reza Bayat,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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Aim and Background: Research has shown that resilience and self-control are associated with marital boredom; In this regard, various therapeutic approaches have been used by researchers; therefore, this study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused and schema therapy approaches on ambiguity resilience, and self-control of women with marital burnout.
Methods and Materials: The research method was applied in terms of purpose and quasi-experimental in terms of implementation method with pretest-posttest design of two experimental groups and a control group with follow-up test. From the community of women suffering from marital burnout in district three of tehran, 45 people were selected by the convenient sampling method and were replaced in three groups using the random method. Ambiguity resilience questionnaire (Freison et al., 1994) and self-control questionnaire (Gramisk et al., 1993) were used. Research data were analyzed by ANOVA using repeated measures and bonferroni's post hoc test.
Findings: Findings showed that both emotion-focused and schema therapy approaches have a significant and lasting effect on increasing the resilience of ambiguity and self-control of women with marital burnout (p=0.001). Also, the result of comparing the two approaches showed that the effect of schema therapy approach on self-control of women with marital burnout is more than the emotion-focused approach (p=0.001). But the difference between the two approaches on the resilience of ambiguity was not significant.
Conclusions: According to the obtained results, it seems that the use of both schema therapy and emotion-focused approaches to improve self-control and resilience of ambiguity in women with marital burnout is effective and it is recommended to be used as therapeutic approaches.
Nahid Julaieha, Masoud Janbozorgi, Ahmad Alipour, Abbas Pasandide,
Volume 19, Issue 2 (8-2021)
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Aim and Background: The authors conducted a quasi-experimental study to compare the effectiveness of GOSP and Triple P on self-esteem, self-efficacy and self-control of children.
Methods and Materials: The statistical population was students aged 8 to 11 who were studying in schools of 15th district of Tehran that had parents with high stress.30 mothers after screening process were randomly replaced in three experimental and control groups (10 people each). The subjects in the experimental groups were trained in (GOSP) (12 sessions), and Triple p (10 sessions according to the Saunders protocol, 1992) 120 minutes, weekly, and the control group did not receive any training. After the training course, post-test was performed for all three groups of students. Univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to assess data.
Findings: Results revealed that the mean scores of students in the group (GOSP) in self-esteem and self-control were significantly higher than Triple p and the control group. The scores of emotional self-efficacy of GOSP were significantly higher than the control group, while there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups. Self-esteem and self-control of children had no significant difference in two groups of positive parenting and the control group. The mean scores of self-efficacy were not significantly different in experimental groups (GOSP and triple p). Regarding social self-efficacy, no significant difference was observed between the three experimental and control groups.
Conclusions: These results suggest that the combination of God oriented spirituality perspective with considering the developmental characteristics of children, increases the effectiveness of parenting trainings on children.
Ph.d Soudabeh Ershadi Manesh, Ph.d Tahereh Mahmoudiyan Dastnaee, Mostafa Yaghubi Mahjoub,
Volume 22, Issue 3 (10-2024)
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Aim and Background: Many attempts have been made to determine the nature of crime based on psychological, sociological, and cultural variables. This study seeks to answer whether dark personality traits and dimensions of temperament and character affect criminal behaviors through self-control.
Methods and Materials: The research method is descriptive-correlational modeling of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study was all adolescents aged 13 to 17 years in Khorramabad city in 2023. The sample consisted of 350 adolescents who were selected by cluster sampling method and responded to the Dark Personality Questionnaire (Paulus & Jones, 2011), the Temperament and Character Inventory of Adan et al. (2009), the Self-Control Questionnaire of Tangney et al. (2004), and Adapted Self-Report Delinquency Scale Pechorro and et al (2019). Using AMOS 24 and SPSS 26 software, structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the proposed model.
Findings: The correlation coefficient results showed a positive and significant relationship between the dark personality triad and the behaviors of juvenile offenders (P<0.001). The results also showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between novelty and harm avoidance with criminal behaviors (P<0.001) and there is a negative and significant relationship between the rewards of dependence, perseverance, self-direction, cooperation, and self-transcendence with criminal behaviors (P<0.001). The results of structural equation modeling showed that dark personality traits and temperament and character dimensions explain 30% of the variance of self-control. Finally, 43% of the variance in criminal behaviors is explained by dark personality traits, temperament and character dimensions, and self-control.
Conclusions: According to the results, it can be concluded that dark personality traits and dimensions of temperament and character have an indirect effect on the behaviors of juvenile offenders through weak self-control skills.  Therefore, it is suggested that social harm prevention programs focus on self-control and self-control skills

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