مجله پژوهش های کاربردی در مشاوره
سال دوم شماره 3 (پیاپی 6، پاییز 1398)

This study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of group happiness training in the improvement of coping strategies in drug abuse patients. In a quasi-experimental study with pre- test and post-test, the number of 30 drug abuse patients referring to a Self-introduction welfare center in Shiraz who they had successfully completed the detoxification period were selected by available sampling and divided into two experimental (n=15) groups and control (n=15) randomly and in the pre-test and post- test, all the participants completed the coping strategies questionnaire (Carver & et al, 1989). After, the experimental group received 10 sessions of 90 minutes of group happiness training and control group not received intervention. Data analysis was done by SPSS-21 software and were using analysis of variance test. The results indicated a significant increase in the coping strategies scores for the experimental group in comparison to the control group in the post-test. Therefore, group happiness training is very influential in the boost of coping strategies in drug abuse patients.

Hearing impairments are the most common sensory-neurological impairment in humans, and about one in every 1,000 children is born with severe to profound neuropathy. The educational role of the family in childhood is more than other times. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of optimism education on the mental health of parents of children with hearing impairments aged 2 to 10 years. This research is a kind of research-experiment that has been done with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consists of mothers of children with hearing impairments aged 2 to 10 years who were trained in the Ava-e-center of Koohdasht city in the academic year of 1994-95. For this purpose, a sample of 40 mothers of deaf and hard of hearing children aged 2 to 10 years were randomly divided into two experimental groups of 20 and 20 controls. Goldberg and Hiller (1979) Mental Health Questionnaire and Shearer and Carver (1985) Natural Optimism Questionnaire were used to collect data. The mothers of the experimental group students were trained in 10 sessions. To examine the results in the descriptive statistics section, the mean and standard deviation are presented and discussed in the inferential statistics section.

The aim of this study was to predict social interest based on the basic psychological needs and emotional atmosphere of the family. The research method was descriptive-correlation and the statistical population included students of Azad University of Roodehen Branch in the academic year 2017-17. The sample size was estimated based on Kramer method, 160 people and were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. The sample completed three questionnaires: Basic Psychological Needs, Family Emotional Atmosphere, and Crandell Social Interest. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that social interest can be predicted based on the basic psychological needs and emotional atmosphere of the family and the two variables of family emotional climate and the relationship between basic psychological needs and social interest variable have a positive and significant correlation.

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cognitive functions, gratitude and depression in predicting the quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This cross-sectional study was performed on 92 patients referred to the physiotherapy section of the MS Society of Tehran. Data were collected using the Cognitive Functioning Questionnaire (Nejati, 2013), the Quality of Life Questionnaire (World Health Organization, 1996), the Gratitude Questionnaire (McCluff and Whiteley, 2002) and the Depression Questionnaire (Beck et al., 1961). The data were analyzed by multiple regression and Pearson correlation coefficient using spss.23 software. The results of correlation coefficient showed that the variables of cognitive functioning (r = 0.438), depression (r =- 0.303) and gratitude (r = 0.467) had a significant relationship with quality of life (p <0.05). Regression results also showed that 51.4% of the variance in quality of life is explained by cognitive functions, gratitude and depression. So although people with MS may experience depression, the high gratitude of individuals may allow individuals to appreciate individuals, events and situations in life and be appreciative of their lives and social relationships.

The purpose of this study is to "compare academic goal orientation among male and female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz." The present study is "descriptive-cross-sectional" in nature and survey in terms of data collection. There is a positive relationship between performance in male students and dominance and performance in female students. In fact, the more functional the goal of male student achievement and the more dominant the goal of female student achievement, the more progress they make in education. It should be noted that some of these differences can be related to differences in personality, talent, parental behavior towards girls and boys. It also seems that girls 'orientation and motivation are more internal than boys', and girls have more positive beliefs about their ability to control situations and strive for goals.

the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between family structure in terms of adaptability and cohesion with marital satisfaction in working women The research was a correlation study. The statistical population of this study was all working women in Karaj. The sample consisted of working women in Karaj who were selected by based on multi-stage cluster sampling method. The instrument used in the research was a questionnaires, family structure Olson et al (1985), marital satisfaction Olson, Forrins and Drakeman (1982). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multiple regression, Pearson correlation coefficient) and analyzed using SPSS20 software. showed that family structure in terms of adaptability and cohesion positively predict the marital satisfaction of working women. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between of adaptability and cohesion with marital satisfaction of working women (p<0.001). The results of this study indicate that a positive and significant relationship between of adaptability and cohesion with marital satisfaction of working women. And the results of the present study can be used in the development of treatment protocols.