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ّFereshteh Naeimi; mahdie salehi; fateme golshani
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Objective: Spiritual health, as an individual and social dimension, plays an important role in both individual life and society and has received increasing attention in psychological research. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to model spiritual health based on hope and religious orientation, ...
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Objective: Spiritual health, as an individual and social dimension, plays an important role in both individual life and society and has received increasing attention in psychological research. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to model spiritual health based on hope and religious orientation, with the mediating roles of emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and the moderating role of gender among university students. Method: The present study was descriptive–correlational and applied in nature. The statistical population consisted of 4,000 male and female students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, from whom 352 students were selected using stratified random sampling. The research instruments included Allport’s (1950) Religious Orientation Questionnaire, Snyder’s (1991) Hope Scale, Ellison’s (1982) Spiritual Health Questionnaire, Gross and John’s (2001) Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and Simmons and Gaher’s (2005) Distress Tolerance Questionnaire. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, and structural equation modeling was used in the inferential section using SmartPLS 4 software. Results: Based on the statistical results, the total effect of hope on spiritual health mediated by emotion regulation was positive in male students (β = 0.389) and negative in female students (β = −0.181). In addition, the total effect of religious orientation on spiritual health mediated by emotion regulation was positive in male students (β = 0.369) and negative in female students (β = −0.085). Moreover, the total effect of hope on spiritual health mediated by distress tolerance was positive in male students (β = 0.415) and negative in female students (β = −0.189). Furthermore, the total effect of religious orientation on spiritual health mediated by distress tolerance was positive in male students (β = 0.324) and negative in female students (β = −0.105). In the present model, the SRMR value in the male student group was 0.071 and in the female student group was 0.060, both of which are smaller than the recommended cutoff value of 0.08. In addition, the NFI value in the male student group was 0.715 and in the female student group was 0.657, which are considered acceptable and indicate adequate measurement model fit in both groups. Moreover, the t-values for the direct and indirect effects of all research variables were smaller than 1.96. Therefore, it can be concluded that, at the 95% confidence level, gender did not moderate the indirect effects among the research variables. In other words, there was no significant difference in the effectiveness of the examined psychological constructs between male and female students. Conclusion: Based on the results obtained from the present study, the total effect of hope on spiritual health mediated by emotion regulation was statistically significant and positive in male students and negative in female students. Studies by Ruggins et al. (2022) indicate that hope, as a cognitive factor, can help individuals achieve success. This construct reflects individuals’ capacity to generate multiple pathways and strategies to attain goals, needs, and desires (McNamara et al., 2023), and it can function as a coping strategy against stressful life events while enhancing resilience and flexibility. Furthermore, Taghavi and Amiri (2023) showed that individuals with a spiritual orientation accept life realities more effectively and experience higher levels of hope, which is consistent with the findings of the present study. Based on the results of the study, the total effect of religious orientation on spiritual health mediated by emotion regulation was statistically significant and positive in male students and negative in female students. In this regard, Allport (1968) conceptualized religion as a unifying philosophy of life and considered it an important factor in mental health. He emphasized the relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and mental health, suggesting that intrinsic religiosity, in contrast to extrinsic religiosity, promotes psychological well-being. Similarly, Abbasi (2023) found a relationship between emotional stability and religious orientation, indicating that as extrinsic religious orientation increases, emotional instability also increases, whereas greater intrinsic religious orientation is associated with enhanced emotional stability, which is consistent with the results of the present study. Moreover, based on the results of the study, the total effects of hope and religious orientation on spiritual health mediated by distress tolerance were statistically significant and positive in male students and negative in female students. Simmons and Gaher (2005) conceptualized distress tolerance as an individual capacity that is challenged in difficult and stressful life situations and defined it as the ability to experience and tolerate negative emotional states. Distress tolerance is an individual-differences variable that reflects the capacity to experience and withstand emotional distress and provides a basis for individuals’ adaptation across various environments, which is consistent with the findings of the present study.The results also showed that hope and religious orientation play important roles in individuals’ spiritual health, and that gender does not have a moderating role in this process. No significant differences were found between male and female students in the impact of the examined psychological variables on spiritual health. Therefore, based on the results obtained, it is suggested that more extensive research on this topic be conducted in other social groups, including employees of organizations and companies. In addition, training programs may be implemented through universities, municipalities, and counseling centers to enhance individuals’ knowledge and skills related to emotion regulation, distress tolerance, hope, religious orientation, and spiritual health. A limitation of the present study is the limited generalizability of the findings to populations beyond university students.
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Pegah Jokar; Mahdieh Rahmanian
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Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in improving cognitive regulation and enhancing the quality of life among women diagnosed with trichotillomania. Trichotillomania, a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by ...
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Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in improving cognitive regulation and enhancing the quality of life among women diagnosed with trichotillomania. Trichotillomania, a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by the irresistible urge to pull out one's own hair, significantly affects the emotional, psychological, and social functioning of those affected. Given the chronic nature of the disorder and its negative impacts, this study explores the potential benefits of MBCT, a therapeutic approach that integrates mindfulness meditation with cognitive-behavioral strategies, to help individuals with trichotillomania better manage their thoughts, emotions, and overall well-being. Method: The research employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test/post-test structure and a 4-month follow-up, alongside a control group, to evaluate the impact of MBCT on women with trichotillomania. The study's sample included 30 women diagnosed with trichotillomania who sought counseling services at centers in Dorud County during the last quarter of 2023. These individuals were assessed by two clinical psychologists and diagnosed based on the criteria outlined in the DSM-5. The participants were then administered several psychological assessments, including the Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (1980) to measure the severity of hair-pulling behaviors, the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) questionnaire (1990) to evaluate overall life satisfaction, and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnefski et al., 2001) to assess cognitive strategies for emotion regulation. The participants were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=15) or the control group (n=15) using random assignment software. The experimental group received eight sessions of MBCT, based on the protocol developed by Segal et al. (2013), while the control group did not receive any specific intervention. The MBCT sessions focused on cultivating mindfulness, cognitive restructuring, and acceptance strategies to help participants manage their hair-pulling behavior, improve emotional regulation, and enhance their overall quality of life. Data were analyzed using Repeated Measures Analysis of Covariance (RM-ANCOVA) in SPSS version 26 to assess the significance of pre- and post-test differences in cognitive regulation and quality of life between the two groups. Results: The results of the study revealed that MBCT was significantly effective in improving cognitive regulation and enhancing the quality of life of women with trichotillomania. Statistical analysis demonstrated that the experimental group showed marked improvements in their ability to regulate emotions and manage distressing thoughts, as well as higher levels of overall life satisfaction when compared to the control group (p < 0.01). Participants in the experimental group exhibited a reduction in hair-pulling behaviors, better emotional regulation, and an improved sense of well-being. Moreover, the positive effects were maintained at the 4-month follow-up, suggesting that the benefits of MBCT were not only immediate but also sustained over time. Conclusion: This study underscores the potential of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as an effective intervention for women with trichotillomania. The findings suggest that MBCT can significantly improve cognitive regulation, reduce hair-pulling behaviors, and enhance the overall quality of life for individuals affected by this disorder. Given its focus on mindfulness and cognitive restructuring, MBCT offers a promising therapeutic approach for managing the complex emotional and behavioral challenges associated with trichotillomania. These results have important implications for both clinical practice and future research, as they support the use of MBCT as a viable and beneficial treatment option for individuals struggling with trichotillomania.
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maryam ketabi; seyyed ali mousavi asl
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of stress management training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing emotional problems, sleep quality and intensity of pain experience in women with chronic tension headaches. Method: According to the random assignment ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of stress management training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing emotional problems, sleep quality and intensity of pain experience in women with chronic tension headaches. Method: According to the random assignment of subjects and control comparison group, the research method is semi-experimental. The statistical population included all female clients suffering from chronic tension headaches to the specialized pain clinic of Khatam Al Anbia Hospital in Tehran in 2022, among whom 34 people were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two groups. 17 people were tested and controlled. In order to collect data, the chronic pain rating questionnaire (Van Kuroff et al., 1990), the sleep quality questionnaire (Bois et al., 1989) and the emotional regulation difficulties questionnaire (Gratz and Romer, 2004) were used. The experimental group received stress management therapy based on the cognitive-behavioral approach for two and a half months in 10 sessions 60-minutes. Data analysis was done with descriptive statistics, statistical assumptions test and multivariate covariance analysis with SPSS version 26. Results: The results show that there is a significant difference between the subjects of the experimental and control groups in terms of the post-test of the dependent variables (emotional dysregulation score - sleep quality - intensity of pain experience) with the pre-test control. The effect size shows that 69.5% of the difference between the two groups is related to the experimental program. he results of multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) show that stress management training based on cognitive-behavioral theory (by controlling the effect of the pre-test as a confounding factor on the post-test) reduces the emotional dysregulation score (F=53.819, 000) P=0.0 and η=0.650), increased sleep quality (F=4.876, P=0.035 and η=0.444) and decreased intensity of pain experience (F=2.303, P=0.004 and η=0.377) had a significant effect. Conclusion: Stress management treatment based on cognitive-behavioral theory was effective and efficient in reducing emotional problems, sleep quality and intensity of pain experience in women with chronic tension headache. Stress management training based on cognitive-behavioral theory improves adaptive strategies and reduces the use of maladaptive strategies in female patients with headache and helps these people to reduce self-blame and blame others for suffering from the disease. This treatment can replace the control of positive emotions with negative emotions by informing and helping people's cognitive reconstruction. The cognitive-behavioral model helps the sick person to reduce negative emotional strategies and cope with pain and headache disease by correcting misplaced interpretations, guiding negative self-talk, correcting and reconstructing illogical thinking and ineffective and defective cognitions. and this cognitive reconstruction and reinterpretation of the pain and the existing situation causes less transfer of sensory-motor information of the headache and finally the perceived pain decreases.
Esmaiel soleymany; Parisa Sarifi
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Objective: In the context of the widespread prevalence of coronavirus, self-care behaviors play an important role in individual and public health, so it is important to identify its antecedents. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the role of self-compassion, emotion regulation, and corona ...
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Objective: In the context of the widespread prevalence of coronavirus, self-care behaviors play an important role in individual and public health, so it is important to identify its antecedents. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the role of self-compassion, emotion regulation, and corona anxiety in predicting self-care behaviors of family members with Covid-19. Method: In the present cross-sectional study, a correlation design was used. The study population was family members of patients with Covid-19, and 235 people were selected by convenient methods. A self-report of 10 questions of self-care behaviors, Corona anxiety scale, emotion regulation scale, and self-compassion scale was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation and stepwise regression tests. Findings: The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between self-kindness (the first component of self-compassion) and psychological symptoms of corona anxiety with self-care behaviors, and there is a significant negative relationship between suppression emotion regulation strategy and self-care behaviors. But the two components of self-compassion, including common humanity, mindfulness, reappraisal emotion regulation strategy, and physical symptoms of corona anxiety don't have significantly associated with self-care behaviors. Also, self-kindness, psychological symptoms of corona anxiety, and emotion suppression strategy were predicting corona self-care behaviors. Conclusion: Therefore, in explaining the corona-virus-related self-care behaviors, paying attention to self-kindness, the psychological symptoms of coronary anxiety, and the emotion suppression strategy will help.
MONA ABBASI; hayede saberi; Afsane Taheri
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Objective: Chronic pain affects a person's thinking, performance and feelings, causing various limitations in a person's life. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pain perception based on childhood trauma and mediated emotion regulation in people with chronic pain. Method: ...
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Objective: Chronic pain affects a person's thinking, performance and feelings, causing various limitations in a person's life. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pain perception based on childhood trauma and mediated emotion regulation in people with chronic pain. Method: The method of the present study is a descriptive correlational method of structural equation modeling (path analysis). From patients referred to pain clinics in Tehran in 1399, 300 patients with chronic pain were selected by convenience sampling. The instruments used in this study included Granfsky and Craig's Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Bernstein Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and Visual Pain Scale (VAS). SPSS and Amos software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicate that each of the positive and negative emotion regulation strategies plays a mediating role in the relationship between pain perception and childhood trauma in patients with chronic pain. Conclusion: The tendency of individuals to use positive or negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies can be a determining factor in the impact of childhood trauma on the perception of chronic pain.
maryam abedini; bahman akbari; abbas sadeghi; samereh asadimajreh
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Objective: Cancer affects various aspects of a patient's quality of life, including mental, psychological, social, and economic status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mindfulness and resilience with emotional well-being due to the role of emotion regulation in cancer patients. ...
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Objective: Cancer affects various aspects of a patient's quality of life, including mental, psychological, social, and economic status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mindfulness and resilience with emotional well-being due to the role of emotion regulation in cancer patients. Method: The method of this research is descriptive and the correlational research design is structural equation modeling. The statistical population in this study includes cancer patients in 1399 who were selected by purposive sampling. The sample consisted of 200 (male and female) cancer patients in hospitals in Tehran. To collect data from the Freiburg Sawer et al.'s (2011) Short Form of Mindfulness, Wagnild & Young (2009) Resilience Scale, the Gross and John Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2002), and the emotional Well-Being Scale of Keys & Magyarmo (2003) was used. Bootstrap method was used to analyze the intermediate. Findings: The results showed that mindfulness and resilience have a direct and significant effect on emotional well-being. Also, the direct effect of mindfulness and resilience on emotion regulation was significant. the mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between mindfulness and resilience with emotional well-being was not significant. Conclusion: The results of the research have implications for health professionals and psychologists and it can be concluded that mindfulness and resilience have a direct effect on the emotional well-being of cancer patients.
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sayyed Reza mirmahdi; marzeieh razaali
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on resilince, emotion regulation and life expectancy among women with diabetes. Method: The method of research was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest control group. Data were collected ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on resilince, emotion regulation and life expectancy among women with diabetes. Method: The method of research was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest control group. Data were collected from the Responding Questionnaire by Connor and Davidson (2003), Garnowski Critical Settlement Questionnaire (2006), and Miller & Wacky Hope Questionnaire (1988). The sample were 30 patient women who were selected by available sampling and were randomly placed in tow groups of experimental group and control group. The experimental group received 9 sessions Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. Result: The results of this study showed that mindfulness education is not effective in improving the life expectancy of women with diabetes (p>0/05) However, had significant effect on resilince and emotion regulation of women with diabetes (p<0/05). Conclusion: mindfulness can play an important role as adjunctive and Rehabilitation therapies with medical treatment.
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Hadis Mahmoodsalehi; Abdolaziz Aflaksair; Norallah Mohammadi
Volume 4, Issue 15 , October 2015, , Pages 87-100
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Objective: This research aimed at surveying the role of predicting religiosity on tendency toward high risk behaviors in adolescent mediated by emotion regulation. Method: The statistical population of this study comprised all the students of Esfahan five areas high schools. Among them in 1391, a total ...
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Objective: This research aimed at surveying the role of predicting religiosity on tendency toward high risk behaviors in adolescent mediated by emotion regulation. Method: The statistical population of this study comprised all the students of Esfahan five areas high schools. Among them in 1391, a total of 338 people (176 male, 207 female) who were selected using random multistage cluster sampling method. The subjects completed the following questionnaires: Religiosity scale, Difficulty in Emotional Regulation scale, Iranian Adolescent Risk-Taking scale. The data were analyzed with SPSS 16 and AMOS Graphics 21 (statistical software) through path way analyses and multiple regression method. Findings: Result showed that difficulty in emotion regulation mediated to some extent between religiosity and high risk behaviors. There was independent and significant association between religiosity and high risk behaviors. Conclusion: Adolescent who have stronger religious beliefs and regulate their emotions effectively less likely to engage in risky behaviors.
