Clinical Psychology
Shahrazad Qarabaghi; Marjan Kian; Maryam Moghadasin
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IntroductionAdolescence is a critical period that includes the age range of ten to eighteen years, and the adolescent at this age enjoys rapid physical, cognitive, psychological, and emotional growth, and the occurrence of these characteristics causes challenges in the adolescent's thinking, feeling, ...
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IntroductionAdolescence is a critical period that includes the age range of ten to eighteen years, and the adolescent at this age enjoys rapid physical, cognitive, psychological, and emotional growth, and the occurrence of these characteristics causes challenges in the adolescent's thinking, feeling, decision-making power, and interaction. will be Today's teenagers are faced with many crises. Among the challenges of adolescent development are the consequences of the advancement of civilization, technology, the ever-increasing development of information and information systems, pornography, social temptations, the flow of influence, bloodshed and cultural degeneration, the gap between generations, family unrest, the bombardment of sexual information by peers. The aim of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of the sex education curriculum on the mental health and self-care development of first year high school students. MethodThe quantitative research approach was semi-experimental. The statistical population was public school students of the first year of high school in one district of Karaj city, 30 7th grade female students were selected in two groups of 15 (experimental and control). The research tool was three questionnaires of the mental health of the saints, eternal self-care and a researcher-made checklist, which was used in order to check the learning effectiveness of the intervention plan, a pre-test-post-test format with experimental and control groups. Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. ResultsThe findings showed that the sex education curriculum has a significant effect on some components of mental health, as well as in the dimensions of self-care, the sex education program has a significant effect on the development of emotional, mental and physical self-care. Also, the significant difference in the post-test scores of the experimental group compared to the control group indicated the effectiveness of the sex education intervention plan. DiscussionIn fact, the curriculum of sex education has led to the formation and development of knowledge, awareness, skills, and knowledge of educators, and by transferring the principles of maintaining mental health and developing self-care skills, it will lead to the safety of the individual and society, and the enjoyment of a more efficient generation and a healthier society. It is recommended to education policymakers to design a sex education curriculum with an Islamic-native approach, based on the philosophical, social and cultural foundations of Iran, and to formally teach it as one of the essential educational and cultural skills in schools so that students in the environment The community should not suffer unwanted and hidden injuries.
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.
saman haddadi ahmadsaraei; abdolzahra naami; amin hosseny moghaddam
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Introduction Regarding to today's competitive world and the key role of human resources in the success and failure of organizations and the importance of employees' emotions in their mental health and their psychological well-being, this study aimed to investigate the effect of imposing dissonance emotions ...
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Introduction Regarding to today's competitive world and the key role of human resources in the success and failure of organizations and the importance of employees' emotions in their mental health and their psychological well-being, this study aimed to investigate the effect of imposing dissonance emotions on psychological health and emotional commitment of employees, with the moderating role of emotional intelligence and psychological capital. The emotional labor was first introduced in 1983 by the American sociologist Hochschild, and then attracted much attention. Hochschild (1983) believed it has two types: surface acting and deep acting. Surface acting occurs when a person expresses particular emotions without really experiencing them. In other words, the person adjusts the feelings that he expresses and considers himself merely as an actor. On the other hand, a deep acting occurs when a person experiences the feelings he expresses. Hochschild (1983) stated that managing occupational excitement (deep acting) requires a lot of effort and it costs a lot to the person. Mental health is one of the variables that dissonance emotions can affect it. Carl Menanger's (1990) definition of mental health is that the individual compromises with the world around him/her as much as possible, so that his/her effective and beneficial happiness can be fully realized. Another factor that has been examined as the result of dissonance emotions in this study is emotional commitment. commitment as "the degree of identification of a person with a particular organization and the degree of involvement and engagement with that organization." The emotional commitment refers to the linkage and replication of the employee with the organization. Increasing emotional commitment means increasing the sense of loyalty, belonging, and solidity (Meyer, Allen and Smith, 1993). Considering the existing research background, a number of variables can be considered as moderating the relationship between disagreement with mental health and emotional commitment. In this study, the role of emotional intelligence and psychological capital has been investigated. Method The statistical population of this study was all employees of all branches of Maskan Bank of Ahvaz. Multi-stage random sampling was used to collect the data. In this research, 121 employees of Ahvaz branch of Sepah bank participated. Since the present study was descriptive, Pearson correlation and regression tests were used to describe and analyze the demographic characteristics of descriptive variables such as mean and standard deviation, as well as to test the research hypotheses. The analyzes were performed using SPSS version 22 software. In this study, for collecting data, the questionnaire of the imposition of dissonant emotions (Naring et al., 2000), mental health (Goldberg & Hiller, 1979), emotional commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990), emotional intelligence (Shot et al., 1998) and psychological capital (Lutans et al., 2007), were used. Results The results of regression analysis showed that the imposition of dissonant emotions has a significant role in decreasing mental health and emotional commitment of employees. In addition, emotional intelligence and psychological capital managed to modify the relationship between these variables. In other words, emotional intelligence and psychological capital were able to reduce the effect of imposing dissonance emotions on mental health and emotional commitment. Accordingly, it is suggested to design and implement a series of educational programs to increase emotional intelligence and psychological capital in order to reduce the effect of imposing dissonance emotions on the mental health and emotional commitment of employees. Conculsion Accordingly, it is suggested to design and implement a series of educational programs to increase emotional intelligence and psychological capital in order to reduce the effect of imposing dissonance emotions on the mental health and emotional commitment of employees.
M. Farahani; S. Bassak nejad; I. Davoodi
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 18-217
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The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of stress management training on aggression, parental stress and mental health in mothers of children with learning disabilities. The research design includes a control group with a pretest and posttest. After the interviews and administration ...
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The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of stress management training on aggression, parental stress and mental health in mothers of children with learning disabilities. The research design includes a control group with a pretest and posttest. After the interviews and administration of three psychological instruments including parental stress scale, Ahvaz Aggression Inventory and General Health Questionnaire, 30 mothers were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experiment group received eight sessions of stress management intervention. The results showed that stress management training reduced aggression and parental stress and increased mental health in the experimental group comparing to the control group. The results showed that mothers of children in special schools can be instructed coping strategies to deal with problems and difficult situations.
S. H. Ahamadi Forushani; F. Yazdkhasti
Volume 20, Issue 1 , June 2013, , Pages 123-138
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationsihp between religious attitude, mental health, happiness and pleasure in students. The sample of this study were 128 university students in Isfahan that selected by cluster sampling. Religious Attitude Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationsihp between religious attitude, mental health, happiness and pleasure in students. The sample of this study were 128 university students in Isfahan that selected by cluster sampling. Religious Attitude Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) were used as instruments of the study. The data was analyzed by path analysis. The results showed that religious attitude was not directly related to mental health and happiness. Mental health was directly related to happiness. Happiness was directly related to pleasure. Based on the results of this study, there are significant relationships between mental health, happiness and pleasure in students, but religious attitude was not related to these variables.
M. Hejazi; A. Sobhi; A. Shahnavaz
Volume 20, Issue 1 , June 2013, , Pages 227-244
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The aim of current investigation was studying mental health of mothers with more than one exceptional child. For this aim 100 mothers from mothers with more than one exceptional child, 150 subjects from mothers with one exceptional child and 200 subjects from mothers with more than one normal child were ...
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The aim of current investigation was studying mental health of mothers with more than one exceptional child. For this aim 100 mothers from mothers with more than one exceptional child, 150 subjects from mothers with one exceptional child and 200 subjects from mothers with more than one normal child were randomly selected. Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was used. Analysis of data, using one-way analysis of variance, multiple analysis of variance test, and Tukey test showed that there are significant differences among the three groups, in mental health and it’s subscales’. Mothers with more than one exceptional child have the least mental health status. The results of this study have been discussed and suggestions for future studies have been given.
M. Zarghami; R. Walizadeh; K. Beshlideh; M. Ghanbarzadeh
Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2010, , Pages 121-142
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The aim of this research was the examination of the effect of 8 weeks aerobic exercise on mental health of Male students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. This is a semi experimental study that was done by incorporating experimental and control groups. Participants in this study were 432 students ...
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The aim of this research was the examination of the effect of 8 weeks aerobic exercise on mental health of Male students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. This is a semi experimental study that was done by incorporating experimental and control groups. Participants in this study were 432 students who had chosen either of the two courses in physical education at Shahid Chamran University during the academic year 2005-6. For evaluation of mental health, the GHQ-28 questionnaire was used. Following their mental health evaluation, with a 1.5 upper standard deviation of mean (mean=58±22.35) 70 students were selected and divided randomly into two groups of experimental (n = 35) and control (n = 35). Statistical analysis of data was done by SPSS16, deploying MANCOVA statistical method. The findings revealed, aerobic exercise has a significant positive effect on mental health depression (p < 0/004) and anxiety (p < 0/005), but it does not have any effect on physical complaint and disorder in social adequacy.
I. Davoudi; M. Fatahinia; Y. Zargar
Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2010, , Pages 213-234
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The aim of the present study was to compare perfectionism, alexithymia and mental health between patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy population in Clients of Ahvaz clinics of digestive diseases. The participants consisted of 72 patients and 72 healthy individual selected from retinue ...
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The aim of the present study was to compare perfectionism, alexithymia and mental health between patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy population in Clients of Ahvaz clinics of digestive diseases. The participants consisted of 72 patients and 72 healthy individual selected from retinue of patients. All patients were clinically investigated by a gastroenterologist for IBS. Psychological variables were measured by the TAS-20, APS and GHQ Quesstionnaires. Differences between two groups were significant in Alexithymia, Perfectionism and mental health. Scores of Alexithymia, mean scores of Perfectionism and mental health problems were significantly higher in patients group than normal group.
M. Shehni Yailagh; A. Movahed; H. . Shokrkon
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This study was conducted to investigate the fitness of structural model of the relationship between religious attitudes and optimism with mental and physical health. The sample consisited of 402 Shahid Chamran University students, studying in the academic year of 2001-2002. The sample was selected randomly. ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the fitness of structural model of the relationship between religious attitudes and optimism with mental and physical health. The sample consisited of 402 Shahid Chamran University students, studying in the academic year of 2001-2002. The sample was selected randomly. The measurements were Arian Religiousness Scale, Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), Symptoms Checklist- 25 Scale and Physical Health Scale. The results of this research indicate that religious attitudes predict optimism, optimism predicts mental health and mental health predicts physical health. Also, religious attitudes predict mental and physical health indirectly and optimism predicts physical health indirectly. This study was conducted to investigate the fitness of structural model of the relationship between religious attitudes and optimism with mental and physical health. The sample consisited of 402 Shahid Chamran University students, studying in the academic year of 2001-2002. The sample was selected randomly. The measurements were Arian Religiousness Scale, Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), Symptoms Checklist- 25 Scale and Physical Health Scale. The results of this research indicate that religious attitudes predict optimism, optimism predicts mental health and mental health predicts physical health. Also, religious attitudes predict mental and physical health indirectly and optimism predicts physical health indirectly.
A. Neissi; M. Shehni Yeylagh
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This study examined the effects of assertive training on self-esteem, mental health, assertiveness, and social anxiety of anxious high school boys in Abvaz. The original sample was 400 students who were randomly selected from Abvaz high schools. From this group, 90 students were diagnosed as anxious ...
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This study examined the effects of assertive training on self-esteem, mental health, assertiveness, and social anxiety of anxious high school boys in Abvaz. The original sample was 400 students who were randomly selected from Abvaz high schools. From this group, 90 students were diagnosed as anxious and were randomly assigned to the following three groups: experimental, placebo, and control. The scales used for this study were Assertiveness Scale for Adolescents, Coopersmith Self-esteem, Social Anxiety Scale, and SCL-90. The design was a pre-post test with control groups. Both experimental and control groups were pre- and post-tested. but only the experimental group received the treatment. The results showed that teaching assertiveness increased self-esteem, mental health and assertion, and decreased social anxiety.
