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Parents often exhibit diverse reactions to the birth of their child, particularly when the child is born with a specific issue or disability, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current study was designed to evaluate the effects of group-based Stress Immunization Training and its subsequent impact on the Quality of Life of mothers with children diagnosed with ASD. This quasi-experimental study utilized a pre-test-post-test control group design. The participants were mothers of children with ASD who had sought services at a temporary care center for children with Autism Spectrum in Rasht in the year 2021. Initially, forty mothers were selected through purposive sampling and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Both groups completed the WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life questionnaire. The experimental group then underwent 6 sessions of Stress Immunization Training (two hours per week), while the control group received nothing. Upon completion of the sessions, the Quality of Life questionnaire was administered again to both groups. The collected data were analyzed using covariance statistical analysis with a significance level set at 0.05. The findings indicated that group-based Stress Immunization Training significantly improved the Quality of Life in mothers of children with ASD. Therefore, this treatment can be used by counselors and psychologists to increase the quality of life of the mothers of children with ASD.

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world, so it is important to know it as well as possible to design interventions to reduce it in society. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between depression with cognitive fusion and defense mechanisms. This research is descriptive-correlation type. The research population was the students of Kashan University in the academic year of 2023-2024, and 350 of them were selected by convenience sampling method. Research tools included Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) and Defense Mechanisms Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40). Data analysis was done using SPSS-26 software and Pearson correlation coefficient. The obtained findings showed that depression is positively correlated with cognitive fusion and immature and neurotic defense mechanisms (P < 0.01). But the relationship between depression and mature defense mechanisms such as humor and sublimation was negative and significant (P < 0.01). These findings show that depression is related to unhealthy thought processes such as cognitive fusion and immature and neurotic defense mechanisms, and therefore attention should be paid to this issue in the field of treatment.

The purpose of the current research was the effectiveness of Cognitive hypnotherapy in reducing the anxiety of women with generalized anxiety disorder. This research was quasi-experimental in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study included all women with generalized anxiety disorder who had referred to four counseling centers in Bandar Anzali city. For this purpose, 30 women diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder were selected and randomly divided into two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Short Scale was administered to both groups and Cognitive hypnotherapy was performed for 2 months during 8 one-hour training sessions, individually for the subjects of the experimental group, and the control group did not receive treatment. Then the said questionnaire was again implemented on both groups. The data were analyzed using the covariance statistical method. The findings showed that Cognitive hypnotherapy was effective in reducing the anxiety of women with generalized anxiety disorder. Therefore, it can be concluded that psychologists and psychiatrists can use Cognitive hypnotherapy to reduce the anxiety of women with generalized anxiety disorder.

An examination of the role of animals and their place in the process of stories in Shahname is so sensational that reveals the crucial function of animals in the process of the national epics of this book for the readers. The relation of these animals with heroes of Shahname indicates Ferdowsi`s attention to the myths of ancient nations, where human beings have had a kind of relation with animals and birds. Ferdowsi has depicted animals` emotions in his book.This article tries to consider those animals which have a principal impact regarding the emotional matters in Shahname such as: Rakhsh (Rustam`s horse), phoenix, milch cow, Shabrang (Behzad`s horse).