فصلنامه روان شناسی و دین
سال سیزدهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 49، بهار 1399)

The purpose of this study was to identify the main source of self-regulation as beingable to tailor its responses to pursue goals,meet criteria,and extract its componentsfrom Islamic sources. The study of the works of Islamic scholars showed that the baseof reason is the epistemic-motivational-executive source of the self that regulates thevarious psychological actions of man. Using content analysis,linguistic semantics,the researcher analyzed religious statements about reason. The result of this studyconfirmed the main hypothesis of the research,and extracted 21 components that wereorganized in four areas of cognitive,motivational,emotional,and executive. Thesecomponents were provided to 10 Howzeh experts,their content validity wasassessed using Relative Content Validity Ratio (CVR),Content Validity Index(CVI). All components had content validity with the exception of one attitudecomponent (self-refraction). Accordingly,self-reflection,self-motivation,and selfchange,which are the main elements of self-regulation models,can be justified andexplained in Islamic literature based on the functions of reason.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Logo therapy along with recitation of the Quran and supplication on the afterlife belief and the mental health the of depressed women in Kerman. This research project is a pre-test post-test semiexperimental survey based on random assignment. The statistical population consists of depressed women. The sample consist of 30 depressed women whose illness was diagnosed y busing Beck Depression Scale. They were randomly divided into two groups: experimental and control with 15 women each. The experimental group had a ten course in logic therapy along with recitation of the Quran and supplication whereas the control group had not taken such a course. Both groups responded to the test questions about the Last Day and mental health before and after the experiment. The results show that logo therapy along with the recitation of the Quran has an impact on afterlife belief and mental health. Twinned with spiritual affairs, spiritual therapy helps in directing depressed women’s to attention the dreams and aspiration of living in the Hereafter and grasping the realities of this world, thus increasing the level of their afterlife belief which in turn leads to the improvement of their mental health.

Comparing the dimensions of religious spiritual therapy and group-based acceptance and commitment-based therapy and their effects on recovering the anxiety and depression in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder this paper is proposed. To this end, the quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test and follow-up with the control group is adopted. For this study, 45 OCD patients were selected for sampling. They evaluated by questionnaires on religious commitment, Yale Brown Obsessive Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory. Each group received 14 sessions of religious spiritual therapy and acceptance and commitment-based therapy. Data were analyzed by covariance and follow-up test. Findings show that group-based acceptance and commitment-based therapy and religious spirituality therapy are effective in reducing frustration and depressive disorder in women with obsessivecompulsive disorder (05/05>p). The analysis also showed a significant difference between these two treatments; that is, religious spirituality has been more effective in reducing anxiety and depression in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder than treatment based on acceptance and commitment.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of training based on positive thinking on drug abusers` adherence to religious beliefs and their keeping self-control. The research method is a quasi-experimental survey conducted on a pretest-posttest basis with a control group. The population consists of the drug abusers who referred to the addiction treatment centers in Khorramabad in summer 1395. The statistical sample consists of 30 addicts who were selected by available sampling after successful detoxification and then randomly divided into two groups: experimental and control. The research instrument was questionnaires about adherence to on temple religious beliefs and Tanji self-control. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of covariance). The research results show that positive thinking-based training confirms addicts their adherence religious beliefs and keeping self-control. Therefore, realizing the role of positive thinking in confirm addicts in their adherence to religious beliefs and keeping self-control is considered one of the main objectives of research work in the improvement of addicts ‘condition and so, offering training by courses in addiction treatment centers is recommended.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of raising the level of consciousness based on Islamic morality on the psychological well-being of the married women in Yazd. The sample consists of 30 married women from Yazd who were randomly divided into two groups and each group was then randomly divided into two groups: The experimental and control. The experimental group, had a training course on raising the level of consciousness based on morality and a plan was made for raising the level of consciousness based on Islamic morality versed in religious law. The research is an empirical study conducted on a pretest-posttest basis with an experimental group and a control group. The psychological well-being of the participants in survey was measured by Reif's Psychological Well-being Questionnaire on a pre-test and post-test basis and the experimental group had a ten- session training course on raising the level of consciousness based on Islamic morality. The data analysis done by analysis of covariance shows that the training course had a significant effect on the psychological well-being of the experimental group. Accordingly, it can be said that a training courses on raising the level of consciousness based on Islamic morality can lead to promoting in psychological well-being.

This study aims to investigate the nature of an intimate relationship in the Qur'an and Islamic narrations. The data was collected and analyzed through a qualitative analysis of Islamic texts the results show that: 1. Bilateral or multilateral special, close, intense, and long-term relations and interests together with self- disclosure, neutrality and justice are components of an intimate relationship. 2. The conversion from a causal relationship into an intimate relationship has some features that form the nature of such a relationship. These features include: 1. emotional influencing, 2. secret telling, 3. constancy, 4. honesty, and 5. empathy. But the characteristics of the intimate relationship found in Islamic sources are more basic and fundamental and, quantitatively, they include less ties, and, they are more stable and more intense. These characteristics include: 1. faith in God, 2. sincerity, 3. Constancy and 4. emotional influencing. Each of these four characteristics has its own signs and even the idea of constancy of intimate relationship found in Islamic sources is clearly different from that presented by psychology. In these sources, not only emphasize on the lasting friendship in this world but also takes into account the attitude about close friends and about Hereafter into. Thus, in addition to the fact that the idea of intimate relationship found in Islamic sources is distinct from that presented by psychology in as far as faith in God and sincerity are concerned this idea is clearly distinct from a that presented by psychology in the way of ensuring lifelong friendship.

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of religious orientation variables and mental health symptoms with the mediation of optimism, regarding the purpose and use and considering the nature and technique, the descriptive research method of a correlation type. This study considers the religious orientation variable which is a predictor of mental health and optimism as a mediating variable of the relationship between these two variables. The statistical population of the study includes all female students studying in public, non-governmental and nonprofit universities, Islamic Azad and Payamnoor academic centers of Qazvin in the academic year 2014-2014, the sample consists of 380 women selected through stratified random sampling. Optimism, general health and religious orientation were investigated by using the Life Orientation Questionnaire (LOT-R), Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Alport Religious Orientation, respectively. The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha, 0.85, 0.79 and 0.83, respectively. The data were statistically processed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results show that there is a significant positive relationship between internal religious orientation and optimism, and there is significant negative relationship between internal religious orientation and mental health components it is also found that the only way to attain religious orientation is by indirect methods only indirectly through optimism that reduces anxiety, depression and somatization. It is worth noticing that religious orientation does not affect mental health decline by direct method, but through raising level of optimism that contributes to reducing anxiety, depression, and somatization.

This study is classified as quasi-experimental survey. It is organized on a pretest-posttest basis consisting of two groups: experimental and control group. This study seeks to compare multifaceted psychotherapy based on Islamic approach with logo therapy on increasing perceived social support for the women affected by extramarital relationships in Tehran district five. To this end the quasi-experimental survey is done on 30 people who have extramarital relationship. They were purposefully selected, randomly sampled divided evenly into two experimental groups 1 and 2. The first group received multifaceted psychotherapy based on Islamic approach. The second group received logotherapy. Both groups completed the questionnaire about perceived social support ZMET before and after the medical intervention. A kind of mixed analysis of variance within the test was used for analyzing the data. The results show that multi-faceted psychotherapy based on Islamic approach and logotheraphy could increase the perceived social support for the woman affected by beach of trust and this effect lasted for two months. There is no difference between multifaceted psychotherapy based on Islamic approach and logo therapy in increasing perceived social support. Accordingly, multi-faceted psychotherapy based on Islamic approach and logotherapy can be used to increase perceived social support for the suffering woman affected by extramarital relations and reduce the harm which it cases.