فصلنامه دانش و پژوهش در روانشناسی کاربردی
پیاپی 98 (زمستان 1403)

The purpose of this study was to design and compilation of social-communication enhancement package based on TEACCH and PECS approach and its effect on Sexual health of autistic children. The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all boys with autism spectrum disorder aged 6 to 12 years in Tehran in the academic year 2021. From the special school for autism, 40 autistic subjects were selected using the Autism Diagnosis Scale (Gilliam, 1995) and were randomly divided into experimental (20) and control (20) groups. For the experimental group, the developed communication-social empowerment program was implemented with the TEACCH and PECS approach during 7 sessions of 45 minutes, while the control group did not receive any training. The research instruments included the Questionnaire of Health and Sexual Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum disorders (Eftekhari et al, 2022). The results showed that social-communication enhancement package based on TEACCH and PECS approach had a significant effect on improving Sexual health in the post-test and follow-up stages. Findings of this study provide useful information about social-communication enhancement package and counselors and psychologists can use this intervention to improve Sexual health in autistic children.

The purpose of this research was Compiling and evaluating of intervening package of leisure enrichment on increment of Career adaptability of adolescent age 16-18. This research is a mixed exploratory approach that was carried out in two stages. The first step was to compile the leisure enrichment intervention package and the second step was to examine the impact of the intervention on increasing adaptability. The statistical population in the qualitative stage of adolescent with high adaptability to the purposeful sampling method and in the quantitative stage of adolescent with low adaptability to the available sampling method has been found, who were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The assessment of the groups in the pre-post-test was done with the career adaptability scale (Savickas & Porfeli, 2012). Also, a phenomenological interview was used to develop the intervention. For data analysis, the Colaizzi method was used in the qualitative part and analysis of variance in the quantitative part was used. The results of the post-test showed that the intervention of enriching the free time of adolescent is effective in increasing the adaptability of the career (p<0.05). Also, the sustainability of this intervention was confirmed in increasing the adaptability in the follow-up. Therefore, recognizing the activities of Rich leisure is essential in improving the quality of life and career of Adolescents.

The aim of this study was to compare the effective of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment with couple schema-based therapy on emotion regulation, self-compassion and marital burnout of conflicting couples in Tehran. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population included all conflicting couples in Tehran and the sample size included 20 couples in the experimental group undergoing schema therapy training, 20 couples in the experimental group under acceptance and commitment therapy and 20 couples in the control group. Available sampling was selected in 2019-2020. Measurement tools included Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gratz & Roemer, 2004), a Questionnaire Self-compassion (Neff, 2007), and Questionnaire Marital Burnout (Pinez1996). Multivariate covariance was used to analyze the data. The results showed that both treatment approaches had a significant effect on all three variables (P<0.001). These changes remained stable in the follow-up phase. Also, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment with couple therapy based on burnout and self-compassion (P<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and couple therapy based on emotion regulation.

The purpose of this study was to designing and validation of a family-centered emotion regulation program and determining its effect on executive functions and levels of empathy in adolescents 14-18 years old with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all adolescents 14-18 years old with oppositional defiant disorder in Tehran in 2021-2022. The sample size consisted of 32 Subjects of adolescents (16 in the experimental group and 16 in the control group) from the statistical population were selected by the available sampling method and placed in two groups of control and experimental. For the experimental group, a designed family-centered emotion regulation program was implemented, while the control group did not receive any training. The research instruments included the Adolescent Behavioral Problems Scale (Achenbakh, 1991), Children and Adolescent Functional Performance Scale (Barkley, 2012), and Empathy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (Overgaauw et al, 2017). The results showed that family-centered emotion regulation intervention had a significant effect on executive functions and levels of empathy in the post-test and follow-up stages. Findings of this study provide useful information about family-centered emotion regulation program and counselors and psychologists can use this intervention to improve executive functions and levels of empathy in adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group existential therapy on self-compassion and quality of life in women cyber infidelity. This semi-experimental study was conducted using pre-test and post-test with control group from all women cyber infidelity(virtual) to wife visited in Ardabil Psychology and conseuling clinic in 2019, 30 patients were selected through the targeted sampling method and randomly were placed into two equal experimental and control groups. Experimental group experienced 8 weeks (10 session 90 minutes each) of Existence Therapy, while control group were just followed. Self-compassion (Reas & et al, 2011) and Quality of Life (World Health Organization, 1989) Questionnaires were used in pre-test, post-test and up as the study instrument. Data were analyzed by descriptive indices and analysis of covariance. The result of comparing post-test of scores in two group showed that there were significant difference in Self-compassionand quality of life scores intervention group and the control group (p<0.01). Thus, can be said that of Existence Therapy high Self-compassion and quality of life in Women with Cyber infidelity.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of emotion–focused therapy on body appreciation, the sexual quality of life and self-compassion in menopausal women. The design of the research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and control group design. The statistical population included all the menopausal women living in Esfahan city during 2023. For this purpose, 32 of menopausal women were chosen through a convenience sampling method along with inclusion criteria and placed randomly into two groups of experimental and control (with 16 members). In order to collect data, questionnaires of Body Appreciation (Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015), The Sexual Quality of Life (Symonds & et al, 2005) and Self-Compassion (Neff, 2003) were used. The experimental group received treatment based on cognitive-analytical therapy in 10 sessions of 90 minutes with two-month follow-up and the control group did not receive any therapeutic intervention. Research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc. The results showed that after the emotion–focused therapy, there was a significant difference in the research variables in the pre-test and post-test stages, and there was no significant difference between the post-test and the follow-up, which indicates an improvement in body appreciation, the sexual quality of life and self-compassion and in menopausal women (P<0.05) and this effect was stable during follow-up (P<0.05).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of play therapy with filial approach on self-control, responsibility, assertiveness and cooperation among 4-6 year-old children in Isfahan.. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest with experimental and control group. The statistical population of this study included of all pre-school children in Isfahan city in the academic year 98-97. The sampling method was convenience sampling. Thus, 30 children aged 4 to 5 years with their mothers were selected in a purposeful manner from the Moeoud kindergarten and randomly assigned to control and experimental groups(15 each). The experimental group received the Filial therapy in during 8 sessions of 120 minutes once a week, but the control group received no intervention. In this study, Gresham and Elliot Social Skills parental form (1990)were used for data collection in the pre-test and post-test phases on two groups. The collected data were analyzed with using multivariable analyze of covariance. The results showed that the program of intervention had a significant effect on increasing self-control, responsibility, assertiveness and cooperation in the experimental group (p <0. 05). Therefore, it can be concluded that filial therapy is an effective way to strengthen cooperation, self-control, responsibility and assertiveness children.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of family-based weight loss training on obesity-related hot and obese women.

The research method was quasi-experimental using pre-test and post-test with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population was all overweight and obese women with 25 <BMI <35 referring to Tehran health centers in district 18 of Tehran in 1397 and among them 30 were selected using available sampling They were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Then, the obesity questionnaire of Lilliz et al. (2010) and the Epstein, Baldwin and Bishab (1983) family questionnaires were completed by both groups. Then, the family pattern based weight loss training program was administered to the experimental group. Then the post-test was performed. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using covariance analysis.

The findings of this study showed that weight loss training based on family-centered pattern leads to hot reduction of obesity and increase of family function and their subscales (P = 0.001).

It can be concluded that education of weight loss methods can be effective on the type of eating behavior and lifestyle if accompanied by family involvement and involvement

Drug addiction as a psychiatric disorder with biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions is one of the problems of the present age. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on adaptive and maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation in methadone maintenance addicts in Shiraz addiction treatment centers in (1399). This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and purposive sampling method, which was performed according to the desired entry and exit criteria in the research method.The group performed an experiment in 12 0-minute sessions of treatment on acceptance and testing, but the control group performed the intervention during the research..The instrument used in this study was Garnefsky Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (1999) which was completed by the subjects before and after the intervention to determine the effectiveness of the treatment. The results of analysis of covariance indicated that the treatment was based on Acceptance and commitment increased adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and decreased the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in addicted individuals (P <0.01). The results showed that acceptance-based therapy has a significant effect on cognitive regulation of emotion in addicts leaving and is an effective treatment for the recovery of addicted patients and this treatment can be used along with other drugs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate of The Moderation role of felling of security in the relationship between self-control, wisdom and vitality in Citizens in city of Isfahan. Research design was correlational relationship. The statistical population was all of male and female Citizens in city of Isfahan in year 2020. The sample included 500 people were selected by simple randomly sampling. The data was collected by use human virtues questionnaire (Thun & Kelloway, 2011), mental vitality questionnaire (Ryan & Fredric, 1997) and felling of security questionnaire (Mosahebi, 2019). Data was analyzed by moderating regression analysis by hierarchical method. Results showed that psychological security has a moderating role between widsom and vitality. Also, Job security and political security have moderation roles between self-control and vitality (p<0.01).

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of occupational stress & job demands with sleep quality with moderating role of social support & job control. The research method was causal-correlational and statistical population includes all 480 staff employees of an industrial company in Ahwaz. The sample of study was 237 employees who were selected using stratified random sampling. For collecting data was used Health & Safety Executive (Health & Safety Executive (HSE) stress) Stress, Job Demands (De Jonge, Landeweerd, & Nijhuis, 1993), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse & et al, 1989), Social Support (Wax, Philips, Holly, Tampson, Williams, & Stwart, 1986), & Job Control (Daniels, & Harris, 2005) questionnaires, & for analyzing data, was used Pearson's correlation coefficient & hierarchical regression analysis. Based on the results, stress & job demands have negative & significant relationship with sleep quality (p<0.01). Also, the findings indicated that social support & job control moderate the relationship stress & job demands with sleep quality (p<0.01).

The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of emotion efficacy therapy on coping self-efficacy and focus of attention in 15-16 years-old girl students with social anxiety. The design of the research was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a follow-up phase. The statistical population includes all female students of the second secondary level, aged 15 to 16, in Borazjan city, who studied in the year 2021-2022. Social Anxiety Questionnaire (Connor et al., 2000) was completed by the students and 40 students whose social anxiety scores were higher than other subjects were selected and randomly assigned to experimental group (20 subjects) and control group (20 subjects). Coping Efficacy (Chesney et al., 2006) and Focus of Attention (Woody et al., 1997) scales were completed in the pre-test. The experimental group received emotion efficacy therapy in 8 sessions of 70 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention. After the last session, the post-test was performed, and one month later the follow-up was carried out. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance and SPSS-26 software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the emotion efficacy therapy has an effect on the focus of attention and coping self-efficacy of female students with social anxiety (p < 0.0001) and can both reduce self-focused attention and increase external attention and coping self-efficacy.

The aim of this study was to self-determine the effect of self-determination on health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors mediated by academic optimism in sophomores. The research method was descriptive-correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all primary school students (second year) in Boroujerd city in the academic year 1399-400, numbering 16,000, which were randomly selected as a sample of 450 students. The research data were obtained using questionnaires of facilitators of health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors of (Salehzadeh & et al. 2017), Self-determination of (Deci & Ryan. 2002) and academic optimism of (Schenen Moran & et al. 2013). Data were analyzed using path analysis. The results showed that the direct effect of self-determination on academic optimism (β = 0.27, p <0.001) and health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors (β = 0.29, p <0.001) was significant.  Also, the direct effect of academic optimism (β = 0.35, p <0.05) on health-facilitating behaviors is significant. The indirect path coefficient between self-determination and health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors facilitating the mediating role of academic optimism is also significant (β = 0.95, p <0.05). Considering the variables of self- determain and academic optimism, we can expect an increase in students' health-oriented academic lifestyle behaviors.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy on self-efficacy and mental rumination of married women university students of Ahvaz Azad University. This research was applied research in terms of purpose, and semi-experimental in terms of method with pre-test, post-test with control group and one-month follow-up period. The present study population included all married women students of Ahvaz Azad University in 1398, from which 60 students with a history of marriage of 1 to 5 years were selected as the sample group, and then 20 of them were randomly selected in the group. Schema experiment and 20 people were assigned to the compassion experimental group and 20 people to the control group. All three groups answered general self-efficacy questionnaire (Scherer, 1981) and Mind ruminant questionnaire (Yousefi, 2005). Participants in the schema experimental group received 8 sessions of 90-minute schema therapy and the compassion experimental group received 8 sessions of 90-minute empathy-focused therapy based on Gilbert's concepts. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results of this study showed that schema therapy has no significant effect on women's self-efficacy but has an effect on women's rumination (p£0.05). Also, the results showed that compassion-focused therapy had no significant effect on rumination and self-efficacy in women (p£0.05). The results showed that there was no significant difference between schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy in terms of effectiveness on self-efficacy and mental rumination and self-efficacy (p£0.05).

Divorce and life adjustment after it have always been associated with problems in divorced head of household women that require to social supports and therapeutic interventions to improve their adjustment and meaning of life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of reality therapy on life adjustment after divorce and meaning of life in divorced head of household women. The research method was quasi-experimental with the pre/post – test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all divorced head of household women referred to Crisis intervention counseling center of Isfahan city welfare organization in year 1400, Thirty of them were selected through convenient sampling and randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups. In order to collect datathe Fisher divorce adjustment and the Stagger meaning of life questionnaires were used. The experimental group underwent training in eight 45-minute group sessions of Glasser reality therapy. The control group did not receive any intervation during this time. The data were analysed using multivariate covariance analysis through spss22 software. The results showed that reality therapy was effective in improving the life adjustmen (P≤0/05) and the meaning of life (P≤0/05) in divorced head of household women. This therapy was effective in the sub scales of adjustment including feeling of self worth, disentanglement from relationship and feeling of self anger but it was not effective in sub scales of symptoms of grief, rebuilding social trust and social self worth. Also it was effective in the meaning of life sub scales, presence and search. So that it has led to the improvement of their performance to encounter with the problems of life after divorce.

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-conscious emotions between believing in a just / unjust world and forgiveness. The research design was descriptive. The sample consisted of 411 people randomly sampled from the population of health centers in Karaj in 1397 and the questionnaire of belief in a just world (Rubin & Peplau, 1973) the third revised version of the Self-awareness Emotion Scale for Adults (Tangney) , Dearing, Wagner & Gramazow, 2000) and the Forgiveness Scale (Rye, Loiacono, Folk, Olszewski, Heim & Madia, 2001). To analyze the results using path analysis by AMOS program, direct and indirect effects of variables were obtained. The results showed that belief in a fair / unfair world significantly predicts forgiveness and indirect path coefficient between belief in a fair world and positive forgiveness. And was significant (P <0.01, β = 0.055) and this indicates the mediating role of conscious emotions. The conceptual model of the research was confirmed using the data and the indicators of the model fit the confirmation of this. The results of this study show that belief in a just world leads to cognitive reconstruction and thus acts as a coping mechanism and as a positive behavioral output, can be the result of structural interaction.

The purpose of current study was to the effect of marital satisfaction on self-compassion: The mediating role of depression in married individuals in Isfahan city. The research method was descriptive with correlation type and path analysis. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the married people in Isfahan city in 2018 and the statistical sample of the study was 200 people, chosen by convenience non-random sampling method. Index of Hudson's marital satisfaction (1992), Beck's et al (1998) depression questionnaire, Neff's self-compassion questionnaire (2003) were used to collect information. SPSS16 and AMOS16 were used to analyze data. The results showed that there is a significant positive effect between self-esteem and marital satisfaction (P <0.01) and a negative significant effect between self-esteem and depression (P <0.01). Also, the self-esteem variable has a positive effect on marital satisfaction indirectly through depression (P <0.01). The model obtained for all three research hypotheses was also well-fitted (P <0/01). According to the findings of the study, self-compassion can be one of the best ways to establish a relationship with oneself and others, and by preventing the avoidance of painful thoughts and emotions in times of interpersonal conflict, it causes couples to share their experiences and emotions. Be more receptive, more attentive, and more compassionate.

The aim of this study was to develop a clinical pattern of personality in Corona disease patients and compare it with no infected persons. The research design was descriptive by causal-comparative method. The sample consisted of 214 people (164 female, 50 male) who referred to Dr. Shariati Hospital in Tehran, in the first quarter of 1400. They were selected by available method. The measure used in this study was Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III). Data were analyzed by Chi-square (Chi-square) and Fisher tests, and Phi correlation coefficient. The results of the analysis showed that among 14 personality disorders, only avoidance personality, depressed personality and dependent personality disorders were significant between two group (p<0.05). And among the 10 clinical disorders, only post-traumatic disorder was significantly different in the these groups. Therefore, it is concluded that Covid-19 disease is associated with intensification of negative emotional. In this study, no results were obtained on the effect of coronavirus disease on severe clinical disorders.

The purpose of this research was to making and normalizing the corona anxiety questionnaire in nurses and its relationship with demographic characteristics and mental health. The research method was a correlational survey. The statistical population included all nurses working in the corona department in the government hospitals of Tehran in the year 1400. A sample of 310 Nurses were selected from among them by cluster random sampling method. The tools used were researcher-made Corona Anxiety Questionnaire and Goldberg (1989) Standard Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The validity of the questionnaires was calculated using factor analysis and its reliability with Cronbach's alpha for the Corona Anxiety Questionnaire (0.78) and the Mental Health Questionnaire (0.92). Exploratory factor analysis, descriptive tests and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis. The results showed that 23 items of corona anxiety can be divided into four factors: physical pressure; mental pressure; He categorized practical obsessions and required facilities. Also, the results of the descriptive statistics showed that the highest average in the questionnaire of corona anxiety in nurses is related to mental stress with an average of (M=15.57); Therefore, there is a positive and significant relationship between the anxiety of Corona and the level of mental health of nurses (P≤0.05).

This study aimed to explore the effects between attachment styles and marital satisfaction through the mediation of relationship attribution among married students at Ahvaz city universities. The statistical population of the study included all students of Ahvaz universities who were studying in these universities in the academic year of 2019-2020. With use of multi-stage random sampling, 230 subjects were selected as study sample. Data were collected through Index of Marital Satisfaction (Hudson's, 1992), Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Read’s, 1990), and Relationship Attribution Measure (Fincham & Bradbury’s, 1992). Finally data analysis was performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SPSS-26 and AMOS-24. Results indicated that the proposed model fitted the data relatively proper. The research findings indicated that there was a significant positive impact of secure attachment style on marital satisfaction and significant negative anxiety insecure attachment style and avoidance insecure attachment style. In addition, causal attribution and responsibility directly affect the variable of marital satisfaction (P =0.0001). Also, the results of indirect path analysis showed that secure attachment styles, anxiety and avoidance through causal attribution and responsibility have been effective on marital satisfaction (p = 0.001). One of the effective factors in the success of marriage is the attachment styles of individuals, so it is recommended for premarital couples to review the attachment status, documents and communication skills and give premarital education.