فصلنامه مددکاری اجتماعی
سال پنجم شماره 17 (پاییز 1395)

Create and maintain a satisfying romantic relationship requires the ability to recognize emotions and to express them. One way to reduce the alexithymia in divorcing women can be trained to Acceptance and Commitment Theory (ACT). This research was quasi experiment with pre-test/pos-ttest with a control group. The target population included all couples referred to crisis intervention center in Parsabad city of Ardabil Province, with the inclusion and exclusion criteria, thirty women qualified for the study, were selected by convenience sampling, and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Before the start of training methods, both groups were studied under the pre-test and asked them to complete a Toronto Alexithymia scale. The experimental group trained with ACT. Training sessions for the experimental group for each session (sixty minutes) and held for ten sessions. After the training sessions; post-test and data analysis was performed from both groups using analysis of covariance. The results showed that effects of ACT educational programs on the reduction alexithymia in divorcing women is significant. (P Generally this study show that effects of ACT educational programs on the reduction alexithymia in divorcing women is significant and implementation of such educational programs in crisis intervention centers and social work clinics is recommended.

Cancer as a painful disease, from the beginning of diagnoses affects on physical, social, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the person and his/her family members specially the mothers. So the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the existential group therapy on hopefulness in mothers of children with cancer.
This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and posttest scheme and a control group. The statistical population consists of mothers of children with cancer under thirteen which were supported by a community in Markazi province. Thirty parents of children with cancer were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. Both groups were assessed with Miller Hope Scale 1988, as pre-test. The experimental group received cognitive-existential group therapy in eight sessions, each lasting nintey minutes, (two sessions per week) but no psychological intervention was applied to the control group. At the end of the intervention, both groups were reassessed through post-test. Miller Hopeness questionnaire were used as tools for this study. Data were analyzed by SPSS through analysis of covariance.
Results showed, there is a significant differences in hopefulness of mothers between the two groups. (P Psychotherapy for mothers of children with cancer can be one of the most effective methods of therapy and increases their hope.

Some studies have confirmed the importance of life skills training on psychological problems. In recent years, new structures have been proposed, such as adaptations and psychological capital. For this purpose this study aim to determine the effect of life skills training on psychological capital and adaptability among adolescent girls with irresponsible parents of Dehloran city.
This study is a quasi-experimental study whit a pretest-posttest and a control group. The study population consisted of all adolescent girls with irresponsible parents in Dehloran. using simple random sampling method thirty girls were selected and placed in two experimental and control groups. (n=15 per group) Subjects in the experimental group received ten sessions of life skills training. (sixty minutes for two months and a half) Both groups were measured by using psychological questionnaires capital Luthans 2007 and the California Personality Test 1953 as the pre-test and post-test. For the analysis of data multivariate analysis of covariance was used by SPSS19.
Based on the results of multivariate analysis of covariance, life skills training leads to increase in psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, resiliency and optimism) and adaptability (personal and social) in the experimental group. (P It seems that life skills can be used as an intervention method for improving psychological capital and adaptability of adolescent girls with irresponsible parents.

Prosocial behaviors expand participation in society; therefore, these behaviors provide objective conditions for increasing social friendship and reducing the social exclusion. Thus, promoting these behaviors leads to increasing social capital in the community. The purpose of this study was to see the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy to improve prosocial behavior of high school female students in city of Yazd.
The semi experimental design with pre-test/post-test with control group was used. Then 26 subjects were randomly assigned to two equal-sized experimental and control groups. The data was collected through Prosocial Tendencies Measure Revised 2002. The experimental group participated in eight sessions of cognitive behavioral group therapy for improving prosocial behavior. Data was analyzed by analysis of covariance.
The results showed that there was significant difference between mean scores of experimental and control groups at post-test. It is concluded that cognitive behavioral group therapy can increase the prosocial behaviors among high school female students.
The cognitive behavioral group therapy, raises the prosocial behaviors significantly, therefore it can be considered to desirable model for improving these behaviors.

Gambling is a conscious and deliberate effort of betting money or something of value on an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of gaining advantage or benefit. This study was conducted to describe the categories gambling in an Iranian context.
Using content analysis and saturation principles, gamblers were recruited and interviewed. Data were analyzed using constant comparison in open, axial, and selective coding stages.
Legal gambling (including betting on horse riding, swimming and shooting) and illegal gambling (including betting on animal racing or fighting, betting on games with cards, betting on sports, betting on games with diceor card, Ghap, and betting on car numbers) are two main categories of gambling in Iranian context. "Illegal and underground gambling in Iran and its Security challenges", and "consequences of gambling in Iran" were two identified themes in this study.
Although betting on three sports are legal in Iran, various forms of illegal gambling are common.

Relapse prevention (RP) programs mainly focus on patients; however a patient’s workplace and communications with colleagues can also play an important role in RP. This research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of ex-addict's Peer-Supported Vocational Network (PVN) on retention.
A retrospective case-control study was conducted among PVN members (n=85) and substance users discharging from mid-term residential treatment centers (n=85) in Tehran, Iran. Case and control groups were matched for age, age of first use, duration of substance use and date of registration in treatment center or PVN. Rapid addiction tests were conducted for data collection and Chi-square and U Mann-Whitney was used for data analysis.
The majority of participants were single (44.1%) and 31-40 year old.(48.2%) The results indicated that there was a significant difference between case and control group in retention and abstinence duration. The case group reported four time more abstinence duration.
PVN was an effective method for reducing the triggers in workplace and RP among substance users. Conducting the cost-effectiveness and clinical trial studies are suggested for more research.