نشریه دست آوردهای روانشناسی بالینی
سال سوم شماره 3 (پاییز 1396)

This study was conduted to aim the causal relationship between sensation seeking and internet addiction with mediation of affiliation to deviant peers in students. 294 undergraduate freshmen from Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz were selected by using multi-stage random sampling method, and completed Yang Internet Addiction Test, Zuckerman Sensation Scale, and Paschal, Ringwalt, and Flewelling Scale. Data were analyzed using path analysis method. Findings indicate that sensation seeking and affiliation to deviant peers are dirctly associated with internet addiction, and sensation-seeking indirectly increases internet addiction by increasing students' affiliation to deviant peers. Therefore, students with high sensation seeking more likely to be in deviant peer groups, and this will indirectly increase their internet addiction.

This study to aim was  corducted the effectiveness of based on acceptance and commitment group therapy (ACT) in reducing worry and depression in couples with emotional divorce referred to Mental Relief Counseling Clinic in Tehran In a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control group. Twenty-eight (14 participants in experimental group and 14 participants in control group) couples with emotional divorce problems were selected using voluntarly sampling. The experimental group participants in 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment based on intervention (ACT) sessions and the control group participants did not receive any intervention. Participants responded in two stage to the Beck Depression Inventory and the State of Pennsylvania Questionnaire on two occasions. Findings showed that acceptance and commitment therapy reduced depression and worry in the experimental group. Based on this, it can be said that in the field of treatment and dealing with depressed and anxious people and reduction of emotional divorce in the field of family interventions, acceptance and commitment group therapy (ACT) due to its nature seems very effective and promising.

This study was conducted to aim predict depression based on mindwandering (deliberate-spontaneous) and mindfulness variable in students with the correlation method.380 students of Allame Tabatabai University were selected using voluntary method and complete Beck Depression Inventory, Deliberate and Spontaneous Mind Wandering and Five Facets of Mindfulness (FFMQ). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation- coefficient method and multiple regression. Results showed that deliberate mind wandering and spontaneous mind wandering have positive and direct relationship with depression and between the components of mindfulness, the components of description، action with awareness, disrespect to inner experience and lack of reaction to inner experience have a negative relationship with depression. Also, the results from concurrent regression analyis showed that from mind wandering components, only spontaneous mind wandeing variable and from mindfulness components, only observation, act with awarness, non-judgmental orientation to one’s present experience and nonreact orientation to one’s present experience,respectively, can predict depression.Based on these findings, we can conclude that striving for excellence; spontaneous mind wandeing and observation, act with awarness, non-judgmental orientation to one’s present experience and nonreact orientation to one’s present experience, were the main determinants of depression in students.

Depression is one of the most prevalent disorders and it is more than one hundred years that psychological approaches try to discover its origin, symptoms and effective therapeutic interventions. Different types of depression which are defined from Quran perspective, cause getting away from real self and important needs and push the person to ambiguity and ignorance and “Holy  Quran” is one of the best sources that guide the human to hope and getting out of depression via increasing self-knowledge. The aim of this study was investigating of the relation between depression types of Quran perspective with Self-knowledge. 214 students from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch in Tehran city were selected using voluntarily sampling method. Participants complicated the Quranic Depression Scale (Fayyaz) and Self-knowledge Questionnaire (Ghorbani, Watson & Hargis). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression statistical methods the findings showed that self-knowledge has negative correlation with all types of depression. Humiliation and succession-opposed depression types could predict self-knowledge. In conclusion, different types of depression can effect on self-knowledge score so by eliminating the causal factors of depression of Quran perspective, we can increase self-knowledge. Results are useful for designing the Preventive and therapeutic programs in the future.

Childhood is one of the most important stages of life in which is established person's personality. Often incompatibility and psychiatric disorders in adolescence and adulthood, It is caused by neglecting the emotional issues and problems of childhood behavior and lack of proper guidance in the process of growth and development. The present study predicted social phobia of preschool children based on mothers' cognitive emotion regulation strategies. This study is a descriptive correlational study. The population of this study consisted of all mothers of preschool children in Amol public schools. The 180 mothers who were qualified for the study were selected and responded to the Preschool Anxiety Scale and the Emotional Cognitive Regulation Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 20 and Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression statiscal methods. The results showed that there are a significant negative relationship between social phobia and adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and a significant positive relationship between social phobia and non- adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, the another finding showed that the variables of adaptive and non-adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation are predictors of social phobia. It must be said that cognitive emotion regulation strategies have a significant effect on the social phobia of preschool children; therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the characteristics of parents in the process of education and mental health of children.

Post traumatic growth is the experience of positive change that achieved following struggling with challenging life crises. The aim of this study was predicting post traumatic growth based on variables of spirituality, social support, self-efficacy and resilience in damaged women in Isfahan city. This study is a descriptive correlational study. 300 women with cancer and bereavement in the last two years selected using purposive and volunteer sampling method. Participants completed Post Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Spiritual Health Questionnaire, Social Support Questionnaire, Resilience Inventory and self-efficacy Scale. Results indicated that there are significant correlation between spirituality, self-efficacy, social support and resilience with posttraumatic growth and variables of spirituality, social support, self-efficacy and resilience are predictors of post traumatic growth. These results showed that these variables provide an important mechanism for traumatic events and help people experience more PTG.