Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling
Volume:4 Issue: 3, 2022

Emotional-behavioral disorders in Adoloscents are prevalent, which cause many problems for family and adoloscents themselves and are accompayning with social negative consequences. Present study aims to develop a scale of psychological pathology for adoloscents-teacher form. 

An initial item pool of 190 was generated and after first edition 119 items were selected to comprise the preliminary version of the scale. Population includes teachers of high school students in six states of Alborz, Eastern Azerbaijan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Fars & Khorasan Razavi. Sample includes about 370 teachers in each states which were randomly chosen from two cities in each states.

Factor analysis with generalized least squares method and equamax rotation was performed on the item responses and yielded a 6 factor solution which is consistent with the theoretical framework. Reliability coefficients of subscales ranged between 0.81 (Anxiety) and 0.95 (Academic Achievement Deficit and Self-regulation). Evaluation of correlation coefficients between items and subscales illustrated those coefficients to vary between 0.35 (item 26) and 0.84 (item 59).

In general, results showed that regarding good psychometric properties of mental health scale for adoloscents-teacher form, it can be used for assessing behavioral and emotional problems in educational, therapeutic, and clinical facilities in Iran population

 Given the negative effects of the absence of one of the parents, single-parent children require great help and assistance. This study was aimed at developing a cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy package based on lived experiences of single-parent children by means of need-based inductive qualitative content analysis.

 The research used need-based inductive content analysis method. In addition to scientific texts, the study’s statistical population included specialists and experts in the field of art and play therapy, besides single-parent children aged between 6 and 12 years in Isfahan city (Iran). Twenty-five people were chosen from the abovementioned statistical population using purposive sampling. To obtain the lived experiences of single-parent children between 6 and 12 years in the two fields of art and play therapy, a semi-structured exploratory interview form with their mothers concerning the problems and needs of the children was employed. It is worth noting that sampling was continued until data saturation. To analyze the data, they were initially recorded, coded, and then analyzed based on Braun and Clarke thematic analysis of inductive content.

 The findings led to the preparation of a cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy package suitable to the psychological needs of single-parent children in ten 90-to-120-minute sessions with specialized agreement of 0.94 between the assessors. Components and structure of cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy program, including integrated techniques of art therapy and play-therapy specialized for single-parent children, is focused on emotional, clinical, behavioral, cognitive, and social deficits, as well as the need of recognition and awareness, doing pleasurable activities, physical complaints, besides functional and academic deficiencies.

 In the end, a cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy package based on the single-parent children’s lived experiences was adjusted in accordance with the findings of content analysis for single-parent children (between 6 and 12 years old). Subsequently, the concepts extracted from the texts employed in the form of structure of multiple educational sessions were adjusted and processed and the sections of the session’s subject, objectives, and content, as well as the training method, presentation, and exercises and assignments were designed for each training session.

Marriage conflicts occur when there is disagreement, incompatibility, or disagreement between couples, therefore, this research aimed to compare the effectiveness of schema mode cards and the effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy on problem-solving skills in conflicted couples.

The purpose of the present research was applied. Its method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design, two experimental groups and a control group, and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the research included all the couples who were referred to the counseling centers of the 10th district of Tehran in 1400. Thirty couples were selected by available sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and one control group. The research tools included the Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ), Hepner's Problem Solving Scale (1982), Cognitive Processing Therapy Training Package by Rasik et al. (2007), and Tabatabai Far et al. was implemented for the experimental groups. The obtained data were analyzed using repeated measure variance.

The findings indicate that teaching schema mode cards on all components of problem-solving, including trust in problem-solving (Eta coefficient = 0.61), avoidance-tendency style (Eta coefficient = 0.51), and personal problem (Eta coefficient = 0.35), is compelling. Also, cognitive processing treatment is effective on the above components with coefficients of 0.75, 0.56 and 0.40, respectively. The effectiveness of both approaches was stable in the follow-up phase, according to Bonferroni's post hoc test. The findings showed that teaching schema mode cards were more effective than cognitive processing intervention in problem-solving components (P<0.05).

Based on the available findings, it can be concluded that both methods of teaching schema mode cards and cognitive processing therapy can be used to increase problem-solving in conflicting couples. According to the cultural context and localization of schema mode cards, it can be more useful in problem-solving in conflicting couples.

Considering the importance of reading in academic skills in school and society, a major part of researches is dedicated to understanding the nature of reading disability.

In this cross-sectional study, 15 children with high-functioning autism were compared with 15 normal peers in exceptional boys' schools in the city. Tehran to be compared. The evaluation test for Farsi reading was used for evaluation. Independent t-test was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that children with high-functioning autism have more pronunciation and omission errors compared to their normal counterparts (P<0.05). Total error and total reading time were also higher in children with autism (P<0.05).

In general, the results of the research showed that considering the reading problems in high-functioning autistic children and the design of reading skills in educational assignments, these issues require attention and therapeutic interventions for these children.

So far, several multivariate psychological and social models have been studied to predict students' academic achievement on the eve of the entrance exam; The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of logical-critical thinking style with academic achievement with the mediating role of action control in high school students.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all high school students in Isfahan in 1399. Initially, a sample of 400 people was selected by multi-stage cluster sampling; But the final analysis was performed on 356 high school students. Research instruments included Epstein and Pasini (1999) Logical-Experimental Thinking Style Questionnaire, Pham & Taylor (1994) Academic Achievement Questionnaire, and Difendroff et al.'s (2000) Action Control Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software using structural equation modeling.

The research findings showed that the model related to the relationship between logical-critical thinking style and academic achievement has a good fit due to the mediating role of action control. The findings also showed that 34% of the observed variance of academic achievement can be explained by combining the variables of logical-critical thinking style and action control.

The findings of this study indicate the mediating role of action control in the relationship between logical-critical thinking style and academic achievement; Therefore, it is necessary to consider the role of these variables by specialists, academic advisors and planners when working with high school students, and especially in the centers and educational institutions and high schools.

The aim of this study was to predict emotional divorce based on sexual satisfaction among couples undergoing couples therapy in Tehran.

The method of this descriptive-analytical study was correlational. The statistical population included all couples who referred to two counseling centers for psychology and family therapy in Tehran in 1398, from which 120 couples were selected by available methods and answered the Multi-Questionnaire of Sexual Issues (MSQ) and Emotional Divorce. They gave.

The data were analyzed by stepwise regression method using SPSS software version 26. Statistical findings and results of regression analysis test showed that out of twelve subscales of sexual problems of spouses that were related to their emotional divorce, six subscales had a significant effect.

According to the research findings, it can be concluded that when sexual satisfaction and sexual awareness of spouses are reduced and sexual mental employment, internal sexual control, sexual control and motivation The more sexual, the more likely they are to have an emotional divorce.