فصلنامه روان شناسی کاربردی
سال هشتم شماره 4 (پیاپی 32، زمستان 1393)

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the mediation role of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between borderline personality and conjugal violence.
This study utilized a descriptive correlational design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all the students of the Islamic Azad University of Karaj¡ N= 28000 in the academic year 2014-15. Of these¡ only married students who were eligible to enter the study were selected via multistage sampling. Thus¡ 311 students were selected. Research tools were as follows: the Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus¡ Hambly¡ Boney-Mccoy¡ & Sugarman¡ 1996); the Borderline Symptom List (Bohus¡ Limberger¡ Frank¡ Chapman¡ Kühler¡ 2007); the Ruminative Response Scale (Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow¡ 1991) and the White Bear Suppression Inventory (Wegner & Zanakos¡ 1994). After removal of five outlier respondants¡ structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.
Results showed that rumination and thought suppression emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationship between borderline personality and conjugal violence.
To avoid negative affect and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies¡ borderline personalities perpetrate to acting out violence towards their partners. Therefore¡ it is suggested that biological and psychological factors in borderline personality disorder should be considered when designing treatment programs.

Aim: The aim of this study was to identify effective components in the treatment of autism from the perspective of parents.
The method of this study was qualitative in which the statistical population consisted of 150 parents of autistic children between the ages of two and eight years who were referred to Tehran-Autism and Behara Centers. Sampling was based on availability and a saturation point was set when no further data was acquired. This saturation was reached when 30 parents (28 mothers and 2 fathers) were chosen in the final sample. For data gathering, semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were analyzed using content analyzing method.
Analysis revealed 11 principal factors which were identified in order of precedence as follows: parent-child, family environment, fixed factors, personality traits, genetics, therapy, child’s characteristics, family knowledge about autism, parent-parent, psychopathology and factors beyond the family.
From the mentioned factors, fixed factors, child’s characteristics and therapy may not be manipulated in parent training programs and should be considered as matching variables for comparison groups. Other factors should be considered in designing of a family based therapy.

Aim: Purpose of the present study was the prediction of love trauma syndrome based on components of self compassion including: self kindness, self judgment, shared humanity, isolation, mindfulness and over identification in female university students having experienced romantic break ups in the City of Ahvaz.
Research method was correlational. Participants were 200 female students who reported to have experienced a romantic break up during the previous year. Participants were selected non randomly. Selection was based on availability using the snow ball effect principle. The instruments for data gathering included the Ross Love Trauma Inventory (1999) and the Neff Self Compassion Inventory (2003a).
Results showed that linear combination of the variables can predict love trauma syndrome. With the usage of stepwise discriminant analysis the following variables were identified in order of significance 1. mindfulness, 2. over identification and 3. shared humanity. Investigation of the variables separately showed that all the variables including self kindness, self judgment, shared humanity, isolation, mindfulness and over identification were significant predictors for love trauma syndrome.
self compassion as a personal trait has an important role in the individual's reaction to romantic break up. Self compassion can be considered as an important factor when designing counseling with people who are experiencing romantic break up.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between personality traits of mothers and perfectionism of their adolescent daughters.
The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of high school female students residing inAlborz Province. Based on Kerjcie-Morgan table (1970), a group of 380 students were selected using clustered random sampling. Data was collected using The NEO Personality Questionnaire (Costa and McCrae, 1985) for mothers and the Perfectionism Questionnaire (Hill, 2004) for their daughters. Correlation and regression analyses were performed on the data.
The Findings showed that neuroticism showed a positive correlation and openness to experience had a negative correlation with daughters’ maladaptive perfectionism. Also, responsibility and extraversion was positively correlated and neuroticism had a negative relationship with adaptive perfectionism. The
Since neuroticism and openness to experience can predict maladaptive perfectionism in daughters, the role of mothers in this regards may be of critical importance. Hence, with proper training of mothers, maladaptive perfectionism in daughters may be prevented.

Aim: The purpose of this research was to study and compare three therapeutic methods, namely neurofeedback, parental management training and combination intervention on the reduction of conduct disorder symptoms in children.
The method was quasi experimental, with pretest, posttest and a one month follow up and the sample consisted of 25 parents who met entrance criteria out of a total of 58 parents who were referred to Mehr and Pouyesh counseling Centers in the City of Mashhad with their children aged 8-12 years. All children were diagnosed with conduct disorder in 2012-13. Participants were then assigned to the three intervention groups. Research tool used was the Child Symptom Inventory-4 (Csj-4) created by Galow and Sprafkin (2007) .
The use of neurofeedback alone, increased mean scores of conduct disorder albeit not significantly. The Combined approach also failed to reduce the disorder. Only parental management training significantly reduced symptoms. In comparison with males, females showed significantly more reduction in symptoms. Results in follow up, showed constancy of the effects of parental management training intervention on the reduction of conduct disorder symptoms.
Group parental training, reduces the symptoms of conduct disorder. Hence, this method can be used in families and educational institutions in Iran in order to improve symptoms of conduct disorder.

Aim: The present study aims to investigate the relationship between personality traits and marital satisfaction and its components among married couples.
This was a correlational study in which 400 participants were randomly selected and investigated according to krejcie-Morgan table. These were selected from about 10000 young couples in schools, administrative offices and universities. The following questionnaires were administered: The NEO Five-factor personality inventory (McCrae & Costa, 1985 and the Enrich marital satisfaction scale (Olson, 1987). The data was analyzed via correlation and one-way analysis of variance.
Findings: Results showed that neuroticism and extraversion were significantly correlated with marital satisfaction. Neuroticism was negatively correlated with marital satisfaction among couples. On the other hand, extraversion and openness had a positive relationship with couples’ marital satisfaction. Also there was a relationship between education level with extraversion, social incompatibility and age and personality breakdown. Also a relation was observed between neuroticism and marital relationship, relation with children, religious orientation and "return of emotional input".
It should be noted that there is a correlation between personality traits of couples and marital satisfaction. It is possible to prevent couples’ marital satisfaction by determining their personality traits marriage.

Aim: The purpose of this study was investigate predictors of early maladaptive schemas based on the development of motivation and emotional ambiance of the family in the first year of secondary school.
Participants were 160 students out of a total of 1823 students studying in Qom high schools, they were selected by two-stage random cluster sampling Method. The Following questionnaires were used in this study: Yong’s Schema Questionnaire, Burn’s Family Emotional Condition Questionnaire and the Achievement Motivation Hermens Burn Family Emotional Condition Questionnaire.
Family ambiance predicted 26.6 % emotional family progress predicted 8.8% of maladaptive schemas. Maladaptive schemaspredicted 18.6% of achievement motivation. From amongst the components of maladaptive schemas, in the first step, rejection/ avoidance predicted 26.7% and in the second step, avoidance/ rejection together with orientation towards others (30.7%) of the variance of changes in progress motivation. The only component of emotional ambiance which significantly predicted the latter variable was positive affect (16.5%).
The results of the present study can be used for the purpose of clinical diagnoses as well as designing training and teaching programs aimed at correcting early maladaptive schemas and promoting motivation for progress.