Amani ziba; Mohammad Bagher Kajbaf; Ali Reza Maredpour
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The purpose of this study was to educate and develop a package of indigenous compassion therapy on mental health, psychological capital and lifestyle of working women in Isfahan. The research method was qualitative research methods of with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to educate and develop a package of indigenous compassion therapy on mental health, psychological capital and lifestyle of working women in Isfahan. The research method was qualitative research methods of with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all working women referring to counseling centers in the age group of 25 to 45 years in Isfahan and the sample size included 30 people, 15 of whom were placed in the experimental group and 15 in the control group and selected by purposive sampling. Indigenous compassion therapy for women in the experimental group (in 8 sessions) was performed twice a week for 90 minutes. Measurement tools included the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (1972), the Lutatz Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007), and the Miller Smith Lifestyle Questionnaire (1988). Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance and repeated measures analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant difference at the level of ⍺ = 0.05 between the mean scores of lifestyle tests, mental health and psychological capital of women in the experimental and control groups. The effect size indicates that in the post-test scores, the lifestyle variable is 33%, the mental health variable is 66%, and in the psychological capital variable is 40%, it is affected by the indigenous compassionate education package. Therefore, it can be concluded that indigenous compassion education has an effect on lifestyle, mental health and psychological capital of women working in the present study.
S. Jabalameli; H. T. Neshat Doost; M. Bagher kajbaf; H. Molavi
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 1-18
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Islamic psychotherapy on Quality of Life (QOL) and anxiety in persons with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).The design of this research was with pretest, and posttest thirty participants control group design with GAD were selected randomly ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Islamic psychotherapy on Quality of Life (QOL) and anxiety in persons with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).The design of this research was with pretest, and posttest thirty participants control group design with GAD were selected randomly and then assigned into an experimental (n=15) and a control (n=15) group, randomly. The experimental group received the Islamic psychotherapy in 8 sessions. For collecting data the demographic questionnaire, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were completed by all participants at pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed in SPSS15 using MANOVA. The results showed that the mean scores of QOL in experimental group have been increased significantly than control group at posttest (P<0.05) and the mean scores of anxiety in experimental group have been decreased significantly than control group at posttest (P<0.05). According to the results of this research the Islamic psychotherapy is effective for improving quality of life and decreasing anxiety in perticipants with GAD.
M.B. Kajbaf; L. Esmaili; M. Esmaili
Volume 21, Issue 1 , June 2014, , Pages 15-32
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of forgiveness-based group intervention on Psychological well-being of veterans and their wives. This research was based on a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control group respectively.The population also included ...
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of forgiveness-based group intervention on Psychological well-being of veterans and their wives. This research was based on a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control group respectively.The population also included veterans and their wives Isfahan in 2012. In order to perform this study 20 couples of veterans and their wives who were available selected (each group consisting 10 couples). Ryff psychological well-being questionnaire (1995) was used to gather the data. Data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis (MANOVA). Forgiveness-based group intervention was trained for 5 weeks on the experimental group and the control group did not have any intervention. The results showed that forgiveness-based group intervention had a significant effect on psychological well-being in veterans and their wives in post test )P<0.01). The mean scores on the subscales of positive relations with others )P<0.01) and personal growth )P<0.02) were significantly increased in post-test.
