M. Bayrami; Y. Movahedi; R. Mohammadzadigan; M. Movahedi; S. Vakili
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 1-18
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Mindfulness in psychotherapy research has been conceptualized as an enhanced state of self-awareness thought to promote well-being. In this research, the effectiveness of group cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in reducing anxiety and depression in high school students was studied.This research ...
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Mindfulness in psychotherapy research has been conceptualized as an enhanced state of self-awareness thought to promote well-being. In this research, the effectiveness of group cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in reducing anxiety and depression in high school students was studied.This research was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The subjects included 40 high school male students in Khorramabad city. At the outset, the test of anxiety and depression was administered to 420 students. Those students who had disappointing scores in the test were selected and administrated to clinical interview. Among them, 20 students were randomly assigned to experimental group and 20 other students to control group. The experimental group received group mindfulness training for 8 sessions as each session lasted 90 minutes (one session each week). Upon the completion of the training, a posttest was administrated to both groups.Results of multivariate analysis of variance indicated a significant decrease in anxiety and depression in the experimental group compared with the control group. Besides, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness increased psychological health in adolescents (p<0/01).
M. Movahedi; Y. Movahedi; K. Kariminejad
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 179-192
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of teaching spiritual intelligence components on increasing the organizational citizenship behavior and general health. The statistical population consisted of all female teachers in Khorramabad city. Teaching spiritual intelligence components ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of teaching spiritual intelligence components on increasing the organizational citizenship behavior and general health. The statistical population consisted of all female teachers in Khorramabad city. Teaching spiritual intelligence components during 5 educational sessions was taken as an independent variable while increasing the organizational citizenship behavior and general health were regarded as dependent variables. The present research was a field experimental design with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The research instruments were Sohrabi and Naseri's spiritual intelligence questionnaire, Podsakoff, Mackenzi, Paine and Bechrach's organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire and Goldberg and Hillier's general health questionnaire. Research sampling consisted of 40 teachers in Khorramabad city who worked at the academic year of 2011-2012 and were selected with an available random sampling method. The results of multivariate analysis indicated that the training of spiritual intelligence components resulted in the promotion of organizational citizenship behavior and general health (P<0/0001).
R. Khojasteh-Mehr; M. Movahedi; G. Rajabi
Volume 17, Issue 1 , June 2010, , Pages 53-68
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of intimacy training on relationship-intimacy in married employees of Ahvaz Oil Company. Participants were 36 couples who were selected randomly from among those employees who agreed to take part in the study. They were then randomly assigned to ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of intimacy training on relationship-intimacy in married employees of Ahvaz Oil Company. Participants were 36 couples who were selected randomly from among those employees who agreed to take part in the study. They were then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The design of the study was a pretest-posttest control group type. The Intimacy Needs Survey scale was used in order to investigate different aspects of intimacy. MANOVA and ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The results showed that emotional intimacy, psychological intimacy, intellectual intimacy, sexual intimacy, physical intimacy, spiritual intimacy, aesthetic intimacy and social-recreational intimacy were enhanced by the intimacy training project.
