Journal of adolescent and youth psychological studies
Volume:4 Issue: 5, 2023

Spiritual vitality, a combination of the characteristics of spirituality and vitality will play an effective educational role in the mental health of the individual and society. This research aimed to design a family-centered psychological strategies model and evaluate its effectiveness on students' spiritual vitality.

The research was based on the type of mixed data of sequential exploratory type in two qualitative and quantitative parts using thematic analysis method based on prism model and quasi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with a control group and follow-up stage. The studied population in the qualitative section 1) Sand analysis with a systematic review of theoretical foundations and empirical background 2) Participants include a) university professors; b) The experts of the office of Parents and teachers association and in the quantitative section were female students of the second year of high school and their parents in Tehran. The sample size was calculated as 18 students in the qualitative part using the theoretical saturation method and 90 students and their parents in the quantitative part according to Cochran's formula. The sampling method in the qualitative part of the non-probability method was a targeted chain type, and in the quantitative part, it was a targeted type. The measurement tool was used in the qualitative part of the systematic review of theoretical foundations and experimental background, and semi-structured interviews with professors and experts, and in the quantitative part, the spiritual vitality questionnaire of Afrooz et al. (2019) was used. The method of data analysis was used in the qualitative part based on the thematic analysis method, and in the quantitative part, mixed analysis of variance test, Bonferroni post hoc test, and correlated t-test were used.  

The results of the research showed: 1) family-centered psychological strategies including 10 strategies: cognitive game-making strategy, relaxation training, self-awareness strategy, communication strategy, problem-solving strategy, stress management strategy, coping strategy and conflict resolution strategy, anger control strategy, critical thinking strategy and time management strategy. 2) According to the calculated strategies, theoretical bases, and analysis of interviews, the conceptual model of family-centered psychological strategies was designed and based on the conceptual model, theoretical foundations, and according to the opinion of experts in this field by integrating the cognitive-behavioral approach and the life skills program, the operational plan of the model of family-centered psychological strategies was compiled and adjusted. 3) Its validity was reviewed and confirmed based on the opinion of 30 experts in this field according to Lincoln and Goba indices, and it indicated the validity and validity of the program.

The results show that the family-centered psychological strategies intervention program increased the spiritual vitality of students and their parents, and these results were stable in the three-month follow-up, indicating that the psychological intervention program has the necessary reliability and validity.

The most important task of education in this era, considering the complexity and expansion of science, is to first improve the performance of teachers and managers and to set precise targets to measure their performance. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of flexibility and competence on work performance with regard to the mediating role of job satisfaction among young teachers in Sistan and Baluchistan province.

In terms of the purpose it was an applied study, the in terms of data collection it was a survey and it was a descriptive- correlation study. the statistical population was 440 young teachers of Sistan and Baluchistan province, who were selected using the Cochran formula and random sampling method. Multi-stage cluster, 205 people were selected as the sample size. Library and field data collection methods and tools for measuring written documents and four questionnaires, including Martin et al.'s human resources flexibility questionnaire (2005), Motahrinejad and Jahangard's teacher competence questionnaire (2017) and Patterson's occupational performance questionnaire (1922). Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was used among teachers. The validity of the tool was measured through face, content and construct validity, and reliability was measured through Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability. Structural equation modeling method was used for data analysis using SPSS-v23 and Smart Pls-v3 software.  

The results showed that flexibility and competence have a significant effect on work performance according to the mediating role of job satisfaction among young teachers in Sistan and Baluchistan province.

The results of the research showed that examining the role of job flexibility and competence on the work performance of young teachers with the mediation of job satisfaction can lead to efficient and satisfactory performance in the field of education.

Today, one of the problems of young people is the lack of self-knowledge, which naturally leads to the lack of knowledge of the criteria and attitude towards marriage. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the prediction of attitude towards marriage based on emotional intelligence in female students.

This is descriptive correlational research. The statistical population of this research includes unmarried female students of Islamic Azad University, Garmsar branch in the academic year 2022-23, 200 people were selected as the research sample using random cluster sampling. To collect the data, Bratin and Rosen's (1998) marriage attitude questionnaire and Austin et al.'s revised emotional intelligence scale (2004) were used. Data analysis was done using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.  

The research results showed that there is a significant relationship between attitude towards marriage and emotional intelligence (p=0.01) and emotional intelligence can predict students' attitude towards marriage.

Therefore, it can be concluded that emotional intelligence can play a role as an effective factor in predicting students' attitude towards marriage.

Divorce is one of the most important phenomena of human life, which disturbs not only couples' mental balance, but also children's mental balance. Based on this, it becomes important to study the psychological status of children of divorce in adulthood, with the understanding of this importance, the present study was conducted to investigate the psychological status of children of divorce in adulthood.

This research is a type of qualitative study that uses foundational data theory. The participants included the children of divorce in Tehran, who had been divorced for 10 years, and 18 people were selected as key informants through the purposeful sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The reliability and validity of the data were obtained from the two methods of review by participants and recoding by experts. Data were analyzed by open, central and selective coding.

The research findings showed that the psychological status of children of divorce has positive and negative indicators in both childhood and adulthood dimensions.

The positive aspect of childhood is companionship and empathy with the guardian parent, support and warmth of the guardian parent, liberation and satisfaction of the guardian parent. Among other positive indicators, we can mention the feeling of satisfaction with life without conflict and conflict, support from others (family and friends). Negative indicators such as loss of family, fear of telling the truth because of people's judgments, children experience a kind of fear and apprehension after the divorce and following the events that happened during the separation process and after; Not having or lack of intimate relationships, being rejected, losing a supporter, having difficulty in arranging the daily affairs of life, creating contexts according to personal values and needs.

The purpose of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of psychological education in positive mania on the control of thought and emotional adjustment of 15-17-year-old female students who have recovered from the first peak of the Corona Pandemic (Covid-19) in Zabul city.

The present study was applied research with quasi-experimental type and pre-test, post-test with a control group. The statistical population was all secondary school female students of Zabul city, and using multi-stage cluster sampling method, 32 students recovered from the first peak of the corona pandemic were selected and divided into two experimental groups. (16 people) and the control group (16 people) were randomly selected. The pre-test was conducted in all groups and positive psychotherapy trainings were given to the experimental group. The post-test was conducted in all groups. In the pre-test and post-test Wells and Davis Thought Control Questionnaires (TCQ, Rabiot et al.'s emotional compatibility (EAM) were implemented. One-way univariate analysis of covariance and multivariate one-way analysis of covariance or Mancova test were used to analyze the data.

In general, the results of the data analysis showed that positive psychotherapy training did not affect the increase in thought control of 15-17-year-old female students who recovered from the first peak of the Corona pandemic. This training had an effect on the emotional adjustment of students. The emotional adjustment of subjects who were trained in positive psychotherapy was significantly improved compared to the control group.

It can be concluded that positive psychotherapy can improve students' thought control and emotional adjustment, so it is suggested to use it in counseling and treatment

High-risk behaviors are behaviors that increase the likelihood of physical, psychological and social disastrous consequences for the individual. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of compassionate mind therapy and dialectical behavior therapy on cognitive deficits, emotional processing defects and impulsivity of soldiers aged 18 to 20 years with high-risk behaviors.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a follow-up group. The statistical population of this study included all adolescent soldiers aged 18 to 20 years who referred to Valiasr Medical Center in Tehran in 2020. The sample selection process in the present study consisted of two stages: The first stage was done by purposeful sampling method of high-risk behaviors questionnaire to screen soldiers referred to Valiasr Medical Center in Tehran and among those who received a score higher than the screening method 50 people were selected based on the completion of the consent form for participation in the research as well as the inclusion and exclusion criteria of 45 people (15 people in the first experimental group, 15 people in the second experimental group and 15 people in the control) and specialized in 3 groups at random. To collect data, Iranian adolescents' risk questionnaires, cognitive deficits, Toronto Alexithymia scale, and Impulsivity Scale were used.

A pairwise comparison between the two treatment groups showed that cognitive deficits in the two treatment groups of compassion (I-J=7.20; P<0.01) and dialectical behavior therapy (I-J=8.66; P<0.01), Was significant from pre-test to post-test in contrast to control group (I-J=1.56; P<0.05); Also, the study of emotional processing deficits shows that only the dialectical behavior therapy group (I-J=12.73; P<0.01) was significant from pre-test to post-test. Also, the study of impulsivity in treatment groups shows that only compassion treatment was effective in reducing impulsivity (I-J=7.66; P<0.01).

According to the findings of the present study, it seems that with compassionate practice and increasing positive emotions, a person's behavioral-intellectual treasury expands, which can it provided the basis for problem-solving and the reduction of conflicts between intrapersonal and interpersonal emotions, thereby reducing impulsivity and risky behaviors.

Developmental psychology points of view suggest that the period of adolescence and young adulthood is important for the integrity of human personality and development and is one of the most critical periods. Therefore, young people need to promote themselves in this era and raise their position in the social system, and achieving identity is an answer to their need to separate and distinguish themselves from others. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of presenting a structural model of resilience prediction based on identity styles with the mediation of adaptive motivational structure in students.

The present research is a correlational cross-sectional study. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran in 2019; fromamong them, 400 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. In this research, tools of resilience (Connor & Davidson, 2003), identity styles (Brzezunsky, 1999), and motivational structure (Cox & Klinger, 1995) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V23 and Lisrel-V8.8 software were used; Also, in order to respond to the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used.

The research results showed that the model has a good fit. Also, the results showed that identity styles have an indirect effect on resilience with the mediating role of adaptive motivational structure. In general, it can be concluded that some personality traits such as tolerance, forgiveness, adaptability, hard work, curiosity, and decisiveness in relationships can help people to experience higher levels of identity styles, resilience, and motivational structure.

Therefore, the findings of this research have been discussed theoretically and practically in the light of the existing research process, and suggestions have been presented in both theoretical and practical areas.

Suicide, which means harming oneself with the purpose of killing oneself, is a major health problem and one of the main causes of death worldwide. The purpose of this research was to present a causal model of suicidal thoughts based on parenting styles (permissive, authoritarian, authoritative) and the mediating role of social support and self-esteem.

The design of the current research was descriptive and correlational and based on the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of the research was all high school students of Ilam city, 390 people (182 girls and 208 boys) were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Data related to research variables were collected using Beck's (1961), Phillips' (1986) social support, Rosenberg's (1965) and Baumrind's parenting styles (1973) questionnaires. Pearson correlation and structural equation method were used through SPSS-27 and AMOS-26 software.

The results and findings of the research showed that authoritarian parenting style has a direct positive effect on suicidal thoughts and a direct negative effect on self-esteem and social support. Also, authoritarian parenting style has a direct negative effect on suicidal thoughts and a direct positive effect on self-esteem and social support. On the other hand, permissive parenting style has a direct negative effect on self-esteem, but this style did not have a significant direct effect on social support and suicidal thoughts. Also, permissive parenting style did not have an indirect and significant effect on suicidal thoughts with the mediating role of social support. Other results showed that permissive, authoritarian, and authoritarian parenting styles have an indirect and significant effect on suicidal behavior with the mediating role of self-esteem, and finally, the fit indices of the final model supported the good fit with the collected data.

Increasing public awareness and empowering families and schools, especially psychological therapeutic interventions for parenting skills and increasing the level of knowledge and efficiency of the school counseling system can be effective in reducing social harm, especially the painful phenomenon of suicide and the formation of suicidal thoughts and ideas before that.

Happiness is one of the constructs proposed in positive psychology, which is related to many concepts in psychology. The aim of the present study was to predict the happiness of teenagers based on spiritual lifestyle with the mediation of mental health.  

The research design was a correlational type in which happiness was the dependent variable, spirituality was the independent variable, and mental health was the mediating variable. The statistical population of students were studying in high schools in Tehran, and 300 people were selected by cluster sampling. The tools included Hall and Edwards' spirituality questionnaire (1996), Schneider's life expectancy questionnaire (2002) and revised Oxford happiness scale (2001). The data were analyzed by path analysis.  

The results show that spirituality and mental health are predictors of happiness and mental health has a relative mediating role in predicting happiness. Mental health is also predicted by spirituality.

In the end, it was concluded that strategic hope completely mediates between the level of satisfaction and lack of negative feelings with spiritual lifestyle, and functional hope mediates partially between perception management and despair.

Paying attention to the mental state of psychotherapy trainees plays an essential role in preparing students to enter the field of therapy. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy on emotional self-awareness, empathy and self-compassion in psychotherapy trainees.

It was a semi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental and control groups and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the psychotherapist trainees in Tehran in 2021, who were selected by the available sampling method, 30 people and randomly replaced in two groups of 15 people. Data collection was done with emotional self-awareness questionnaire (Rifi et al., 2008), empathy questionnaire (Mehrabian and Epstein, 1972) and self-compassion questionnaire (Neff, 2003). For each of the experimental groups, an intervention program was held in the form of weekly meetings. In addition to descriptive statistics, data analysis was performed with mixed analysis of variance and Bonferroni's post hoc test.

The results showed that in the post-test period, between the mean scores of emotional self-awareness (p<0.01), empathy (p<0.01) and self-compassion (p<0.01) of the experimental group in the intervention sessions compared to the control group. Statistically, the difference is significant. The effectiveness of short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy was stable over time in the subjects of the experimental groups.

Based on the results of the research, conducting psychological interventions for the preparation of psychotherapy trainees is very important and can be a basis for raising awareness and correctly applying these interventions in psychotherapy trainees.

The family as an ancient institution has been the focus of many people since the distant past, and many thinkers and researchers have devoted a large part of their studies to the family. The collapse of this institution is a serious threat to the entire social system, and according to this, today, most of the macro-policies in the field of the family are aimed at protecting families from damage and collapse. Therefore, the purpose of the current research is to explain the family breakdown prevention model.

The current research is a qualitative and quantitative research, which was first identified through interviews, and in the quantitative part of the research, quantitative modeling of the components was done to provide a model for the prevention of family breakdown. The statistical population of the research includes counselors, psychologists, university professors, counseling experts and some couples applying for divorce who were purposefully selected as the statistical population. Saturation theory was used to determine the sample size in the qualitative part of the research, and random sampling was used in the quantitative part, and finally 378 completed questionnaires were collected. The tools of this research for its qualitative part include researcher-made interviews and for the quantitative part it includes researcher-made questionnaires. SPSS and AMOS software were used for statistical analysis of quantitative research data.

The obtained findings indicate that all the components obtained from the interview (emphasis on continuous education, economic strengthening, legal support for a healthy life, skill training and skill enhancement, continuous moral reproduction, cultural immunity, healthy lifestyle, rational choice, strengthening internal bonds of members, mutual trust building, family orientation and effective intervention) are effective on the process of preventing family breakup, and the drawing model of the family breakup prevention model based on these findings has a good fit.

It can be concluded that the drawing model of the current research can be used as a model to explain the prevention of the collapse of the family system.

obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitating anxiety disorder whose main feature is the occurrence of obsessions and compulsive actions. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the schema therapy package based on psycho-social issues of obsessive-compulsive patients with cognitive-behavioral therapy on early maladaptive schemas and anxiety in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

This article was a semi-experimental method, pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a 45-day follow-up period. The research population in this study included all patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who referred to two psychotherapy clinics in Isfahan city. For the study, 45 people were randomly selected into two groups of schema therapy based on psychosocial issues (based on Yang, Kliusko and Wishar, 2003), cognitive-behavioral therapy (Struch et al., 2007) and a control group (each group). 15 people) were placed. Before and after the intervention and 45 days later (follow-up stage), the subjects responded to the short-form Young’s schema questionnaire (Young, 1994) and the anxiety questionnaire (Beck, 1989). The data was analyzed using the method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements and Spss.22 software.

The results of the study showed that there is a significant difference in the mean of early maladaptive schemas and anxiety in two experimental groups (schema therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy) and evidence. In addition, based on the results of schema therapy compared to cognitive-behavioral therapy, in the reduction of early maladaptive schemas (F=33.06; P<0.001) and anxiety (F=11.26; P<0.001) Patients were more effective.

Compared to cognitive-behavioral therapy, schema therapy treatment based on psycho-social issues can play an effective role in reducing the early maladaptive schemas and anxiety of these patients.

The issue of transition from traditional society to modern society has been one of the main topics of sociology since the end of World War I. The aim of this study was to construct and standardize the modernity tendency questionnaire by analyzing the factors and measuring its validity and reliability.

The present study was exploratory. The statistical population of this study was all students studying in the academic year of 2008-2009 in Payame Noor Universities in Tehran province. For this purpose, 895 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran completed the designed tool in the academic year of 2008-19. For this purpose, first, the theoretical foundations of previous researches were studied and then a questionnaire was designed based on the areas of the mentioned structure obtained from the study of the resources. After examining the face and content validity of the questions made in relation to each subtest and removing inappropriate questions from it, a total of 58 questions were selected for final implementation on the sample by multistage cluster random sampling. Principal component analysis and varimax rotation method and its reliability with Cronbach's alpha coefficient and retesting were investigated.

The results showed that the sampling quality index (KMO) was 0.828 and the significance level of Bartlett's spherical test was less than 0.001. Five factors were extracted from the set of questions, of which 48.2% of the total variance is explained. The first factor with a specific value of 10.8 equal to 22.5% of the total variance and finally the fifth factor with a special value of 2.4 about 5.1% justifies the variance of the total variables. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was the components of the tendency to modernism questionnaire between 0.69 and 90, indicating the appropriate validity of this tool.

It can be concluded that the modernity tendency questionnaire in students has good validity and reliability for future research in Iran.

One of the most important characteristics of adolescence is early puberty and identity changes, in the meantime, if the management of identity changes and educational and cultural issues of adolescents are not addressed, they may suffer many injuries in the next period of life. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to model the relationship between self-esteem and differentiation with the mediation of early self-expression and identity for the purpose of cultural pathology of adolescence.

This research was applied in terms of quantitative method (descriptive-correlation) and in terms of purpose. The statistical population included the second high school students of district 1 of Tehran, 384 of whom were randomly selected based on Cochran's formula. The data collection tool also included a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used to verify the formal and content validity of the researcher-made questionnaire from the opinions of experts, and for the validity of the interviews, the method of transferability and review by members was used. Cronbach's alpha formula was used to calculate reliability in the quantitative part. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (structural equivalent modeling) were used for experiment and data analysis.

The findings showed that self-esteem with differentiation had a beta coefficient and a significant level (R2=0.101 and P<0.05). Self-expression with differentiation had a beta coefficient and significance level (R2=133 and P<0.05) and early identity also had a beta coefficient and significance level with differentiation (R2=0.369 and P<0.05).

Based on the findings, it can be concluded that self-esteem has a significant relationship with the mediation of early self-expression and identity, and therefore, the planners of the country's educational and cultural system can reduce the cultural and educational damage to self-esteem and Pay attention to the differentiation of young people along with other factors.

It seems that one of the important influencing factors in cluster B personality disorders is brain-behavioral systems and dark personality traits, so the purpose of the present study is the relationship between brain-behavioral systems and cluster B personality disorders with the mediation of dark personality traits.

The design of this research was a correlation method in terms of applied purpose and in terms of controlling variables. The statistical population of the study was all students of Tabriz universities in the academic year 2021-22, of which 450 people were selected by cluster random sampling and studied. For data collection, the Dark Dimensions of Personality Questionnaire, the revised Jackson Strengthening Sensitivity Scale, and the Millon Multi-Axis Clinical Test were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.  

The results showed that there is a positive relationship between behavioral activation system and cluster B of personality disorders. There is also a negative relationship between behavioral inhibition system and cluster B personality disorders. There is a positive relationship between dark personality traits and dramatic personality disorder. There is a negative relationship between behavioral inhibition system and war and escape with the dark trait of Machiavellianism.

The results of this research show that paying attention to the variables of behavioral brain systems and dark personality traits play an important role in personality disorders.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of strength-based counseling in increasing the resilience of adolescents.

This research was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was adolescents aged 14 to 17 who were referred to the Mehravar Counseling Center in Tehran in the second half of 1400. Among the adolescents who scored lower on the resilience scale of Connor and Davidson (2003), a sample of 20 people was They were randomly selected and assigned to two experimental (10 people) and control (10 people) groups. Teenagers in the experimental group received ten sessions of 90-minute capacity-based intervention based on Smith's treatment (2006) as a group, and members of the control group were placed on the waiting list. Both groups responded to the resilience scale before and after the experiment. Data analysis was done with descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and repeated measure variance with SPSS version 26 statistical analysis software.

The results showed that counseling based on ability significantly increased the resilience of 14 to 17-year-olds. These findings were also stable in the follow-up phase.

Based on the findings, it can be concluded that strength-based counseling can increase the resilience of teenagers.