Journal of Research in Psychopathology
Volume:1 Issue: 1, Summer 2020

The present research was conducted with the aim to examine the relationship between clinical variables of epilepsy and cognitive disorders of patients with drug-resistantepilepsy(DRE). From among patients with DRE who had a medical record in Ardabil Welfare Organization, Ardabil, Iran, 35 participants aged between 20 and 35 years old, filled out the questionnaire related to demographic and clinical variables in the summer of 2017. Furthermore, to examine cognitive performance, the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were employed. Patients who had emotional turmoil scores higher than 28 (cut-off point) were excluded from the study. Data were analyzed using correlation test and simultaneous regression analysis in SPSS software. The results revealed a significant correlation between clinical variables and cognitive performance. Additionally, based on the obtained regression coefficients, disease duration (p = 0.35) did not have a significant role in predicting memory performance. However, seizure frequency (p = 0.01), number of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) consumed (p = 0.03), and age at the onset of seizure (p = 0.01) had significant roles in predicting the memory performance. The results also revealed that disease duration (p = 0.47), seizure frequency (p = 0.70), and age at the onset of seizure (p = 0.06) had no significant role in predicting the executive function. Nevertheless, the number of AEDs consumed (p = 0.02) had a significant role in predicting the executive function. Clinical factors of epilepsy had a role in predicting cognitive performance of the patients

The present research was conducted with the aim to examine the relationship between clinical variables of epilepsy and cognitive disorders of patients with drug-resistantepilepsy(DRE). From among patients with DRE who had a medical record in Ardabil Welfare Organization, Ardabil, Iran, 35 participants aged between 20 and 35 years old, filled out the questionnaire related to demographic and clinical variables in the summer of 2017. Furthermore, to examine cognitive performance, the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were employed. Patients who had emotional turmoil scores higher than 28 (cut-off point) were excluded from the study. Data were analyzed using correlation test and simultaneous regression analysis in SPSS software. The results revealed a significant correlation between clinical variables and cognitive performance. Additionally, based on the obtained regression coefficients, disease duration (p = 0.35) did not have a significant role in predicting memory performance. However, seizure frequency (p = 0.01), number of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) consumed (p = 0.03), and age at the onset of seizure (p = 0.01) had significant roles in predicting the memory performance. The results also revealed that disease duration (p = 0.47), seizure frequency (p = 0.70), and age at the onset of seizure (p = 0.06) had no significant role in predicting the executive function. Nevertheless, the number of AEDs consumed (p = 0.02) had a significant role in predicting the executive function. Clinical factors of epilepsy had a role in predicting cognitive performance of the patients

Object relations are key concepts in the psychoanalytic approach that are important in the etiology of borderline personality disorder. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of mentalization based therapy (MBT) on object relations of persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD). This research was an experimentaland a pretest-posttest design with the control group was used. The sample consisted of 30 men with BPD who were selected by convenience sampling from the population and were assigned using random sampling into two an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received 20 sessions of MBT, but the control group did not receive a treatment. The data collection instruments included structured clinical interviews for the diagnosis of axis II disorders, M0+illon clinical multiracial inventory and Bell Object Relations Scale. Pretest and posttest were administered to both groups. Data were analyzed by univariate covariance analysis by SPSS software, Ver. 23. The results showed that after controlling for the pretest effects, there was a significant difference between the mean of posttest scores of both groups in both object relations variables (p < 0.05). In other words, MBT sessions improved object relationships (F = 4.838) in persons with BPD in the treatment group. Therefore, MBT is a suitable strategy for improving the object relationships of persons with BPD and can be used as an effective intervention method.

The present study aimed to compare the effects of tDCS and MBCT on forward and backward memory span in patients with epilepsy.The sample consisted of 45 patients with epilepsy who were selected by convenience sampling and assigned to two experimental and one control groups. In data collection phase, a pretest was administered using Wechsler Scale, tDCS and MBCT interventions were applied, and then posttest was performed.The findings from MANCOVA analyses showed that there were significant differences between experimental and control groups. Both experimental groups demonstrated significant improvements in posttest in terms of the components of working memory.The results showed that tDCS and MBCT can enhance working memory in patients with epilepsy; however, theeffect of tDCS was more significant.

Types of tendency to high-risk behaviors are common among adolescents. This study aimed to determine predicting the tendency toward high-risk behaviors based on moral disengagement with the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation.The method of this study was descriptive-correlational. All secondary school students of Ardabil, who were studying in the year 2018, comprised the population of this research. Two hundred and fifty students were selected from this population through multistage random cluster sampling and they were asked to fill in high-risk behaviors, moral disengagement, and difficulties in emotion regulation questionnaires. The data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. The results showed a role for high-risk behaviors, total moral disengagement score, and its components and the total score of difficulties in emotion regulation. There was also a significant relationship between the difficulties in emotion regulation and the total score of moral disengagement and its components. Also, the proposed model had a good fit, and the fitting indices of the model also confirmed the moral disengagement path to high-risk behaviors with the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation. The results indicated that moral disengagement with high path coefficients could be an effective factor in predicting the tendency toward high risk behaviors among students.

The purpose of this study was to provide a model for predicting job stress on the basis of self-compassion, sense of coherence (SOC) and affective control. To this end, we used structural equation modelling (SEM). The sample in this research consisted of 330 staff of steel companies selected via simple random sampling. For collecting data, Antonovsky's sense of coherence, Williams et al.’s affective control, self-compassion, and job stress questionnaires were used. Data were analysed via Sobel and Bootstrap statistical tests using SPSS and AMOS, Ver. 22. The results revealed that the direct effect of SOC, self-compassion, and affective control on the staff’s stress was significant. The indirect effect of self-compassion and SOC on job stress through affective control mediation was also significant. In total, 20% of job stress variance was explained by the variables of the model. Considering the direct and indirect effects of the exogenous and mediating variables on staff job stress, it can be concluded that job stress can be reduced by enhancing affective control, SOC, and self-compassion.