Reza Shabahang; farzin bagheri sheykhangafshe; Marzieh Shahryari Sarhadi; Adeleh Yousefi Siahkoucheh; Vahid Hajialiani
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Objective: Physical illnesses such as cancer, in addition to negative consequences, can also have positive outcomes that are known as positive consequence of illness. The aim of this study was to compare hope and prosocial behavior intentions in different levels of positive consequences of cancer illness. ...
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Objective: Physical illnesses such as cancer, in addition to negative consequences, can also have positive outcomes that are known as positive consequence of illness. The aim of this study was to compare hope and prosocial behavior intentions in different levels of positive consequences of cancer illness. Method: In this causal-comparative study, the population of the study consisted of cancer patients in hospitals in Rasht city (District 1) in 2019, of which 200 patients were selected by convenience sampling. For collecting data, Silver Lining Questionnaire (Sodergren & Hyland, 2000), Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991), and Prosocial Behavioral Intention Scale (Baumsteiger & Siegel, 2019) were used. Finally, the data were analyzed by multiple analysis of variance method. Findings: The group of cancer patients with high level of positive consequences of illness got higher scores in hope and prosocial behavior intentions in comparison to group of cancer patients with low level of positive consequences of illness. Conclusion: According to the findings, the group of cancer patients with high level of positive consequences of illness have higher hope and intentions for prosocial behaviors. Hence, providing interventions to increase the positive consequences of cancer can lead to increased hope and prosocial behavior intentions.
tahere hoseini ghomi; hosein salimi bajestani
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 97-109
mehdi Abdollahzadeh Rafi; ali golbaf
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate The effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on adherence of doctor's directions of diabetic patients. Method: The method of this research was a Quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group. The population of the study ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate The effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on adherence of doctor's directions of diabetic patients. Method: The method of this research was a Quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group. The population of the study included all diabetic patients, who were members of Diabetic Association in the city of Mashhad in 2018. Wich 30 of them were placed using purposive sampling method and were matching assigned to experimental group (n=15) and control group (n=15). Participants of the experimental group received 8-sessions of mindfulness-based therapy and the control group only used the common treatment. To collect the data adherence of doctor's directions questionnaires (Hayes & et al, 1994) were used. Data were analyzed using covariance method. Findings: The results showed that adherence of doctor's directions of patients participating in the experimental group significantly increased compared to the control group (P<0/05). Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that mindfulness-based therapy increases the adherence of doctor's directions of diabetic patients.
ALI MOHAMMAD Rezaei; Tayyebeh Sharifi; Ahmad Ghazanfari; Elham Aflaki; Mohammad jafar bahre dar
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Objective: Lupus is a disease that causes anxiety in a person with anxiety and tension in response to threatening conditions. This change in people's mood structure causes depression and changes in their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment ...
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Objective: Lupus is a disease that causes anxiety in a person with anxiety and tension in response to threatening conditions. This change in people's mood structure causes depression and changes in their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy and compassion based therapy on depression, anxiety, quality of life in patients with systemic lupus. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test with a control grou. The statistical population of this study included all patients with systemic lupus treated in Shiraz hospitals (N = 750), who were randomly divided into four groups. The control group was divided into 20 and 3 experimental groups. The instruments used in this study included Beck Depression Scale, Zong Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life. Findings: The results of Covariance analysis showed that this treatment had a significant effect on systemic lupus at post-test and follow-up stage. Conclusion: The results showed the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Based Therapy (CFT) on depression, anxiety and quality of life of the subjects.It can be argued that a compassionate approach is appropriate for people with systemic lupus disease because it is consistent with their daily lives and behaviors during the day.
negar azimzadeh; mohammad hosien bayazi; mohsen shakerinasab
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Islamic coping strategies and mental cohesion with adjustment to illness and pain tolerance in patients with breast cancer. Method: The method of this study was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population consisted ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Islamic coping strategies and mental cohesion with adjustment to illness and pain tolerance in patients with breast cancer. Method: The method of this study was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population consisted of all female patients with breast cancer oncology and radiotherapy clinic in Mashhad in 1397, 100 of whom were purposively selected. The basis of inclusion criteria were selected. The instruments used in this study were the Islamic Coping Strategies Scale (Ehteshamzadeh (2009)), the Flensberg et al. (2006) Psychological Cohesion Questionnaire, the Watson Cancer Adjustment Scale (1988), and the McGill Pain Tolerance Questionnaire (2008). Findings: Analysis of data from regression analysis and Pearson correlation showed that there is a significant positive relationship between Islamic coping strategies with disease adjustment and pain tolerance. And in their subscales, there is a significant relationship between behavioral and emotional dimensions with adjustment to illness and pain tolerance in a positive direction. And there is no significant relationship only in the cognitive dimension (0.01). There was also a significant relationship between feeling of psychological cohesion, coping with illness and pain tolerance in a positive direction. Conclusion: In general, it can be concluded that Islamic coping strategies and feeling of psychological cohesion can predict a person's appropriate adaptation to illness and pain tolerance.
Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi; Tayebe Mohtashami; MASOMEH TadrisI Tabrizi
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Objective: considering the current coronavirus disease pandemic, all experts and people know that the best way to prevent it is to stay at home. In this regard, staying at home requires a new lifestyle, and if people do not follow the principals of this new lifestyle, it may reduce their life quality. ...
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Objective: considering the current coronavirus disease pandemic, all experts and people know that the best way to prevent it is to stay at home. In this regard, staying at home requires a new lifestyle, and if people do not follow the principals of this new lifestyle, it may reduce their life quality. Dealing with this issue, this study is to develop, validity and validated lifestyle scale during coronavirus disease pandemic. Method: The present study was a descriptive-correlational study and a researcher-made questionnaire was administered to 350 (200 women & 150 Men) residents of Tehran through online recall. Data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha and exploratory factor analysis using SPSS-24. Findings: The results showed that based on reliability coefficient of the questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha, reliability of the whole scale (α = 0.77) and each of the factors healthy lifestyle (α = 0.73) and happy lifestyle (α = 0.81) were desirable. In addition, the results of exploratory factor analysis indicated the existence of two factors of healthy lifestyle and happy lifestyle, which explained of 34.6% of the total variance. The standard scores were calculated and the range of scores of the questionnaire factors and total score was divided into three domains: mild, moderate, and severe. Conclusion: This study showed that the designed tool has the required adequacy and can be used in future research. This scale has acceptable reliability and validity to measure this construct in Iranian samples.
Zahra Neamatizade; Amin Rafiepoor; mehrdad sabet; Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini
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Objective: Self-care is very important in controlling type 2 diabetes and the present study aimed to develop and validate a type 2 diabetes self-care questionnaire. Method: The present study was a series of consecutive exploratory experiments guided by the approach of testing and classification and was ...
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Objective: Self-care is very important in controlling type 2 diabetes and the present study aimed to develop and validate a type 2 diabetes self-care questionnaire. Method: The present study was a series of consecutive exploratory experiments guided by the approach of testing and classification and was conducted qualitatively and quantitatively in two stages. The statistical population in the first stage consisted of specialists, physicians and researchers in the field of type 2 diabetes in 2020-2021 that 10 persons were selected by purposive sampling. In the second stage, 432 patients with type 2 diabetes in Tehran in 2020-2021 were selected by available sampling method and considering criteria. In order to collect the information of the first stage, an in-depth and semi-structured interview and a researcher-made initial questionnaire were used. Findings: It showed that from the results of the interviews, 41 concepts were extracted by open coding in 4 main dimensions. Content validity ratio index and content validity index were calculated and 4 factors were identified in the exploratory factor analysis. Finally, this 34-item questionnaire explained 58.76% of the variance of type 2 diabetes self-care in patients aged 30 to 60 years: factors related to health literacy (39.64%), psychological factors (11.82%), physical factors (4.19%) And factors related to access to facilities (3.11%). Also, the first-order confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the above 4 factors and a total alpha of 0.95 was obtained. Conclusion: This questionnaire has good validity and reliability and its use is recommended for self-care monitoring of these patients and use in research.
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mohsen jalali; elnaz pourahmadi
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Objectives: During the pandemic COVID-19, numerous studies displayed an increase in anxiety and depression in pregnant women. This present study aimed to investigate the effect of neurofeedback therapy on pregnancy anxiety and prenatal depression in pregnant women. Methods: The study was a single-case ...
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Objectives: During the pandemic COVID-19, numerous studies displayed an increase in anxiety and depression in pregnant women. This present study aimed to investigate the effect of neurofeedback therapy on pregnancy anxiety and prenatal depression in pregnant women. Methods: The study was a single-case experimental study with multiple baseline design with a follow-up period. Three pregnant women were selected according to purposive sampling method and entered the study gradually in fixed intervals. The research tools included the neurofeedback therapy, Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ) and Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II). Results: The findings showed that the neurofeedback reduced the severity of pregnancy anxiety and prenatal depression symptoms in both post-treatment and follow-up stages, so that the percentage of improvement for the first, second and third participants in the symptoms of pregnancy anxiety was 72%, 74% and 71% in post-treatment and 75%, 80% and 73% in follow-up stage, respectively. The percentages of improvement for the first, second and third participants in the symptoms of prenatal depression were also 72%, 77% and 77% in post-treatment and 79%, 77% and 83% in follow-up stages, respectively. Moreover, the overall percentages of improvement in post-treatment and follow-up stage in the symptoms of pregnancy anxiety were 72% and 79% and in the symptoms of prenatal depression was 75% and 80%, respectively. In addition, at the end of the intervention sessions and at the 1-month follow-up, all the three patients scored less than 14 on BDI-II, which indicated the clinical significance of the reduction of their depression symptoms on this scale. The visual analyses and the results of inter-positional and intra-positional analyses showed a significant difference between baseline and intervention stage for all subjects (PND>70, PAND>50). The percentages of non-overlapping data (PND) as a measure of effect size for the first, second and third participants in the symptoms of pregnancy anxiety were 83%, 100% and 83% respectively. The percentages of all non-overlapping data (PAND) as the second effect size criterion for the subjects were also 87.5%, 100% and 90%, respectively, which shows the effectiveness of the intervention for all the three subjects in the symptoms of pregnancy anxiety. The percentages of non-overlapping data (PND) for the first, second and third participants in the symptoms of prenatal depression were 83%, 83% and 67% respectively. The percentages of all non-overlapping data (PAND) for the subjects were 87.5%, 89% and 800% respectively, which shows the effectiveness of the intervention for all the three subjects in the symptoms of prenatal depression.
elahe pourkaveh dehkordi; arsalan khan mohammadi; ali asghar abbasi asfajir
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors influencing Iranian womenIt was cosmetic surgery. Method: This article examines the problem with a meta-analytical approach.The participants of the study (N=50) were selected randomly to 32 participants as the required qualification and research ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors influencing Iranian womenIt was cosmetic surgery. Method: This article examines the problem with a meta-analytical approach.The participants of the study (N=50) were selected randomly to 32 participants as the required qualification and research study by five supervisors as a research sample, i.e. women tendency to social and psychological factors through 2007 to 2017,data were analyzed by (CMA3). Findings: Based on the findings, four variables: social identity, social acceptability, emotional Intelligence and General Self _efficacy had most effect size on cosmetic surgery Among Iranian women. Conclusion: According to the results, the lower size of social identity, social acceptance, emotional Intelligence and General Self _efficacy, the more tendencies to cosmetic surgery.
Marzieh Hajibabaei; MohammadBagher Kajbaf; Maryam Esmaeili; Mohammad Hossein Harirchian; Ali Montazeri
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent neurologic disabling disease in young ages accompanied by psychological side effects. Recently prevalence of MS has been rising in Iran. The aim of the present study was to explanation of psychological problems and coping behaviors among women ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent neurologic disabling disease in young ages accompanied by psychological side effects. Recently prevalence of MS has been rising in Iran. The aim of the present study was to explanation of psychological problems and coping behaviors among women with multiple sclerosis. Method: This was a qualitative study. In all 15 women with MS participated in study. Patients were selected in a convenience sampling method. Semi-structured interview was used for data collection. The data were collected until saturation achieved. After coding, the data was analyzed through conventional content analysis. Findings: In general, five themes emerged from analysis as psychological problems. These were poor life skills, inadequate (avoidant) coping strategies, depression and emotional- cognitive distortions, relationship problems and fear of solitude including emotional dysregulation, marital, family and social relationships, cultural beliefs and MS stigmatization. In addition, extra five themes emerged as coping behaviors. These were, spiritual-religious coping, acquiring moral values, confidence on god strength and belief in eternal life, search of meaning and being purposeful, active (problem-focused) coping strategies. Conclusion: The findings suggest that to overcome problems among women with MS, developing a comprehensive caring intervention and coping strategies are needed insuring that they include active (problem-focused), and spiritual-religious coping strategies.
Forough Abbasi; fardin moradimaesh; Farah Naderi; saeed Bakhtiar Pour
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Objective: Asthma is a major problem in most parts of the world is still diagnosed and treated as a global health problem and many people die every year. The purpose of this study was to the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on perceived stress and illness perception in asthmatic individuals. ...
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Objective: Asthma is a major problem in most parts of the world is still diagnosed and treated as a global health problem and many people die every year. The purpose of this study was to the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on perceived stress and illness perception in asthmatic individuals. Method: The statistical population of this study included all asthmatic individuals who referred to asthma and allergy clinics in Bushehr in year 2019, 40 of them were selected voluntarily and randomly assigned to experimental group and control group (each group of 20 person). To collect data Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein’s perceived stress (1983) questionnaire and Mouss-Morris et. al.’s illness perception (2002) were used. This quasi experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The experimental group underwent acceptance and commitment therapy but the control group received no treatments. Data were analysed using covariance analysis. Findings: The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective to decrease perceived stress and increase illness perception in asthmatic individuals (p < .05). Conclusion: According to the results, this treatment can be used to decrease perceived stress and increase illness perception in asthmatic individuals. And help them to decrease their tentions.
MAHNAZ ALI AKBARI DEHKORDI; mozhgan bitaneh
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Objective: Psychological capital can strengthen people's sense of self-efficacy, hope of life, resilience, and optimism. therefore the present study was conducted aiming to investigate effectiveness of psychological capital elements training on psychological flexibility and psychological distress on ...
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Objective: Psychological capital can strengthen people's sense of self-efficacy, hope of life, resilience, and optimism. therefore the present study was conducted aiming to investigate effectiveness of psychological capital elements training on psychological flexibility and psychological distress on the women with breast cancer. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest with control group. The statistical population of the current study was the women with breast cancer referring to Shohadaye Tajrish hospital in the city of Tehran in three months of the spring of 2018-19. 30 women with breast cancer were selected through with conscious and voluntary consentand they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 15). The women present in the experimental group received psychological capital elements training (Akhondi, 2017) ten ninety-minute sessions of training psychological capitals during ten weeks. The applied questionnaires in this study included the questionnaire of psychological flexibility (Denis and Vanderwal, 2010) and the questionnaire of psychological fusion (Kesler et.al, 2003). The data from the study were analyzed through MANCOVA method. Findings: The results showed that psychological capital elements training has had significant effect on psychological flexibility and psychological distress in the women with breast cancer (p<0.001) in a way that this therapy was able to lead to the improvement of psychological flexibility and decrease of psychological distress in the women with breast cancer. Conclusion: Considering the study results, psychological capital elements training can be used as an efficient method to improve psychological flexibility and the decrease of psychological distress on the women with breast cancer through applying the concepts such as resilience, hopefulness, self-efficacy and optimism.
najibeh asadi medikhanmahalle; azra zebardast; sajjad rezaei
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Objective: A diagnosis of cancer will influence the person with cancer and their family over a long period of time. Caregivers of cancer patients play important role over the trajectory of cancer care from diagnosis to the end of life. The aim of this study is explaining of regrets in first degree survivors ...
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Objective: A diagnosis of cancer will influence the person with cancer and their family over a long period of time. Caregivers of cancer patients play important role over the trajectory of cancer care from diagnosis to the end of life. The aim of this study is explaining of regrets in first degree survivors of cancer patients with early death. Method: In the present study, qualitative research method has been used with the descriptive phenomenology approach. The information was collected and recorded through individual, in-depth and semi-structured interviews with eight individuals. Data were analyzed by colaizzi method. Findings: The themes were obtained under three main questions were categorized to four main themes, include "complete dissatisfaction with yourself", "feeling of negligence", "trying to fulfill the patient’s wishes and comfort", "not expressing enough emotions", "impact of the treatment staff". Conclusion: The results of present study demonstrate that there is shortcoming in supporting families of cancer patients and it is important to support bereaved people after grief in order to decrease self-blame and increasing comfort and relaxation. Effective interventions in health psychology is necessary to alleviate annoying effect of regret for families of cancer patients, during illness, after loss and experience of grief.
Mahnaz Rostami Amin; Mohammad Reza Zoghi Paydar
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Objective: The purpose of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of motivational interviewing and schema therapy combined with motivational interviewing on reducing depression and anxiety in patients with Chronic Renal Failure. Method: The present research was semi-experimental in which a ...
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Objective: The purpose of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of motivational interviewing and schema therapy combined with motivational interviewing on reducing depression and anxiety in patients with Chronic Renal Failure. Method: The present research was semi-experimental in which a pretest-posttest with control group design was used. The research population included all the people with chronic renal failure referring to the Besat Hospital in Hamedan in 2015. The study sample included 45 patients who were selected by available sampling method and, then, were assigned into two experiment groups and one control group through random assignment method. Patients in the experimental groups have received appropriate interventions for 10 sessions individually. The data achieved by (HADS) were analyzed through statistical tests of ANCOVA and MANCOVA. Findings: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance test show that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of depression and anxiety in the experimental and control groups (P<0.01). The results of Bonferroni test shows that there is meaningful difference between the mean scores of depression and anxiety in the experimental and control groups (P<0/01). But there is no significant difference between the mean scores of depression and anxiety in the experimental groups (P>0/01). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, psychologists and health practitioners are suggested to use these two therapeutic models for reducing the depression and anxiety of patients with chronic renal failure.
MONA ABBASI; hayede saberi; Afsane Taheri
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Objective: Chronic pain affects a person's thinking, performance and feelings, causing various limitations in a person's life. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pain perception based on childhood trauma and mediated emotion regulation in people with chronic pain. Method: ...
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Objective: Chronic pain affects a person's thinking, performance and feelings, causing various limitations in a person's life. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pain perception based on childhood trauma and mediated emotion regulation in people with chronic pain. Method: The method of the present study is a descriptive correlational method of structural equation modeling (path analysis). From patients referred to pain clinics in Tehran in 1399, 300 patients with chronic pain were selected by convenience sampling. The instruments used in this study included Granfsky and Craig's Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Bernstein Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and Visual Pain Scale (VAS). SPSS and Amos software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicate that each of the positive and negative emotion regulation strategies plays a mediating role in the relationship between pain perception and childhood trauma in patients with chronic pain. Conclusion: The tendency of individuals to use positive or negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies can be a determining factor in the impact of childhood trauma on the perception of chronic pain.
marzieh jafari harandi; mozhgan arefi
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Objective: Covid-19 pandemic causes psychological and emotional turbulence and emergence of anxiety in many people in the society. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of online unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the health anxiety and emotional self-regulation in ...
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Objective: Covid-19 pandemic causes psychological and emotional turbulence and emergence of anxiety in many people in the society. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of online unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the health anxiety and emotional self-regulation in the women with the Covid-19 pandemic anxiety. Method: the present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population of the present study included the women with Covid-19 pandemic anxiety in the city of Isfahan in the winter of 2020. 34 women with Covid-19 anxiety were selected through purposive sampling method and were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 17 patients). The experimental group received ten seventy-five-minute unified trans-diagnostic treatment sessions online (Barlo et.al, 2011). The applied questionnaires in this study included Covid-19 anxiety questionnaire (Ali Pour et.al, 2019), health anxiety questionnaire (Salkovskis, Warwick, 2002 and emotional self-regulation questionnaire (Gross, John, 2003). The data from the study were analyzed through ANCOVA method. Findings: the results showed that the online unified trans-diagnostic treatment has significant effect on the health anxiety and emotional self-regulation of the women with the Covid-19 pandemic anxiety (p<0.001) and succeeded in the reduce health anxiety and improve emotional self-regulation in these women. Conclusion: according to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that online unified trans-diagnostic treatment can be used as an efficient treatment to improve health anxiety and emotional self-regulation of the women with Covid 19 pandemic anxiety through employing techniques such as identifying emotions, training emotional awareness and diagnostic reevaluation.
sahar bagheri; mohammad hatami; Hassan Rezaei-Jamalouei; moslem abbasi
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Objective: Considering the chronicity and long duration of multiple sclerosis and the importance of self-criticism and fatigue in these patients, the need to pay attention to the use of cognitive behavioral therapy and its third generation in these patients has been neglected. The aim of this study was ...
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Objective: Considering the chronicity and long duration of multiple sclerosis and the importance of self-criticism and fatigue in these patients, the need to pay attention to the use of cognitive behavioral therapy and its third generation in these patients has been neglected. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive and behavioral training based on fatigue and cognitive self-compassion on the dimensions of fatigue and self-criticism in patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a post-test and follow-up design (2 months). Subjects with an age range of 20-40 years and with a scale of physical disability (EDSS) one to 5.5 and targeted sampling and voluntarily selected and randomly divided into experimental groups and evidence of division Were. Both groups answered the fatigue Impact scale (1994), Thompson & Zuroff (2004) in the pre-test-post-test and 2-month follow-up. The collected data were analyzed using mixed analysis of covariance with repeated measures. Findings: The results of analysis of covariance mixed with repeated measures showed that cognitive and behavioral training based on fatigue and cognitive self-compassion are effective on the dimensions of fatigue and self-criticism in patients with multiple sclerosis. Also, the effects of the intervention were maintained after 2 months of follow-up on the reduction of fatigue and self-critical scores. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, cognitive-behavioral training based on fatigue and cognitive self-compassion can be used along with drug interventions to reduce fatigue and self-criticism of multiple sclerosis patients in medical centers.
Kamran Pourmohammad ghouchani; sara mandanizade safi; jafar noori
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Objective: Consider the role of psychological problems in the incidence and recurrence of cardiovascular disease in individuals it is necessary to treat these factors while identifying them. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on alexithymia and repetitive ...
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Objective: Consider the role of psychological problems in the incidence and recurrence of cardiovascular disease in individuals it is necessary to treat these factors while identifying them. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on alexithymia and repetitive negative thinking in cardiovascular patients. Method: The semi-experimental research method was pre-test-post-test design with control group and 3-month follow-up stage. The statistical population of the study included all cardiovascular patients referred to Imam Reza Heart Hospital in Mashhad in 2021. Among them, 30 subjects (14 males and 16 females) were selected by purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15) and control group (15). The experimental group received psychotherapy based on positive psychology perspective in 6 sessions, 60 minutes individually. To collect data, Alexei Teymia Toronto-20 questionnaire (Begby et al., 1994) and recurring negative thoughts (McEavi et al., 2010) were used. The data were analyzed using repeated variance analysis test. Findings: According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference in the scores of emotional failure variable and its components including difficulty in identifying emotions, difficulty in describing emotions and objective thinking, and repeated negative thoughts variable, considering the main effect of time stages, the main effect of psychotherapy intervention and also the interactive effect of time stages with psychotherapy intervention (P<0.01). Conclusion: Positive psychotherapy had effectiveness and efficiency in reducing alexithya and repetitive negative thoughts in cardiovascular patients.
Asghar Fouladi; Ali khademi; Ali Shaker Dioulagh
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Objective: Nurses are more often exposed to cyberchondria owing to their frequent contact with patients. Thus, the present study was carried out to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive and compassion therapies on the level of cyberchondria symptoms in nurses. Method: The research utilized an experimental ...
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Objective: Nurses are more often exposed to cyberchondria owing to their frequent contact with patients. Thus, the present study was carried out to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive and compassion therapies on the level of cyberchondria symptoms in nurses. Method: The research utilized an experimental method involving a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. As for the sample size, 60 nurses from hospitals in Tabriz participated in the research in 2022. Through random selection, the nurses were assigned to three groups, i.e. metacognitive therapy, compassion therapy and control group. McLurry and Shevlin’s Cyberchondria Scale (CSS) was employed for data collection. Next, the researchers carried out data analysis with the use of the mixed analysis of variance model, Tukey's and Benferroni's post hoc tests, using SPSS statistical software (version 22). A significant P value of less than 0.05 was observed. Findings: The time factor proved to have a significant impact on the amount of cyberchondria dimensions. In other words, the level of cyberchondria dimensions decreased from pre-test to follow-up. Moreover, the interaction effect of time and group also revealed that there were significant variations among the three groups (i.e. metacognitive therapy group, compassion therapy group and control group) in terms of compulsion, distress, excessiveness and reassurance. In other words, the level of cyberchondria dimensions in the intervention groups was lower than that of the control group in the post-test and the follow-up phases. Conclusion: Given the effectiveness of metacognitive and compassion therapies on cyberchondria symptoms, it seems that the application of metacognitive therapy and compassion therapy interventions will alleviate and treat cyberchondria symptoms in nurses.
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Maede Asadollah Najafi; Batool Aminjafari; Mehdi Marvi
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Objectives: Cancer has experienced alarming growth in the last two decades and is considered as an urgent health problem of modern life. Meanwhile, breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and its annual incidence is increasing at a rate of 1.8 to 2% in the world, and it ranks first among ...
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Objectives: Cancer has experienced alarming growth in the last two decades and is considered as an urgent health problem of modern life. Meanwhile, breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and its annual incidence is increasing at a rate of 1.8 to 2% in the world, and it ranks first among all women's cancers. However it has a major difference from other chronic diseases. In addition to requiring long-term care and treatment, it cannot be completely cured. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group self-healing training on distress tolerance, emotional reactivity and anxiety in women with breast cancer in Isfahan. Methods: It was semi-experimental in the form of pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all women with breast cancer in Isfahan who had referred to support center for cancer patients in the first quarter of 2011, and their number was 93 people in this period of time based on the statistics received from the counseling center. 30 people were selected as the sample through available sampling and were placed in two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The used tools were Simons & Gaher's distress tolerance (2005), Matuo & Nock's emotional reactivity (2008) and Reese and Patterson anxiety (1985) questionnaires. Self-healing group training sessions based on the protocol of Latifi and Meravi (2017) adapted from Loyd and Johnson (2010) were conducted during 14 sessions. The data were analyzed using SPSS-24 software in two descriptive and inferential (normalization and MANCOVA) according to the investigated hypotheses. Results: The results showed that group self-healing training on distress tolerance and its dimensions (tolerance, evaluation and regulation), emotional reactivity (sensitivity, intensity and stability) and anxiety (fear of physical symptoms, fear of cognitive control distortion, fear of observing anxiety reactions) is effective in women with cancer in Isfahan (P<0.05). Conclusion: Therefore, it seems that this method can be used for breast cancer patients. The reason for the effectivness of self-healing training on reducing cancer patients’ anxiety and stress in physical and psychological dimensions can be attributed to the effects of direct training in the field of fear and anxiety in this intervention. In this treatment method for treating anxiety, strategies include self-education and communication management (keeping calm, avoiding haste, avoiding useless discussions, speaking in a soft tone, not reacting quickly and not judging quickly), trusting others (patience, calmness, happiness and entrusting the solution of the problem to a higher power), adjustment of idealism (reducing the desire to be perfect and accepting mistakes as an inseparable part of every human being), order and time management (having discipline, planning and prioritization and doing necessary daily tasks), correct connection with the mind (living in the present moment), and using physical and muscle relaxation techniques (muscle relaxation, breathing, hydrotherapy, swimming, walking, religious behaviors, watching the sky, listening to the sound of water, meditation and yoga, the use of relaxing audio files at least once a day) were used and the patients were helped to reduce their anxiety to a great. Considering the confirmation of the effectiveness of self-healing training on reducing emotional reactivity and anxiety in people with cancer, it is suggested that doctors and nurses pay attention to their psychological condition in addition to physical treatments for these patients and if they observe psychological problems caused by the disease, refer them to psychologists and counsellors. It is also suggested to set up counseling and psychological centers for cancer patients in hospitals.
asieh shariatmadar; Fatemeh Ghaseminiaei
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Objective: Today, in any crisis, the media and their news reflections play a very important role in how to cope with the crisis, although the audience of this news can influence this process by active or passive reaction. In this regard, examining the dynamics of this interaction and the role it can ...
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Objective: Today, in any crisis, the media and their news reflections play a very important role in how to cope with the crisis, although the audience of this news can influence this process by active or passive reaction. In this regard, examining the dynamics of this interaction and the role it can play in the perceived stress of persons during the quarantine of COVID-19 disease is the main purpose of the research. Method: The research was performed with a qualitative approach and with a phenomenological method based on the lived experiences of 15 men and women in Khorramabad with theoretical non-random sampling. The method of data collection was the semi-structured interview, which was done virtually via WhatsApp due to executive limitations. Findings: The data obtained includes the three main axes of the interactive role of the person-media, the second axis with title of perceived stress after dealing with news of death in virtual media and the third axis with title of the coping styles of person after facing the news of death and experiencing stress that each of which has its own themes and sub-themes. Conclusion: According to the interactive role of the person and virtual media and the effects that can have on person's stress, the set of coping strategies used includes avoidance coping (avoiding the problem and solving it), decentralization of mind from crisis, health and medical care, focusing on the positive aspects of life, seeking support, and changing attitudes and philosophies of life with sub-components specific to each, can be used as practical models in critical situations to prevent physical and psychological injuries and increase the level of adaptation of persons.
Arefe Eskandari; Mostafa Naeimi; Ali Fathi Ashtiani; Hojjatollah Farahani
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Objective: The aim of this study was to prepare the Persian version of the orthorexia nervosa Scale and evaluate its psychometric properties. Method: The sample of the present study consisted of 639 people aged 18 to 65 years living in Tehran who were tested using the available sampling method. The Persian ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to prepare the Persian version of the orthorexia nervosa Scale and evaluate its psychometric properties. Method: The sample of the present study consisted of 639 people aged 18 to 65 years living in Tehran who were tested using the available sampling method. The Persian version of the orthorexia nervosa Scale was prepared after the translation-retranslation process and was administered along with the eating attitude test (EAT-26) and Reef psychological well-being questionnaire (REEF-18). The validity of the scale was assessed using construct, convergent and divergent validity was evaluated through Pearson correlation. Moreover, to assess its reliability, Cronbach's alpha calculation method and composite reliability were used. Findings: The results of exploratory factor analysis indicated the existence of three factors: cognitive, emotional and clinical, and the results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated the goodness of fit and eligibility of the obtained model. Significant correlations between the obtained factors with the eating attitude test and Reef psychological well-being questionnaire also confirmed the convergent and divergent validity of the orthorexia nervosa scale. The reliability of the scale was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and obtained 0.811 for the all scales and ranged 0.69 to 0.735 for specific scales. Moreover, the composite reliability of the scales ranged between 0.78 and 0.82. Conclusion: Conclusions: In general, it can be said that the Persian version of the orthorexia nervosa Scale has a three-factor structure and has the adequate validity and reliability for use in psychological research in the Iranian sample.
Mehrnoosh Hossein zadeh; Fatemeh Ghasemi Niaei; Mojtaba Haghani Zemydani; masoumeh esmaeily
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Objective: Today, with the formation of a new style of life, human beings have witnessed changes and transformations in various parts of their lives, since the most important part of human life is the family, this part has also undergone changes and transformations. This article aims to study and interpret ...
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Objective: Today, with the formation of a new style of life, human beings have witnessed changes and transformations in various parts of their lives, since the most important part of human life is the family, this part has also undergone changes and transformations. This article aims to study and interpret the lived experiences of families who have a person at risk for coronary heart disease, which actually includes people with an underlying disease whose immune system is weak. Method: This research is of qualitative phenomenological type. The statistical population is all Isfahan's families with at-risk individuals who were suffering from an underlying disease during the coronation period, and 12 people were purposefully selected and interviewed in a semi-structured manner. Findings: The data obtained from the interview were analyzed by Colaizzi method. Conclusion: The results of the lived experiences of families with high-risk groups in five main themes that show how to respond to the crisis and perceive the role of families with the changes they experienced in lifestyle and passing through this stage along with mediating components and how to deal with these conditions in five Behavioral, cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual domains. Therefore, these findings are in line with empowering counselors and psychologists to help these vulnerable families.
seyedeh fatemeh edalatian hoseini; saeed teimory; fereshteh yazdanpanah
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in People with symptoms of back pain. Method: In order to achieve the research goal, 28 people suffered from chronic low back pain symptoms ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in People with symptoms of back pain. Method: In order to achieve the research goal, 28 people suffered from chronic low back pain symptoms by sampling method were selected and randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups and were assessed using multidimensional pain questionnaires, pain acceptance questionnaire and Psychological helplessness questionnaires. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of treatment intervention and the collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings: The results of covariance analysis showed that mindfulness-based psychotherapy had a significant effect on pain severity, pain acceptance and Psychological helplessness of the experimental group compared to the control group. (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that the effect of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on psychological helplessness, acceptance and pain intensity in people with back pain symptoms can be used as an effective method.
marzieh Talebzadeh Shoshtari; Mahshid Ahmadnezhad
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between inferiority feeling and self-control with depression, anxiety and stress through mediation of social support in women with premenstrual syndrome. Method: The statistical population of this study was all women with premenstrual ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between inferiority feeling and self-control with depression, anxiety and stress through mediation of social support in women with premenstrual syndrome. Method: The statistical population of this study was all women with premenstrual syndrome in ahvaz in the year 2020. The study was a correlational research based on structural equation modeling. In this regard, using targeted sampling method, a sample of 250 people were selected from those who completed the premenstrual symptoms questionnaire. Data were collected using premenstrual syndrome screening tool (2011), the Comparative feeling of inferiority index (1995), Self-control Questionnaire (2004), depression, anxiety and stress scale (2007) and Perceived social support scale (1986). SPSS25 and AMOS22 software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results supported the suitability of the relationship between the patterns and the collected data. The results revealed that social support mediated the relationship between inferiority feeling on depression and stress, as well as the relationship between self-control on depression and stress. However, this study did not find on indirect effect of social support on the inferiority feeling with anxiety and self-control on anxiety (p < 0/05). Also, the direct path of inferiority feeling with stress and social support with anxiety was not confirmed and the final model was removed. Conclusion: Based on the results, social support can be considered as an effective factor in women with premenstrual syndrome in relation to the variables of inferiority feeling, self-control, depression, anxiety and stress.
