kimia kargar; shahram vaziri; farah lotfi kashani; Maryam Nasri; Fatemeh Shahabizadeh
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the emotional expression and sexual function of the infertile women. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. Two-month follow-up period ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the emotional expression and sexual function of the infertile women. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. Two-month follow-up period was administered too. The statistical population included infertile women who referred to Infertility Clinic at Mother and Child Hospital and Samar Infertility Clinic in the city of Shiraz in the winter of 2021. Thirty six infertile women were selected through voluntary sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received ten sessions of unified trans-diagnostic treatment during two-and-a-half-months. The applied questionnaires in this study included Emotional Expression Questionnaire (EEQ) (King, Emmons, 1990) and Sexual Function Questionnaire (Keraskian, Mojembari and Kaiballah, 2014). The collected data were analyzed through mixed ANOVA via SPSS23 software. Findings: The results showed that unified trans-diagnostic treatment has significant effect on the emotional expression (F=39.82; Eta=0.54; P<0001) and sexual function (F=31.88; Eta=0.49; P<0001) in the infertile women. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that unified trans-diagnostic treatment can be used as an efficient therapy to improve emotional expression and sexual function in the infertile women through employing techniques such as identifying emotions, emotional awareness, cognitive reassessment, and identifying patterns of emotion avoidance.
alireza aghayousefi; yarhosain safari; Sara Ahmadi; parastoo abaspour
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Objective: type II diabetes is one of the chronic illnesses with various physical and psychological effects for patient. The purpose of the present research was to study the effectiveness of coping therapy on psychological markers (Stress, quality of life and coping strategies) in type II diabetic patients. ...
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Objective: type II diabetes is one of the chronic illnesses with various physical and psychological effects for patient. The purpose of the present research was to study the effectiveness of coping therapy on psychological markers (Stress, quality of life and coping strategies) in type II diabetic patients. Method: It was a semi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test, control group and follow up test. The population of the research includes all diabetic patients with registered medical records in diabetes center of Kermanshah in 2016. 40 individuals were selected by available and random sampling in experimental and control group (20 individuals per group). They have completed coping strategies questionnaire of Folkman- Lazarous, family life incidents and changes (FILE) and short form of diabetic patients' quality of life (DQOL-BCI). Findings: Data was analyzed by SPSS-20 and the results showed that coping therapy significantly increases the quality of life, adhere to treatment, coping strategies, social support, planned problem-solving, positive reevaluation, stress reduction and continence in experimental group than control group (p<0.01, p<0.05). however, the results indicated that there is no significant difference in the variable of escape-avoidance coping strategies between experimental and control group (p>0.05). Conclusion: according to the results, it can be said that coping strategies may reduce the problems of patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes.
avisa najimi; mojgan agahheris; karim asgari
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Objective: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has The most burden of deseas among physical illnesses. CHD is one of the chronic illnesses that the physiological and psychological factors have interactions in development and maintanence of it. So modifying and eliminating of it risk factors is essential in ...
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Objective: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has The most burden of deseas among physical illnesses. CHD is one of the chronic illnesses that the physiological and psychological factors have interactions in development and maintanence of it. So modifying and eliminating of it risk factors is essential in the treatment of CHD. Hence, The objective of this study was comparing the effectiveness of two types of training including autogenic relaxation with positive self-talk and emotional regulation on affective control among patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: This study was an semi-experimental study and pretest-posttest-follow up design with control group and using convenient sampling method,45 female volunteers with CHD disease were selected and randomly assigned into three groups. The experimental groups were instructed the protocols of each intervention. All the subjects filled out the affective control scale prior to, after, and 1/5 months later thanthe end of each intervention. Data analysis were analised by applying repeated measures analysis of variances and Tukey's follow-up test methods. Findings: Findings revealed that both interventions could significantly modify the affective control (P<0.05), but these two groups didn`t have significant fifferencer (P>0.05). Conclusion: Enhancement of the affective controlcan be achieved through the both training by instructing their special techniques. So, The practitioners could apply these interventions in combination to medical treatments for controlling the CHD symptoms.
Reza Afzali; Parvin Ehteshamzadeh; Parviz Asgari; Farah Naderi
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Objective: Eating disorder is a common disorder that has not received much psychological treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of schema therapy on food craving، attentional bias to food، and cognitive flexibility in people with eating disorder. Method: This study was an ...
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Objective: Eating disorder is a common disorder that has not received much psychological treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of schema therapy on food craving، attentional bias to food، and cognitive flexibility in people with eating disorder. Method: This study was an experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The population of this study consisted of 40 persons with eating disorder who were purposefully selected using Gormal Eating Questionnaire and General Health Questionnaire and clinical interview based on DSM-5 criteria. Subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. Pre-test was performed using craving questionnaire، cognitive flexibility questionnaire and researcher-made attentional bias assessment tool. The intervention consisted of 10 sessions of schema therapy. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23 software and MANCOVA method. Findings: The results of this study showed that schema therapy had a significant effect on attentional bias، cognitive flexibility and food craving in people with overeating. The results remained stable at the 45-day follow-up after the posttest. Conclusion: Based on the results، it can be concluded that schema therapy can be used as an effective treatment method in people with binge eating disorder.
Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari
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Objective: Migraine is a profoundly debilitating condition that psychological variables can affect it. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping styles and perceived social support in the relationship between temperament and character dimensions and psychological well-being ...
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Objective: Migraine is a profoundly debilitating condition that psychological variables can affect it. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping styles and perceived social support in the relationship between temperament and character dimensions and psychological well-being in people with migraine. Method: This study was a correlational study. The statistical population included all people with migraine in Rasht in 1398 who referred to a neurologist. The sample consisted of 432 people (276 female and 156 male) who were selected by available sampling method. Instruments used in this study included the temperament and character inventory (TCI-56), psychological well-being scale (PWB), coping responses inventory (CRI), and multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS). Findings: Path analysis showed that the psychological well-being in people with migraine is influenced by temperament and character dimensions, coping styles and perceived social support. Also, the mediating role of coping styles and perceived social support in the relationship between temperament and character dimensions and psychological well-being was confirmed. To evaluate the model, CFI (0.91), GFI (0.93), NFI (0.91), and RMSEA (0.07) indices were used and the proposed model fit well with the data. Conclusion: Psychological factors play a role in the psychological well-being of people with migraines. Therefore, identifying these variables could have important implications for psychological migraine treatments.
Ali Afshari; Ahmad Esmaili Koraneh
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle in cancer patients, heart and normal patients. Method: This is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all cancer patients who referred to medical centers ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle in cancer patients, heart and normal patients. Method: This is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all cancer patients who referred to medical centers of Urmia city during the first 3 months of 2018. 75 cancer patients, 75 heart patients and 75 normal people were selected through the available sampling method. responded to Negative Settlement Questionnaires for Katanazar and Mirens (1990), Pender's Lifestyle Life Questionnaire, and Personal Inventory of Collins and Associates (1973). The data were analyzed using by ANOVA analysis method. Findings: The results of ANOVA analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the groups of cardiac patients and normal people with cancer patients of negative mood regulation, personal behavior and life style (p<0.01). Also, there was no significant difference between negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle of cardiac patients and normal people (p<0.01). Conclusion: The results showed that cancer patients experience more problems in regulating negative mood, personal behavior and lifestyle than cardiac patients and normal people.
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soroor khabbaz sabet; Ali poladi Rishehri; moloud keykhosrovani; Mohammadreza Bahrani
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Objective: in recent decades, new perceptions of beauty have been defined and beauty is defined as attractiveness and perfection. The aim of this study was to determine the fit of the structural model of the relationship between the tendency to cosmetic surgery with a negative body image and irrational ...
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Objective: in recent decades, new perceptions of beauty have been defined and beauty is defined as attractiveness and perfection. The aim of this study was to determine the fit of the structural model of the relationship between the tendency to cosmetic surgery with a negative body image and irrational beliefs mediated by cognitive emotion regulation in women applying for cosmetic surgery in Bushehr. Method: The present study was correlational and structural equation model study. The statistical population of this study is all women applicants for surgery who referred to beauty clinics in Bushehr in 2020. The sample size consists of 400 women who were selected by available random sampling method. Data collection tools were, tendency to cosmetic surgery (Etemadifar & Amani, 2013), Body image (Littleton, 2005), irrational beliefs (jones, 1969) and cognitive emotion regulation (Garnefski, 2001) questionnaires. Findings: The results showed that negative body image and irrational beliefs predicted the tendency to cosmetic surgery in women by mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. Also, data analysis showed the appropriateness of the indicators and indicated a good and acceptable fitness for the hypothesized model. The findings of the structural model showed that the path of negative body image and irrational beliefs with cognitive emotion regulation is significant directly and with a tendency to cosmetic surgery mediated by cognitive emotion regulation. Conclusion: The results of this study can introduce a protocol for psychotherapists and counselors in providing specialized counseling to women seeking cosmetic surgery to correct irrational beliefs and cognitions and teach coping styles to reduce negative body image and irrational beliefs and increase cognitive emotion regulation.
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Mohammad Reza Tamannaifar; Azam Mansourinik; Shiva Ahmadpoursamani
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Objectives: Quality of life in patients with heart failure can be affected by several factors. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in heart failure patients mediated by self-care behaviors. Method: This study is a structural equation modeling. ...
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Objectives: Quality of life in patients with heart failure can be affected by several factors. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in heart failure patients mediated by self-care behaviors. Method: This study is a structural equation modeling. Among the heart failure patients referred to Tehran Heart Hospitals, 300 patients referred to Jam Hospital and Bustan Cardiovascular Clinic were recruited through convenient sampling. In order to collect information, NEO-FFI (Costa & McCrae, 1992), MOS (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992) and EHFSCB (Jarsma et al., 2003) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 24 software. Results: The results of correlation coefficients showed that there are significant negative correlation between the personality traits of neuroticism and agreeableness with quality of life, while there are significant positive correlation between extroversion and quality of life (P<0.01). Also, there are significant negative correlation between self-care behaviors and quality of life (P<0.01). According to the results the proposed model has a good fit (x2/df=2.786, p<0.001, CFI= 0.92, RMSEA=0.07). In addition, the direct effect of neuroticism, extroversion and agreeableness on quality of life is significant (P<0.01). When self-care behaviors are included as mediators in the relationship between personality traits and quality of life, the indirect effect of neuroticism and conscientiousness on quality of life is 0.09 and 0.049 respectively, and these indirect effects are significant (P<0.01). Therefore, self-care behaviors mediate the relationship between personality traits of neuroticism and conscientiousness with quality of life.Conclusion: These results have important implications for clinical practice and research in the field of cardiac health psychology and indicate the need to develop approaches and better management of these patients in self- care behaviors. Considering the widespread prevalence of heart diseases as a chronic disease and the high costs of treatment, the results of this research have many practical implications for health psychologists, doctors and nurses. Interventions aimed at changing personality characteristics (especially reducing neuroticism and increasing conscientiousness) in order to improve the quality of life of heart patients is a complex and time-consuming task. Therefore, one of the effective interventions to increase these patients’ quality of life can be focusing on increasing self-care behaviors. Hence, educating patients about the importance of this issue can play an important role in improving these patients’ quality of life.
shahnaz nouhi; masood janbozorgi; mojgan agah haris; Avisa Najimi
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Objective: In creating weight problems in children and adults, individual differences in several dimensions of eating and eating style have been indicated. In this study, standardization, validity and reliability of the children's eating behavior questionnaire were examined. Method: This questionnaire ...
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Objective: In creating weight problems in children and adults, individual differences in several dimensions of eating and eating style have been indicated. In this study, standardization, validity and reliability of the children's eating behavior questionnaire were examined. Method: This questionnaire consists of 35 questions that include eight factors affecting eating behavior (food enjoyment, food responsiveness, food sensitivity, relaxation, satiety response, emotional overeating, desire to drink, and less). Measures emotional eating. The subjects were 325 elementary school students who were randomly selected for multi-stage cluster sampling. To investigate the validity of the questionnaire, the exploratory factor analysis method was analyzed by analysis of the main components and Cranbach's alpha method was used to investigate the reliability. Findings: The findings of the factor analysis section showed that by factor analysis, questions and rotation of results are revealed by warimax method of eight components, the number of these components obtained and also the questions that had a high factor load with these components. To a large extent, it is consistent with the findings of the authors of the questionnaire. Conclusion: Due to the strength of the structure and having appropriate psychometric apecifications, the final questionnarie had the capability to be used by researchers.
Mehdi reza sarafraz; ehsan bedayat; shahrzad Derakhshan
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction therapy on hypochondriasis and anxiety in men suffering from chronic pain. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and control group. The target population ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction therapy on hypochondriasis and anxiety in men suffering from chronic pain. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and control group. The target population of this study consisted of male patients suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain who previously received treatment from Shiraz rehabilitation centers in the second half of 2019. Based on initial evaluation and by use of targeted sampling 30 patients who scored highest in the McGill Pain Questionnaire were selected as the research sample and were randomly assigned to two experiment and control groups, )15 patients( control group and (15 patients) experiment group. For the purpose of data collection Ahwaz Hypochondriasis Questionnaire and Cattell Anxiety Scale questionnaire were administered in pre-test and post-test post stages of this study. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. Findings: the analysis of research data showed that by controlling the effect of pre-test, there was a statistically significant difference between the mean of post-test scores of the experimental and control groups in both hypochondriasis and anxiety. Conclusion: it is recommended that mindfulness based stress reduction group therapy be used as an effective treatment strategy by mental health counselors, psychologists, and psychotherapists for the reduction of hypochondriasis and anxiety in patients suffering from chronic pain.
Mohadeseh Alsadat Hamidi; Mehdi Khakzand; Mohsen Faizi
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Objective: Architecture is not the mere construction of an inanimate building, a housing is the first built environment associated with humans. Using the term "humans" unites the works of designers, psychologists, and doctors. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the psychological theories that ...
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Objective: Architecture is not the mere construction of an inanimate building, a housing is the first built environment associated with humans. Using the term "humans" unites the works of designers, psychologists, and doctors. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the psychological theories that deal with human evolution. According to this theory, wellness is one of the primary needs of each individual. This research aims to introduce an effective strategy to improve the wellness of humans and achieve the ultimate aim of Maslow’s theory. Furthermore, to achieve these goals, the Salutogenic Approach is applied as a bridge to link the wellness and the man-made environment. Method: Hence, this research has deployed mixed methods to achieve the desired results. In this regard, a semantic differential technique and content analysis have been employed for component differentiation, and Ghoodosi-Gharbi (district 1) of Shiraz has been selected as the case study using a survey method. Findings: Afterward, using SPSS, users' preferences were determined and the factors affecting wellness were prioritized. Conclusion: According to the results and the analyses conducted, sense of cohesion and Maslow’s theory are related and it is possible to enhance the mental and physical condition of people residing in this neighborhood through Salutogenic design. In order to improve the wellness of residents of Ghoodosi-Gharbi, strategies have been introduced to reduce illnesses (such-as: palpitations, vitamin-D deficiency, headaches, joint-disorders,etc.) including designs with long and dynamic circulation, increased daylight in spaces, and so on.
Fazlollah Mirdrikvand
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Objective: The clinical course and sensory or emotional aspects of perceived pain are influenced by psychological and social factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the structural model of pain perception in patients with refractory joint pain based on personality traits and early ...
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Objective: The clinical course and sensory or emotional aspects of perceived pain are influenced by psychological and social factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the structural model of pain perception in patients with refractory joint pain based on personality traits and early maladaptive schemas with a moderating role of social support. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, 371 patients with chronic joint pain were selected by convenience sampling method and they answered self-reportedly to the NE0 Five-Factor Inventory of Costa & McCrae (NEO-FFI), Young Schema Questionnaire - Short Form (YSQ-SF), The MOS Social Support Survey of Sherbourne & Stewart (MOS-SSS) and Short‑Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF‑MPQ). Data analysis was performed by path analysis method with using SPSS version 20 and Smart-PLS version 3. Results: The results indicated a significant inverse correlation between the extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness personality traits and all components of social support; and there was a significant positive correlation between the neuroticism personality trait and early maladaptive schemas with pain perception in patients with refractory chronic joint pain. Also, the moderating effect of social support was significant in path analysis of the relationship between the latent variables of the model. Conclusion: Physicians and mental health professionals can use these results for therapeutic purposes and to prevent the negative emotional state of patients with chronic pain in clinical and non-clinical decisions.
afsaneh moradi; Samireh Karimi; elham hessami; Saeid Mozafari
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Objective: During the outbreak of coronavirus, nurses and staff in Covid-19-related departments, which are at the forefront of the fight against pandemics, were exposed to a wide range of psychosocial stressors. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of five personality factors in ...
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Objective: During the outbreak of coronavirus, nurses and staff in Covid-19-related departments, which are at the forefront of the fight against pandemics, were exposed to a wide range of psychosocial stressors. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of five personality factors in the relationship between perceived vulnerability to the disease and the experience of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among health-care providers for patient with Covid-19. Method: The present study is a descriptive-correlational applied research. The study population consisted of the treatment staff of patients with Covid-19 working in hospitals in Tehran in June and July 2021, from which 677 people were selected as an available sample. The research instruments include a short form of NEO Personality Five-Factor Questionnaire, Mississippi Traumatic Stress Disorder Citizenship Scale, and Perceived Vulnerability Questionnaire was completed online by care staff. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation method and structural equation analysis using Amos and SPSS software. Findings: The results indicate that the indirect effect of perceived vulnerability on the experience of PTSD symptoms is mediated by neuroticism and agreeableness. Conclusion: Screening and identifying people with high neuroticism traits and low agreeableness in the treatment staff and considering interventions to modify these personality traits can be effective in preventing PTSD.
Malihe Abedzadeh Ymi; mahmood jajarmi; kaveh hojjat
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Objective: The theory of behavioral brain systems states that the level of activity of this system is associated with a wide range of emotional disorders, including depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was to investigate the depression of MS patients based on behavioral brain systems mediated ...
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Objective: The theory of behavioral brain systems states that the level of activity of this system is associated with a wide range of emotional disorders, including depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was to investigate the depression of MS patients based on behavioral brain systems mediated by cognitive flexibility, cognitive avoidance in the form of causal model. Method: This study was a correlational study using structural equation modeling.The statistical population includes all MS patients. They were from Mashhad and the samples were selected by available sampling method. The instruments used in this study included Beck Depression Inventory (1972), Carver & White (1994) Behavioral Brain Questionnaire, Dennis Wonderwall (2010) Cognitive Flexibility, and Sexton and Dagas (2004) Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire. Structural modeling and Amos21 and SPSS21 software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that the activating behavioral brain system and cognitive flexibility have a negative and significant relationship with depression. Cognitive avoidance behavioral brain system has a positive and significant relationship with depression. Conclusion: The results show that the standardized indirect effect of activating behavioral system on depression is significant and the inhibitory system has cognitive avoidance on cognitive avoidance indirectly due to cognitive flexibility. Negative activator and inhibitory behavioral system can positively predict depression
Maryam Farrokhnia; Ali Fathi-Ashtiani; Emad Ashrafi; Faermehr Abtahei
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Objective: In recent years, more attention has been paid to parent-focused behavioral interventions for the treatment of childhood obesity. Accordingly, this study was conducted with the main objective of reviewing the effectiveness of parent-focused interventions in the treatment of childhood and adolescent ...
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Objective: In recent years, more attention has been paid to parent-focused behavioral interventions for the treatment of childhood obesity. Accordingly, this study was conducted with the main objective of reviewing the effectiveness of parent-focused interventions in the treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity, and with the sub-objective of assessing the rate of attrition in selected studies. Method: 1476 articles between1957-2021, with a variety of keywords related to intervention, parent, obesity, and overweight, in the age range of 6-18 years, from the databases of PubMed, Science Direct, and PsyINFO, were identified in the first stage. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria and reviewing related articles, finally, ten randomized controlled trial (RCTs) studies, that their main outcome was a decrease in body mass index (BMI), were systematically reviewed. The standard method of evaluating Population,-Intervention-Control groups- Outcomes (PICO) in selecting, and the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) in evaluating of the quality of the articles was used. Findings: The range of decrease in standard scores of body mass index at the end of the interventions was between 0.06-0.31, and at the end of 13-24 months follow-up was between 0.16-0.42. The mean attrition rate by the end of the study was 32.3% (13% to 50%). Conclusion: Comprehensive parent-focused behavioral lifestyle interventions are generally effective in reducing children's body mass index, but it is necessary to interpret the results of current articles with caution, and to conduct comprehensive and standardized research in future.
Soghra Akbari Chermahini; mehdi molaei yasavoli; Mohsen Nazarifar; Shahnaz Shahrjerdi
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Objective: Investigating how people behave and think in crises will be a valuable help in reducing and preventing injuries in various aspects of life, especially psychological aspect. For this purpose, this study was conducted to investigate the cognitive biases in the face of the coronavirus outbreak ...
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Objective: Investigating how people behave and think in crises will be a valuable help in reducing and preventing injuries in various aspects of life, especially psychological aspect. For this purpose, this study was conducted to investigate the cognitive biases in the face of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. Method: First, the data of the first quarter of the corona outbreak in Iran related to the social networks Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram with the keyword “coronavirus” were provided to the researchers by the Cognitive Science and Technology Headquarters. In the next step, the data were analyzed and due to the large volume of information, the data of Twitter and Telegram social networks were analyzed by content analysis method in terms of cognitive biases and their frequency. Findings: The results showed that more than 25% Of the messages surveyed contained a kind of bias that had the highest frequency of quasi-definite biases (tendency to draw definitive conclusions despite uncertain information) and normality (tendency to interpret normalities while the situation is critical). Conclusion: In general, it can be said that crises such as the corona crisis can affect the mental health of people in society and can affect their thinking and therefore their behavior.
shirin khatami; Mohammad Oraki; Ahmad Alipour; Parvin Mansouri
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Objective: The role of psychological distress has been approved in the clinical course of skin diseases. which. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program and its combination with Biofeedback on disease perception, mental health, and ...
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Objective: The role of psychological distress has been approved in the clinical course of skin diseases. which. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program and its combination with Biofeedback on disease perception, mental health, and severity of clinical symptoms in patients with psoriasis. Method: The present research is a quasi-experimental study with an inter-subject design. The statistical population included all patients with psoriasis referred to the Dermatology Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. From this population, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 45 patients were selected by purposive sampling method and replaced randomly in three groups of 15 people (two experimental groups and one control group). The first experimental group received 8 sessions of Biofeedback and 8 sessions of mindfulness-based stress reduction. The second experimental group received only mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention and the control group did not receive any intervention. The research instruments included Broadbent et al.'s (2006) Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, Goldberg (1988) General Health Questionnaire, and Corti (2009) Psoriasis Area Severity Index. Findings: According to the results of SPANOVA analysis, both interventions were found to be effective. However, combining mindfulness-based stress reduction programs with Biofeedback was more effective and more sustainable. Conclusion: These two therapies, especially in combination, can be used as an effective method in psoriasis patients.
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mina nikoravesk; hamid alizadeh; saeed rezaei; mehdi dastjerdi kazemi
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Objectives: Cancer has extensive effects on children’s mental health and well-being. One of the problems of children with cancer is social interest. Due to the constant reduction of social interests and their association with quality of life, effective intervention programs are very important. ...
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Objectives: Cancer has extensive effects on children’s mental health and well-being. One of the problems of children with cancer is social interest. Due to the constant reduction of social interests and their association with quality of life, effective intervention programs are very important. On the other hand, helping childhood cancer survivors and children with cancer to maintain physical, mental and social well-being is one of the most important responsibilities of health professionals and psychologists. It should be noted that the intervention was tailored to the condition of children with cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an Adlerian play therapy on enhancing social interest in children with cancer.Methods: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest–posttest with control group. The statistical population consisted of all children with cancer of Yazd City, Iran. Using the convenience sampling method, 30 children were selected as a sample based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (n=15/group). The inclusion criteria for children included age 8-12, definitive diagnosis of cancer, at least one course of chemotherapy, not being treated with psychotropic drugs, the child living with both parents, not having any disease other than cancer, not having neuropsychological problems such as mental retardation, hyperactivity, moderate socio-family status and hospitalized for at least one month. The inclusion criteria included reluctance to continue cooperation, not cooperating in completing questionnaire at each of stages or more than two absences in training sessions. In pretest and posttest stage, participants completed the Social Interest Scale for Iranian Children (Alizadeh, 2015(, which included responsibility-task doing, relationship with people-empathy, confidence -assertive, equality vs inferiority-superiority. The weekly sessions of play therapy program included eighteen 45–minute for children. To describe the obtained data, central and dispersion indices, including mean and standard deviation and multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used in SPSS 24 at the significance level of 0.05. Results: The results of the multivariate covariance analysis for the subscales of the social interest scale show that the experimental group shows a significant positive change in the subscales after participating in the training program compared to the control group (p <0.05).Conclusion: Adlerian play therapy is effective on social interest in children with cancer and should be offered as a complementary treatment along with other medical and psychological therapies to these children.
Soheila Etemadi; Hamid Poursharifi; Biuok Tajeri; Mehdi Kalantari; Nahid Hovassi Soomer
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and disclosure in explaining Somatic Symptoms of adolescent girls. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and statistical population of ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Traumatic experiences of sexual abuse, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and disclosure in explaining Somatic Symptoms of adolescent girls. Method: The method of the present study was correlation and statistical population of all students of 14-17 years in Tehran province in the academic year 97-98. By screening students with experience of sexual trauma, and eliminating the incomplete questionnaires273 students were ianalysis. For gathering data,Checklist of Traumatic Experiences of Nigent Huys and Wonder Hart & Kruger (2002), Cognitive emotion regulation strategies questionnaire Garnefsky et al. (2001), Grek's Mental Health Questionnaire (2015), Self-disclosure scale of Kun and Hessling (2003) were used and analyzed using multiple regression. Findings: The results showed maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (with β = 0.441 and p <0.01), disclosure (β = -0.201 and p <0.01), adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (β = -0.117 and p <0.01), sexual traumatic experiences (β = 0.170, p <0.05), have the ability to predict Somatic symptoms. Conclusion: The results showed that can be used to control Somatic Symptoms by Investigating the history of sexual abuse experiences, Managing Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies, and facilitating disclosure
Mojtaba Dehghan; Jafar Hasani; Alireza Moradi; SHahram Mohamadkhani
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Objective: The experience of cancer has important socio-cultural aspects that can have serious psychological consequences for cancer survivors. These aspects of the illness can even affect their health and survival. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of exploring the contextual experiences ...
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Objective: The experience of cancer has important socio-cultural aspects that can have serious psychological consequences for cancer survivors. These aspects of the illness can even affect their health and survival. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of exploring the contextual experiences that people face after cancer. Method: The present qualitative research used interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). Data collected through semi-structured interviews with 17 cancer patients. Findings: From the analysis of the interviews, the main concept of "cancer-based contextual experiences" was explored, which includes six conceptual clusters: Unexpected being, cultural attitudes, explanation of illness, cancer metaphors, social feedback, horrible predictions. Conclusion: After cancer diagnosis, overall, People are exposed to a range of socio-cultural experiences which can affect their adaptation to illness. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to these components in cancer-related educational (social and individual) and therapeutic interventions.I
Mahshid Tirgar; Fatemeh Golshani; Anita Baghdasarians; Susan Emamipour
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Objective: Given the considerable increase in the prevalence of obesity/overweight in Iran especially in school age children, it is important to identify the causes of childhood obesity. The aim of this study is to develop a model of childhood obesity based on maternal body mass index and parenting stress ...
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Objective: Given the considerable increase in the prevalence of obesity/overweight in Iran especially in school age children, it is important to identify the causes of childhood obesity. The aim of this study is to develop a model of childhood obesity based on maternal body mass index and parenting stress mediated by maternal feeding styles. Method: The statistical sample consisted of 460 students aged 7 to 11 from schools of Tehran with their mothers. Subjects were selected using cluster sampling method. After measuring the body mass index of children and their mothers, Parenting Stress Index- Short Form and Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire were completed by mothers. Data were analyzed by Amos software with using Structural Equation Method. Findings: The model generally had a good fit. Based on the results of path analysis of maternal body mass index, parenting stress, emotional feeding, instrumental feeding, prompting/encouragement to eat, and controlling feeding directly predict the child's body mass index. The results showed that maternal body mass index and parenting stress also indirectly predict the child's body mass index through all of the maternal feeding styles subscales such as Emotional, Instrumental, Control and Encouragement feeding style. Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that these relationships can predict childhood obesity as a model, and can lead to useful insights into interventions in the first level of prevention.
majid baradaran
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Objective: The psychological variables are one of the important factors in people's tendency to cosmetic surgery. The current research has aimed at investigating the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulationstrategiesand defense mechanisms in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity ...
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Objective: The psychological variables are one of the important factors in people's tendency to cosmetic surgery. The current research has aimed at investigating the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulationstrategiesand defense mechanisms in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity in cosmetic surgery applicants students. Method: This study was a correlational study. The statistical populationincluded all undergraduate students of Payame Noor University of Rasht in the academic year 1397-98 who were seeking cosmetic surgery. The sample consisted of 335 people (308 female and 27 male) who were selected by available sampling method. Instruments used in this study included the positive and negative perfectionism scale (PNPS), anxiety sensitivity index (ASI), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ) and defense style questionnaire (DSQ). Findings: Path analysis method showed that the anxiety sensitivity in cosmetic surgery applicants is influenced by perfectionism, cognitive emotion regulation and defense mechanisms. Also, cognitive emotion regulation and defense mechanisms played a mediating role in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity. To evaluate the model, CFI (0.91), NFI (0.93), GFI (0.94) and RMSEA (0.07) indices were used and the results indicated that the proposed model fits well with the data. Conclusion: In the formation of anxiety sensitivity, psychological factors such as perfectionism, cognitive emotion regulation, and defense mechanisms are involved. Therefore, the findings of this study have important implications for the rooting of psychological problems in these individuals.
Shahrzad Sanjari; Foozieh Rafati; Azita Amirfakhraei; mohamad reza mohamade solymane; Eshrat Karimi Afshar
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Objective: Validation of the Maternity Fear Scale can help identify women with high fears of pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the factor structure and validation of the electronic form of the CAQ fear of childbirth questionnaire in pregnant women. Method: This study ...
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Objective: Validation of the Maternity Fear Scale can help identify women with high fears of pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the factor structure and validation of the electronic form of the CAQ fear of childbirth questionnaire in pregnant women. Method: This study is a psychometric tool that the statistical population included all pregnant women in Jiroft. The number of samples was determined based on psychometric criteria of 100 people for the predictive narrative section and 251 people for the convergence narrative section. The samples were selected by cluster sampling. The research information was collected electronically through two questionnaires of childbirth fear (CAQ) and fear of postpartum delivery by sending a questionnaire link to the participants' mobile phones. Content validation methods, convergence and factor analysis were used to evaluate the validity of the scale. The reliability of the scale was assessed by internal consistency and purity reliability methods. Findings: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the researcher-made questionnaire consists of three factors and has good validity and reliability. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the three-factor model. The questionnaire was implemented along with a short form of CAQ fear of childbirth, which had a good reliability and validity with 13 items. Conclusion: A researcher-made questionnaire on the prevalence of CAQ scares in pregnant women can be used to assess the fear of childbirth in pregnant women.
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Fatemeh Kazemi; Sahar Safarzadeh
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the burnout model based on physical health status and brain-behavioral system by mediation of job stress in employees of Abadan Oil Company. Method: The type of research is structural equation and the statistical population was all the employees working in Abadan ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the burnout model based on physical health status and brain-behavioral system by mediation of job stress in employees of Abadan Oil Company. Method: The type of research is structural equation and the statistical population was all the employees working in Abadan Oil Company of which 255 people were selected by purposive sampling. The participants responded to Moslesh and Jackson’s job burnout scale (1981), Spence et al.’s physical health status (1987), Carver and White’s brain-behavioral systems 1994) and Parker and Dekutis’s occupational psychological pressure (1983) questionnaires. Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling. Results: Findings showed that physical health and behavioral activating brain system have a direct and inverse effect on burnout and behavioral inhibition system and job stress have a direct and positive effect on burnout. By increasing the activity of the behavioral activator system, the feeling of job burnout and fatigue decreases and with the increase in the activity of the behavioral inhibitory system and the perceived stress in the job, the level of job burnout increases. Also physical condition and two behavioral activation / inhibitory systems can play a role in the formation of burnout by affecting job stress. It was also found that the proposed model is suitable for data. Based on this, it has been determined that the increase in job burnout can be caused by several factors, such as weak physical health or underlying diseases that are not suitable for the chosen job, as well as the increasing activity of the inhibitory behavioral brain system and impaired behavioral activation system and job stress can be one of the characteristics of any job, can mediate this relationship. Conclusion: According to the present findings, we can conclude that physical health, improvement of the behavioral activation system, and job stress reduction decrease the rate of job burnout. Since employment in industrial organizations is associated with risks and traumatic conditions, no matter how hard the organization tries, their mental and physical health is facing risks, and can lead to job burnout. So the factors such as lack of physical health disruption of the activator system and increased activity of the inhibitory-behavioral system can increase job burnout by increasing stressful conditions in the work environment.
Sahar Safarzadeh; Karim Sevari
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Objective: Since the researchers always pay attention to the factors related to the physical and psychological health of adolescence, therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the prediction of therapeutic daily dietary intake based on body image concern, difficulties in emotion ...
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Objective: Since the researchers always pay attention to the factors related to the physical and psychological health of adolescence, therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the prediction of therapeutic daily dietary intake based on body image concern, difficulties in emotion regulation, and self-concept in secondary high school girl students of Ahvaz. Method: The population of this study was all secondary high school girl students of Ahvaz city. A sample of 360 girl students was selected by multi-stage cluster random-assignment sampling. The research design was descriptive-correlational. For collecting Data, Littleton & et al body image concern questionnaire (2005), Gratz & Roemer difficulties in emotion regulation Scale (2004), Beck self-concept questionnaire (1978), and Martz & et al cognitive-behavioral dieting Scale (1996) were used. Findings: The results of Pearson's simple correlation coefficient showed that there was a significant correlation between body image concern (p<0.01, r=0.389), difficulties in emotion regulation (p<0.01, r=0.245), and self-concept (p<0.01, r=0.214) with therapeutic daily dietary intake. Also, regression showed that self-concept and body image concern were more appropriate predictor variables for therapeutic daily dietary intake respectively. Conclusion: According to the findings, strengthening the self-concept, body image positive and, emotion regulation in adolescents can be effective in their daily dietary intake.
