نشریه دست آوردهای روانشناسی بالینی
سال هفتم شماره 2 (تابستان 1400)

This study aimed to predict obsession based on intellectual rumination and cognitive flexibility in housewives in Hamadan. The method of this research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population was all housewives referred to health centers in Hamadan in 2017. A final sample of 280 was selected by stratified relative sampling. In this way, according to the number of housewives referring to health centers in each district of the city, a number of them were selected as samples. For data collection, Maudsley obsessive-compulsive disorder questionnaire, rumination response questionnaire, and acceptance and practice questionnaire- second version- were used. Findings showed a positive and significant relationship between intellectual rumination and the obsession of housewives, but there was a significant negative relationship between cognitive flexibility and the obsession of housewives. Another finding was that intellectual rumination and cognitive flexibility could explain obsessive-compulsive disorder in housewives.

This research aimed to investigate the social and individual antecedents of mental health in the causal model. The research method was correlational and path analysis. The research participants were 295 female and male students of Shiraz University who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. The tools used in the research were Fitzpatrick and Ritchie's Family Communication Orientation Questionnaire (1994), Berzonsky's Identity Styles Scale (1997), and Goldberg's Mental Health Scale (1972). The factor analysis was used to check the validity of the scales, and Cronbach's alpha was used to measure their reliability. The results indicated the acceptable validity and reliability of the instruments. To check the research model, path analysis was used using Amos software. The findings showed that communication orientation has a positive and significant relationship with informational identity style, normative identity, identity commitment, and mental health through informational identity, normative identity, and identity commitment and an indirect relationship with mental health. Also, conformity orientation has a direct and significant relationship with avoidant identity style, identity commitment, and mental health, and normative identity and identity commitment have an indirect relationship with mental health.

In general, it can be concluded that family communication orientations and identity styles are two main factors for examining mental health.

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of emotional dysregulation in the relationship between early childhood misbehavior and major depression in adulthood of women referred to clinical and counseling centers in Tabriz city. The method of this research was descriptive and based on the mediation model. The statistical population was women with severe depression in Tabriz city who had been referred to medical and counseling centers and received the diagnosis for this disorder. Among them, a sample was selected by non-random sampling method, and Beck Depression Test (BDI-II) was used for accurate diagnosis. And after confirming the said disorder, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and Difficulty Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS) were administered to the selected sample. After collecting the data, using SPSS.26 and AMOS.26 software, the first to fourth hypotheses were analyzed using path analysis. The results obtained from the path analysis showed that the total path coefficient between trauma and depression, emotion dysregulation and depression, and trauma and emotion dysregulation (β=0.333, p < 0.01) was positive and significant at the 0.01 level. The use of Baron and Kenny's formula also showed that the coefficient of the indirect path between trauma and depression through emotional dysregulation was positive and significant at the 0.01 level (P <0.01, β = 0.199). It was concluded that emotion dysregulation positively and significantly mediates the effect of trauma on depression. However, because the trauma was significantly and directly related to depression, this mediation was partial.

Different studies have confirmed the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction in improving the mental health of clients and their various problems, but the comparison of two cognitive behavioral therapies and mindfulness on the self-care behavior of cancer patients has not been done. The research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and stress reduction methods based on mindfulness in the self-care behaviors of women with cancer. 

For this purpose, this study was done in the form of a semi-experimental design using a pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all women with cancer who were referred to the Golestan Hospital in Ahvaz in 2022. Using a simple and available random sampling method, 45 cancer patients were randomly selected and assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (15 people in each group). The research tool was Tayyabzadeh et al.'s self-control behavior questionnaire (2019). The first experimental group received cognitive behavioral therapy, and the second experimental group received mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy in ten 90-minute sessions. The subjects of the control group did not receive any intervention until the end of the study process. Univariate analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used for data analysis. The findings showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy were effective in increasing self-control behavior in the experimental groups, the significance level being less than (p<0.01). Also, there was no significant difference between cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, and both interventions had the same effectiveness (p < 0.05).

Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy have a significant effect on increasing self-control behaviors in women with cancer in the experimental groups in the post-test, therefore, they can be used as therapeutic methods along with other medical methods of drug therapy to treat cancer used.

The current research aimed to predict the Cyberchondria and anxiety of COVID-19 based on internet addiction in the COVID-19 pandemic in the households of Marvdasht city. According to the purpose of this research, it was a basic research type, and with a descriptive research design. The statistical population of households in Marvdasht city was 100 people, who were selected by the convenience sampling method. The research tools were Alipour et al.'s Corona Virus Anxiety Scale (2019), Mehdi Reza Sarafaraz et al.'s Cyberchondria Severity Scale (2020), and Young's Internet Addiction Test (1998) by Kimberly Young. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. After collecting and extracting the data, the scores of the participants were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression. The results of Pearson's correlation coefficient show that there is a positive and significant relationship between Cyberchondria and Internet addiction, and no significant relationship was found between the anxiety of COVID-19 and Internet addiction. Also, the regression results showed that Internet addiction was a significant predictor of Cyberchondria. As a result, people who deal with the Internet more than others, such as people who suffer from Internet addiction disorder and spend many hours on the Internet. More than other people, seek to solve their problems, including medical problems, through the information available on the Internet, which increases their risk of Cyberchondria and a positive and meaningful correlation between Internet addiction and Cyberchondria.