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This study aimed to evaluate the Comparing the Effectiveness of Mother-Adolescent Efficient Interaction Training Package and Emotion Regulation Training on Loneliness Feeling and Cognitive Flexibility among Female Adolescence. The research was conducted using a semi-experimental method with a pre-test, post-test and two-month follow-up design. The statistical population of girls in district 2 of Isfahan in the fall of 2021. 60 people from the said population were selected in a purposeful manner according to the inclusion criteria and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. questionnaires Dennis & Vander Wal (2010) on cognitive flexibility and e UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, 1980) were used in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages. The experimental groups received 8 sessions of effective mother-adolescent interaction and emotion regulation training, and the control group did not receive any training during this period. The data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test. The results showed that the effective mother-adolescent interaction training package and emotion regulation had a significant effect on the Loneliness Feeling and psychological flexibility in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the control group (P<0.05). effective mother-teenager interaction has had a greater impact on psychological flexibility. Based on the findings, effective mother-adolescent interaction training and emotion regulation can be used to reduce Loneliness Feeling and improve psychological flexibility.

Agility in the modern era is one of the most important components of the superiority of organizations over each other and achieving success in achieving goals, fulfilling assigned tasks and missions, in this context, the police and the units under its command, including crime detection units. They are not excluded from this issue and they must have the necessary agility to perform their missions, so the purpose of this research was to design the agility model of Faraja mass detection units.

The research method is applied-developmental in terms of purpose and mixed (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of data type. The participants in the qualitative section of specialized police experts were 20 people, and in the quantitative section of the statistical society, there were 95 specialized police employees, which was equal to the sample size. In the qualitative part, the data collection tool was through interviews with the content analysis method and the "MaxKuda" software, and in the quantitative part, the questionnaire and the "SPSS" software and the Friedman test were used to verify the validity of the factor analysis method and structural equations. It was used using "SmartPLS" software.

The above model consists of 2 dimensions, 10 components and 64 indicators, which includes the intra-organizational dimension with the following components: (structure and organization, human resources, technology, equipment and facilities, processes and methods) with 35 indicators, and the extra-organizational dimension with the following components: (laws and regulations, budget and credits, interaction and cooperation, social participation, judicial functions) were identified with 29 indicators.

The identified dimensions, components and indicators will create a proper knowledge in relation to the agility of the Faraja mass detection units and the necessary platforms for how to use these dimensions and components and indicators in accordance with the agility capabilities, including flexibility, competence, and responsiveness. And the speed in mass detection units will be created and investigated.

The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of emotional-based and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on triangulation and family communication boundaries of women with symptoms of sexual dysfunction.

The research method was semi-experimental, and its design included three groups of pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the study included married women suffering from sexual dysfunction who were referred to family counseling centers in Isfahan City along with their husbands in the first half of 2021. From the aforementioned statistical population, 54 people were selected based on the entry and exit criteria by purposeful sampling. They were assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (18 people in each group).  A pre-test was conducted by administering research questionnaires, including Yousefi and Bahrami's triangulation scale (2014) and the family communication boundaries questionnaire developed by Kiani Chalmardani et al. (2014). In the next phase, the first experimental group underwent eight sessions of emotion-oriented couples therapy every week for two months. Similarly, the second experimental group engaged in 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral couples therapy every week for 90 minutes per session. Meanwhile, the control group was placed on a waiting list and did not receive any treatment during this period. After completing the therapy sessions two months later, all three research groups were reassessed for evaluation. Data analysis was done using repeated measurement variance analysis with the help of SPSS version 26 software.

The results showed that both emotion-based couples therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy interventions have similar, positive, and lasting effects on the triangulation and communication boundaries of women with symptoms of sexual dysfunction (P<0.05).

Based on the results obtained from the research, it can be said that emotional couple therapy and cognitive behavioral couple therapy are effective in improving the triangulation and communication boundaries of women with sexual dysfunction.

This research was conducted to compare the effectiveness of educational meaningfulness training packages with academic vitality training on the life expectancy of Isfahan University students in the academic year 1401-1402. The research method was semi-experimental in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. In this study, 45 students of Isfahan University were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (15 people in each group) through available sampling based on the entry criteria. Then, the educational package group based on educational significance for students underwent 11 sessions of 90 minutes the educational vitality training package group underwent 12 sessions of 70 minutes, and the control group did not receive any treatment. All three groups were evaluated with a life expectancy questionnaire before, after, and three months after the intervention. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results show a significant difference in life expectancy between the two groups of meaningful academic training the group of academic vitality training and the control group. There is no significant difference in life expectancy between the control group and academic vitality training; However, the results showed that educational meaningfulness education is more effective. Therefore, only the educational meaningfulness education method has been effective on life expectancy and agentive thinking, and the academic vitality education method has not significantly affected life expectancy and agentive thinking.

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mother-adolescent efficient interaction packages and emotion regulation training on the affective capital of girls with externalizing behavior problems. The research was a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of girls with Behavioral Externalizing problems in Isfahan in the fall of 2022. Among them, 60 people were selected based on purposefully and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The experimental group of mother-adolescent efficient interaction received a training package for 8 sessions, and the experimental group received the emotional regulation training package for 8 sessions. Emotional Capital Questionnaire (ACS, Golperor, 2015) was used to collect data. Data analysis was done with the statistical variance analysis method with repeated measurements. The findings indicated a significant difference was observed in the affective capital of girls variable between the mother-adolescent efficient interaction group with the emotion regulation and the control groups in the post-test and follow-up phases (p<0.01). Also, there was no significant difference between the emotion regulation and control groups (p<0.05). Therefore, Based on the findings, the effective mother-adolescent interaction training package can be effective for improving the Affective capital of girls with externalizing behavioral problems.

 One of the critical issues in various organizations and institutions, especially the police and its subordinate units, including crime detection units, is to increase the speed and agility in performing assigned tasks and providing services to stakeholders. Various external factors influence this, and achieving this goal depends on understanding these factors. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify the important external factors in enhancing the agility of FRAJA crime detection units.

 The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-analytical in nature, and qualitative-quantitative (mixed) in method. The qualitative population includes experts from specialized police units in the field of crime detection, selected through purposive sampling and theoretical saturation, with 20 individuals chosen as the sample. Data collection tools in the qualitative section included semi-structured interviews, with validity ensured by expert opinions and reliability through retesting, comparison, and reproducibility. Data were analyzed using content analysis and the MaxQDA software. In the quantitative section, the population consisted of 95 individuals, including heads, deputies, and assistants of specialized police departments with independent positions of 17 and above, selected as a full count. Data collection tools included a researcher-made questionnaire derived from the qualitative section’s extracted factors, and the Friedman test was used for prioritizing the factors and research indicators.

 In the qualitative section, identified factors were categorized into 5 main factors and 29 sub-factors. The main factors include laws and regulations, budget and credits, interaction and cooperation, social participation, and judicial functions. In the quantitative section, analysis of the questionnaire outputs indicated that the identified factors are at a desirable level.

 The identified external factors provide a suitable understanding of the methods and strategies for enhancing the agility of FRAJA crime detection units, creating the necessary conditions for increasing flexibility, competence, responsiveness, and speed in these units.

Academic buoyancy is an important variable for high school students succession. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral training and educational perfectionism schema-based strategies training on academic buoyancy of high school female students.

The study method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and control group with two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research includes female high school students in Jiroft province during Fall of year 2021. In the first stage, 48 female high school students were selected as the statistical sample of the study based on the convenience sampling method, and in the next stage, they were divided into three groups through a simple random sampling method (16 students in each group). For data collection, Hosseinchari & Dehghanizadeh 's academic buoyancy (2012) were completed in three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow up. Cognitive-behavioral training and educational perfectionism schema-based strategies training was performed in 8 sessions (one session per week) for 90 minutes. To analyze the data, repeated measure analysis of variance and Bonferroni post-hoc test was used by SPSS.26.

The results of the research indicated that there was a significant difference between cognitive-behavioral training and educational perfectionism schema-based strategies training with control group in academic buoyancy (p<0/001, F=26.11). There is no significant difference between cognitive-behavioral training and educational perfectionism schema-based strategies training in academic buoyancy.

It can be concluded that, cognitive-behavioral training and educational perfectionism schema-based strategies training were effective in increasing the academic buoyancy, therefor these training can be used for high school female students.

This research was administered with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of resilience training and positive psychology training on resilience and social adaptability of mothers of children with gender dysphoria disorder. The current research was a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test, post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population included all mothers with children suffering from gender dysphoria, who were diagnosed through membership in official groups of people suffering from gender dysphoria and diagnosed through a diagnostic interview by a clinical psychologist in Isfahan city in 2022. Sampling was done using the accessible method based on the entry criteria and 45 mothers were selected and randomly and using lottery in three groups (two intervention groups and one control group) and each group was replaced by 15 people. Data were collected through social adjustment questionnaires of Bell (1961) and Connor and Davidson resilience (2003). Resilience training (edited and validated in the present study) and positive psychology based on the theory of Seligman et al. (2006) were each implemented during 9 sessions of 95 minutes and the control group received the training after completing the work. In line with the inferential analysis, the data were analyzed through variance analysis of repeated measures and Bonferroni's post hoc test using SPSS version 26 software. The results showed that resiliency training and positive psychology were effective in improving the resilience of mothers (F=9.94, p<0.01). However, resilience training and positive psychology were not effective in promoting social adaptation of mothers (F=3.80, p<0.05). Also, there was a significant difference between the two groups of resilience training and positive training with the control group (p<0.01), but there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups (p<0.05). The results showed the effectiveness of resilience training and positive psychology on increasing the resilience of mothers of people with gender boredom. These two types of training can be used to help improve the resilience of the mothers of these people.

By identifying the factors affecting marital satisfaction, practical steps can be taken to strengthen and stabilize the family's foundations and plan to reduce injuries and problems between women. This study aimed to compare metacognitive beliefs, satisfaction, self-efficacy and sense of mental coherence of satisfaction women and conflicting women. The statistical population of the study included all women who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan in February 2016. Among them, 150 satisfaction and conflicted women were selected by available sampling . Data were collected using a metacognitive questionnaire, self-efficacy questionnaire, marital satisfaction questionnaire, sense of mental coherence questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA). The results showed that the difference between the mean scores of metacognitive beliefs, marital satisfaction, self-efficacy and sense of mental coherence  in the two groups of women with marital conflict and teams with joy was significant (p <0.05). Marital conflicts affect women the most and affect metacognitive beliefs, feelings of satisfaction, self-efficacy and sense of mental coherence in women.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of logo therapy on meaning of level and cognitive avoidance of female students exposed to high-risk behaviors. The research method was semi experimental (with experimental and control groups) with three-stage design (pretest, posttest, follow-up) and two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the research included female students exposed to high-risk behaviors who were studying at Hasht Behesht Non-Profit University, Islamic Azad University of Najafabad and Isfahan in the academic year of 2020-2021. thirty five female student exposed to high-risk behaviors were selected through purposive sampling method and were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (18 student in the experimental and 17 student in the control group). The students in the experimental group received ten seventy five-minute sessions of logo therapy during ten weeks. High Risk Behaviors Questionnaire (Mohammadkhani, 2007), Meaning of Level Questionnaire (Aghaei, 2019) and Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire) were used in the present study. The results showed that logo therapy has significant effect on the meaning of level and cognitive avoidance in the female students exposed to high-risk behaviors. According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that logo therapy can be used as an efficient method to increace meaning of level and decreace cognitive avoidance of female students exposed to high-risk behaviors through employing techniques such as change in attitudes and taking logo via logo discovery method, accountability, overcoming despair, increasing life hope and affective support of the members from each other.

The ability to emotion regulation is one of the variables that is very important for adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on mother-adolescent interaction, social isolation and aggression in female adolescents. In a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test with a control group and a two-month follow-up, 40 female adolescent through purposive sampling based on the entry criteria participated in this study. Selected sample then randomly assigned to the experimental group (20 people) and a control group (20 people). Participants in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up responded to the Parent-Child Relationship Scale (1994), Social Isolation Questionnaire (1976) and Aggression Questionnaire (1992). The experimental group received emotion regulation training during 8 sessions of 60 minutes and the control group did not receive any training. Results revealed that emotion regulation training is effective in reducing aggression and increasing mother-adolescent relationships, and this effectiveness was stable until the follow-up stage. The effectiveness of emotion regulation training on reducing social isolation was not confirmed. It seems that through emotion regulation training, it is possible to strengthen the mother-adolescent relationship and reduce the aggression of adolescent girls.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of logo therapy on self criticism of female students exposed to high-risk behaviors. The research method was semi experimental (with experimental and control groups) with three-stage design (pretest, posttest, follow-up) and two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the research included female students exposed to high-risk behaviors who were studying at Hasht Behesht Non-Profit University, Islamic Azad University of Najafabad and Isfahan in the academic year of 2020-2021. thirty five female student exposed to high-risk behaviors were selected through purposive sampling method and were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (18 student in the experimental and 17 student in the control group). The students in the experimental group received ten seventy five-minute sessions of logo therapy during ten weeks. High Risk Behaviors Questionnaire (Mohammadkhani, 2007) and Self criticism Questionnaire (Loeiz, 1998) were used in the present study. The data were analyzed through mixed ANOVA via SPSS23 software. The results showed that logo therapy has significant effect on the self criticism (p<0001, Eta=0.53, F=41.94) in the female students exposed to high-risk behaviors. According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that logo therapy can be used as an efficient method to decreace self criticism of female students exposed to high-risk behaviors through employing techniques such as change in attitudes and taking logo via logo discovery method, accountability, overcoming despair, increasing life hope and affective support of the members from each other.

The present study aimed to compare the effects of group education of academic vitality, positivism, and time perspective on academic engagement and academic vitality of ninth-grade male students in Isfahan. This study was a quasi-experimental research with a four-group three-stage design. The statistical population of the study included ninth-grade male students in the academic year of 2020-2021.  The sample size included 72 ninth- grade students who were selected by purposeful sampling method. Data measurement tools included Academic Engagement Questionnaire (Fredericks, Blumenfeld & Paris, 2004) and Academic Vitality Questionnaire (Dehghanizadeh & Huseinchari, 2013).  Data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. These analyzes were performed using SPSS-22 software. The results revealed a significant difference among the groups in the scores of academic engagement and scores of academic vitality in the studied methods (P <0.05). School counselors and psychologists who want to improve students' academic engagement and vitality are recommended to use workshops on the effectiveness of educational vitality, positivism, and time perspective as much as possible.

Mothers play an essential role in maintaining the psycho-social balance of the family, mothers with children with gender dysphoria are more exposed to mental stress. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of "Resilience Training" and "Positive Psychology Training" on psychological well-being and interpersonal forgiveness of mothers with children gender dysphoria

The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with a control group and a 2-month follow-up. The statistical population consisted of 63 people, including all mothers with children gender dysphoria through membership in the official groups of people with gender dysphoria and with a definite diagnosis through the diagnostic interview of a clinical psychologist in Isfahan city in 1401. Sampling was done using the convenience method based on the entry criteria and 45 mothers were selected and randomly and by lottery were divided into 3 groups (2 intervention groups and 1 control group) and each group was replaced by 15 people. Data were collected with demographic questionnaire, "Short Form -Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale" and "Interpersonal Forgiveness Scale". The validity of the instruments has not been measured and the reliability has been measured by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. "Resilience Training" and "Positive Psychology Training" were implemented during 9 sessions of 95 minutes each, and the control group received the training after completing the task. The data was analyzed in SPSS. 26.

The methods of intervention and control in the variables of child's age, mother's age, mother's education and mother's occupation did not have significant differences with each other (P< 0.05). In addition, “Resilience Training" and "Positive Psychology Training" were effective in promoting psychological well-being and interpersonal forgiveness (P<0.01). The comparison of the groups showed that the above 2 trainings have no significant difference in terms of effectiveness on psychological well-being and interpersonal forgiveness (P< 0.05).

"Resilience Training" and "Positive Psychology Training" increased the psychological well-being and interpersonal forgiveness of mothers with children gender dysphoria. Therefore, specialists and therapists can use the above training to help improve the psychological well-being and interpersonal forgiveness of the mothers of these children.

Sexual dysfunction and intimacy and marital quality are interrelated. Healthy sexual function of each spouse is one of the prominent and influential factors on the quality of marital relationship. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-oriented therapy on tendency to marital infidelity and quality of marital life in women with low sexual desire.

Methods and Materials: 

The research design was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group. In order to conduct research among all women with low sexual desire who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan in 2021, 18 couples (n = 36) were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 18 for each group) and a control group (n = 18). To assess the research variables, Attitudes toward Infidelity scale (Whatley, 2006) and dyadic adjustment scale (Busby & et al 1995) were used in the pre-test and post-test stages, and the experimental group received emotional therapy for 10 sessions. The control group did not receive any treatment. Data were analyzed by covariance test.

The results showed that emotion-oriented therapy was effective in reducing tendency to marital infidelity and increase the quality of marital life.  (p<.01).

Emotion focused couple therapy promotes marital intimacy and more bonding and attachment between couples through the de-escalation of negative cycles of interaction, changing interactional positions and facilitating the emergence of new solutions to old problems.

Academic engagement is a very important variable in any stages for student’s success. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of academic meaning-oriented training based on healthy human theory and positive psychology training on academic engagement in Iranian students in Denmark. The research method was semi-experimental with three groups in two stages of pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of the study included 12 to 18 years old Iranian Students in Copenhagen, Denmark, in winter 2021. From them, 60 students were selected through voluntary sampling and then randomly assigned to three groups (20 people in each group). Schaufeli et al (2002) academic engagement questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable. Academic meaning-oriented training based on healthy human theory and positive psychology training groups were trained in 10 sessions, respectively. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test. The results showed that in academic engagement there is a significant difference between academic meaning-oriented training based on healthy human theory and positive psychology training with the control group (P<0.01), but there is no significant difference between academic meaning-oriented training based on healthy human theory and positive psychology training (P>0.05). Based on results, positive psychology training and academic meaning-oriented training are two effective training manners for increasing the academic engagement of Iranian students in Denmark

Test anxiety and academic burnout are an important issue of  students all around the globe. Present survey has been done with the aim of comparing between educational perfectionism schema based strategies training and cognitive-behavioral training on test anxiety and academic burnout among high school female students with educational perfectionism.

the research method was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest design and a control group. Statistical population of study includes female high school students in Giroft province during Fall of year 2021. Among them 48 students, who have the entrance criteria, has been selected and then randomly assigned in two experimental groups and one control group (with 16 people in each group). Friedman and Bendas-Jacob test anxiety scale and Maslash academic burnout have been used for assessment of dependent variable. educational perfectionism schema based strategies training and cognitive-behavioral training have been done for eight meetings which has been lost for 90 minutes. Data has been analyzed by analyses of covariance and Bonferroni post-hoc test.

The results has been shown that there are significant differences between educational perfectionism schema based strategies training and cognitive-behavioral training with control group in  test anxiety,  and in academic burnout only there is a significant differences between cognitive-behavioral training and control group. There is no significant difference between educational perfectionism schema based strategies training and cognitive-behavioral training in test anxiety and academic burnout.

Based on the results of this research two interventional approach can decline the exam anxiety, in addition, cognitive-behavioral approach can reduce the academic burnout high school female students who are perfectionism.

Women injured by their husband's breach of contract need help and therapy to overcome their emotional and emotional problems. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of emotion-oriented therapy based on attachment trauma and spirituality-oriented schema therapy on the anxiety and emotional capital of women affected by a spouse's breach of contract.

This study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical population consisted of women injured by their husband's breach of contract, who referred to psychological counseling centers in Bandar Abbas city in the spring of 1400. Among them, 48 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (16 people in each group). Data were collected using Beck's anxiety scale (1988) and Golparvar's emotional capital (2015). Spirituality-based therapy schema and emotion-oriented therapy based on attachment damage (each in 10 sessions of 90 minutes) were implemented and the control group did not receive any treatment during the study period. The data was analyzed using variance analysis with repeated measurements and using SPSS version 26 software.

The findings showed that spirituality-oriented therapeutic schema and emotion-oriented therapy based on attachment damage were significantly effective in reducing anxiety (P<0.01). There was no significant difference between the two treatments in reducing anxiety (P<0.05). In the variable of emotional capital, there was no significant difference between the spirituality-based therapeutic schema and the emotion-oriented therapy based on attachment damage with the control group (P<0.05). This means that two treatments were not effective in increasing emotional capital.

The results of the present study showed that spirituality-oriented schema therapy and emotional-oriented therapy based on attachment injury can reduce anxiety in women who are injured by their husband's breach of contract. Therefore, therapists can use these two treatments to control the anxiety of women who have been injured by their spouse's breach of contract.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of parent-child communication package with parent-child interaction therapy on Affective/Behavioral Disorders and sustainability in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study was of quasi-experimental one-subject design. In this study, 12 measurements (4 times as baseline, 4 times during treatment and 4 times as follow-up) were performed. The statistical population included all children with ADHD in Isfahan City in 1400. From among mothers of 6-12-years-old children with ADHD referred to Isfahan Health Centers with their children, 6 mothers and children (12 individuals) were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into closed parent-child communication package group and parent-child interaction therapy group. The tools included Achenbach Child Behavior Inventory (EBPL) and the Child Sustainability and Perseverance Scale (PS). The intervention was then administered for 11 sessions of parent-child communication package for the first group and 12 sessions of parent-child interaction therapy for the second group. In this research, data effect coefficients was used, and the ups and downs of the dependent variable were considered as the basis for judging the amount of change. Data were analyzed using SPSS22 software. Results showed that parent-child communication package and parent-child interaction therapy had no effect on internalizing and externalizing disorders in children with ADHD, but the parent-child interaction package and parent-child interaction therapy were effective on the sustainability of children from 6 to 12 years-old with ADHD. Based on the results, only the parent-child communication package had lasting effects. Therefore, the parent-child communication package can play an important role in sustained recovery in children with ADHD from 6 to 12 years-old.

 One of the indicators influencing the academic success of students is their perception of academic self-efficacy. This study endeavored to investigate the effectiveness of Lent and Brown's social-cognitive therapy on the perception of academic self-efficacy and its sub-components among students at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

 The population for this semi-experimental study was all conditional students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, of which 60 students were selected by easy sampling method and were assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received Lent and Brown social cognitive counseling and the control group received current counseling from the University Counseling Center. The instrument was the students' academic self-efficacy questionnaire. Inferential tests used in this research included one-way analysis of variance, independent t test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)

 In the experimental group after the intervention, the average score of self-efficacy changed from 92.5±14.3 to 96.9±13.8 and from 94.7±8.9 to 95.5±0.9 in the control group. The change in self-efficacy score in the social intelligence group was 4.4 vs. 0.7 in the control group. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the perception of academic self-efficacy as well as the two components of academic skill self-efficacy and academic performance self-efficacy. (p<0.05)

 According to the results of this study, it is suggested that counseling centers of medical sciences university’s use the effectiveness of Lent and Brown's social cognitive counseling method to counsel students with academic failure.

The present research compared the effect of group education on academic vitality, positive attitude, and time perspective on academic anxiety and burnout of ninth-grade male students.

This research was a quasi-experimental study with a four-group design in three stages (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up). The population under study was ninth-grade male students, and the sample size was 72 people selected by purposive sampling. Data measurement tools included the Alpert and Haber (1960) Academic Anxiety Questionnaire and the Breso-Salanova-Shaufeli (2007) Academic Burnout Questionnaire. We analyzed data using variance, repeated measurement, and Levene and Machley tests. These analyzes were performed using SPSS software (version 22).

There is a significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of academic anxiety in educational vitality, positive attitude, and time perspective groups and the control group. There is no difference between the adjusted mean scores of academic anxiety in the academic vitality education group, positive attitude education group, and time perspective group.

The results also showed a significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of academic burnout in the academic vitality education group, positive attitude education group, and the control group. There is a significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of academic burnout of the Vitality Education Group and the Time Perspective Education Group. However, the academic burnout scores difference is not significant between the time perspective education group and the control group. This means that the time perspective education has not significantly reduced the academic burnout scores of ninth-grade male students.

Husband's infidelity is a factor that undermines the well-being of many women. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of spiritual-self schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy based on attachment injuries on depression and self-injury behavior of women injured by their husband's infidelity.

This research was a semi-experimental study with a pretest, posttest and two months follow up design with a control group. The statistical population included all women hurted by their husband's infidelity referred to psychological counseling centers in Bandarabbas in spring 2021, forty-eight of them were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group, sixteen persons for each. Beck's depression inventory (BDI-II) and self-injury behavior questionnaire were used to collect data. Spiritual-self schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy based on attachment injuries were performed in the two experimental groups in ten sessions of ninety minutes per week. For data analysis, a mixed design with repeated measures analysis of variances was performed by SPSS26.

The results showed that the interaction between group and time elements on depression was significant.(P<0.01) In the sense that, spirituality based schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy based on attachment injuries significantly decreased depression in the experimental groups. Also, results indicated that there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of spiritual-self schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy based on attachment injuries in decreasing self-injury behavior.(P>0.05) 

The spiritual-self schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy based on attachment injuries are effective for decreasing depression in women injured by husband's infidelity; and both can be used to help hurted by husband's infidelity's women .

Family members of people suffering from gender dysphoria disorder from social isolation, anxiety, depression and decrease in mental well-being, which in turn affects the mental health of people suffering from gender dysphoria.There are several strategies to reduce the social stigma of the family members of people suffering from gender dysphoria, especially their mothers, which can be compared.The aim of the present study was to Comparing the effectiveness of resilience training package and positive therapy on social stigma of mothers of people suffering from gender dysphoria disorder

This was a semi-experimental study with the design of two experimental groups and one control group with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population of this research includes mothers who have a child with gender dysphoria and have referred to counseling centers for treatment in Isfahan city in 1400-1401. From this population, a sample of 45 people was selected using available sampling method. The social stigma questionnaire of Ritscher et al. (2003) was used to collect research data. Research data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measurements and post hoc Ben Feroni test using Spss software version 22.

The findings of the research showed that both methods of resilience training package and positive therapy were effective in reducing the social stigm of mothers of people suffering from gender dysphoria disorder (P<0/05, df=2, F=3/40).

According to the obtained results, it is suggested that psychologists and counselors pay special attention to the variable of resilience in the educational and treatment packages of these people and their families.

The elderly are valuable sources of experience and knowledge whose quality of life need to be improved. through scientific manners. Therefore, this study aims to compare the effectiveness of healthy elderly training model and spirituality-based existential therapy on affective capital components of the elderly. It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all the elderly living in elderly care centers in Isfahan, Iran in the spring of 2022. The sample was made up of 58 elderly selected based on inclusion criteria by purposeful sampling method, and randomly assigned into two experimental groups of spirituality-based existential therapy (n=20) and healthy aging training (n=18), and one control group (n=20). Golparvar’s affective capital questionnaire (GACQ) was applied to collect data. Each of the healthy elderly training model and spirituality-based existential therapy underwent twelve 90-minute sessions of intervention. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) in SPSS-26 software. The results revealed that after control of pretest, there was a significant difference between the groups in terms of positive affect (F=5.85; P=0.005), feeling of energy (F=4.30; P=0.02) and happiness (F=8.91; P=0.001). The comparison of the groups revealed that only healthy elderly training model was effective in increasing the components of affective capital. The effectiveness of healthy elderly training model on increasing affective capital components was confirmed in the present study. Therefore, this geriatric training can be used to help the elderly in elderly care centers.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of educational package of healthy human theory on self-efficacy and mental health of female high school students in Fooladshahr.

The research method was quasi-experimental and included a pretest, posttest and a one-month follow-up. The statistical population included all the female high school students (1,200 students) in Fooladshahr in the academic year 2020-2021. Convenience sampling method was used ,and a secondary school in Fooladshahr was selected. Then, mental health screening and self-efficacy questionnaires were distributed among the students. In the second stage, 30 students were selected from those who had lower mental health and self-efficacy and were willing to participate in the study. They were randomly assigned to  experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received thirteen sessions of a revised version of training based on the healthy human theory (Aghaei, Asadi, 2021). The control group remained on the waiting list. Data collection tools in the pretest, posttest and follow-up stages included the Morris Children and Adolescents Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (2001) and the Keys Mental Health Scale (2002). In order analyze data, the analysis of variance with repeated measures was used.

 The results showed that the training package regarding the healthy human theory had a significant effect on improving self-efficacy and mental health of students in the posttest stage (p <0.001). The effect continued to the follow-up stage (p <0.001).

According to the findings of this study, it can be said that the training package regarding the healthy human theory has been a suitable method for improving self-efficacy and mental health of female students from senior high school.