• List of Articles Self-Help

      • Open Access Article

        1 - Effectiveness of a Self Help Model for Recovery on Stress and Mental Health
        NASRIN MORADIAN مهرناز احمدی مبارکه
        AbstractThe purpose of the current research was to determine the effectiveness of self-help model on reducing stress and improving mental health. For this purpose, in a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, a number of 60 parents of Fereshteye Asmaani kindergarten More
        AbstractThe purpose of the current research was to determine the effectiveness of self-help model on reducing stress and improving mental health. For this purpose, in a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, a number of 60 parents of Fereshteye Asmaani kindergarten staff were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two distinguished groups, namely experimental and control groups. Both groups completed Perceived Stress Scale of Cohen et al. (1983), as well as the Mental Health Questionnaire as pretest. Then, the experimental group was subjected to 8 sessions of self-help training using re-evaluation method and the control group did not receive any training. Then, both groups responded to the post-test and the collected data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results showed that the self-help model using re-evaluation method has a significant effect on reducing stress and improving mental health, and the therapists and counselors could use this method to reduce stress and improve the mental health of their patients. Manuscript profile
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        Farideh Torabi Milani
        The purpose of this research was to assess self-help skills development in children aged 1-5 in Tehran’s preschools. 169 children from six preschools were randomly chosen from different districts and their 4 self-help skills of eating, dressing, personal hygiene a More
        The purpose of this research was to assess self-help skills development in children aged 1-5 in Tehran’s preschools. 169 children from six preschools were randomly chosen from different districts and their 4 self-help skills of eating, dressing, personal hygiene and toileting were observed and evaluated by the Self-Help Skills Developmental Chart (Akers Sedjo, 1992). Results indicated that the distribution of children's scores in all age groups was normal, but on average these children did not meet the desired criterion. Findings were discussed in terms of the necessity of teaching parents and instructors about self-help skills development in children and the importance of early intervention programs in providing the opportunity to acquire primarily skills. Manuscript profile