Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy: 1 (13)

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1 - Prediction Quality of Life Based on Psychological Well-Being of Ryff and the Role of Mediator Life Satisfaction
Hadi Molaei Yasavali Ahmad Borjali Mahdi Molaei Yasavali Parviz Fadakar

Objective: Purpose of this study, is predicting quality of life Based on Psychological well-being of Ryff and the mediator roles of life satisfaction. Methods: For this purpose 400 students of Allame University of Tehran in year 1392-93 were selected through random samp More

Objective: Purpose of this study, is predicting quality of life Based on Psychological well-being of Ryff and the mediator roles of life satisfaction. Methods: For this purpose 400 students of Allame University of Tehran in year 1392-93 were selected through random sampling. They all completed psychological well-being, quality of life and life satisfaction (SWIS) questionnaires. For Data analysis was used Pearson correlation and path analysis. Result: The results of Pearson correlation showed that factors Of Well- being Ryff associated significantly with quality of life and life satisfaction. Path analysis also showed the largest rate of direction the Influence of Environmental mastery variables on life satisfaction and Purpose in life and Positive relation with others variables of the smallest path coefficient associated with variable effect on the quality of life . Conclusion: Considering the results can be improved quality of life and life satisfaction to Increase the psychological Well- being indicators. Manuscript profile

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2 - The Relationship of Family Social Support and adolscent addiction Susceptibility in the City of Shahriyar
Amin Norouzi Kianoush Zahrakar Hadi Safari Maryam Faraji Abbas Marzban

The present study investigated the relationship of the family social support with adolescent drag addiction susceptibility. 340 male adolescents of the schools in the city of Shahriyar were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling; and the data were collected using More

The present study investigated the relationship of the family social support with adolescent drag addiction susceptibility. 340 male adolescents of the schools in the city of Shahriyar were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling; and the data were collected using Family Social Support Scale (pss-fr) and addiction susceptibility Questionnaire (ASQ) for adolescents; and Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression were applied for data analysis. It was indicated that there was a significant negative relationship between the social support of family and adolescents’ addiction susceptibility. The variable of family’s social support can explain some of the changes associated with susceptibility to addiction. There is a significant relationship between the linear combination of the predictor variables and addiction susceptibility (-0.361 R). According to the present research, which aimed at determining the relationship between family’s social support and susceptibility to addiction, the results gained from the current study suggested that, in general, there is a significant relationship between family social support and addiction susceptibility. Manuscript profile

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3 - A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Drug Therapy and a Combination of Medicines and Biofeedback on the Symptoms of Headache and Pain Self-Efficacy in Patients with Migraine
Seyed Mahmoud Mirzamani Parisa Tajali Parisa Mazarezadeh

Purpose: The aim of this research is to compare the efficacy of Drug Therapy and combined Medications and biofeedback on migraine headache symptoms and pain self-efficacy of patients with migraine headache in the city of Mahshahr. Methods: This research was an experime More

Purpose: The aim of this research is to compare the efficacy of Drug Therapy and combined Medications and biofeedback on migraine headache symptoms and pain self-efficacy of patients with migraine headache in the city of Mahshahr. Methods: This research was an experimental type with pretest, posttest and control group. Multi-stage random sampling was used to conduct this research. At first step, 41people with high scores were selected using Ahvaz migraine questionnaire (AMQ). At the next step, 30people were randomly selected through interview, neurologist diagnosis and considering inclusion criteria then divided into two experimental and one control groups.In this research, subjects completed the headache symptoms scale and Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire. For data analysis, multivariate analysis of covariance and Kruskal - Wallis tests were used. Result: The results showed that there were significant differences between three groups in terms of headaches symptoms, pain self-efficacy and subscales of headache symptoms scale in favor of second experimental group. Conclusion: Therefore, Medications with biofeedback method is more effective than using Drug Therapy alone, in terms of reducing symptoms of migraine headache and improving pain self-efficacy. Manuscript profile

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4 - The Survey of Mental Health Profile among Female Athletes in Sport Organizations to Provide Counseling and Psychotherapy
Kambiz Kamkary Shohreh Shokrzadeh Sirous Fathi Vajargah Hossein Saeedy

The aim of this study was to Survey mental health profile among female athletes in sport organizations to provide counseling and psychotherapy. The research design is descriptive type. Measurement instrument to evaluate mental health was Personality Questionnaire Multip More

The aim of this study was to Survey mental health profile among female athletes in sport organizations to provide counseling and psychotherapy. The research design is descriptive type. Measurement instrument to evaluate mental health was Personality Questionnaire Multiphasic Minnesota Personality-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2RF) that has been validated by Kamkary and Shokrzadeh in Iran (1389). The results showed that the average female staff of physical education organization is in the sub-scales' "low positive emotions", "Malaise", "self-doubt", "Aesthetic-Literary Interests" and "introversion" above average and they need counseling and psychotherapy services. Hence, it is necessary to increase mental health and counseling services should be enjoying process. Manuscript profile

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5 - The Relationship between Loneliness and the Attitude to Love, Mate Selection Criteria in Islamic Azad University Gachsaran
Seyedeh Rahimeh Taghavi Nazanin Honarparvaran Katrin Fekri

This study aimed to explore the relationship between loneliness and the attitude to love with mate selection criteria in Islamic Azad University, GACHSARAN. statistical population of this research includes the Islamic Azad University GACHSARAN undergraduate and graduate More

This study aimed to explore the relationship between loneliness and the attitude to love with mate selection criteria in Islamic Azad University, GACHSARAN. statistical population of this research includes the Islamic Azad University GACHSARAN undergraduate and graduate academic year 93-92 of the 155 people that a multistage cluster sampling measurements were selected. In this research following instruments were used: the questionnaire of loneliness, a questionnaire of attitude and love - the mate selection criteria. In order to analyze the data collected at the two descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage frequency of the cognitive variables (gender, etc.) And the average standard deviation of the variables) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient to determine the relationship between the variables and regression to predict variables) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results of this study indicate that: there is no significant relationship between loneliness with mate selection criteria. Component of attitudes to love, between eros components, Pragma, and Mania substantive criteria and selection process, there is a significant positive correlation. The elements of love, eros and pragma two strong, the pre see criteria for mate selection are content. Component of Eros, Pragma, and the pre a Gapeh strong predictor process of mate selection criteria. Manuscript profile

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6 - Investigation of Simple and Multiple Relations between Death Anxiety, Symbolic Immortality and Gratitude
Zeynab Lashani Zohreh Lashani Mohammad Reza Shaeiri Saeedeh Panahi

Death anxiety is a main emotion in the Terror Management Theory. According to the TMT, death anxiety is cause of the symbolic immortality and symbolic immortality has a connection to gratitude in some ideas and action issues, the aim of this study was an investigation o More

Death anxiety is a main emotion in the Terror Management Theory. According to the TMT, death anxiety is cause of the symbolic immortality and symbolic immortality has a connection to gratitude in some ideas and action issues, the aim of this study was an investigation of relation between death anxiety, symbolic immortality and gratitude. Method: This study was a Correlation and regression study in student universities. The clustered sample of this study was 135 girls of Student Payam-e-noor and Azad Universities that completed Gratitude Questionnaire-6 items (GQ-6), sense of Symbolic Immortality Scale (SSIS) and Death Anxiety Scale (DAS). The results evaluated by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and simple linear regression. Results: The results show that there is a positive significant correlation between gratitude and symbolic immortality, biosocial, creative, spiritual, transcendence and natural symbolic immortality. There was negative and significant correlation between death anxiety and symbolic immortality, and symbolic immortality was a predictor of death anxiety. Conclusion: In this study, symbolic immortality had a significant correlation with gratitude, and symbolic immortality was predictor of death anxiety. Manuscript profile

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