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1 - تشکیل کمیته ی اخلاق
Farah Lotfi Kashani

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2 - The mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation on the relationship between attachment pathologies and symptoms of depression and anxiety
Mohammad Ali Besharat Hadi Farahman

Differences in attachment styles have been linked to both emotion regulation and psychological functioning, but the emotional regulatory mechanisms through which attachment styles might impact symptoms of depression and anxiety are unclear. The aim of the present study More

Differences in attachment styles have been linked to both emotion regulation and psychological functioning, but the emotional regulatory mechanisms through which attachment styles might impact symptoms of depression and anxiety are unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation on the relationship between attachment pathologies and depression and anxiety symptoms. For this purpose through a descriptive study, 528 students (274 females, 254 males) were selected using convenience sampling from the University of Tehran students and were evaluated in terms of attachment, depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation difficulty. The results indicated that the hypothesized model had a good fit with the observed data. The correlations between insecure attachment styles, difficulties in emotion regulation, and depression and anxiety symptoms were significantly positive. Based on the results of path analysis, difficulties in emotion regulation play a significant mediating role on the relationship between attachment insecurity and depression and anxiety symptoms. According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that insecure attachment styles and difficulties in emotion regulation can predict severity of depression and anxiety symptoms. Considering these variables may be important in the processes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as promoting mental health in general population. Manuscript profile

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3 - The role of illness perception and type D personality in prediction quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients
Parisa PourMohammad Zahra Yousefi Turaj Hashemi

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most prevalent disorders of the central nervous system. The efforts to identify different factors concerning quality of life in chronic patients, have been increased in recent years. These efforts have been made trying to answer the ques More

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most prevalent disorders of the central nervous system. The efforts to identify different factors concerning quality of life in chronic patients, have been increased in recent years. These efforts have been made trying to answer the question of which personality or personal factors affect the amount of suffering or the quality of life in chronic physical patients and if having some special kind of personality characteristics or special kind of vision to disease leads to prediction of quality of life in these patients? So the aim of this study was to investigate the role of illness perception and type D personality in predicting quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients. For this purpose 79 participants were chosen among the members of Tabriz MS Association by using convenience sampling method and were evaluated in illness perception, personality type and quality of life. The results of correlation coefficient and regression analysis indicates that illness perception and type D personality variables significantly predict 59% of variance of quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients. So it can be concluded that illness perception and type D personality variables have a significant role in predicting quality of life in people suffering from multiple sclerosis. Manuscript profile

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4 - Determining the role of Interactive patterns and caregiving behaviors in predicting marital commitment
Maryam Malek Asa Parisa Sadat Seyed Mousavi Mansoureh Sadat Sadeghi Maryam Falahat Pisheh

Commitment is one of the most important predictors of individual's tendency for staying in marriage and the determined factor for anticipating duration and quality of it. Concerning the importance of cultural factors in this matter, the aim of this research was determin More

Commitment is one of the most important predictors of individual's tendency for staying in marriage and the determined factor for anticipating duration and quality of it. Concerning the importance of cultural factors in this matter, the aim of this research was determining the role of Interactive patterns and caregiving behaviors of married people in predicting their marital commitment”. The population included 120 married people who were selected by using convenience sampling method from 5 areas in Tehran (north, south, east and west) and their Marital Commitment, Interactions and caregiving behaviors were assessed. Findings showed positive and negative communicational patterns could predict moral and personal commitment. Also the Proximity Maintenance and the Sensitive caregiving behavior could predict moral commitment as well as the Sensitivity and the Compulsive Caregiving could predict personal commitment. In addition, positive and negative pattern, sensitive and controlling caregiving behaviors could predict moral commitment and proximity maintenance and positive communicational pattern could predict personal commitment. Result of the study showed that communicational and caring styles developed based on attachment patterns of married people take an important role in marital commitment. Then by improving communicational patterns and positive caring behaviors between couples, it will be able to helping increase moral and personal commitment. Manuscript profile

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5 - The role of sources of childhood emotional maltreatment in predicting conditional and unconditional maladaptive schemas in adulthood
Shirin Farazmand Parvaneh Mohamad Khani Abbas Pourshahbaz Behrouz Dolatshahee

Although the distinction between conditional and unconditional schemas by theoretical and clinical application is very important, previous studies have only provided some preliminary evidence for the development of schemas by conditionality, and few studies have examine More

Although the distinction between conditional and unconditional schemas by theoretical and clinical application is very important, previous studies have only provided some preliminary evidence for the development of schemas by conditionality, and few studies have examined the distinction between conditional and unconditional schemas. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of sources of childhood emotional maltreatment (parent’s, peer’s and others’ emotional maltreatment in childhood) in predicting of conditional and unconditional schemas in adulthood. For this purpose in a descriptive correlational study, 315 students were selected from students of Tehran universities (University of social welfare and rehabilitation science, Khajenasir University, Shahid Beheshti University, Azad University, Payame Noor University) with available sampling selected and were examined on life experiences and maladaptive schemas questionnaires. The result of multiple regression analysis showed that parent’s and peer’s emotional maltreatment predicted unconditional schemas and parent’s, peer’s and other’s emotional maltreatment predicted conditional schemas in college students. It seems that, maltreatment of sources that are more persistence and intensity in the person’s life, are stronger predictors in predicting conditional and unconditional schemas. Because sources of maltreatment that have a role in developing unconditional schemas, certainly have also a role in predicting conditional schemas. Manuscript profile

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6 - The effectiveness of couples therapy based on acceptance and commitment and emotionally focused couples therapy on improvement of intimacy and reduction of Alexithymia among Couples
Firoozeh Zanganeh Motlag Shokoh-Sadat Bani- Jamali Hassan Ahadi Hamid Reza Hatami

Family is the main core of every community and it is the focus of well-being and mental health, not just a place for providing emotional, physical, and spiritual development of its members, but it is also the origin of human emotions and the heart of the most intimate i More

Family is the main core of every community and it is the focus of well-being and mental health, not just a place for providing emotional, physical, and spiritual development of its members, but it is also the origin of human emotions and the heart of the most intimate interpersonal relationships .The aim of this research was the study the effectiveness of couples therapy based on acceptance and commitment and emotional focused couples therapy on reducing alexithymia and improve marital intimacy in Arak City. For this purpose, during a quasi-experimental research in form of pretest-posttest and control group 90 couples who referred to Azad University counseling center with convenience method were selected and were assigned randomly divided into three experimental groups and the control group. Experimental group received couples therapy based on acceptance and commitment for ten sessions. Groups were tested before and after the completion and follow-up in terms of alexithymia and intimacy. The results showed that couples therapy based on acceptance and commitment and emotionally focused couple therapy have been significantly effective on alexithymia and intimacy. It seems that attention to couples therapy based on acceptance and commitment and emotionally focused couple therapy in counseling environment and family psychotherapy are of high importance.  Manuscript profile

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7 - The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on self-efficacy, perceived stress and life orientation of women with breast cancer
Haleh Sanaei Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi Alireza Moradi Hadi Parhoon Solmaz Sanaei

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and accounts for almost one third of all cancers in women. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness method on self-efficacy, perceived stress and life orientation in women with breast cance More

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and accounts for almost one third of all cancers in women. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness method on self-efficacy, perceived stress and life orientation in women with breast cancer. To this end, 40 patients with breast cancer were selected in the form of a quasi-experimental design of pretest-posttest along with the control group, using convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to both groups of experiment and control. The experimental group underwent two months of treatment. The control group did not undergo any intervention. The groups were tested in terms of self-efficacy, perceived stress and life orientation both before and after the intervention. Covariance analysis results indicated that mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy has made a significant difference in increasing positive life orientation and decreasing perceived stress in the experimental group both in the post-test and follow up stage. But there was no significant difference in the self-efficacy rate in patients. It seems that this therapy can be an appropriate method in speeding up the healing process, compliance and prevention of recurrence of the disease by targeting the mechanisms involved in stress and life orientation in patients with cancer. Manuscript profile

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8 - The effectiveness of cognitive – behavioral therapies and model- based therapy in reducing chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity
Ali Reza Shirazi Tehrani Fazlolah Mirdrikvand Mohammad Ali Sepahvandi

Pain a phenomenon that is experienced by everyone during life. Psychological factors have a key role in continuation of chronic musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive – behavioral therapy and model – based therap More

Pain a phenomenon that is experienced by everyone during life. Psychological factors have a key role in continuation of chronic musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive – behavioral therapy and model – based therapy in reducing pain intensity of the patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, in a quasi- experimental study with control group and follow up, 45 patients with diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain by convenience randomly selected in private clinics and hospitals of Isfahan city and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The participants were evaluated for pain intensity in three phases of pretest, posttest and follow up. Each experimental groups experienced 10 sessions of psychotherapy. While the control group did not receive any intervention. Analysis of mixed variance showed that there were significant differences between experiment groups (cognitive – behavioral and model- based) and control group (waiting list). But there were not significant differences between cognitive – behavioral and model- based therapies in the reducing pain. This research showed that cognitive – behavioral and model- based therapies can be effective treatments in reducing chronic musculoskeletal pain patients. Manuscript profile

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9 - The role of brain-behavioral systems and stressful experiences in symptoms of social
Zahra Yousefi Kalekhane Touraj Hashemi Nosratabad Majid Mahmoud Alilu

Social anxiety which is defined as uncomfortable experience in the presence of others, is a phenomenon that damages social development of people and impede their talents from flourishing. This phenomenon which is prevalent among adolescence has Impediment effects on per More

Social anxiety which is defined as uncomfortable experience in the presence of others, is a phenomenon that damages social development of people and impede their talents from flourishing. This phenomenon which is prevalent among adolescence has Impediment effects on performance and dynamism and causes destructive personal and social performance in several areas. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of brain-behavioral systems and stressful experiences on social anxiety disorder symptoms. This study was conducted on a population of 300 students from university of Tabriz, selected by multistage cluster sampling and the subjects were examined in Social anxiety, behavioral inhibition/activation systems, general health and stressful experience. The results of regression analysis indicated that brain–behavioral systems and stressful experience can explain 27% of social anxiety disorder symptoms. According to results brain-behavioral systems and stressful experiences have determinant role in social anxiety symptoms. Manuscript profile

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