فصلنامه روان شناسی بالینی
سال هفتم شماره 1 (پیاپی 25، بهار 1394)

This study sets out Codification and to examine a comparison of the effectiveness of religious (Tavakol) and Metacognitive therapy on family functioning among Corps staff, Sanandaj city. The design of the study is as quasi-experimental and pre - post test and Follow up to the one of the dependent variables- Family Functioning Scales-, between Corps staff of experimental and evidence groups. Therefore, all hypotheses concerning the effectiveness of religious (Tavakol) and metacognitive therapy on Functioning among Corps staff, were confirmed. conducted on the control group. The data population includes all of Corps staff of Sanandaj city, one of the provinces of Kurdistan. 45 subjects were selected at random from among the data population. Using the tools of Family Assessment Device (FAD), the scales of independent variables of Family Functioning Corps staff were measured within Corps staff (pre test) and in the end, based on random situation sampling, subjects were arranged in three 15- groups i.e. religious (Tavakol) and metacognitive therapy, and evidence group. The results of Multi Analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that controlling pre test all variables of groups indicate the existence of a significant difference, at least with regard The findings of the study, furthermore, showed that although both religious (Tavakol) and etacognitive therapy have almost a similar effect on Functioning. Based on research findings, religious (Tavakol) and etacognitive therapy have almost a similar effect on Functioning. So, it would be better for Counselor and therapist to prepare programs to improve Family Functioning in such peopel.

Diagnosis of childhood cancer can be considered as a psychological and emotional crisis for many patients and their parents.This study aimed to evaluation of the resiliency status and emotional distress in mothers of children with cancer. This is a descriptive study. 34 mothers of children with cancer that had referred to Dr. Sheikh Hospital and a private clinic in Mashhad for follow-up care was selected by using available sampling method. The DASS-21 was used to assess stress, anxiety and depression of mothers and in order to evaluate the status of their resiliency; the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used. Data analysis was performed with SPSS software using Stepwise regression analysis, Pearson correlation and Kolmogorov-Smirnov. The results showed that in terms of emotional distress, 68.7% of mothers had stress, 56.2% anxiety and 53.1% depression.,as well there was a negative and significant correlation between resiliency and stress, anxiety and depression (P<0.005). High levels of depression, anxiety and stress, as well as a negative significant correlation with resilience in mothers of children with cancer are alarming. Therefore, it is necessary to planning useful clinical services and appropriate and a targeted consulting program to improve the quality of their lives and their children seems necessary.

This research examined the efficacy of integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy on marital satisfaction and psychological well-being of couples.

To select the research sample, among the couples referring to the council centers of Khoramabad city, 22 couples were selected. Then randomly 11 couples assigned to experimental group and other 11 couples assigned to control group. Because this research is a pretest-posttest pseudo-experimental design with control group, before the performing of self regulation-attachment couple therapy, the questionnaires of Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH), Golombok-Rust Inventory of marital state (GRIMS) and Mental Health Inventory-28 (MHI-28) conducted for all of the couples as pretest. Then, couples of experimental group participate in integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy during the 6 to 8 weekly sessions, but the control group remains on the waiting list. After the compliting of therapeutic sessions, the couples of two groups completed the questionnaires again as posttest. Finally, these data analyzed by MANCOVA.

Results of analysis by MANCOVA indicated that after the control of pretest effect, the effect of group membership on liner composition of dependent variables (marital satisfaction, marital problems, psychological well-being and psychological distress) was significant. Univariate analysis (testes of between subject effects) indicated that the means of dependent variables were significantly different in two groups, and the testes of pairwise comparisons of dependent variables (LSD), indicated that self regulation-attachment couple therapy had significant efficacy on increasing marital satisfaction, decreasing marital problems, increasing psychological well-being and decreasing psychological distress compare to control group.

Self regulation-attachment couple therapy is an effective treatment that specially can useful for couples that in addition to having dissatisfaction and marital problems are at risk for mental health problems (low psychological well-being and high psychological distress).

This study aimed to compare the intolerance of ambiguity and perfectionism in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and ordinary people.

This study was a descriptive retrospective. The sample was consisted of 30 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (16 female and 14 male) and 30 ordinary people (16 female and 14‌male) so that they were selected by using available method. Baher and Daga's intolerance of ambiguity scale (2002) and Tehran's multidimensional perfectionism questionnaires (2003-2005) were used to measure the variables and to analysis the data multivariate analysis of variance was used.

Data analysis showed that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have more perfectionism and intolerance of ambiguity than ordinary people.

Based on the findings, we can say that intolerance of ambiguity and perfectionism are two cognitive structures that provide the context for the emergence and intensification of symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and hence in the treatment intervention, focus on the adjustment of the two structures has special importance.

The Barkley deficit in executive functioning scale (BDEFS for Adults) is one of the newest scales that measure executive functions. It is based on the neuropsychological theory of Barkley. The purpose of the current study was to assess the psychometric features of the Persian form of the scale. The design of this study was descriptive – correlation study. The samples were included 613 of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in academic year 91-90 and selected randomly method. The research instrument was The Barkley deficits in executive functioning scale (BDEFS for adults). Analysis of data was performed by Using Cranach's alpha, t test for independent groups and confirmatory factor analysis. Cranach's alpha coefficients for all subscales between 0/80 to 0/92 and the total scale were obtained 0/96; which showed scale reliability is good. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a five factor model of the Barkley deficits in executive functioning scale (BDEFS for Adults), (self-management to time, -organization/problem solving, self motivation, self-restraint, self, self-regulation of emotions) in the Iranian society has a good fit. Therefore, the validity of this scale is appropriate. In conclusion, the results of t-test showed that the mean of boy's scores on the self-management to time, the self motivation, and total scale were significantly more than girls. the mean of girl's scores on the self motivation of emotion was significantly more than boys. The Barkley deficits in executive functioning scale (BDEFS for Adults) can be a useful instrument studies to asses deficits executive functioning in everyday life in Iranian society.

As the importance and positive outcomes of happiness for the improvement of personal and social life of people is concerned, psychologists have tried to know happiness and its correlates. The aim of the present study was to study simple and multiple correlation among extroversion and hardiness with happiness in students of Shahed University. The research has been a descriptive correlational study. Using ratio estimation sampling method, 294 Shahed university BA students (girls and boys) were selected. All participants completed the items of five-factor NEO Personality Inventory questionnaire, Young and Goulet hardiness, and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Data analysis using Pearson correlation method, regression correlation and analysis of variance by 16th version of SPSS revealed significant positive correlation among extroversion and hardiness with happiness. It was also observed that considerable proportion of the variance in happiness was explained by extroversion and hardiness in the sample studied. Research findings showed that extroversion and hardiness could explain and predict good amount of happiness variance, while extroversion is more powerful than hardiness. Moreover extroversion and hardiness could explain happiness variance in men and women differently.

The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of attachment-based therapy, diet therapy and compound therapy (attachment-based & diet therapy) in the treatment of binge eating disorder among the female students of primary school in Ahvaz. This is an experimental study with pre-test, post-test, follow up and a control group. The target samples were 68 female individuals of primary school that have the highest scores in attachment, binge eating disorder and obesity. The evaluation implements include Randolph attachment disorder questionnaire, Children’s Binge Eating Disorder Scale and BMI. Four groups have been made including the attachment-based therapy group, diet therapy group, compound therapy group and a control group. The mothers of the attachment-based therapy group have participated in 10 learning attachment-based therapy sessions. The mothers of the diet therapy group received a food diet instruction according to their children's age. The mothers of the compound group received both of those programs and the mothers of the control group have none of those. After the implementation of the therapies, a post test has been done. After 45 days a follow up test has also been done. The result of covariate analysis shows that implementation of the therapies has reduced some signs of binge eating disorder and obesity symptoms among the tested groups. In the post-test, the diet therapy is proved to be more effective in decreasing binge eating disorder and obesity in the girls in comparison to the other groups but in the flow up, the attachment based therapy is proved to be more effective in decreasing binge eating disorder and obesity in the girls in comparison to the other groups. Therefore, attachment therapy can be exploited as the chosen method along with diet therapy views to reduce binge eating disorder in obese children.

In recent years, intervention results of children with autism disorder have been examined in many studies. One of the effective interventions for this group of children is Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) method. In number of clinical trials and single-subject studies have been measured the effectiveness of this method on children with autism, that results are different. Therefore, the use of meta-analysis is necessary. The purpose of current study is examining the effect size of ABA on improvement the language skills in autism children by meta-analysis method and with collecting and integrating the results different studies. 10 studies accepted in methodology were collected and analyzed through meta-analysis. The research tool was meta-analysis checklist. Effect size for each study was manual calculated. The mean of effect size of ABA intervention were 1/66 (p≤ 0/001) on expressive language, 1/52 (p≤ 0/001) on receptive language and 1/21 (p≤ 0/001) on composite language skills in autistic children, according to Cohen table is high. Findings of this meta-analysis support of effectiveness ABA on improvement language skills in autism children.

The purpose of this study is to comparison retrospective memory and prospective memory in patients with schizophrenia, OCD and normal individuals.

The present research was designed to investigate PM and RM in persons suffering from obsessive compulsive and schizophrenia disorders and comparing them with normal group. For this purpose 30 persons with schizophrenia, 30 persons with obsessive compulsive and 30 normal person selected.

Participants completed PM and RM questionnaire (Smith and colleagues)that normalized in Iranian population. Results of ANOVA and HSD indicate that group with schizophrenia disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder performed significantly poorer than normal group in PM and RM.

Results shows that most patients with schizophrenia and OCD have problems in retrospective and prospective memory.