فصلنامه مددکاری اجتماعی
سال هفتم شماره 26 (زمستان 1397)

In addition to economic problems, householder females,  are suffered from divorce, death, disability or addiction of their husbands; and so they are considered among the most vulnerable population. This research aimed to assess the effect of psychological empowerment training on psychological well-being and quality of life of householder women. The method of this study is quasi-experimental and its statistical population was included all of the householder women who were supported by Imam Khomeini relief foundation of Yazd in 2015. Among them,  thirty women are selected by access sampling method and assigned to the experimental and control groups each consisting of fifteen members. The experimental group had taken a psychological empowerment course which was held in eight, ninety minutes sessions and the control group received none. Riff`s psychological well-being and WHO quality of life questionnaires were assessed to examine the well-being and the quality of life. For statical analysis, variance analysis was done through SPSS22. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the average of the scores of both groups. According to the results, psychological empowerment practice improves the quality of life and well-being in householder women. Therefore, it is essential to have strategic planning and it should be considered for female householders.

Considering the important role which psychological interventions play in adolescents without parental  or adequate  parental care in the alternative care center, and since the acquisition of meaning is one of the most important components of adaptation to future crises in these groups, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of meaning therapy  on the meaning of life of Adolescents without parental  or adequate  parental care in the alternative care center. This was a semi-experimental study. It is conducted in the form of posttest and pretest implemented on two experimental and control groups; the sample has consisted of all female adolescents without parental  or adequate  parental care in the alternative care center in 2017; among them, thirty adolescents were chosen based on available sampling and randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups; fifteen persons in each group. Wang's meaning in life questionary used as research instruments. The experimental group received twelve, ninety minutes sessions of meaning therapy while the experimental group received none. Finally, the data was collected and analyzed by SPSS software. The results of covariance analysis indicated that the treatment method in the experimental group had a significant effect on the existence of meaning and Search for meaning variables, and the posttest scores of the variables in the experimental group increased in comparison with the pretest scores. The results of this study showed that meaning therapy has been effective in increasing the existence of meaning and search for the meaning of female adolescents without parental or adequate parental care in the Alternative Care Center. Based on the results of this study the lack of meaning in life is one of the important reasons of contrariness and psychological problems in adolescents, so using the meaning therapy could lead to the discovery of the meaning in life and an increase in health status.

Following the occurrence of the divorce phenomenon, a variety of psychological injuries threatens the individual, and how to tolerate, confront and resolve those; determine the mental health of the individual. The present study was conducted to compare resilience levels and daily spiritual experiences (spirituality) coping styles in divorced and married women. This descriptive research was a causal-comparative design. The statistical population of this study was all divorced and married women in Karaj city. One hundred divorced women and one hundred married and non-divorced women were selected through the available sampling method. Coping responses inventory (CRI), Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) and the daily spiritual experience scale by Underwood LG, Teresi JA used as research tools. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and analyzed by SPSS22 software. The results of the data analysis indicated that there was a significant difference in the coping strategies, problem-oriented coping, excitement, resilience and daily spiritual experiences between divorced and married women. Married women in resilient and coping strategies and divorced women in emotions and spirituality coping strategy with have achieved higher scores. Based on findings of this study, it is suggested to consider furthermore studies to improve coping styles and increase the resilience of divorced women; and also effects of coping styles and resilience on their quality of life and mental health should be investigated.

People with cancer especially adolescent, is experiencing some troubles such as anxiety, depression, and unhappiness. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Cognitive-existential group therapy on life Expectancy and the anxiety of cancer diagnosed adolescent. The Research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest. This study population consisted of all positive cancer diagnosed female adolescent located in Tehran in 2018, among whom thirty people were selected by purposeful sampling and considering the entry criteria, divided into two fifteen members groups. the experimental group received eight sessions of cognitive-existential group therapy and the control group had received no intervention. Life expectancy of Miller and the Beck anxiety inventory used as study tools. Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data through SPSS20. The results of posttest indicate a significant difference between the mean scores of life expectancy F=39.25, Sig=0.000 and the anxiety F=11.6, Sig=0.002 of an adolescent in the experiment group in comparison to control group. The cognitive-existential group therapy could increase life expectancy and could reduce the anxiety of cancer diagnosed adolescent. So this treatment can be used to improve the anxiety and to increase the life expectancy of cancer diagnosed adolescent.

This research aimed to compare the extent of effectiveness of cognitive self-regulation and information technology training on the job satisfaction of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran employees. The statistical population consisted of all of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran employees, which were one thousand fifty staffs in Tehran according to the statistics office of this ministry in 2017-2018. Given the Quasi-experimental nature of the research, sixty employees randomly chose and matched based on the criteria of age, gender, and working background, then they were assigned into three groups, twenty persons for each. The first group was trained information technology, the second group was trained cognitive self-regulation, while the control group had received no training.  The job descriptive index developed by Smith, Kendall, and Hulin1969 were applied to all groups. For data analysis, correlated t-test and covariance analyses were used and analyzed by SPSS 22. The findings suggested that the difference between the experimental groups and the control group is at the level of 0.001 significant. Both educational methods for information technology and cognitive self-regulation training caused job satisfaction enhanced, while no significant difference was observed between the experimental groups. P>0.05 The results suggest that both pieces of training have had the same effect on job satisfaction, so it is recommended to all organizations authorities to take one of the approaches into account.