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zahra karami baghteyfouni; sima Houshidarifard
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Objective: Anxiety sensitivity is a diagnostic risk construct that has been studied and is believed to enhance the response to various types of stress. The covid-19 pandemic is a widespread stressor with significant physical and social threats, It can be said that human civilization is facing one of ...
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Objective: Anxiety sensitivity is a diagnostic risk construct that has been studied and is believed to enhance the response to various types of stress. The covid-19 pandemic is a widespread stressor with significant physical and social threats, It can be said that human civilization is facing one of the most critical periods of the current century, which has challenged its existence.It can be said that human civilization is facing one of the most critical periods of the current century, which has challenged its existence The covid-19 often brings with it a wave of tension and anxiety that causes problems in people's physical and psychological health. so the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity in patients who have recovered from covid-19. Method: The current research was conducted in terms of practical purpose and in terms of collection method in the form of a descriptive-correlation design. The statistical population of the research included all adult patients who were saved from contracting COVID-19 in Tehran in 1400 and among them 201 people were selected as a sample using available sampling method. The data were collected using the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaires of Gernevsky, Krige and Spinhaven (2001), anxiety sensitivity of Floyd, Garfield and Lasota (2005) and distress tolerance of Simmons and Gaher (2005). In the following, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The descriptive statistical indicators used are: mean, standard deviation, and on the other hand, path analysis is used to confirm or reject the research hypotheses, and PLS software was used in the statistical analysis of this research. Results: Analysis of the findings through path analysis showed that distress tolerance has an effect on anxiety sensitivity (-0/44) and positive (0/31) and negative (-0/30) emotion cognitive regulation strategies play a mediating role in the relationship between distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity. Also, based on the coefficient of determining the results, the effect of distress tolerance on anxiety sensitivity is R2=0.209, equal to 21%, and after the presence of the mediator of cognitive emotion regulation in the second step, R2=0.427 is equal to 43%. Conclusion: In the explanation of this finding, it should be said that with low distress tolerance, which is able to resist negative risks with the possibility of making inconsistency adjustment decisions and effective strategies in its use. On the other hand, regulating emotions through thoughts or as inseparability is related to human life and helps people to control their emotions during and after traumatic experiences or experimental situations. According to cognitive-behavioral theory, anxiety disorders often develop when a person's fear is perceived as uncontrollable. This inhibits any new learning about one's true ability to manage anxiety and reinforces one's negative beliefs. According to the results of the research, it can be said that targeting the three components of distress tolerance and positive and negative cognitive regulation of emotion in connection with psychological treatments and aids for the anxiety sensitivity of patients who have recovered from covid-19 can be effective.
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Hengameh Boloorsaz Mashhadi; Eisa Jafari; Ali Moghadamzadeh
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Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the chronic diseases that affects various aspects of human life in old age and causes many problems, physical disabilities and negative psychological consequences. Therefore, it is important to investigate and identify educational and therapeutic protocols to ...
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Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the chronic diseases that affects various aspects of human life in old age and causes many problems, physical disabilities and negative psychological consequences. Therefore, it is important to investigate and identify educational and therapeutic protocols to reduce psychosocial problems in elderly people. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on anxiety sensitivity, pain perception and emotion management in elderly women with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Method: The method of the current research was, semi-experimental with pre-post-test design, two experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all elderly women with Rheumatoid Arthritis who referred to Milad Hospital`s clinical centers in Tehran (1401). 28 people were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 14 people. Consent and desire to participate, 60 years and older age range, gender (female) and ability to participate in treatment sessions were the inclusion criteria for the research. Individual's lack of consent and desire to cooperate, suffering from psychiatric disorders, receiving other psychological interventions at the same time or in the last 6 months were the exclusion criteria. Acceptance and commitment therapy was implemented according to Hayes and Strossal (2013) treatment protocol. This procedure was conducted with the aim of improving the psychological conditions of participants during 8 sessions of each 90 minutes (1.5 hours). The control group, did not receive any interventions. Data were collected by Anxiety Sensitivity Questionnaire (Peterson and Reiss, 1992), Standard Pain Intensity Questionnaire (Quebec et al., 1995) and Emotion Regulation difficulty Questionnaire (Gratz & Roemer, 2004). In order to analyze the data, independent and paired t-tests of multivariate analysis of covariance were used by SPSS/26 statistical software. Results: The results of the research showed that the mean score of anxiety sensitivity in the experimental group in the post-test stage had a significant difference compared to the control group (P<0.05). Also, the analysis of covariance showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean score of perceived pain intensity and emotional management of the two groups in the post-test stage (P<0.05). It can be said that Acceptance and Commitment therapy has reduced anxiety sensitivity and pain perception, as well as emotional management in elderly women with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Conclusion: The results indicated that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is effective in reducing anxiety sensitivity, pain perception and emotion management of elderly women suffering Rheumatoid Arthritis. According to the obtained results, it is suggested, professionals who involve in the field of elderly mental health should provide the necessary platform for improving the mental health of these people. which it can be done by reducing the level of anxiety sensitivity and pain perception and emotion management. The results of this research can provide practical implications for therapists to reduce the patients emotional-behavioral problems who suffer Rheumatoid Arthritis, especially in elderly women. It must be said that these therapies would be effective along with drug therapy.
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Hamidreza Heidari; hajar torkan
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Objective: This research aimed to predict the quality of life of hemodialysis patients based on alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness. Methods: The current research was of a descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population of this study included all patients undergoing ...
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Objective: This research aimed to predict the quality of life of hemodialysis patients based on alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness. Methods: The current research was of a descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population of this study included all patients undergoing hemodialysis in Isfahan City in 2022. Accordingly, 294 participants (180 men, 114 women) selected using the available sampling method. Data collection tools include the alexithymia scale (Bagby and Parker, 1994), anxiety sensitivity scale (Reiss et al., 1986), psychological hardiness scale (Kiamarthi et al., 1998), and quality of life scale (World Health Organization, 1996). The research data collected using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and step-by-step regression using SPSS-27 software. Results: The results showed that alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness could predict 49.5% of the variance in quality of life. Alexithymia predicted 42% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=-0.420), anxiety sensitivity predicted 25/7% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=-0/257), and psychological hardiness predicted 25/5% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=0.255). Conclusion: Based on this, it can to conclude that alexithymia and anxiety sensitivity are among the factors that play an effective role in reducing the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Alexithymia is a dysfunction in emotional processing that leads to a decrease in the ability to identify and diagnose emotions. When a person suffers from advanced kidney disease, i.e., undergoes hemodialysis, he faces problems and defects in the fields of self-esteem and independence in performing health and personal behaviors, so the high level of anxiety sensitivity and these physical worries in these people can be considered a common reaction in chronic patients. Since the quality of life defined and interpreted depending on the definition of the individual and his beliefs regarding the situation in which the individual is, these patients find their quality of life low. On the other hand, hemodialysis patients faced with an uncertain future and the inability to maintain the previous values of life, or at least the inability to follow these values as before the disease, since they find themselves unable to make changes in the said disease. Therefore, they become aroused faster and try less than healthy people to control their emotional situations, such as anxiety and physical changes. Accordingly, replanting and planning for the development and training of psychological hardiness in hemodialysis patients leads to an increase in the quality of life
nafiseh mohammad; mohammad hatami; Mojgan Niknam
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy cognitive-behavioral therapy,processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on anxiety sensitivity of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and follow-up. ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy cognitive-behavioral therapy,processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on anxiety sensitivity of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and follow-up. The population of the research includes all M.S. patients with registered medical records in M.S. Association of Tehran in2020. 30 patients were selected by available and random sampling in three experimental groups. Training groups were treated for 3 months based on cognitive behavioral therapy, emotion regulation and mixed intervention. Anxietysensitivity were measured by Reiss and Peterson anxietysensitivity questionnaire before, after, and 3 months after the intervention. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference (p≤0.05) between the effectiveness of the three treatments on patients' anxiety sensitivity. The results of the Tukey test showed that group with mixed intervention compared to the other interventions and processing emotion regulation respect to cognitive-behavioral therapy had lower mean in both post-test and follow-up stages. Conclusion: The results of this study showed the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy, processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on decrease of anxiety sensitivity in patients with Multiple sclerosis.
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.
Mahsa Hoseini; Roghayeh kiyani
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Objective: In recent years, a new concept that has gained much attention as an effective construct in irritable bowel syndrome is anxiety sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety Sensitivity Patients with irritable bowel syndrome. ...
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Objective: In recent years, a new concept that has gained much attention as an effective construct in irritable bowel syndrome is anxiety sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety Sensitivity Patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Method: The present study is a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group design. The research population included women with irritable bowel syndrome who referred to khatam-ol-anbia hospital in the Miyane city during the period from september to december 2012 who received definite diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome according to a gastroenterologist. From this population, a sample of 30 people was selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Participants of the two groups completed the pre-test and post-test stages of Reiss & Peterson (1985) anxiety sensitivity index. The subjects of the experimental group were placed under the training of reality therapy during 8 sessions of 90 minutes. Findings: Data analysis showed that the use of group reality therapy significantly led to decrease in the average scores of the expremental group participants in the anxiety sensitivity (F=82/67, h2=0/75) and its components fear of physical anxiety, fear of lack of cognitive control and fear of anxiety view compared to the control group. conclusion: According to the results, Applying Group reality therapy in clinical practice will be helpful in resolving anxiety sensitivity-related problems in women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
mojgan agah haris; Nahid Ramezani
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using ...
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using casual-comparative research project and available sampling method among volunteers, 130 people with Psoriasis and 130 people without Psoriasis were selected. All subjects answered to NEO five-factor inventory items (NEO-FFI) and anxiety sensitivity indexes (ASI-3., Taylor et al., 2007) and demographic information in one session. Results: The results showed that personality traits in people with Psoriasis in scale of openness to experience are different from people without Psoriasis ,and the mean of anxiety sensitivity in people with psoriasis are significantly (p
