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The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the effectiveness of child-centered mindfulness training on anxiety, social adjustment and anger control in bilingual first graders.

The present study was experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical population of the present study included bilingual first graders in the city of Isfahan in academic year 2019-2020. 30 bilingual first graders were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 15 children). The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute sessions of child-centered mindfulness training during one and half months. 1 students from the experimental group and two from the control group withdrew the study. The applied questionnaires in the current study included Children's Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ), Children's Social Adjustment Questionnaire (CSAQ) and Children's Anger Questionnaire (CAQ). The data taken from the study were analyzed via Mixed ANOVA method through SPSS23 software.

The results showed that child-centered mindfulness training has significant effect on the anxiety, social adjustment and anger control in bilingual first graders (p<0.001).

According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that the child-centered mindfulness training can be applied as an efficient therapy to decrease anxiety and anger control and improve social adjustment in bilingual first graders through employing techniques such as mindful emotions and thoughts and being in the present time.

The primary objective of this research endeavor was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on cognitive fusion and mental flexibility in individuals diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It was a quasi-experimental study with a two-month follow-up period, pretest, posttest, and control group. The patients diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who were referred to therapy centers and gastroenterologists in Esfahan in 2019 constituted the statistical population of the current study. A total of 27 IBS patients (16 men and 11 women) were selected through available sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. Over the course of two months, the experimental group participated in eight sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, each lasting seventy-five minutes (Kabat-Zinn, 2003). The applied questionnaires comprised the mental flexibility and questionnaires (MFQ) and cognitive fusion Questionnaire (CFQ). The data were analyzed utilizing version 23 of the statistical software SPSS and a Bonferroni follow-up test and mixed variance analysis. Cognitive therapy based on mindfulness significantly improves the mental flexibility and cognitive fusion of IBS patients (P<0.001). According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness can be used as an efficient intervention to improve mental flexibility and decreace cognitive fusion in the patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome through employing techniques such as mindful attitudes, mindful activities, addressing problem-making feelings and emotions and breathing exercises.

The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on the psychological flexibility and resilience in the patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical population of the present study included IBS patients who referred to therapy centers and gastroenterologists in Esfahan in 2019. 27 IBS patients were selected through available sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute sessions of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn, 2003) during two months. The applied questionnaires included acceptance and practice questionnaire questionnaires (Bond et al, 2011) and resilience Questionnaire (Conner, Davidson, 2003). The data were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA and Bonferroni follow-up test. The results showed that the cognitive therapy based on mindfulness has significant effect on the psychological flexibility and resilience in IBS patients (P<0.001). According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness can be used as an efficient intervention to improve psychological flexibility and resilience in the patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome through employing techniques such as mindful attitudes, mindful activities, addressing problem-making feelings and emotions and breathing exercises.

Alexander Technique and Massage Therapy are considered as two efficient interventions for rehabilitation. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Alexander Technique and Massage Therapy on improvement of happiness, hope, and mental health in patients with Parkinson's disease.

The statistical population of the study consisted all of patients with Parkinson's disease who were clients of therapeutic centers in Isfahan City in 2015. Among this population, 28 patients were selected through convenience sampling as the sample of the study. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Adult Hope Scale (AHS), and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were used as the instruments of the study. Data was analyzed using Mixed ANOVA.

The results showed that both interventions of the present study significantly improved happiness and hope in patients with Parkinson's disease, and there are no differences between effectiveness of the two interventions.

Alexander Technique and Massage Therapy can be considered as efficient interventions for improvement of happiness and hope in patients with Parkinson's disease.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Dosah-hou treatment and Massage Therapy on improvement of happiness, social adjustment, hope, mental health and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.
The research was quasi-experimental. The statistical population of this study were all of patients with Parkinson's disease who were clients of therapeutic centers in Isfahan City in 2015. Among this population 28 patients were selected through convenience sampling as the sample of the study that Randomly assigned to two groups Dosah-hou and massage therapy (n = 14 per group). Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Social Adjustment Scale, Adult Hope Scale (AHS), General Health Questionnaire, and Word Health Quality of Life Questionnaire, were used as the instruments of the study. Data analyzed by Mixed ANOVA.
The results showed that both interventions of this study can improve happiness, hope and mental health significantly in patients with Parkinson's disease (P
Based on the results of this study, Dosah-hou treatment and Massage Therapy are effective interventions in promotion of happiness, hope and mental health in patients with Parkinson's disease.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of massage, Dosah-hou and Alexander Technique on happiness, social adjustment, hope, mental health and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. The statistical population of this study were all of patients with Parkinson's disease who were clients of neural therapeutic centers in Isfahan City in 2015. Among this population 42 patients selected through convenience sampling as the sample of the study. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Social Adjustment Scale (SAS), Adult Hope Scale (AHS), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and Word Health Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL), were used as the instruments of the study. Data analyzed by ANOVA with repeated measures. The results showed that research on the effectiveness of interventions between the dependent variables in the test phase ,but there was no significant difference in follow-up ,compared to other interventions Dosah-hou research on happiness is effective .more effective possible explanations are discossed.