s.a .darbani

So far, several multivariate psychological and social models have been studied to predict students' academic achievement on the eve of the entrance exam; The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of logical-critical thinking style with academic achievement with the mediating role of action control in high school students.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all high school students in Isfahan in 1399. Initially, a sample of 400 people was selected by multi-stage cluster sampling; But the final analysis was performed on 356 high school students. Research instruments included Epstein and Pasini (1999) Logical-Experimental Thinking Style Questionnaire, Pham & Taylor (1994) Academic Achievement Questionnaire, and Difendroff et al.'s (2000) Action Control Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software using structural equation modeling.

The research findings showed that the model related to the relationship between logical-critical thinking style and academic achievement has a good fit due to the mediating role of action control. The findings also showed that 34% of the observed variance of academic achievement can be explained by combining the variables of logical-critical thinking style and action control.

The findings of this study indicate the mediating role of action control in the relationship between logical-critical thinking style and academic achievement; Therefore, it is necessary to consider the role of these variables by specialists, academic advisors and planners when working with high school students, and especially in the centers and educational institutions and high schools.

The aim of this study was to determine the role of childhood traumatic experiences with dark personality traits mediated by social support. The statistical population of women referring to counseling centers in Tehran was in the period of February 2016 to June 1400. After conducting an initial interview, 250 eligible women were selected in a purposefully available manner by observing the criteria for entering and leaving the research and were assigned to childhood injury questionnaires. Dark personality traits and perceived social support responded. The collected data were analyzed using correlation coefficients and structural equations. The results of correlation coefficients showed a negative correlation between social support with the total score of dark personality traits and components of narcissism, Machiavellianism and anti-socialism and between emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional negligence and physical negligence with the total score of dark personality traits and components. Narcissism, Machiavellianism and anti-socialism and with perceived support and components of perceived support by family, perceived support by important people and perceived support by others have a negative correlation at the level of α = 0.01. The results of the path coefficient model showed that there was a significant direct relationship between the components of childhood rotational injury (emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect and physical negligence) with dark personality traits and social support. There is also a significant direct negative relationship between social support and dark personality traits. Childhood trauma experiences are affected by personality vulnerabilities and long-term developmental experiences, and these factors increase the complexity of personality traits over time.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of transactional analysis analysis on verbal conflicts, neglect and abuse of women referring to the counseling center of Tehran Oil Engineering and Development Company.

The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental groups, control group and pre-test, post-test and two-month follow-up design. The statistical population of this study includes women who referred to the counseling center of the Oil Engineering and Development Company, from which 24 women who referred to this center due to marital and family problems were selected by convenience sampling. After matching the subjects, the entry and exit criteria of the study were purposefully selected by 20 women and 10 women in the group therapy were randomly analyzed by interaction behavior analysis and 10 women in the control group. The experimental group received 90 minutes of treatment after 8 pre-tests; But the control group did not receive any treatment after the pre-test. Both groups were evaluated in three stages of pre-test, post-test and 2-month follow-up by Strauss (1979) Marital Conflict Resolution Strategies Questionnaire. Repeated measurement analysis of variance test was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the transactional analysis of reciprocal behavior on the improvement of verbal conflicts (F = 51.67, p = 0.001), negligence (F = 57.39, p = 0.001) and abuse (F = 10.30). (P = 0.001) showed in the post-test stage and after two months of follow-up.

Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the transactional analysis of mutual behavior, in addition to improving the level of adaptation of couples has also led to a reduction in conflict.

Divorce and disintegration of the family is a social problem whose consequences are one of the main problems of today's societies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of trauma-based cognitive-behavioral therapy in self-esteem after divorce of divorced women. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test design, post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study were divorced women who had referred to Mehravar Counseling Center located in Jamalzadeh, Tehran, between October and November 2017. In this study, purposive sampling method was used. After the initial stages of evaluation, out of 49 clients who had the lowest mean in Cooper-Smith self-esteem score, 24 women were selected and randomly divided into two experimental groups (12 women) and Controls (12 females) were assigned. The experimental group received weekly intervention in groups in 8 sessions of 90 minutes. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance. The results showed a significant difference between the performance of the experimental and control groups in the self-esteem score (F = 73.70, p = 0.001) in the post-test stage. The results show that trauma-based cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention improves self-esteem in divorced women. Therefore, it is recommended that therapists use this treatment to improve self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and improve the quality of life after divorce in divorced women.

Self-efficacy is the person's judgment of one's abilities and ensuring that one has individual abilities. People with higher self-efficacy have better mindfulness and self-awareness and set higher goals and adopt more desirable behavior by emotion regulation and achieve more success in various fields such as education. This study is descriptive-analytical. This study has the general purpose of determining and comparing the level of mindfulness and self-knowledge with emotional self-regulation and self-efficacy in the first semester and last semester undergraduate students studying at Shahid Beheshti University in the academic year of 2015-2016.  

This research is designed based on the hypothesis that there is a difference between emotion regulation and self-efficacy. The statistical population of the present study includes all undergraduate students entering the new academic year 2015 (1420 people) and final year undergraduate students (1660 people). Accordingly, the statistical sample of the study included 302 new students and 312 final year students with a mean age of 20.45 (standard deviation of 1.92). It was calculated based on Cochran's formula and selected by random sampling. The research tools included Awareness Scale, Cohesive Self-Knowledge, Emotion Regulation, and Sherer Self-Efficacy. And data analysis was conducted using multivariate analysis of variance.  

The results indicated that there was a significant difference between self-knowledge, emotion regulation, and self-efficacy in the first semester and last semester students (P=0.01), but there was no difference in the variable of mindfulness among students (P>0.05).  

The results show that by improving emotion regulation as well as better self-awareness, a person will have higher self-efficacy

This study aimed to determine the role of religious orientation, self-control capacity, and forgiveness in predicting marital satisfaction.

For this purpose, among all employees of Tehran Oil Engineering and Development Company, 150 people were selected by available sampling method and Bahrami Ehsan (2001) Religious Orientation Questionnaire, Tanjani and Rai Self-Control (2004), Ehteshamzadeh et al. (2010). And completed Enrich (1989) Marital Satisfaction. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression analysis were used to analyze the data.

The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient showed a positive relationship between marital satisfaction with religious inclination, self-control capacity, and forgiveness and a significant negative relationship between marital satisfaction and religious deviance (P <0.000). The results of regression analysis also showed that religious orientation, self-control, and forgiveness each can significantly predict the variable of marital satisfaction.

The findings of this study show the important role of some interpersonal variables such as religious orientation, self-control capacity, and forgiveness in individuals that can be related to marital satisfaction.

The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of relaxation training in improving sexual function in women with vaginismus in Tehran.

The present study was quasi-experimental and had a pretest-posttest and follow-up design with experimental and control groups and examined 18 women with vaginismus, who visited Mehravar counseling center, and the accompanying group in Tehran in the summer of 2016. Among the participants, we selected 18 women, who had vaginismus based on the sexual function questionnaire by Rosen et al. (2000) and clinical interviews, using convenience sampling, and randomly divided them into experimental (n=8) and control (n=8) groups. Women in the experimental group participated in an individual and group relaxation training course during six 2-hour sessions per week, and women in the control group received no intervention. We collected data and analyzed them using the repeated-measures analysis of variance.

The results indicated that relaxation training was effective in improving female sexual function (F= 79.58, P=0.001) and the effect was stable in the follow-up phase.

relaxation training decreased anxiety and fear of intercourse in women with vaginismus after the end of treatment sessions and after a two-month follow-up period.