m. a. besharat

This research examined the efficacy of integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy on marital satisfaction and psychological well-being of couples.

To select the research sample, among the couples referring to the council centers of Khoramabad city, 22 couples were selected. Then randomly 11 couples assigned to experimental group and other 11 couples assigned to control group. Because this research is a pretest-posttest pseudo-experimental design with control group, before the performing of self regulation-attachment couple therapy, the questionnaires of Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH), Golombok-Rust Inventory of marital state (GRIMS) and Mental Health Inventory-28 (MHI-28) conducted for all of the couples as pretest. Then, couples of experimental group participate in integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy during the 6 to 8 weekly sessions, but the control group remains on the waiting list. After the compliting of therapeutic sessions, the couples of two groups completed the questionnaires again as posttest. Finally, these data analyzed by MANCOVA.

Results of analysis by MANCOVA indicated that after the control of pretest effect, the effect of group membership on liner composition of dependent variables (marital satisfaction, marital problems, psychological well-being and psychological distress) was significant. Univariate analysis (testes of between subject effects) indicated that the means of dependent variables were significantly different in two groups, and the testes of pairwise comparisons of dependent variables (LSD), indicated that self regulation-attachment couple therapy had significant efficacy on increasing marital satisfaction, decreasing marital problems, increasing psychological well-being and decreasing psychological distress compare to control group.

Self regulation-attachment couple therapy is an effective treatment that specially can useful for couples that in addition to having dissatisfaction and marital problems are at risk for mental health problems (low psychological well-being and high psychological distress).

Psychological variables have a crucial role in genesis and perpetuation of physical diseases. What is the relation between the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) as a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder and psychological variables? The aim of this study was to compare the personality characteristics of patients with IBS and healthy individuals.

The personality characteristics that have examined in this study included neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness and resilience. Sixty patients with IBS (26 men, 34 women) and 104 healthy participants (38 men, 66 women) were included in this study. All the participants were asked to complete the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) and the Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations and multivariate analysis of variance.

The results revealed that patients with IBS have more neuroticism and less extraversion and conscientiousness in comparison with the healthy individuals. The results of this study did not show a significant difference in openness and agreeableness dimensions as well as resilience between patients with IBS and the healthy individuals.

It can be concluded that personality variables can partly predict infection to IBS.

The relationship between coping styles and mental health was investigated in a sample of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. A correlational analysis was performed to assess the kind of association that exists between stress-coping styles, including problem-focused, positive emotion-focused, and negative emotion-focused coping styles, and mental health, (psychological well-being and psychological distress).

One hundred and twenty patients, (41 men, 79 women), from Iranian MS Society were included in this study. All participants were asked to complete Tehran Coping Styles Scale (TCSS) and Mental Health Inventory (MHI). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, multivariate analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficients and regression analysis.

The results revealed that positive emotion-focused coping style was positively associated with psychological well-being and negatively associated with psychological distress.

It can be concluded that psychological well-being and psychological distress of MS patients are influenced by emotion-focused coping styles.