مجله سلامت جامعه
سال دوازدهم شماره 1 (بهار 1397)

From among psychological treatments, the forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy and emotionally focused therapy can better help women affected by their husbands’ infidelity. The objective of this research is to determine the effects of the forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy and the emotionally focused therapy on depression and resiliency in women affected by their husbands’ infidelity. The research method and design included an educational trial (semi-experimental), with three groups and two stages (the pre-test and post-test stages). The research statistical population included the women who had been affected by their husbands’ infidelity in Isfahan city, in 2017, from among which 45 women were selected and then randomly assigned to three groups. To measure the dependent variables, the Becks’ Depression Inventory (BDI), and the resiliency questionnaire were utilized. The group of "forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy" received 11 sessions of treatment, and the group of "emotionally focused therapy" received 8 sessions of treatment, but the control group received no treatment. The data were analyzed using the multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results indicated a significant difference between the forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy (37/10) for the control group (20.53) in terms of depression in the post-test and the pretest (p<0.001), and there was a significant difference between the forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy (93.40) and the emotionally focused therapy (88.13) for the control group (66.33) in terms of resiliency (p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference observed between the emotionally-focused therapy (13.67) for the control group (20.53) in terms of depression (p>0.05). Considering the research findings, the forgiveness-based mindfulness therapy is effective in treating depression and resiliency, and the emotionally focused therapy is effective in enhancing the resiliency of women affected by their husbands’ infidelity. Therefore, it is recommended that these two therapies be used to improve the mental health and well-being of women affected by their husbands’ infidelity

Psychologists believe that paying attention to the self-esteem and happiness in nurses can have positive effects on motivating them to perform their duties. This study was conducted aimed at investigating the effects of quality of life therapy (QOLT) on increasing happiness and self-esteem among nurses at the public hospital of Shohadaye Lenjan in Zarrinshahr City.
Material and The research has a quasi-experimental and pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all nurses working at the Public Hospital of Shohadaye Lenjan in Zarrinshahr City in 2016. A sample comprised of 30 individuals was selected using the sampling method (the experimental group and the control group consisted of 15 individuals each). The experimental group received eight 60-minute sessions of weekly interventions, but the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Oxford Happiness Inventory and Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the covariance analysis. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in terms of the increase in the happiness scores (p=0.002) and their components (i.e. life satisfaction (p=0.011), the positive mood (p=0.000), health (p=0.000), and efficacy (p=0.002)). Also, there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of self-esteem (p=0.002) and its components, including social self-esteem (p=0.002) and family self-esteem (p=0.001). According to results of the current research, the quality of life therapy as the combination of the positive psychology and the cognitive behavioral therapy can increase happiness and self-esteem among nurses

  Infertility imposes various problems on infertile couples including low distress tolerance. Recently, emotional focused therapy is one of the interventions that has been used to treat psychological problems of these couples. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy on distress tolerance in infertile couples in Isfahan city. The present study was a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-test measures and two groups (experimental and control). Using available sampling method, 20 infertile couples are selected among all infertile couples referred to the infertility centers in Isfahan city in 2015. They were then randomly divided into two groups of 10 couple. Both groups completed Simons and Gaher distress tolerance questionnaire (2005) as a pre-test. The experimental group received 8 sessions emotionally focused therapy for four weeks prior to performing post-test. Data analyzing tools were descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics including multivariate analysis of covariance. The results of the study showed that in the experimental group, the mean of pre-test was increased significantly from 29.37 to 33.13 in post-test (p= 0.001) compared to the control group. According to the result of the present study,emotionally focused therapy may improve distress tolerance and can be recommended to infertile couples

Chest pain is from among the common complaints individuals make when referring to therapeutic centers, but often after examinations it becomes evident that the pain has a non-cardiac origin. The cognitive-behavioral therapy is a type of psychotherapy based on the two cognitive and behavioral perspectives, with an emphasis on correcting the behavior and changing it. Therefore, the current study was conducted aimed at investigating the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on psychological flexibility and rumination in patients with non-cardiac chest pains. This is a randomized educational trial study with a pretest and posttest design, and a follow-up with the control group after two months. The research sample was selected purposively, including patients having referred to Tehran Heart Hospital, comprised of 40 patients with non-cardiac chest pains who were then randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The subjects responded to the psychological flexibility and rumination questionnaires. The experimental group was subjected to eight 90-minute weekly sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy and regarding the control group, weekly visits were conducted free of charge. The results were analyzed using the independent t-test, the two-way analysis of variance with repeated measurements, and the Bonfe rroni method, making use of software. The results demonstrated that after performing 8 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy, the mean score of the rumination scale decreased and that of psychological flexibility increased in the treatment group, in contrast to the control group (p<0.001). Providing trainings in cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in psychological flexibility and rumination in patients with non-cardiac chest pains with physical disabilities

From among the major goals of an education system is to create adaptive behaviors in children. Besides, one of the strategies recommended to regulate the children’s behavior is teaching philosophy to them. In this respect, this study is conducted aimed at examining the effects of philosophy education on the social behavior of the 5th and 6th-grade male students in the primary schools of Sarcheshmeh City.

The research design was semi-experimental, with a pretest and a posttest, and a control group. For this purpose, 40 individuals of the 5th and 6th-grade male students in the primary schools of Sarcheshmeh City were randomly assigned into two intervention and control groups by the random name selection, after the whole population was purposefully sampled. The Children’s Social Behavior Scale (CSBS) of Warden et al. was used as the screening tool, and the data collection was conducted in the two pretest and posttest stages. The philosophy education course was run for the children in the intervention group in 10 two-hour sessions. The data were analyzed using ANOVA.

The results indicated that philosophy education for the children led to a significant statistical difference between the pretest and posttest stages in terms of the total score of the social behavior in the intervention group (p<0.001). In the posttest, the intervention group reported a better social behavior than the control one.

Considering the effectiveness of running philosophy education courses for children in improving the social behavior of the 5th and 6th-grade students, running such courses is recommended to improve the children’s social behavior.

Today, there are an increasing number of patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder or repetitive behaviors and as a result interfering with their daily life activities. Therefore, treatment of this disorder is of particular importance for therapists working on this field. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy OF exposure and response prevention therapy and metacognitive therapy in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is a semi-experimental study with pre- and post-test and a control group. Statistical population included people with obsessive-compulsive referred to counseling centers of Sirjan City. Forty five patients selected as convenience sample were then randomly divided into three groups of 15, two test groups and one control group. The first test group received 8 weekly sessions of meta-cognitive therapy. Exposure and response prevention therapy was assigned for the second test group with similar duration and control group received an irrelevant intervention. The data gathering instrument was the Obsessive-Compulsive checklist of Madesley. Descriptive statistics, covariance analysis and Tukey post hoc test were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that exposure and response prevention therapy had a significant effect on reduction of the mean scores of the obsessive-compulsory disorder compared to the control group (p=0.012). Also, the difference between the scores of pre- and post-test was statistically significant (p=0.033). Based on the findings of this study, the effect of exposure and response prevention therapy on reduction of obsessive-compulsive disorder was higher than that of meta-cognitive therapy and it may be a useful and applicable therapeutic method for relevant therapists working at consultant centers

  Lipid metabolism disorder plays an important role in diabetes and insulin resistance in skeletal muscles. On the other hand, intramuscular lipolysis can be affected by physical activities. Lipid storage droplet protein 5 (LSDP5) (is one of the important proteins involving in regulation of muscle lipolysis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the three different training intensities on expression of LSDP5 protein, serum glucose and insulin levels in diabetic rats. Thirty two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups of 8 including three intervention groups; with low- moderate- and high-intensity endurance training and a control group. In all four groups, diabetes mellitus was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin, 55 mg/kg and endurance training was applied three times a week for eight weeks and the control group received nothing. The expression of the LSDP5 protein was analyzed by Western blot technique. To determine the significance of differences between the groups, the results were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc test. There was a significant difference was observed between four groups in LSDP5 variables (p = 0.03). There was a significant difference between diabetic controls group and high intensity group (p = 0.019), but there was no significant difference in LSDP5 in the low intensity and moderate intensity training group (respectively p = 0.64 and p = 0.45). According to the results, high intensity endurance exercise increased protein expression LSDP5 in diabetic samples

Considering that the feelings of lack of individual self-efficacy and belonging to school are of the predictors of academic failure in education, the purpose of this research was to investigate the efficacy of the recognizable behavioral consultancy as the gregarious method on improving the educational self-efficacy and sense of school belonging among the students with educational failure. In this semi-experimental study, among all guidance school students with academic failure in Shahriar City, 30 students were selected using accidental sampling method. They were then divided into two groups of 15, experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the cognitive behavioral counseling for 15 hours. The measuring tools consist of the Berry, Betti and Watt’s scene of belonging survey and the Ginkez and Moorgan’s self-efficacy questionnaire both with reliable recognition. The results of this study indicated that cognitive behavioral counseling improved significantly the educational self-efficacy and the sense of school belonging (p=0.0001). According to the results of the present study, cognitive group counseling therapy may increase academic self-efficacy and also promotes the sense of belonging to school in schoolchildren