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Aim and Background: The aim of the present study was to investigatethe psychometric properties of the Trait Hope Scale and its relation with psychological well-being of Iranian university students. Methods and Materials: In this descriptivesurvey, 191 students of Hamadan Islamic Azad University (mean age: 24.17 &plusmn; 4.30 years; range: 18-45 years) were selected through stratified randomsampling.The participants completed Snyder&#039;s Trait Hope Scaleand State Hope Scale, Riff&#039;s Psychological Well-Being Scale, and Beck Hopelessness Inventory. Data was analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach&#039;s alpha and split-half methods via SPSS 16 and LISREL 8.5 . Findings: Cronbach&#039;s alpha (0.83), split-half coefficient (0.80), divergent validity (with Beck Hopelessness Scale,-0.20), and criterion validity (with Snyder State Hope Scale, 0.55) were significant (P < 0.01). Exploratory factor analysis showed that the 12-item Hope Scale for adults had one latent factor thatexplained 47% of the scale variance. Firstorder confirmatory factor analysis indicated that 8items of the scalehad high factor loadings on one latent factor.Univariate model appropriately fitted with the data (adjusted goodness-of-fit index = 0.91, root mean square error of approximation = 0.05, normed fit index = 0.98). In addition, there was a significant relation between trait hope and psychological well-being (r = 0.25; P < 0.01). Conclusions: The Trait Hope Scale has high reliability and validity and thus can be usedinfuture research.

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Aim and Background: Discovering factors associated with mental health of the elderly is an interesting subject in the psychology of aging. This study investigated the relationships of spiritual well-being, existential well-being, and hardiness with mental health in the elderly. Methods and Materials: This descriptive-correlational research was conducted on the elderly living in the nursing home of Ardabil (Iran). One hundred individuals were randomly selected. Data was collected using questionnaires about spiritual well-being, hardiness, and mental health. The collected data was analyzed with Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. Findings: Spiritual well-being had significant negative associations with anxiety, depression, and social dysfunction. However, it had a positive significant relation with hardiness. Existential well-being had significant negative relations with somatization, anxiety, depression, and social dysfunction. Its relation with hardiness was positive and significant. Finally, hardiness had significant negative associations with anxiety and depression. Conclusions: Mental health of the elderly can be predicted by spiritual well-being, existential well-being, hardiness, and age. The results of this study imply the importance of spiritual well-being and hardiness in maintaining mental health of the elderly.

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Abstract Aim and Background: The research purpose is to assess the Efficacy of Emotion Regulation on the Well-Being of Epileptic Girls (14-20) in Isfahan. Methods and Materials: In order to administer this study, 30 epileptic adolescence girls were selected from 14-20 years population of epileptic adolescence girls Isfahan city in 2012 via sampling available method and assigned randomly to experimental and control group (each group consist of 15 adolescence). The intervention was emotion regulation . Training based on Boston Program University. The instruments were psychological Well-Being (Ryff) Questionnaire And the Researcher-Made Questionnaire . Findings: Data was analyzed by Multivariate Covariance analysis of variance. Findings indicate that emotional regulation effects on the Well-Being of epileptic girls in pre and post test and follow-up (P<0 . 019). Also mean scores of Self Acceptance(P<0 . 049) in the post test was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. The results also showed that the mean scores of positive relations with others (P<0 . 045), Self- Acceptance (P<0 . 049), purpose in life (p<0 . 046) in the follow - up was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. Conclusions: The results showed that emotional regulation effects on the Well –Being of epileptic girls. The treatment effect was sustained during the follow-up

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Abstract Aim and Background: Due to the high incidence of breast cancer and the importance of spiritual well-being (SWB) of patients with this type of cancer, this study was performed to predict the role of psychological, medical and demographic factors, on SWB in patients with breast cancer Methods and Materials: This Cross sectional study was a descriptive-analytic one conducted in 341 breast cancer patients with simple sampling methodology. Data collection instrument included a questionnaire contains 3 parts (demographic and medical information, SWB questionnaire and DASS-42 questionnaire). The data was analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics (One way Analysis of Variance, Student t-Test, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients and Multiple linear regressions), with applying SPSSv20 software. Findings: Based on study findings, there was a statistically significant relationship between SWB and stress, anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients. The results of regression analysis indicated that the stress, anxiety and depression explained totally 39.5% of the variance of patients&#039; SWB (R 2 = 39.5). Depression in the first was the best predictions of the breast cancer patients&#039; SWB with R 2 = 26.2. Conclusions: According to the results obtained, SWB of patients with breast cancer is predicable according to the stress, anxiety and depression. Breast cancer patients with higher grades of SWB, had lower stress, anxiety and depression so SWB is a protective factor against stress, anxiety and depression. &nbsp;

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Aim and Background: The present study aimed to investigate the role of meta-cognitive beliefs, personality type D, and psychological well-being in the prediction of symptoms severity in psoriasis. Methods and Materials : This was a descriptive correlational study. The research population consisted of all individuals who referred to skin clinics in Kermanshah, Iran, for the treatment of psoriasis in 3014. The participants consisted of 115 individuals who were selected through convenience sampling. Among the participants, 51 were men. After the completion of the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) by a physician, the Type D personality scale, Ryff&rsquo;s Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire, the Meta-Cognition Questionnaire (Cartwright Hutton and Wales) were completed by the subjects. Findings: Meta-cognitive beliefs and type D personality had a significant negative relationship with psychological well-being. Moreover, meta-cognitive beliefs and personality type D predict the severity of psoriasis symptoms through the reduction of psychological well-being. Conclusions: The enhancement of individual well-being in all its components through appropriate psychological training interventions can help to speed up the treatment of patients with this disease.

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Aim and Background: The aim of this research was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of resilience training and the combination of positive therapy and resilience training on reduction of academic procrastination and academic stress, and improvement of psychological well-being and effective coping strategies among female students. Methods and Materials: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest, and follow-up. The participants consisted of 60 students of 14 to 16 years old. They were selected through multistage cluster sampling and randomly divided into 2 experimental groups and a control group. Resilience training and the combination of positive therapy and resilience training were presented in 9 sessions, each lasting 2 hours, in the 2 experimental groups. Savari's Academic Procrastination Questionnaire, Ang and Huang’s Academic Stress Inventory, Ryff's Scale of Psychological Well-being (RSPWB), and Endler and Parker’s Scale of Coping Strategies were used in the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. Findings: The results showed that resilience training and the combination of positive therapy and resilience training caused a significant decrease in academic procrastination and academic stress, and a significant increase in psychological well-being and effective coping strategies. The combination of positive therapy and resilience training was more successful in psychological well-being promotion and stress reduction than resilience training. In addition, resilience training was more effective in reducing academic procrastination. Conclusions: Educational programs that incorporate multiple approaches and theories in designing educational packages have more significant effects. Therefore, the use of the present research results can be effective in the designing of preventive educational programs and improving educational achievements. Keywords: Resilience, Procrastination, Stress, Well-being, Coping behavior

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Aim and Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 12-week physical activity on resiliency, subjective well-being, and work engagement among the female staff of Islamic Azad University. Methods and Materials: This semi-experimental research was carried out having pre- and post-test. The statistical population of this study consisted of 94 female staff of Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran; from whom, 72 person were purposively selected as samples and were randomly divided into experimental (n = 36) and control (n = 36) groups. The tools for gathering data were Konor and Davidson Resiliency Inventory, Schaufeli and Bakker Work Engagement Inventory, and Keyes and Magyar-Mae Subjective Well-Being Inventory. Data were analyzed via SPSS software, using one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Findings: Aerobic exercise significantly increased resiliency, subjective well-being, and work engagement among the subjects (P ˂ 0.05 for all). The dimensions of mental health were not equally affected by the practice. The effect size was obtained 0.63, 0.49, and 0.09 in resiliency, work engagement, and Subjective well-being, respectively. Conclusions: Based on our findings, it is recommended that managers should provide opportunities for their employees to participate in physical activity plans in order to increase their resilience, mental well-being, and work engagement. Under this condition, organizational managers can effectively benefit from their active and healthy human resources.

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Aim and Background: In terms of the inherent characteristics of the military career, law enforcement personnel as human resources of NAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran) organization face multiple occupational issues; and as a result, they are more exposed to psychological vulnerability than other employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of promoting individual and social mental health on psychological well-being of law enforcement personnel in Tabriz, Iran. Methods and Materials: This study was a semi-experimental research with pre- and post-test design and control group. The statistical population consisted of the law enforcement personnel of Tabriz in 2017. Of them, 30 people were selected by purposeful sampling method and divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in mental health promotion program for 10 sessions of 45 minutes. Then, they were tested. Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well-being (SPWB) was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using descriptive methods including mean, standard deviation (SD), and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) through SPSS software. Findings: The mean of psychological well-being in NAJA staff after intervention in post-test was increased in the experimental group (11.87 ± 1.18) compared to the control group (6.33 ± 1.04), (P < 0.01). Conclusions: The study showed that individual-social mental health promotion program can be used as an appropriate intervention for increasing the psychological well-being of law enforcement personnel.

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Aim and Background: Test anxiety is one of the most common anxieties in educational environments, which, in addition to negative effects on academic performance, can lead to a reduction in psychological well-being among students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment Therapy (ACT) on test anxiety and psychological well-being of high school students. Methods and Materials: This study was a semi experimental with a pre-test and post-test design and control group. The statistical population included all boy students in high school of Najaf Abad city in the school year 2013-2014. Sample size includes 60 students (each group 30 person) that were selected by multistep cluster sampling method. Both groups completed the Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) and Reef's Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) as pre-test and post-test. Data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MONCOVA) method and using the SPSS software. Findings: The results of MONCOVA showed that there is a significant difference between post-test scores of experimental and control groups (p<0.001, F= 44.80 ) . In the other hand, ACT led to significant decrease test anxiety (F= 33.17, p<0.001 ) and significant increase psychological well-being (F= 27.26, p<0.001). Conclusions: The results showed ACT method is effective in decrease test anxiety and increase psychological well-being of students.

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  Aim & Backgrounds: Grief and bereavement causes to be compromised the health of people in various aspects. Many of bereaved persons are compromised depression symptoms and increasing the probability of death. The aim of this research was to study of effectiveness of time perspective therapy on depression and social well-being of bereaved women. Materials and Methods: The research method was experimental by design of pretest, posttest, and follow-up with un-equivalent control group. The statistical population of the research includes all bereaved women living in Babol, passing at least 12 months from their grief, still having symptoms of depression and grief. Among them 30 subjects through convenience sampling were selected. To collect the data Beck’s Depression and Keez’s Social Well-being Scales were used. The data were analyzed using repeated measure analysis of variance. Findings: The obtained results showed that the time perspective therapy on decreasing of depression and increasing social well-being was effective. The results of the follow-up scores showed that the efficacy of that was constant, as well. Conclusion: Considering the findings it concluded that the time perspective therapy is an effective therapy on reducing depression and increasing social well-being of bereaved women.

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Aim and Background: Different models of family psychological education, including the Moos and Tsu model, can have a significant effect on families with Slow-learner children. In this study, the effectiveness of family rehabilitation program in promoting psychological well-being of mothers with Slow- learner children has been investigated.
Methods and Materials: This study was a quasi-educational study with pretest and posttest and control group. The sample of the present study included 30 mothers with Slow- learner children, 15 of whom were in the experimental group and the other 15 in the control group. The family rehabilitation program was performed according to the Moos and Tsu model in 8 sessions of one to one and a half hours for the experimental group. All participants completed a short form of the Reef Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire and the results were analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance.
Findings: The analysis of the results showed that the rehabilitation program with the Moos and Tsu model has improved psychological well-being and its components in the mothers of the experimental group. This effect of family empowerment according to the Moos and Tsu model can be seen on the subscales of improving self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, mastery of the environment, purposeful living and personal growth.
Conclusions: Findings showed that the rehabilitation program with the Moos and Tsu model with emphasis on cognitive-behavioral approach can be effective to improve the psychological well-being of mothers with Slow- learner children. Therefore, therapists can help these mothers in their well-being by using this model and its effectiveness.

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Aim and Background: Psychological well-being consists of autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, and purpose in life, and self-acceptance. Numerous factors especially childhood trauma and psychological well-being. Besides this relationship does not seem direct and is influenced by other variables such as fear of happiness and alexithymia. The aim of this research was assessing the mediating role of fear of happiness and alexithymia in relation to trauma and psychological well-being.
Methods and Materials: In a descriptive—correlation study, a sample of 262 students from Alborz and Science and Culture Universities were selected by convenience sampling. Participants answered the battery of questionnaires including psychological well-being, fear of happiness scale (FHS), Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS), childhood traumatic Questionnaire (CTQ). Data were analyses using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by LISREL 8.85 software. For evaluating the descriptive statistics SPSS 24 was used as well.
Findings: The analyses revealed that hypothetical model fit the measurement model (RMSEA= 0.55, CFI= 0.92, X2/df= 2.588). The results of the analysis showed that childhood trauma by mediating roles of alexithymia and fear of happiness were able to predict the psychological well- being, so that fear of happiness and alexithymia predicted psychological well-being positively and indirectly.
Conclusion: Based on the study, it can be concluded that fear of happiness and alexithymia are mediating the relation of childhood trauma and psychological well-being. Consisting this effect can be useful for improving individual well-being and also can be effective for intervention of childhood traumas.

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Aim and Background: Students with academic self-regulation are hard-working and innovative learners and do not simply give up in dealing with issues and problems. They consider learning as an active process during which somehow take responsibility for it and, if faced with problems, try to figure out what they need to do to solve it. The aim of this study was to develop a self-regulatory model of learning based on successful intelligence and emotional adjustment with the mediating role of psychological well-being.
Methods and Materials: The research method was correlational and the statistical population of the present study was male and female high school students in Tehran. Four hundred and fifty-six of them were selected in a multi cluster sampling and were asked to complete the self-regulatory learning scale (SRQ-A), the Successful Intelligence Questionnaire, the Psychological Well-Being scale, and the Emotional Adjustment Scale (EAM). The obtained results were analyzed using AMOS software and path analysis method.
Findings: The results showed that emotional adjustment and successful intelligence mediated by psychological well-being predict positively and significantly (p <0.01) self-regulation of learning.
Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, it can be suggested that the higher the successful intelligence and emotional adjustment, the direct and mediated psychological well-being have a positive and significant effect on promoting learning self-regulation. Therefore, parents and educational authorities to strengthen academic self-regulation should provide rich environments to strengthen these three components.
 

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Aim and Background: Due to the cultural context of society, women suffer more than men after divorce. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Ellis emotional emotional therapy on psychological well-being, resilience of women on the verge of divorce in Zahedan.
Methods and Materials: The statistical population of the study is all women who refer to the court of Zahedan for divorce. The statistical sample of the study was 30 people who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two groups of 15 experimental and control. The research instruments were Reef (1989), Connor and Davidson (2003) Psychological Welfare Questionnaire. From Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mbox, Levin tests, multivariate analysis of covariance was performed using SPSS software version 25.
Findings: The results showed that Ellis emotionally rational therapy focuses on the components of psychological well-being (self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, environmental control, purposeful life and personal growth) and resilience (spirituality in individuals, control, tolerance of negative emotions, trust in Personal instincts (competence) has been the most influential on the individual competence and self-acceptance components.
Conclusions: It seems that Ellis emotionally rational treatment affects all components of psychological well-being and resilience of women in the divorce province of Zahedan.
 

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Aim and Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between basic needs and psychological well-being with mediation of social networks addiction. Social networkks addiction is excessive dependence, strong motivation to log in or use, and spending a lot of time on social networks that harm other social activities, studies / jobs, interpersonal relationships, or mental health. Thus, in the last decade, the factors and consequences associated with problematic use of social networks have increased interest and empirical study in this area.
Methods and Materials: The statistical population in this study was people over 18 years old in Hamedan and Shiraz from which 396 people (170 male and 226 female) were selected by convenience sampling method. The instruments used in this study were the basic psychological needs scale (Gagné, 2033), social networks addiction (Panayides and Walker, 2012) and psychological well-being (Ryyf, 1989). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.
Findings: The highest correlation coefficient among the basic needs was related to the need for relatedness with -0.64 and then the needs of autonomy and competence were -0.62 and -0.58, respectively. The correlation coefficient between social networks addiction and psychological well-being was -0.48. Also, the correlation coefficient of basic needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness with psychological well-being were 0.69, 0.60 and 0.66, respectively.
Conclusions: Frustration of basic needs can appear in the form of corrective methods and in the form of excessive use of social networks and pave the way for addictive use of these networks. Frustration of basic needs is also directly and indirectly associated with reduced psychological well-being.

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Aim and Background: The ever-increasing expansion of cyberspace has affected people's lives. The new generations who were born in this space, day by day, use cyberspace more and have formed a virtual lifestyle, so the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of life skills training on the cognitive flexibility and social well-being of students’ dependence of cyberspace.
Methods and Materials: The design of this research is a semi-experimental type of pretest, posttest and follow-up with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this research includes students’ dependence to cyberspace of Neyshabur city in the year 2022-2023. The sample of the research was selected using the convenience sampling method of 30 students’ dependence to cyberspace of Neyshabur city. Research tools included internet addiction questionnaire (Young, 1998), cognitive flexibility scale (Martin and Rubin, 1995), and social well-being questionnaire (Keyes, 1998). The life skills training program was taken from Zare et al. (2019) research, which was implemented in eight ninety-minute-sessions. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The data was analyzed using SPSS software
Findings: The results show that the life skills training program has been able to improve cognitive flexibility and social well-being among the students dependence of cyberspace.
Conclusions: Life skills training by improving cognitive, emotional and skill abilities increases the perception of emotions and provide adaptive responses that improve cognitive flexibility and social well-being of students.

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Aim and Background: Women heads of households experience many problems in their lives, which can be reduced psychological Hardiness, and reduced social well-being. Based on this, the aim of the current research was the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on psychological Hardiness and social well-being of women heads of households.
Methods and Materials: The current research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with the Goa group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all female heads of households in Isfahan city who lived in this city in 1402. In this study, 30 female heads of the household were selected using the available sampling method and randomly replaced in two experimental and control groups. Participants in two groups completed questionnaires on psychological Hardiness and social well-being in three stages. In the present study, the people in the experimental group underwent 8 sessions of intervention, but the control group did not receive the intervention. In the end, the data were analyzed by analysis of variance with repeated measurements.
Findings: The results of data analysis showed that Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy has had a significant effect on increasing psychological Hardiness. Also, Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy has significantly increased social well-being (0/05>p). Also, in the follow-up phase, the significant effect of this therapeutic method on psychological hardiness and psychological well-being continued (p<0.05).
Conclusions: From the results of the research, it can be concluded that Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy has increased the psychological Hardiness and social well-being of female heads of households, therefore psychologists and counselors can increase the psychological toughness and social well-being of female heads of households. Use the techniques of this therapeutic approach.

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Aim and Background: Nomophobia is a social and psychological disorder that has had a significant effect on the adolescent and young generation in developing societies and has had important consequences such as emotional upset and unfavorable interpersonal relationships. The present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of unified trans diagnostic therapy on mental well-being, emotional adequacy and emotional self-efficacy of adolescents with nomophobia.
Methods and Materials: This study was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The studied population included all teenagers with symptoms of nomophobia in Isfahan .Before the implementation of the intervention program, the students completed the nomophobia questionnaire and among them 30 people whose nomophobia score was higher than 35 were selected as the sample group and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, experimental and control.The participants in the research completed the mental well-being and emotional adequacy and emotional self-efficacy scales in the pre-test stages. The experimental group received the integrated metadiagnostic intervention program for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention program during this period. Then the two groups completed the mentioned questionnaires again in the post-test phase. Data analysis was done using SPSS 24 software and multivariate analysis of covariance with statistical assumptions.
Findings: The results showed that unified trans diagnostic therapy was effective in increasing mental well-being, emotional sufficiency and emotional self-efficacy of adolescents with nomophobia, and improved the mental well-being, emotional sufficiency and emotional self-efficacy of adolescents with nomophobia
Conclusions: According to the results of the research, it is possible to help improve the mental well-being and emotional adequacy and emotional self-efficacy of adolescents with nomophobia through integrated trans diagnostic treatmen