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پیاپی 14 (تابستان 1392)

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of parental behavior training of mothers, on enhancing behavior performance and reducing aggression and rule-breaking behavior of their 7-10 year old children of Army Staff.
The research design was experimental with pre-and-post test and control groups. So, 30 mothers whose children had the highest scores were selected as our main sample among 120 mothers who had completed the child behavior checklist. Then, they were replaced into two experimental and control groups after being matched based on age, educational level and socioeconomic status. The research tools were included children behavior checklist and behavior performance questioner. The parental behavior training was performed in nine 90-minute sessions in experimental group. Finally, both groups answered to the questionnaires as post test. The data was analyzed using ANCOVA test.
The results indicated the effectiveness of training on behavioral performance enhancement as well as decrease in aggression and offensive behavior in children of mothers in experimental group, compared to mothers in control group.
Parents’ behavioral training is important in decreasing aggressive and offensive behaviors and enhancing behavioral performance of children at risk for behavioral problems. Moreover, some research has highlighted the necessity of such trainings for parents of these children. Therefore, the present study with such attention to the importance of childhood problems showed that mothers’ behavioral training can prevent behavioral problems of school children and reduce the over-occurrence of such problems.

Factors affecting the mental health of military personnel due to the stressful nature of the job is profoundly important. Therefore, the present study investigated the role of religious practice in reducing anxiety and depression in these personnel.
This research is Descriptive-Correlational study in which 72 military personnel were selected using Simple random Sampling. Practice of Religious Beliefs Scale (Temple) and the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory were administered to them. The collected data were analyzed using pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.
The results showed that there is a significant and negative relationship between practice of religious beliefs and anxiety and depression.
The findings suggested that there is a negative relationship between practice of religious beliefs and anxiety and depression.

The main aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF- CBT) on Strengths and Difficulties in daughtersof Martyr and Devotee families of Isfahan.
The design of this study was quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up stages. The statistical population consists of all female adolescents of Martyr and Devotee families in the academic year 13881389 in Isfahan city.Among them, sample groups were randomly selected through Cluster Sampling Method. Tools of the study included Demographic Questionnaire and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997). After intervention, the post test was performed and the follow-up was performed 4 months later. The results were analyzed through SPSS-19, using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. Trauma-focused Behavioral-Cognitive interventions were on the basis of Cohen’s (et al, 2001) treatment plan.
Data were analyzed by using Multivariate analysis of Covariance. The research findings showed that there was significant differences between experimental and control groups in decreasing behavioral problems in post-test (P≤02) and follow-up (P The results indicated that Trauma-focused Behavioral-Cognitive intervention can decrease the psychological difficulties of adolescents and improve their strengths. The results of follow-up, after four months, demonstrated that there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups in the amount of problems and strengths. Over all, the effectiveness of interventions after four months had still remained. This research suggests using Trauma-focused BehavioralCognitive intervention in order to reduce the psychological difficulties and enhance the adolescents’ strengths of Martyr and Devotee families.

War as a stressor event has different acute and chronic consequences such as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In recent years, the problems relevant to the early maladaptive schemas in PTSD have become an important research area. The aim of this study was to assess the early maladaptive schemas in patients with acute & chronic PTSD.
According to Available Sampling Method and diagnostic criteria, 30 patients with chronic PTSD, 30 patients with acute PTSD and 30 normal military personnel who were matched on the basis of age and condition of the war, were selected and were assessed by Young Schema Questionnaire-Long Form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventorty (BAI).
Resualts: The results showed that both acute and chronic patients with PTSD in comparison to the normal military personnel had higher scores in all early maladaptive schemas. Also, in some early maladaptive schemas, some remarkable differences had been observed between patients with acute and chronic PTSD.
The results of the present study have a lot of preventive, diagnostic, clinical, research and educational implications in PTSD.

The current research aimed to study the role of early maladaptive schemas and personality factors in prediction of devotees’ marital satisfaction.
The research design was descriptive, using correlation. In this way, 200 devotees have been selected by Clustering Random Sampling of 3 cities of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiary Province. Tools included Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire, Yung’s Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire and 6 Factor Personality Questionnaire (HEXACO).
The results of regression analysis by stepwise method indicated that personality factors and early maladaptive schema had a significant effect ondevotees’ marital satisfaction and can interpretthe changes of marital satisfaction well. Among the personality factors, extraversion had the most significant effect and among the early maladaptive schemas, vulnerability to disease and harm schema had the most significant effect ondevotees’ marital satisfaction.
The results of the current research can be a starting point to design and plan the educational and therapeutic programs for marital satisfaction of couples and devotees’ families in the future researches.

Psychological or mental fatigue is one of the most prevalent problems of modern societies and communities, having numerous pernicious and hurtful effects and consequences. Previously published research indicates that loneliness, isolation and aggression are predictors of mental fatigue of military personnel.
The sample was derived from military personnel in one garrison in Iran. One hundred and fifty participants were selected through accidental or available sampling. Data were collected by Rasel, Latia & Carolina’s Questionair of Loneliness, Zahedifar, Najarian & Shokrkon’s Quesionaire and Sevari’s Mental Fatigue Questionair. Since the main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between loneliness, aggression and mental fatigue, a descriptive, correlational design was empolyed and data were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 19 software package.
The finding showed that there is a positive significant association between loneliness, aggression and menal fatigue among military fatigue. Regression analysis also indicated that loneliness and aggression are predictors of mental fatigue.
Disscussion: The results showed that as the amount of loneliness and aggression decreases, the amount of mental fatigue decreases too. Future researchers are supposed to take the limitations of this study into consideration and investigate the means and procedures of reducing the amount of loneliness and aggression.