Mehran Farhadi; Mosayeb Yarmohamadi Vase; Mohamad Reza Zoghi Paidar; Ali Asghar Chegin
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Female-headed households, due to many difficulties and diverse roles, are one of the vulnerable groups in society and at risk for mental disorders, such as depression. Thus, they require more support, including psychological treatment and empowering programs. Hypnotherapy based on strengthening the ego ...
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Female-headed households, due to many difficulties and diverse roles, are one of the vulnerable groups in society and at risk for mental disorders, such as depression. Thus, they require more support, including psychological treatment and empowering programs. Hypnotherapy based on strengthening the ego can be a useful strategy for empowerment and also as a way to reduce the symptoms of depression. So, this research is an experimental study to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in treating depression based on ego strengthening of female-headed households. Participants in this study were 30 women who were covered by the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee. They were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The strength of ego and depression were measured by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2) and Psychological Ego Strengths Scale. The results of Multivariate ANOVA with Repeated Measures showed that there are significants difference between the pretest, posttest and flow up in experimental group, compared to control group, in terms of dependent variables (p < 0.001).The result of this study indicates that ego-strengthening based on hypnotherapy can be effective in order to reduce depression.
Askar Atashafrouz; Shoja Araban
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This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between personality traits and academic performance with mediating role of study strategies in students of Farhangian university of Khuzestan. The study population included all of the students of Farhangian University in the academic year of 1392-93. ...
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This study aimed to investigate the causal relationship between personality traits and academic performance with mediating role of study strategies in students of Farhangian university of Khuzestan. The study population included all of the students of Farhangian University in the academic year of 1392-93. From this population, nine classrooms (214 students) were selected as sample, using clustering sampling method. The research instruments in this study were NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), Approaches to Study and Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) and grade point average of students. For analysing data, the AMOS-16 was used. Results showed that openness and conscientiousness, by pushing students to deep study approach, promote academic performance. The agreeableness, by adopting a strategic study approach in students, improves academic performance. In addition, the findings indicate the positive relationship of trait neuroticism with both the surface study approach and the low academic performance of students. In general, the results showed that personality traits, both directly and indirectly through study strategies, associated with academic performance
