مجله پژوهش های روان شناسی اسلامی
سال پنجم شماره 1 (پیاپی 8، بهار و تابستان 1401)

Adolescents frequently encounter rejection schemas, which exacerbate clinical symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Effective therapeutic interventions are critical in mitigating these challenges. This systematic review assesses the effectiveness of Multidimensional Spiritual Therapy (MST) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in modifying rejection schemas and alleviating associated clinical symptoms in adolescent girls. A comprehensive search was conducted in electronic databases, including PubMed and PsycINFO, targeting empirical studies published in the last 20 years. Studies meeting the inclusion criteria examined the impact of MST and CBT on rejection schemas and clinical outcomes such as anxiety, depression, and OCD in adolescents. Results from the systematic review indicate that both MST and CBT are effective in reducing rejection schemas and clinical symptoms. CBT was particularly effective in addressing maladaptive cognitive processes and reducing symptoms across various mental health disorders, while MST offered additional benefits in promoting emotional stability and existential meaning. Limited direct comparisons between MST and CBT suggest the potential for integrating both therapies to provide a holistic treatment approach that combines the cognitive restructuring of CBT with the spiritual enrichment of MST. This review underscores the efficacy of MST and CBT in treating adolescent girls and highlights the need for further research to optimize integrated therapeutic strategies for this population.

The present study was organized with the aim of extracting and explaining the components of success in the role of mother based on Islamic sources. To achieve the goal of the research; Verses and narrations related to the research topic were extracted and analyzed, and the components and sub-components of success in the role of mother were extracted and analyzed by religious-psychological inference method. The findings of the research showed: a) In order to succeed in her role, the mother must have characteristics in four biological-psychological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions, which are interpreted as competence components in the role of mother;b) Each of these components has sub-categories, which are referred to as competence sub-components. The biological-psychological sub-components are: physical health and mental health, the cognitive sub-components are: cognitive preparation for motherhood and acceptance of the role of mother, the emotional sub-components are: heart acceptance of the child, compassion towards the child and patience and tolerance, the behavioral sub-components are: : Loving the child, patience and tolerance, active presence with the child, tolerance with the child, accountability, chastity, behavioral moderation, truthfulness and keeping the promise, coordination with the wife in raising the child and justice in the role of mother.

Adolescence is a sensitive period of development and adolescents are sometimes prone to certain traumas, including depressive disorder and anxiety. the goal of this study was to evaluate the Comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and Islamic quality of life therapy on depression in adolescents. The present study is applied in terms of experimental method in the form of a pre-test design, post-test with the control group and interventio. The research instruments included Beck Depression (1996- BDI-II). For this purpose, 30 students who scored above 20 in the Beck depression test were randomly selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method.Then, the cognitive behavioral test groups received therapeutic interventions in 8 sessions and the Islamic quality of life therapy group in 8 sessions. The data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of covariance. The findings show that depression has decreased significantly in both experimental groups, but in terms of preference, the superiority of a particular treatment over another was not seen in this study, which means it cannot be said which one is more effective. According to the findings of this research, it can be said that cognitive behavioral therapy and Islamic therapy based on quality of life are useful as effective intervention methods to reduce depression and increase quality of life.

Self-esteem is one of the outcomes of examining and analyzing the interaction between the mind and personality. It is recognized as an indicator of psychological adaptation and proper social functioning, and its enhancement contributes to the formation of mental health. This research employs descriptive-explanatory statements from Islamic texts (the Qur'an and Hadith) and content analysis methods to conduct a comparative study of self-esteem from the perspectives of Islam and psychology. Due to the broad semantic scope of the concept, descriptive-explanatory sentences related to self-esteem were identified and selected from Islamic texts using collected words and concepts in the domain of self-esteem. This study seeks to explain the concept of self-esteem through six axes: nature, equivalent terminology, context and cause, internal components, outcomes, and characteristics of self-esteem from the two perspectives of psychology and Islam using a comparative-critical approach. The findings reveal that the view of religious texts on self-esteem differs from psychological perspectives in terms of criteria, origin, and type of action. In the Islamic worldview, self-esteem is based on human centrality within the framework of God-centeredness, divine satisfaction, obedience to God, and actions related to faith, piety, and righteous deeds. In contrast, psychology stands opposed to the Islamic perspective, as its criteria are based on pure human centrality, its origin is self-affirmation and egocentrism, and its type of action focuses on independence and disregard for external behavior. Thus, the deficiency of psychological theories in providing a correct understanding of self-esteem becomes evident.

This study aimed to develop a marital life model based on a positive psychology approach and Islamic psychology and to examine the effectiveness of the developed model on the patience of conflicted couples. The research employed a mixed-methods approach. The qualitative phase utilized a phenomenological method with a target population of couple therapists, purposive sampling, and semi-structured interviews for data collection. The quantitative phase followed a quasi-experimental design. The statistical population included all conflicted couples in Tehran in 2022, from which 30 individuals were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control groups.The quantitative tools included the Sanaei Marital Conflict Questionnaire and a Patience Questionnaire. Quantitative data were analyzed using covariance analysis. In the qualitative phase, participant experiences revealed a main theme of "psychology and positive thinking" and sub-themes including "piety and religious beliefs, Islamic ethics, gratitude, positive coping, strengthening positive emotions, positive communication skills, enhancing positive capacities, and positive and negative beliefs."The quantitative findings indicated that the developed intervention model significantly influenced the patience of conflicted couples. It is recommended that couple therapists and family counselors apply this model in practice.

This study aimed to examine the relationship between family external boundaries and spouses' responsibility, with the mediating role of Islamic self-regulation. The research employed a descriptive and correlational design. From the statistical population of married spouses in Isfahan Province, 156 individuals were randomly selected and responded to the External Family Boundaries subscale from the H.FBQ Family Boundaries Questionnaire, the Responsibility subscale of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI-Re), and the Self-Regulation Questionnaire based on Islamic sources (SCS-BIS). The relationships between variables were analyzed using correlation coefficients and linear regression, and the data were processed using Baron and Kenny's four-step method. The findings showed a significant positive relationship between the predictor variable (family external boundaries) and the criterion variable (responsibility). Additionally, there was a significant positive relationship between the mediator variable (self-regulation) and the predictor variable (family external boundaries). The results also indicated a significant positive relationship between the criterion variable (responsibility) and the mediator variable (self-regulation). Therefore, it can be concluded that self-regulation mediates the relationship between family external boundaries and responsibility.