Zahra Ayoubi; Hamid Reza Imani Far; elahe aslami
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Objective: corona heart disease started in 2019 and the most effective way to prevent its spread is to follow health protocols. Therefore, the present study aimed to provide a causal model of personality traits on the observance of corona coping protocols, the mediating role of practice of religious ...
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Objective: corona heart disease started in 2019 and the most effective way to prevent its spread is to follow health protocols. Therefore, the present study aimed to provide a causal model of personality traits on the observance of corona coping protocols, the mediating role of practice of religious beliefs and threat assessment. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, 353 female high school students in the first district of Shiraz were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Then, using Neo personality questionnaires, temple religious beliefs, observance of health protocols and researcher-made threat assessment, data were collected and analyzed using AMOS software version 21 and path analysis method. Findings: The results showed that the variables of threat assessment, practice of religious beliefs and conscientiousness component had a direct and significant effect on compliance with health protocols. Also, being conscientious and agreeing through the practice of religious beliefs has a positive and indirect effect on the observance of protocols, but openness to experience a negative and indirect effect. (P≤0 / 01). Conclusion: The characteristics of the fitted model predicted the observance of health protocols, based on the exogenous variables of personality, conscience, religion, and threat perception. This fit of the model was also confirmed for the exogenous variables of personality, conscience, agreement and openness to experience, and the mediating variable of practice of religious beliefs.
Farzaneh Shajari; Alireza Aghayousefi; Mojgan Agah heris
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the world that not only costs a lot for different societies, it also has significant psychological effects. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of coping therapy on self-control and HbA1c among female patients with type II diabetic. ...
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the world that not only costs a lot for different societies, it also has significant psychological effects. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of coping therapy on self-control and HbA1c among female patients with type II diabetic. Method: This study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all diabetic female patients who have been referred to Resalat Medical Laboratory in Tehran. Subjects were screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The sample of this research was 23 persons, who had diabetes and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Data were collected using Tangney's Self-Control Scale (SCS) and Three-Month Blood Glucose Test HbA1c before and after protocol implementation. Coping Therapy was conducted during 8 sessions in the experimental group while the control group did not receive any treatment. Findings: The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that the intervention of the Coping Therapy was effective in decreasing HbA1c level (P <0.05), but it did not affect self-control. Conclusion: According to the research findings, Coping Therapy is an effective method to reduce HbA1c levels in diabetic female patients biomarkers (HbA1c) in female diabetic patients. Therefore, it is suggesting to be used this intervention in diabetic patients.
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sepideh Tamrchi; Mona Farkhondehfal; Mohadese Kheradmand; Mahtab Rabiee; Fariba Zarani
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Objective: Breaking bad news to the patients and their family is an important and difficult stage in disease process requiring both verbal and non-verbal skills. Thus, studies in the field of health psychology have provided protocols to explain step by step how to break bad news. These protocols have ...
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Objective: Breaking bad news to the patients and their family is an important and difficult stage in disease process requiring both verbal and non-verbal skills. Thus, studies in the field of health psychology have provided protocols to explain step by step how to break bad news. These protocols have focused on how to break bad news in various therapeutic fields and different approaches. The diversity of these models can make health professionals hesitate in choosing the right model. The purpose of this review study was to identify the most widely used protocols for breaking bad news, their similarities and differences, and to provide a structure to compare these protocols.
Methods: The search for breaking bad news protocols was conducted in Google Scholar and Science Direct databases. Then, the most widely used protocols that were mostly referred to by other studies were identified. Finally, 13 protocols were selected for detailed investigation. Results: As a result of comparing these protocols, 9 common concepts were find, including: 1- preparation before the session, 2- setting up the proper communicational space, 3- personal evaluation of the patient, 4- evaluation of the patient's environment, 5- approaching the news, 6- exploring the emotions and providing empathic response, 7-talking about treatment plans, 8- investigating support systems, 9- summarizing and concluding the session. Along with these common steps, 47 sub-steps were identified. All these findings were classified altogether in both summarized and extended model. In summarized model the one look table consisting of 9 common concepts and 47 sub-steps was provided. While in an extended table, the contribution of each of 13 investigated protocols in each of the concepts and sub-steps was clarified by detail. Conclusion: The extended table also highlights the unique features of each protocol, allowing health professionals to choose the most appropriate approach based on the specific needs of the patients and their families. In general, this study reviews and compares the most important protocols of breaking bad news to patients to provide a relatively comprehensive picture of what has been considered in different studies for breaking bad news. Therefore, it provided the summarized and extended models of breaking bad news to health professionals as a practical tool containing common concepts and different sub-steps of the most important protocols. This study emphasizes the importance of a structured and empathetic approach to breaking bad news, which can improve patient satisfaction, trust, and coping strategies.
farzaneh ebrahimi; Ziba barghi irani; mahnaz ali akbari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on mood swings, sleep quality and sexual function in postmenopausal women. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental type with pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on mood swings, sleep quality and sexual function in postmenopausal women. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental type with pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control group. The statistical population of this study was all postmenopausal women referring to health centers in 7 District of Tehran in the first quarter of 1397. From this community, 30 people were selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups. Thirty women were selected from the statistical population based on the available sampling method, the experimental group was 15 and the control group was 15. The data was collected using a questionnaire by Watson et al. (1988), The woman’s Sexual Function index of Rosen et al (2000). And Pittsburgh sleep Quality index (1989). Then, multivariate analysis of covariance (statistical) Method was used to analyze the data. Findings: The findings showed that acceptance and commitment therapy can improve sexual function, reduce negative mood and sleep Quality in postmenopausal women. Conclusion: This treatment in contrast to cognitive therapy targets avoidance for their therapies in order to experience rather than control or change the negative assessments and creates a major opening. Therefore, Acceptance and commitment therapy can be used for improving sexual function, improving people's mood and increasing sleep Quality in postmenopausal women.
Javad Ayoubi; Imanollah Bigdeli; Ali Mashhadi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy on quality of life, psychological distress and adherence to therapy in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Method: The method of research was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy on quality of life, psychological distress and adherence to therapy in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Method: The method of research was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group. The sample included 30 persons who were selected by purposeful sampeling among people with type II diabetes mellitus that were divided randomly into two group (experimental and control, N=15). After that an 8 session of MiCBT was done for the experimental group but The control group did not received any intervention. Measures included: world health organization quality of life (WHOQOL), depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) and Modanloo adherence to therapy test. Findings: result of univariate covariance analysis was statistically significant on quality of life (p<0/05, F=151/65), psychological distress (p<0/05, F=69/178) and adherence (p<0/05, F=36/146). Conclusion: It is suggested that mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy decreased psychological distress symptoms and improved quality of life and adherence to therapy in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
mina Mosayebi; Hosseinali Ghanadzadegan; Bahram Mirzaian
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy on Psychological Well-Being in people with psychosomatic skin. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest ...
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy on Psychological Well-Being in people with psychosomatic skin. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population included people with psychosomatic skin in fall 2019. 45 people were selected by purposive sampling method, they were assigned to two experimental groups and one control group by randomly (each group consisting of 15 people). Participated in group Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy (Salimi, 2011) in 12 sessions and Self-Encouragement Therapy (Shoenaker, 1980) in 10 sessions, and control group was not under any intervention. Data were collected based on the standard questionnaire of Psychological Well-Being (Riff, 1989) Data were analyzed using one-variable covariance analysis and SPSS21 software. Findings: Results indicated that the Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction and Self-Encouragement methods have been effective on improving Psychological Well-Being in the posttest stage (p < 0.05). Findings affirmed that the effectiveness of Self-Encouragement on improving Psychological Well-Being was greater. Conclusion: Following the development of psychosomatic skin, people experience decrease in Psychological Well-Being, and Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy are effective in increasing Psychological Well-Being on patients with psychosomatic skin.
Nazanin Hamidinejad; Behrooz Dolatshahi; fariborz bagheri
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Objective: Today, eating disorders are increasing among adults and their negative consequences have caused health concerns. Therefore, identifying the factors associated with these behaviors can help to prevent them. In this regard, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism ...
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Objective: Today, eating disorders are increasing among adults and their negative consequences have caused health concerns. Therefore, identifying the factors associated with these behaviors can help to prevent them. In this regard, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and childhood trauma with disordered Eating Behaviors and the mediating role of body image dissatisfaction. Method: among all students of Islamic Azad universities in Tehran 400 students were selected by available sampling method that 324 participants were entered in the analysis. The tools of this study include Eating Disordered Behavior Scale (EAT-26), Hill’s Perfectionism Inventory (HPI), Body Image Concern (Littleton et al., 2005) and Childhood Trauma questionnaire (CTQ). Findings: The results of the path analysis showed that Body image dissatisfaction mediated the relationship between perfectionism and childhood trauma and eating disorders (P<0.05). Conclusion: it seems that people who have been traumatized, set high standards and compensatory measures, such as disturbed eating behaviors, because of the distorted image they may have of themselves. Body image dissatisfaction can also reinforce perfectionist efforts and intensify compensatory eating behaviors in order to idealize the body.
Seyed Morteza Mousavi; Afsaneh Khajevand Khoshli; Javanshir Asadi; Hasan Abdollahzadeh
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on self-compassion and quality of life among women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Method: The present research was semi-experimental ...
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on self-compassion and quality of life among women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Method: The present research was semi-experimental in which a pretest-posttest and follow-up with control group design was used. The research population included all the female patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus referring to the Rheumatology clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital and Tooba clinic of Sari city, Iran, in the first half of 2019. The study sample included 60 patients who were selected by available sampling method and, then, were assigned into two experiment groups and one control group through random assignment method. All the three groups were assessed by using the Neff’s Self-Compassion Scale (2003) and the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (1998) in pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The first and the second experiment groups respectively received the ACT and CFT interventions in eight 120-minute session in groups. Findings: Results indicated that the ACT and CFT methods have been effective on improving self-compassion and quality of life in the posttest and follow-up stages (p < 0.01). Findings affirmed that the effectiveness of CFT on improving self-compassion was greater. No significant difference was observed between the both interventions on the quality of life variable (p<0.01). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, psychologists and health practitioners are recommended to use these two therapeutic models for reducing the psychological problems of patients with SLE.
Mohammad Reza Ghaffarzadeh Razaghi; Atefeh Hosseinloo
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Objective: The present study aims to compare between the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Fluoxetine Therapy, and Combination method on improving premature ejaculation disorder in opioid addicts. Method: The research design was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. ...
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Objective: The present study aims to compare between the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Fluoxetine Therapy, and Combination method on improving premature ejaculation disorder in opioid addicts. Method: The research design was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. Among the opioid addicts referred to addiction treatment centers under the supervision of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences using convenience sampling 60 people in four groups of cognitive-behavioral therapy, fluoxetine therapy, combination method and control group. The instrument of the present study was a diagnostic interview based on DSM-5 criteria, premature ejaculation test (Arafa and Shamloul, 2007). Findings: The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and Bonferroni test. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the control group and the cognitive-behavioral and combination therapy groups (P<0/01(. There was no significant difference between the means of the drug group and the control group. There was a significant difference between the cognitive-behavioral group and the drug therapy group. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be more effective in improving premature ejaculation.
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Khadijeh Asady Chahar Rah Gashin; zahra shahvari; Parvin Salari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of patients who had recovered from COVID 19 on the psychological factors affecting their recovery during the disease. Method: This qualitative study was conducted in 1399. The data collection method was semi-structured in-depth interviews. ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of patients who had recovered from COVID 19 on the psychological factors affecting their recovery during the disease. Method: This qualitative study was conducted in 1399. The data collection method was semi-structured in-depth interviews. Participants were patients who had recovered from COVID 19 and were willing to talk about their experience. Sampling was done from 3 cities of Gachsaran، Basht and Noorabad with purposeful sampling approach. Data were analyzed by content analysis method. The extracted codes were managed through MAXQDA software version 10. Findings: A total of 15 interviews were conducted with 8 women and 7 men aged 23 to 58 years. Analysis of participants' conversations about psychological factors contributing to the recovery of patients with COVID 19 led to the identification of 305 codes، which were divided into 2 main categories، including " factors related to patient" and “Factors related to patient’s relations" and 9 subcategories. Conclusion: According to the results of this study، the thoughts and behaviors of the patient، staff and acquaintances are effective in the mental health of the patient and accelerate the healing process، which need pay attention. One of the responsibilities of the medical staff is to provide consultation sessions for patients’ acquaintances and their nurses regarding the thoughts and behavior of the patient and his/her relations.
ghazale khayyer; gholam reza manshaei
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Objective: Physiologic and chronic diseases damage the children’s psychological, communicative, social and emotional processes. Therefore, the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of child-oriented mindfulness on pain self-efficacy and pain anxiety of the children ...
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Objective: Physiologic and chronic diseases damage the children’s psychological, communicative, social and emotional processes. Therefore, the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of child-oriented mindfulness on pain self-efficacy and pain anxiety of the children with rheumatism. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period. The statistical society included the children with rheumatism in the city of Isfahan in the autumn of 2018. 30 children with rheumatism were selected through non-random convenient sampling and randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. Then the experimental group received ten sixty-minute sessions of child-oriented mindfulness interventions during three months. The applied questionnaires included pain anxiety signs (Mc Cracken, et.al, 1992) and pain self-efficacy scale (Nicholas, 1989). The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA. Findings: The results of the study showed that mindfulness therapy has significantly influenced pain self-efficacy and pain anxiety of the children with rheumatism (F=83.54, F=311.23, p<0.001). Moreover, the results showed that this therapy was able to significantly maintain its effect in time (p<0.001). The degree of statistical effect of mindfulness therapy on mindfulness on pain self-efficacy and pain anxiety was 74% and 91% respectively in the children with rheumatism. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that mindfulness therapy employing techniques such as thoughts, emotions and mindful behavior can be applied as an efficient therapy to increase pain self-efficacy and decrease pain anxiety of the children with rheumatism.
Abbas Rahmati; Azadeh Khajouei Mirzadeh
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Objective: Anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among the general population. We conducted a study to investigate the prevalence of coronavirus anxiety, risk and protective factors. Method: The method of the study is descriptive correlational. The statistical population of the study ...
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Objective: Anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among the general population. We conducted a study to investigate the prevalence of coronavirus anxiety, risk and protective factors. Method: The method of the study is descriptive correlational. The statistical population of the study included students and staff of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in the first half of 1399, from which 234 staff and 981 students were selected by available sampling method. Data were collected online using the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS). The Corona Anxiety Scale has been developed and validated in Iran by Alipour et al. (2017) to measure anxiety caused by the prevalence of Coronavirus. Simultaneous regression and hypothesis testing as well as difference and chi-square tests were used to analyze data. Findings: Findings indicate that the level of coronary anxiety in students is in a more favorable condition than staff. Regression analysis indicated the predictive role of protective and risk factors in coronary anxiety among students, whereas only risk factors could predict coronary anxiety among staff. Conclusion: The findings as a whole did not indicate a high level of anxiety among the study population, however, in the prevalence and pinpointing of factors associated with each level of anxiety, the role of risk and protective factors in the Coronavirus situation should not be underestimated
abdollah mafakheri; Mohammad Khorrami; Faezeh Kaviyani; Somayeh Ashrafifard
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Objective: The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in cognitive strategies of emotional regulation and general self-efficacy of mothers with children with cerebral palsy. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in cognitive strategies of emotional regulation and general self-efficacy of mothers with children with cerebral palsy. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group design from the population of mothers with children with cerebral palsy in North Khorasan province,that 28 mothers were selected by available sampling and placed in two experimental and control groups. In the pretest, Garnfsky, Craig and Spinhaven (2009) and Schwartz (1981) general self-efficacy questionnaires were used. In the next stage, cognitive-behavioral therapy was performed on the experimental group. The control group did not received any intervention. After this step and after performing a post-test, the data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA). Findings: The findings showed an increase in the mean of the experimental group in the self-efficacy variable and all positive cognitive strategies for emotion regulation.On the other hand, increasing the general self-efficacy score and positive emotion regulation strategy and decreasing the score of mothers' negative emotion regulation strategy. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study we can replace negative emotions with positive ones by informing and helping cognitive reconstruction and reduce mothers' psychological harm.
Fahimeh Koohestani; Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh; Fatemeh Bahjati
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Objective: Heart disease affects not only the patient but also his family. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family environment, marital commitment, spousal support and self-care behavior among heart failure diseases. Method: This study was a correlational study ...
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Objective: Heart disease affects not only the patient but also his family. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family environment, marital commitment, spousal support and self-care behavior among heart failure diseases. Method: This study was a correlational study using structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this study was heart failure patients referring to health centers in Kerman city in 1397. A total of 200 patients were selected by available sampling. The data gatherd using self-care behaviors questionnaire (jaarsma & et al, 2003), marital commitment questionnaire (Stanley & Markman 1992), Family environment questionnaire (Moos & Moos, 1986), andspouse support Questionnaire (Sallis & et al, 1987) and analyzed by Pearson's correlation, regression analysis and structural modeling modeling. Findings: The finding showed that the family environment and the spousal support could significantly predict self-care behaviors in patients (p<0.05) but the predicting role of marital commitment was not significant (p>.05). Findings of structural equation modeling showed that family environment influenced patients self-care behaviors by increasing their spousal support. Conclusion: the results showed that spousal support has a significant mediating role in the relationship between family environment and self-care behaviors of cardiac patients and marital commitment has not a significant role in model predicting self-care behaviors.
Reza Golpour; fatemeh zakipour
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Relationship between cyberspace Addiction and eating problems whit The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion in secondary school students. Method: The method of this research is correlational. The statistical population of this study is the eleventh ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Relationship between cyberspace Addiction and eating problems whit The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion in secondary school students. Method: The method of this research is correlational. The statistical population of this study is the eleventh and twelfth grade female students of Nowshahr city, from which 148 people were selected using the Krejcie and Morgan table by cluster sampling and They completed Kagan and Squires Compulsive Eating Scale, Addiction to Mobile-Based Social Networks questionnaire and Raes et al. Self-Compassion Scale Short Form. Findings: Descriptive indices such as mean and standard deviation were used for path analysis. Statistical results have shown that the indirect effect of eating problems due to cyberspace addiction is significant, also the indirect effect of eating problems due to positive and negative self-compassion is significant. Conclusion: The results showed that self-compassion has a moderating role in the relationship between cyberspace addiction and eating problems.
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samira torkian valashani; zohreh latifi; niloofar bagheri; Mohammad Soltanizadeh
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-healing education on the spiritual well-being and positive and negative emotions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This research was a semi-experimental study with two experimental and control groups ...
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-healing education on the spiritual well-being and positive and negative emotions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This research was a semi-experimental study with two experimental and control groups by using pre-test-post-test and 2-month follow-up. The statistical population included all MS patients reffering to the treatment center in 2020, and the sample size consisted of 31 volunteers willing to participate in educational sessions who were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The range of participants’ age was between 18 and 54 years. All participants completed positive and negative emotions questionnaires (Watson, 1988) and spiritual well-being (Dehshiri, 2010) as pre-tests under similar conditions. Subsequently, self-healing education consisting of 14 weekly sessions in 60 minutes, was considered for the experimental group. To examine the effectiveness of self-healing education on positive and negative emotions, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and to dtudy the effect of self-healing education on spiritual well-being, the Friedman and Wilcoxon tests were used due to non-establishment of the assumption of normal distribution of data. Results: The LSD pairwise comparisons test results showed no significant difference in positive emotion scores in the experimental group between the pre-test and post-test stages. However, significant differences were noted between the pre-test and follow-up, as well as between the post-test and follow-up stages. In examining the significance of the self-connection subscale in both the experimental and control groups, no significant difference was observed at all three stages in the control group. However, in the experimental group, a significant difference was evident at all three stages following the intervention. Also, the difference in overall spiritual well-being scores in the experimental group was significant between the pre-test and follow-up, with an increase in the follow-up period. Similarly, the difference in the connection to nature subscale in the experimental group was significant between the pre-test and follow-up, as well as between the post-test and follow-up stages, indicating a positive impact of the education. But no significant effect was observed on the individual's relationship with others, the individual's relationship with God, and the reduction of negative emotions. Conclusion: The findings indicate that self-healing education improves spiritual well-being and positive emotions in MS patients. Participants likely improved their spiritual well-being in the area of self-connection by learning techniques such as spiritual elevation and inner richness, and accurately recognizing negative memories and their detrimental actions resulted in an improvement in their relationship with nature. It also appears that reducing inhibitory traits such as resentment and false beliefs leads to a change in attitude, strengthening willpower, and finding a better way to solve the problems. Additionally, tasks related to strengthening the 9 healing code may increase positive emotions.
M Agah heris
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Objective: chronic low back pain is a complicated situation in which psychological factors are involved and it predisposed a person to chronic disability and failure respond to common treatments. The aim of this study was comparison of effectiveness of Autogenic Training and Affect Regulation Training ...
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Objective: chronic low back pain is a complicated situation in which psychological factors are involved and it predisposed a person to chronic disability and failure respond to common treatments. The aim of this study was comparison of effectiveness of Autogenic Training and Affect Regulation Training on cognitive emotion regulation of women with chronic low back pain. Method: The research method was quasi experimental with pretest, posttest with control groups. 60 females with chronic low back pain who run to pain clinic, those are desired to participate to this research, 33 were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into three groups of 11 each. The instruments of research were including the complete package of ART and AT and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Findings: The result showed reduction of cognitive emotion regulation scale, and its subscales (self and other blame, rumination, catastrophizing, acceptance). Conclusion: Both intervention seem to be effective by making physiological and biochemical changes in body through the same mechanisms that leads negative emotions regulation in patients with chronic low back pain.
Rahele Fallah; Seyed Abolghasem Mehrinezhad; Mehrangiz Peyvastehgar; Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of individual-online dignity therapy in reducing psychological distress in women with metastatic cancers. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, follow-up design, and a control group, in block design. The statistical ...
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of individual-online dignity therapy in reducing psychological distress in women with metastatic cancers. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, follow-up design, and a control group, in block design. The statistical population was women with metastatic cancers referred to the Iranian Cancer Control Institute (MACSA) in Tehran during the summer and autumn of 2020. Thirty women were selected by a convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to two groups of 15 in experimental and control. It also blocked participants at three levels based on the palliative performance scale. Each participant's psychological distress was assessed using the depression-anxiety-stress scale. The experimental group participated in three individual online dignity therapy sessions, each 40-60 minutes. Data were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance in SPSS-23. Findings: There was a significant decrease in the experimental groups’ psychological distress scores in the post-test and in follow-up (P≤0.01). Also, it was found that dignity therapy is more useful in lower levels of the palliative performance scale. Conclusion: Given the findings, it is recommended that psycho-oncologists and palliative care practitioners use online dignity therapy to reduce the psychological distress of women with metastatic cancer.
Marziyeh Sadeghzadeh; marziyeh ramezani; kazem Khoramdel
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the structural relationship between different forms of self-criticism and female students' body image shame mediated by various aspects of fear of compassion. Method: This research is a descriptive-correlation study; its statistical population includes all adolescent ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the structural relationship between different forms of self-criticism and female students' body image shame mediated by various aspects of fear of compassion. Method: This research is a descriptive-correlation study; its statistical population includes all adolescent girls who studied in the second semester of 2019-1400 in high schools of Kazeroon city. Acoording to the limitations caused by the Corona pandemic, data collection was done online using a link sent to the virtual groups of the classes. The research sample includes all 581 students who participated in this study voluntarily by answering the questionnaire link. This link consists of a set of items related to the three tools: Body Image Shame Scale (BISS), Fear of Compassion Scale (FCS), and Forms of Criticism/Self-Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale (FCSSS). To test the research model, Structural Equation Modeling was used in AMOS-22 software. Findings: The results confirmed the direct effect of self-criticism on fear of compassion and body image shame. The results confirmed the mediating role of two aspects of fear of compassion, namely fear of self-compassion and fear of others' compassion, in the relationship between self-criticism and body image shame. Conclusion: The findings are hopeful; Because it suggests that to prevent the experience of body image shame in adolescent girls, it is possible to rely on the relieving of self-criticism and, consequently, the relieving of fear of compassion.
Zahra Abdekhodaie; Shahriar Shahidi; Mohammad Ali Mazaheri; Laily Panaghi; Vahid Nejati
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of existential based spiritual intervention on quality of life and life meaning in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Method: Qualitative single case method with multiple baseline was applied. 5 patients were selected through purposive ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of existential based spiritual intervention on quality of life and life meaning in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Method: Qualitative single case method with multiple baseline was applied. 5 patients were selected through purposive convenience sampling and were interviewed. Intervention was developed in 12 topics and applied weekly in two one-hour sessions. The process and mechanisms of changes were evaluated using the quality of life and life meaning scales. After obtaining of baseline in pretest stage, the participants were evaluated during six stages treatment process and two stages follow-up. The data were analyzed via visuals inspection, reliable change index (RCI) and improvement percentage strategies. Findings: The percentage of improvement was calculated in two scales and at three stages for five participants. The average improvement rate in the intervention stage was 114.32% for the Meaning-in-Life and 79.4% for Quality of Life, and in the follow-up stage it was obtained 185.5% for the Meaning-in-Life and 123.28% for Quality of Life. Intervention has positive and stable effect on Quality and Meaning of Life, but the subscales changed in different manner. Conclusion: Existential based spiritual intervention, which had affections on different level in meaning life, enhanced the patients’ quality of life in physical and psychological level. So this psychological intervention will be useful for MS patients.
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zahra azari ghahfarrokhi; mojtaba ansari shahidi; mehran shahzamani
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of family-based social support training on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (after open surgery). Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of family-based social support training on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (after open surgery). Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. the statistical population of the study included patients undergoing open heart surgery with depressive symptoms referred to specialized heart hospitals (Chamran, Sina and Milad) in Isfahan in the second half of 2019. 36 cardiac patients with the signs of depression were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (17 patients in the experimental group and 19 patients in the control group). The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute sessions of family-based social support training during two months. The applied questionnaires in this study included depression questionnaire (Beck et al, 1996), social adjustment questionnaire (Bell, 1962) and self-care behaviors questionnaire (Galiana et.al, 2015). The data from the study were analyzed through Mixed ANOVA and Bonferren post hoc test via SPSS23 statistical software. Findings: The results showed that family-based social support training has significant effect on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that family-based social support training can be used as an efficient intervention to improve social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression through employing techniques such as creating social support circles, strengthening and rebuilding the social support group.
Akbar Atadokht; Sahar Khoshsorour
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Objective: Adopting a balanced diet promotes human health. However, excessive focus on healthy eating can lead to food obsession, which is termed orthorexia nervosa (ON). The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Scale (ONS). Method: ...
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Objective: Adopting a balanced diet promotes human health. However, excessive focus on healthy eating can lead to food obsession, which is termed orthorexia nervosa (ON). The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Orthorexia Nervosa Scale (ONS). Method: The statistical population of this study consisted of all undergraduate students of the Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch in the academic year 98-99, among whom 322 students (201 females, 121 males) were selected by multistage sampling, and they responded to the Orthorexia Nervosa Scale (ONS), the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI-R), the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS), the Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ), and the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha and Pearson correlation using SPSS and AMOS. Findings: Results of the exploratory factor analysis showed 2 factors with eigenvalues higher than 1 which explained 41/92% of the total variance. Also, confirmatory factor analysis indicators implied the optimal fitness of two-factor model of this scale. The total reliability of the scale was estimated to be respectively 0.78 and 0.81 using Cronbach’s alpha and split half. Convergent validity and divergent validity were also confirmed by calculating scale correlation through the aforementioned scales (p<0.05). Also, this scale had a positive and significant correlation with neuroticism (p<0.01). Conclusion: The Orthorexia Nervosa Scale has a relatively proper validity and reliability for being used in Iranian samples and can be a suitable tool for researches of this field.
seyed masoud mohsenalhosseini; fahimeh bahonar; mohammad hassan asayesh
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Objective: Health care workers are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 disease. The purpose of this study was to identify the cognitive reactions of physicians who have recovered from Covid-19 disease. Method: In the present study, the phenomenological method was used. The population of this ...
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Objective: Health care workers are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 disease. The purpose of this study was to identify the cognitive reactions of physicians who have recovered from Covid-19 disease. Method: In the present study, the phenomenological method was used. The population of this study included physicians recovering from Covid-19 disease in Yazd city. 13 people were selected by purposive sampling and interviewed unstructured and in-depth. In orde to analyze the data, Colaizzi method was used. Findings: Data analysis led to the production of 2 main themes, 12 sub-themes and 40 basic concepts. The first theme was "Adaptive Cognitive Reactions." Adaptive cognitive reactions included a set of reactions that included sub-themes: 1- sublime thought, 2- self-compassion, 3- Transcending the self, 4- cognitive ability, and 5- triumphant self-belief. The second major theme was "Mmaladaptive Cognitive Reactions." Mmaladaptive cognitive reactions included a set of reactions that were sub-themes: 1- Cognitive distortions, 2- Rumination, 3- Doubt, 4- Distrust, 5- Blame, 6- Mental dissatisfaction 7- Mental confusion. Conclusion: Overall, the results of this study showed that the experience of patients with Covid-19 has a wide range of adaptive cognitive reactions and maladaptive cognitive reactions, and these reactions are sometimes similar and in some reactions different. This research is an approach to continue the study of psychological reactions and the development of intervention protocols in this field.
Reyhaneh Moslehi; zohreh latifi
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases caused by metabolic disorders with devastating effects. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of self-healing (the healing codes) training on emotional well-being, psychological hardiness, and recovery in patients with type 2 diabetes. ...
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases caused by metabolic disorders with devastating effects. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of self-healing (the healing codes) training on emotional well-being, psychological hardiness, and recovery in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design and a control group. The study population comprised all women with type 2 diabetes who referred to the health centers of Isfahan. Thirty patients were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The research instruments included Keys and Magyar-Mae Emotional Well-Being Questionnaire (2003) and Kiamarsi Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (1998) which were completed by the participants in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. Patients' blood sugar was measured and recorded by a specialist in three stages. The experimental group underwent fourteen sessions (60-minute sessions per week) of self-healing training and the control group was waiting for intervention. The repeated measures ANOVA was used for analyzing the data by using SPSS software (version 24). Findings: Self-healing training effectively increased emotional well-being and psychological hardiness in patients with type 2 diabetes (p< 0.01). In terms of improving social well-being and the disease process, there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the pre-test stage. Conclusion: Self-healing can be used as a new approach in positive psychology to increase the emotional well-being and psychological hardiness in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Maryam Parnian Khooy; Leila Kehtary; Ali gharadaghi; Maryam Eidi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determining the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion of cancer patients with depression symptoms. Method: The study was a quasi – experimental design with pre test - post test experimental and control ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determining the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion of cancer patients with depression symptoms. Method: The study was a quasi – experimental design with pre test - post test experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this study was all the cancer patients who refered to the Valiasr Hospital in Tabriz and the offices of several Specialists in Tabriz during the third quarter of 2019. The sample consisted of 30 patients, who were selected with available sampling method. The sample of 30 participants were placed randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, thus 15 patients in the experimental group and 15 patients in the control group. The experimental group received Compassion-Focused therapy in 8 sessions of two hours, while the control group did not receive any intervention. For collecting data, Acceptance and action Questionnaire-II for experiential avoidance measurement, cognitive fusion questionnaire were used. The Data were analyzed with Covariance method. Findings: The results showed that compassion-focused therapy had a significant effect on reducing the experiential avoidance (P<0.03) and cognitive fusion (P<0.01) in cancer patients with depression symptoms. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that compassion-focused therapy is an effective intervention to reduce the experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion in cancer patients with depression symptoms.
