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        1 - Effectiveness of Positive Cognitive Behavioral Education on Stigma and Self-Care in Elderly with Empty Nest Syndrome
        Sahand ShayesteMehr Leyla Asgari Ahmad Torabie
        Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positive cognitive behavioral education on social stiffness and self-care in the elderly with empty nest syndrome. Methodology: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test d More
        Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positive cognitive behavioral education on social stiffness and self-care in the elderly with empty nest syndrome. Methodology: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research community of the elderly with empty nest syndrome had psychological problems referring to counseling centers and psychological services in Sari in 2020. After examining the inclusion criteria, 40 elderly people were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly replaced in experimental and control groups (20 people in each group). The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 75 minutes (one session per week) in positive cognitive-behavioral training and the control group did not receive training. The research instruments were the King et al stigma questionnaire (2007) and Younesi Borujeni et al elderly self-care scale (2020). Data were analyzed by Chi-square, independent t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS-25 software. Findings: The results of independent t-test showed that the experimental and control groups in the pre-test stage were not significantly different in terms of social heat and self-care (P> 0.05), but in the post-test stage both variables were significantly different (P˂0.001). . Also, the results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that positive cognitive behavioral training reduced social stiffness and increased self-care of the elderly with empty nest syndrome (P˂0.001). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, elderly health professionals and therapists can use positive cognitive behavioral education to improve the psychological characteristics of the elderly, especially to reduce social stiffness and increase self-care in the elderly with empty nest syndrome. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Skills Education on Internalization Symptoms and Self-Control in Adolescents with Tendency to Risky Behaviors
        Farhad Akbarpour Mehdi Zare BahramAbadi Mehdi Davaei Fariba Hasani
        Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the effectiveness of emotion regulation skills education on internalization symptoms and self-control in adolescents with tendency to risky behaviors. Methodology: This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and pos More
        Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the effectiveness of emotion regulation skills education on internalization symptoms and self-control in adolescents with tendency to risky behaviors. Methodology: This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The research population was adolescent students with a tendency to risky behaviors in the 15 district of Tehran in the 2019-20 academic years. The research sample were 50 people who were selected by random sampling method and randomly assigned to into two equal groups (each group 25 people). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 60 minutes of emotion regulation skills education (two sessions per week) and the control group did not receive training. To collect data were used from risk-taking scale (Zadeh Mohammadi & et al, 2011), behavioral problems scale (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) and revised self-control scale (Grasmick & et al, 1993) and to analyze them were used from multivariate analysis of covariance method in SPSS-26 with significant level of P˂0.05. Findings: The results showed that emotion regulation skills education significantly led to reduced physical complaints and increased self-control (P˂0.001), but had no significant effect on reducing anxiety/depression and isolation/depression (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, using the training emotion regulation skills can reduce the tendency to risky behaviors in adolescents prone to high-risk behaviors and other vulnerable groups by reducing internalization problems and increasing self-control. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Living Experience of Female Adolescents with Irrational Beliefs in a Narrative Analysis Study
        Zahra Mesbah Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosini
        Purpose: The present study examines the lived experience of female adolescents with irrational beliefs in order to determine the common and underlying factors for the development of irrational beliefs in the cognitive distortions of female adolescents. Methodology: The More
        Purpose: The present study examines the lived experience of female adolescents with irrational beliefs in order to determine the common and underlying factors for the development of irrational beliefs in the cognitive distortions of female adolescents. Methodology: The present qualitative research was phenomenology in the interpretive paradigm with the method of narrative analysis with the model of pluralistic analysis. The statistical population was the female students of the second year of high school in the 2nd and 5th districts of Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020. 274 students completed the Bernard (1988) Adolescent Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire, of which 16 were selected based on the inclusion criteria and purposefully due to having a score of 1.5 units of standard deviation above average. Then 12 people were studied until they reached theoretical saturation. Data collection was by semi-structured interview with McAdams. Formal-content and critical interpretive perspectives were used to analyze the data. Findings: The research findings after the coding process showed conceptual commonalities among adolescents with irrational beliefs in 5 main themes and 9 sub-themes. These adolescents had five common characteristics: low self-efficacy, poor communication skills with others and inappropriate communication with God, dysfunctional parent-child relationship pattern, and traumatic childhood problems. Conclusion: In the treatment interventions of these adolescents to reduce irrational beliefs, the role of weakness in communication skills and self-efficacy, communication with God can be paid more attention, and in preventive interventions, harmful childhood problems such as rejection and emotional deprivation and the role of dysfunctional parenting style. He considered irrational beliefs in order to move more confidently to educate and improve adolescents' mental health. Manuscript profile
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        4 - The Effectiveness of Couple by Transactional Analysis on Marital Disaffection and Commitment in Couples with Marital Conflicts
        Ebrahim Ahmadzadehaghdam Parviz Karimisani Mahmoud Goudarzi Omid Moradi
        Purpose: This study aimed to delineate the couple therapy's effectiveness with the transactional analysis to reduce marital disaffection and advance marital commitment in couples with marital conflicts. Methodology: The study was quasi-experimental with the pretest-pos More
        Purpose: This study aimed to delineate the couple therapy's effectiveness with the transactional analysis to reduce marital disaffection and advance marital commitment in couples with marital conflicts. Methodology: The study was quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest design, and a two-month follow-up test was directed through a control group. The study population contained all couples with marital issues referred to the counseling centers of Mahabad in the second half of 2019 year. To this end, 30 couples were selected by a purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (15 couples). Couples in the experimental group received ten sessions of 2 hours for Transactional analysis per week; nonetheless, the control group did not receive this training. The data were collected using the Marital Disaffection Scale (Kayser, 1993), the Marital Commitment Questionnaire (Adams and Jones, 1997), and Marital Conflict Questionnaire (Sanai, Barati, and Boostanipoor, 1387). Data were analyzed by Chi-squared, Repeated Measures ANOVA and Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc method using SPSS-24 software. Findings: The findings of Chi-squared indicated that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of age, education, number of children, duration of the marriage, and divorce intention (P >0.05). Correspondingly, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups regarding marital disaffection and marital commitment and their related dimensions regarding the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up phase (P <0.05). Moreover, these results were maintained in the follow-up phase after two months (P <0.05). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, the couple-therapy teams can exploit the Transactional analysis approach besides other training programs to improve marital issues and conflicts. Manuscript profile
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        5 - The Relationship between Psychological Capital and Burnout with Mediated the Social Responsibility Perception in Nurses
        Nabiollah Rezaee Narges Babakhani Nasrin Bagheri
        Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the relationship between psychological capital and burnout with mediated the social responsibility perception in nurses. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research population was the nurses More
        Purpose: The aim of this research was determine the relationship between psychological capital and burnout with mediated the social responsibility perception in nurses. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research population was the nurses of Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2020 year, which 600 of them (300 men and 300 women) were selected as a sample by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research instruments were the questionnaires of psychological capital (Luthans et al, 2007), burnout (Maslach & Jackson, 1981) and social responsibility perception (Carroll, 1979). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling. Findings: The results showed that the model of psychological capital and burnout with mediated the social responsibility perception of nurses had a good fit. In addition, psychological capital had a significant direct effect on nurses' social responsibility perception and psychological capital and social responsibility perception had a significant direct effect on their burnout. Also, psychological capital had a significant indirect effect on nurses' burnout through the mediated of social responsibility perception (P˂0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, to reduce the burnout of nurses can improve the amount of psychological capital and perception of social responsibility in them through workshops. Other findings showed that psychological capital had a significant indirect effect on nurses' burnout through mediation of social responsibility perception. Manuscript profile
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        6 - The Role of optimism in the Relationship between Social Support and Treatment Adherence of Hepatitis Patients in Zanjan
        Mina Kamran Haghighi Masoud Hejazi Afsaneh Sobhi
        Purpose: Hepatitis is a major health problem in the world and is one of the ten leading causes of death in humans. This disease is an important cause of cancer and liver disorders and causes disabilities in people. The aim of this study was to determine the role of opti More
        Purpose: Hepatitis is a major health problem in the world and is one of the ten leading causes of death in humans. This disease is an important cause of cancer and liver disorders and causes disabilities in people. The aim of this study was to determine the role of optimism in the relationship between social support and treatment adherence of hepatitis patients in Zanjan. Methodology: The method of this research was correlational. The statistical population of the study included all patients with hepatitis referred to the Comprehensive Health Center No. 5 in Zanjan in the first half of 2019 were 999 people, who 210 patients was selected by accessible randoming in the study. To collect the required data, McLean (1993) Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire, Sherborne & Stewart (1991) Social Support Questionnaire and Moriski et al. (2008) treatment adherence questionnaire were used to collect the required data. Also, Pearson statistical tests and multiple regression in Spss software version 25 were used to analyze the data. Significance level was considered 0.05 for all tests. Findings: The results showed between social support with treatment adherence (P<0.001, r= 0.360), between social support with optimism (P<0.001, r= 0.329) and also between optimism. There was a direct and significant correlation with treatment (P <0.001, r= 0.349). The results also showed that the effect of total social support on optimism was significant (P<0.001, β= 0.442). The partial mediating role of optimism in the relationship between social support and treatment adherence was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: In general, the results of this study showed that social support with partial mediation of optimism was significantly associated with treatment adherence of hepatitis patients. Manuscript profile
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        7 - The Discrimination Role of Brain-Behavioral Systems and HEXACO Personality Characteristics and Social Isolation in Prediction Distress Tolerance of People with Substance Dependence
        Nahid Karami Naser Amini Mohammad Behrozi Gholamreza Jafarinia
        Purpose: Low levels of distress tolerance can lead to drug dependence and many factors are related to it, including behavioral, personality, and social characteristics. Therefore, purpose of this study was to discrimination role of brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO pe More
        Purpose: Low levels of distress tolerance can lead to drug dependence and many factors are related to it, including behavioral, personality, and social characteristics. Therefore, purpose of this study was to discrimination role of brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation in prediction distress tolerance of people with substance dependenceMethodology: The research design was a two-group diagnostic function. The statistical population consists of 1420 men with substance dependence referring to addiction treatment centers in Tehran city in year 2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, were selected 400 people. For the purposes of this study, 136 patients (71 patients with high stress bearing 65 with low distress tolerance) were selected as the sample size. Research questionnaires included distress tolerance scale of Simons & Gaher (2005), brain-behavioral systems scale of Carver and White (1994), HEXACO Personality Inventory of Ashton and Lee (2009) and social isolation scale of Russell (1996). Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software, using discriminant analysis method.Findings: The results of analysis showed that brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation people with substance dependence can help to prediction distress and function discriminant analysis assigned 89/1 percent of the people with substance dependence high and low distress tolerance.Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation is an important step in identifying the factors that are effective in distress tolerance  and the results of this research can be used in the development of programs for the prevention of drug dependence and interventions for quitting addiction, in relevant organizations such as counseling and psychological services centers, addiction quitting centers, etc. Manuscript profile
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        8 - Examining Psychological Structures from the Perspective of Islamic Texts
        Mehrnaz Azadyekta
        Today, the use of Islamic sources in the human sciences, especially psychology, is considered one of the necessities. The plan to introduce Islamic ideas into the realm of psychology, in order to achieve Islamic models in the field of prevention, recognition and resolut More
        Today, the use of Islamic sources in the human sciences, especially psychology, is considered one of the necessities. The plan to introduce Islamic ideas into the realm of psychology, in order to achieve Islamic models in the field of prevention, recognition and resolution of psychological problems, is one of the most important issues in this field. Which has been the main source of psychology in universities and research centers in European and American countries. The common attitude towards humans in today's western psychiatry and psychology emphasizes the biological-psychological-social aspects of humans and does not pay attention to the spiritual aspects of humans, while Islamic sources are full of psychological thoughts and emphasis on the spiritual aspects of humans since This science, like other human sciences, is influenced by cultural and religious factors, its crude use may be incompatible with the cultural structure of Islamic society in Iran. While respecting the scientific findings, it is necessary to consider the suitability and compatibility of the findings of psychological science with belief and religious foundations. Since Islam is the last and the most complete, the most comprehensive and the most extensive religion in the world and has clear and constructive recommendations for all stages of human life, it is necessary that the main source of psychology in the Islamic country is based on Islamic ideas and principles.  Manuscript profile