mohammad javad ahmadizadeh

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Quality of life is determined by the lifestyle of individuals. If people have a healthy lifestyle, then they have a higher quality of life. What makes a person's lifestyle is the way he thinks. Therefore, if the thinking is healthy, the person's lifestyle will be healthy, and if the thinking is unhealthy, the person's lifestyle will also be damaged, which will reduce the quality of life.

The research method was mixed method in two quantitative and qualitative phases. The research method in the qualitative phase was customary qualitative content analysis, in which the data analysis process was based on the approach of Granheim and Ladman. In the quantitative phase, the psychometric properties of the research scale were measured. This research was conducted from 2016 to 2021 in Iran. The statistical population in the qualitative section was all scientific texts in the form of articles, books and dissertations that were extracted from scientific databases such as ScienceDirect, PubMed, Elsevier, Ebsco, Sid, Magiran.

Indicators of intellectual thinking have been mentioned as research results, which are the main components of the new model of thinking. Moreover, the level of thinking was mentioned and Cognitive distortions, cognitive bias, and perceptual errors were mentioned as sources of harm and error.

Intellectual thinking has been mentioned as healthy thinking, which is the main factor of a health promotion lifestyle because healthy lifestyle improves the quality of life of people, which is one of the indicators of public health. Therefore, a higher quality of life can be achieved from the model of healthy thinking, which is a new perspective on promoting public health.

Psychological capital is a positive psychological capacity, which includes four components of self-efficacy, hope, resilience and optimism. The Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) is the most commonly used measure for assessing psychological capital in work settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire–24 (PCQ–24).

This study is descriptive and psychometric research. The statistical population of this study was one of the military units based in Tehran. From this population, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, 310 people were selected by the available sampling method. The instruments used were the 24-item Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ–24), the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42), and the Generic Job Satisfaction Scale (GJSS). The factor structure of the questionnaire was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Also, divergent validity was assessed with the DASS-42 questionnaire, and convergent validity was assessed with the job satisfaction questionnaire and in order to determine the reliability, test-retest methods and calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS-25 and AMOS-22 software.

The results of confirmatory factor analysis determined a hierarchical model that four first-order factors are explained by a higher-order factor (Psychological Capital; χ2/df=1.46, GFI=0.90, CFI=0.99, TLI=0.99, RMSEA=0.03). The correlation of the total score of Psychological Capital with depression (-0.54), anxiety (-0.40), stress (-0.40), and job satisfaction (0.49) was significant (P<0.01). Also, the internal consistency of the factors assessed by Cronbach's alpha method was from 0.85 to 0.89, and the test-retest reliability after a 4-week interval was confirmed (Psychological Capital: r=0.80, P<0.01).

Based on the present study results, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ–24) is a suitable tool with good psychometric properties among personnel.

There are two scholarly viewpoints regarding the book Ajaib al-Donya: some consider it a rewritten version of the book Ajaib al-bar Va’lbahr by Abu’l-Moʾayyad Balkhi, and others consider it an independent book, merely one of its sources being a book by Abu’l-Moʾayyad Balkhi. According to the information presented at the beginning and introduction of the three surviving manuscripts, the style of writing of the text, and the information given in Tarikh-e Sistan about Abu’l-Moʾayyad, besides what the author of Ajaib al-Donya implies about himself throughout the anecdotes, and finally, regarding the resemblance between the anecdotes in this book and those of Garšāsp-nama, this study shows that Ajaib al-Donya is not a rewritten version of the book of Abu’l-Moʾayyad; it is rather an independent book and merely one of the sources used by its author, Ibn Muhadith Tabrizi, was a book by Abu’l-Moʾayyad, most possibly Garšāsp-nama, and that Ibn Muhadith, while quoting from Abu’l-Moʾayyad, has also quoted from others, including Najib Hamedani, with a similar structure. Since the text of the introduction has been lost over time, it seems probable that the author's explanations about Abu’l-Moʾayyad Abu Motiʿ al-Balkhi at the beginning of the first surviving anecdote were mistaken to be the introduction of the book and later, according to some quotations from Abu’l-Moʾayyad in Ajaib al-Donya, and due to Abu’l-Moʾayyad’s fame, the book was attributed to him. The reference to the name “Abu’l-Moʾayyad Abu Motiʿ al-Balkhi” in one of the manuscripts is the proof of this dispute. All of the other arguments offered by different scholars in attributing this work to Abu’l-Moʾayyad bear various weak points and shortcomings.

Transcranial Direct Current Electric Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive treatment. The purpose of the current study was to compare the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on PTSD symptoms.

This was a double-blind, controlled randomized with pretest-posttest design. The statistical population included patients with PTSD in Atieh clinical neuroscience center and Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science (1396 to 1397), in which 44 subjects were selected using a purposive sampling method and then randomly divided into two experimental (EMDR=14, tDCS=15) and one control (n=15). Active and sham tDCS groups received bilateral active and sham stimulation (2mA) on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during 10 sessions. The EMDR group also received 5 sessions of EMDR treatment. The research tool was included the PTSD-Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5). The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).

Symptoms of PTSD were significantly reduced in the experimental groups compared to the control group in the post-test and follow-up periods (P<0.05) While there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups in the post-test and follow-up stages (P>0.05).

The tDCS method can be used as a non-invasive treatment to reduce the symptoms of PTSD.

 Regarding the importance of health as well as the discussion of thinking in psychology and philosophy, so far, no model has been presented in the field of the relationship between “thinking and health” with this model. Therefore, the present study aimed to introduce the new model of healthy thinking based on human soul faculties. 

 Using the narrative review method, 63 sources were selected among the 240-evidence, including books, articles, national, and international reports and theses from PubMed, Google Scholar, Elsevier, and Web of sciences, then entered the analysis stage Indicators of sensory and intellectual thinking were extracted from these sources. Then, the indicators were coded and analyzed according to the Content Analysis method. 

 The results of this research are used in psychotherapy in clinical psychology because researches have shown that thinking and especially healthy thinking has a very effective role in mental health and a healthy lifestyle. Several concepts are available in this model: The nature of thinking, levels of thinking, sources of error in thinking such as cognitive distortions, cognitive bias, and perceptual errors. 

 The models of thinking that have been proposed in the world so far have many shortcomings, including none of them has the power to clarification thinking and none of the theories and models have the relationship between thinking and health been clearly explained, while the proposed thinking model of the present study does not have such shortcomings.

transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a potential non-invasive treatment for psychiatry disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of bilateral tDCS on depression, anxiety and rumination of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

This was a double-blind interventional study with pretest – posttest design and one month follow- up. This study was carried out in 2018 with statistical population of PTSD patients from Tehran, Iran. In present study 20 patients with PTSD symptoms were selected using convenience sampling and randomly divided to interventional (n=10) and control groups (n=10). The interventional group received real 2.0 mA tDCS over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) lasted 20 min in 10 session and the control group received sham tDCS. In present study, Structured Clinical Interview, the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventory and Nolen-Hoeksema Ruminative Response Scale were used in pretest, posttest and follow- up. 

Patients demonstrated significant depression and anxiety symptoms reductions in the interventional group compared to the control group. There were significant differences between the two groups in rumination at post-test but there were no significant differences between the interventional and control groups in rumination at follow-up.

tDCS improve depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with PTSD. However, there was no significant reduction in rumination at follow-up course. Further studies may determine optimal stimulation parameters for maximal mood benefit in patients with PTSD.

Not perceiving circadian shifts of sunlight due to living in enclosed environments may have deleterious effects on mental health and plasma parameters. This study aimed to determine the effect of dim regulation on the submarine personnel of Iranian Navy forces by radiating devices according to natural circadian sunlight shifts. Also, this study aimed to investigate the impact of mimicking sunlight circadian by artificial radiance luminating devices on the serological and psychological measures of submarine personnel.

Participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups  in this non-randomized controlled trial. There were 26 participants in each group, and they were all male aged 21-29 years. Both groups were living in the submarine underground hall, with 120 meters 2 area with constant radiance with the same intensity. The experimental group had been given extra lighting devices with changing radiance intensity according to the natural sunlight circadian cycles. Plasma melatonin levels and depression and anxiety scores were determined before and after the experiment for both groups. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Cattell’s Anxiety Scale Questionnaire (IPAT) were used to measure depression and anxiety, respectively.

Findings indicate that the plasma melatonin levels (-16.2±13.6 vs 8.0±9.3 mg/dL, respectively; p<0.001), depression scores (-6±6 vs 3.9±5.4, respectively; p<0.001), and anxiety scores (-1±1.2 vs 0.73±1.04, respectively; p<0.001) significantly reduced in the experimental group compared to the control group. Using radiance dimmers, with a radiance intensity regularity according to the sunlight, is effective in improving psychiatric and plasma parameters and can be used in closed occupational environments such as underground environments and submarine halls.

High quality, fast-paced and cost-effective training of novice military personnel is a major concern in most armed forces around the world. Hence, implementing psycho-technological findings is important in the armed forces. This study aimed to investigate and compare the efficacy of brain-training (neurofeedback) and virtual-reality training through the use of actual and virtual shooting training in novice shooters of a military university. This study adopted a quasi-experimental design, including two experimental and one control group. The study sample included 45 students of a military university whowere randomly selected and assigned to two experimental (virtual and actual shooting training) and one control group. The data collection measure was the total scores obtained by participants after shooting 30 shots at a Siebel positioned ten meters away. In the pre-test, participants practiced shooting (actual shooting training group using a real rifle, and virtual shooting training group using a virtual reality interface). Then participants in both experimental groups (actual and virtual shooting training) received ten sessions of brain training along with shooting training (actual and virtual). T3 alpha band wave reinforcement was the neurofeedback training protocol. The post-test was taken after the training, and follow-up was conducted after one month. Compared with the control group, neurofeedback training in both experimental groups (actual and virtual shooting-training) improved shooting skill. There was a significant difference in the decrement of the shooting error rate between the pre-test, post-test and pretest-follow up stages (P <0.001). Moreover, Tukey's post hoc analysis demonstrated no significant difference in reduction of shooting error rate in both experimental groups (actual shooting training+ neurofeedback vs. virtual shooting training+ neurofeedback). Brain training, along with shooting training (virtual and actual), significantly improves participants’ shooting skills. Since the implementation of the interventions (actual and virtual shooting training+neurofeedback) had an equally significant effect in the optimization of the shooting skill, actual and virtual shooting training may be used interchangeably for the training of novice shooters.

This study aimed analysis of visual, auditory and structural contents in war zones during holy defense (Iran-Iraq war) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
This research has the librarian content analysis method and it intended all contents are related to south warfronts. So, 39 holy defense movies were chosen and analyzed through convenient sampling and Delphi method. Research instrument were the researcher made checklists of visual, auditory and structural components which evaluated and approved by 24 warriors. All of acquired data analyzed by statistical qualitative methods and content analysis.
The content analysis of holy defense movies showed that wide and various components in each fields of visual, aural and structural contexts developing stress disorder in warriors.
Based on the results, different visual, auditory and structural components can impact on stress disorder in warriors.

Organizational health indicators are of particular importance in military centers and institutions. The purpose of this study was to determine the indicators of organizational behavior health in a military organization.
This research was a descriptive qualitative study conducted during 2016. The population consisted of professionals and experts in the field of organizational behavior inside and outside a military organization. A total of 20 experts and professionals in the field of organizational behavior were selected by purposeful method using Delphi technique and a researcher-made questionnaire designed for organizational behavioral health. Kendall consensus coordination coefficient, Chi-square test, and Friedman variance analysis test for ranking components were analyzed by SPSS.16 software.
Recruitment (98%) and financial conditions (98%) as input parameters; long-term vision of the organization (92%), integrity (98%), technology level (100%), the level of innovation (100%), organizational culture (96%), learning capacity (94%) as indicators of process, and human resources developed with alternative power (96%) as output indicators of the health of organizational behavior were obtained.
The results indicate that among the health indicators of organizational behavior, the average rating from the highest rank to the lowest rank are: the level of technology, innovation and recruitment levels which are more important than the other indices.

Integration is a type of structural change which is performed with the target of concentrating on decision-making, resource saving and outsourcing reduction. Organizational diagnosis, as an introduction to the development and reconstruction of an organization, is a systematic process of collecting data to solve its problems, challenges and restrictions. This study was conducted in order to evaluate the results of the integration of the medical health care system with higher staff in a healthcare organization.
This qualitative study was carried out in a healthcare organization. Samples consisted of 18 top and senior managers whom were purposefully selected. The qualitative data of the semi-structured interviews were analyzed with content analysis method using MAXQDA10 software. The validity of analysis was confirmed with external validity, participant’s assessment and evaluation of interviewers up to 85% and the reliability was confirmed by re-encoding up to 90%.
Integration had various strengths and weaknesses in four fields of concentration, mission, coordination and effectiveness. It actually lead to shrink the administrative structure and increase efficiency, but at the same time failed to gain reasonable effectiveness. The integration of staff and line weakned medical education. About 67% of managers disagreed to continue the integration.
It is nessecery to carefully check the problems of the current situation and set goals before integrations. Receiving managers’ viewpoints in different parts of organizations would definitely help to achieve integration goals.

The annual planning is a decision-making process for the objectives and activities of organizations all year long. It starts determining the goals and then continues to approve them. In many organizations this process includes long activities that in addition of the long time, it imposes considerable manpower expenses. This study was carried out to reform and reduce the cost and time of this process by reengineering. This action research study was done by an analytical- descriptive approach in 2012-13, in the department of Planning and Budget of the Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences. All the stages of the selected process were analyzed. Data collection was carried out by using documents, interviews and observations. Three main process indicators including the number of activities, the time and also the direct costs of manpower were calculated and compared before and after the implementation of reengineering. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2007. The current status of the planning process which included 164 activities reduced to 73 after implementing the reengineering. The total process time and direct costs of manpower were reduced up to 34 and 33% in compared to the past. Reengineering leads to improve the process procedure and also saves time and costs. Using information technology and active participations of the process owners in all the stages could play an important role in the effectiveness of the results.

According to the importance of science in achieving new products and the role of humans in this regard، the present study aims to compare personality characteristics between strong and weak researchers. This is a casual-comparative study which was performed on 273 researchers selected by purposive sampling among researchers working in various research departments. Subjects were interviewed and then completed NEO questionnaire of personality characteristics. Next، the data was analyzed using indices of mean، standard deviation، independent t-test and variance analysis by means of SPSS software. The comparison of three groups with weak، average and strong performance in terms of 5 personality characteristics showed that there was significant difference between groups with weak and high performance. Although these groups (weak and strong) were the same as for conscientiousness، extraversion، agreeableness and neuroticism، the strong group outdid in respect of openness. For the selection and employment of researchers as well as their growth and promotion، it is required to pay more attention to flexibility alongside other characteristics.