M. Dalir; A. Alipour; H. Zare; V. Farzad
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To date, there is substantial co-relational evidence supporting the link between negative interpretations of intrusive thoughts and obsessive compulsive symptoms. The main objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive bias modification-interpretation in reducing the severity of ...
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To date, there is substantial co-relational evidence supporting the link between negative interpretations of intrusive thoughts and obsessive compulsive symptoms. The main objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive bias modification-interpretation in reducing the severity of symptoms, beliefs, and obsessional behaviors. For this purpose a sample of 60 students was selected with the symptoms of this disorder. The research design was an experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. All the participants completed three questionnaires: the Moudsely Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and the Obsessional Beliefs Questionnaire. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance on the difference between pre-test and post-test scores showed that the cognitive bias modification-interpretation decreases the intensity symptoms, beliefs and obsessional behaviors, and the efficacy of the combination of cognitive bias modification-interpretation with group cognitive behavior therapy in reducing the severity of symptoms, beliefs and obsessional behaviors is more than cognitive bias modification-interpretation. With regard to this finding we can propose therapists to use cognitive bias modification-interpretation and its combination with group cognitive behavior therapy as a new, easy to use and effective approach in obsessive compulsive disorder therapy.
Sh. Aali; S.A. AminYazdi; M.S. Abdekhodaei; A. Ghanaei Chamanabad; F. Moharreri
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The purpose of the current research is to design a combined family-centered treatment based on a human integrated development model and to compare its effectiveness with floor time play therapy in improvingthebehavioral symptoms of children with autism spectrum disorder and the parenting stress of their ...
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The purpose of the current research is to design a combined family-centered treatment based on a human integrated development model and to compare its effectiveness with floor time play therapy in improvingthebehavioral symptoms of children with autism spectrum disorder and the parenting stress of their mothers. The study was performed within a single-subject framework during 6 months on 12 three- to eight-year-old children with ASD and their families. The results were investigated in three stages (pretest, posttest and follow up) using parenting stress scales and the children’s autism scale. Based on the results obtained from the study, the improvement percentage of the behavioral symptoms of the children participating in the family-centered combined treatment group, especially in communicating with others, emotional responses, fear or unrest and verbal communication subscales as well as the parenting stress of their mothers―especially in inattention/ hyperactivity, health, attachment and relationships with spouse subscales―was more than 50 percent and the improvement rate was clinically significant. The effect size of treatment was estimated to be up to 0.80. In conclusion, the family-centered combined treatment designed in this study can increase the effectiveness of floor time and be used as an effective treatment approach in ASD treatment.
N. Ahmadbeigi; T. Hashemi; S. Parvaz; R. Karimishahabi
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The aim of this research was determining the role of attachment style in social phobia regarding the meditating effects of self-esteem. The participants were 201 female students in the University of Tabriz who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and completed the Social Phobia Inventory ...
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The aim of this research was determining the role of attachment style in social phobia regarding the meditating effects of self-esteem. The participants were 201 female students in the University of Tabriz who were selected through multistage cluster sampling and completed the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), the Attachment Style Questionnaire (AAQ) and the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RESS). The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Data analysis showed that the measured model fit the data properly. Secure attachment style and self-esteem had a positive role in the variation of social phobia. Insecure and avoidant attachment styles had a negative and notable effect on the variations of social phobia. Also, secure attachment style had a positive and insecure and avoidant attachment styles had a negative role in determining self-esteem, and self-esteem had a negative and meaningful effect in social phobia. Based on the obtained results, we can say that social phobia is influenced by interfamily factors, especially affective relationships with relatives, and these relationships are able to affect one’s images of oneself.
P. Ganjeh; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; I. Davoudi; Y. Zargar
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention on the quality of life and self-efficacy in 10-15 year old boys with Asthma symptoms in the city of Ahvaz. The sample was selected using convenience sampling. In order to confirm Asthma symptoms, the participants ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention on the quality of life and self-efficacy in 10-15 year old boys with Asthma symptoms in the city of Ahvaz. The sample was selected using convenience sampling. In order to confirm Asthma symptoms, the participants completed the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire (ISAAC). 12 children with asthma symptoms were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control group). All the participants completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire Asthma module and the Children and Adolescence Self-efficacy Scale in the posttest and follow up stages. The experimental group received 10 sessions of intervention. The data were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney U test using SPSS. The results showed significant improvement in the quality of life and self-efficacy of the experimental group compared with the control group. But there weren't any significant difference between the two groups for the asthma symptoms component. The findings suggest that cognitive-behavioral intervention can be used as a well-established psychotherapy procedure and supplement to medical treatment for children and adolescents with asthma symptoms to reduce asthma complications.
Y. Valinejadghanati; M. Birami; E. Fathi Azar; Sh. Vahedi; M. Mirnasab
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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of strategy training using Witt's model on the improvement of working memory and math performance among third grade primary school students with low working memory levels. In this quasi-experimental design, 36 students were selected with low ...
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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of strategy training using Witt's model on the improvement of working memory and math performance among third grade primary school students with low working memory levels. In this quasi-experimental design, 36 students were selected with low working memory and low academic math performance. These students were randomly assigned in three groups (one experimental, one placebo and one true control groups). The experimental group was trained based on Witt's model for 6 weeks. The placebo group were taught science using the reciprocal method, while the true control group didn't receive any treatment. To analyze the data, MANOVA, ANCOVA and the Bonferroni test were used through SPSS 20. Results showed that the intervention improved the students' performance in backward digits, counting and block recall tests, but the enhancement in forward digit recall test was not significant. Also, results indicated that the students' math performance had improved. According to the findings, the students' working memory and math performance can be improved with appropriate interventions in the working memory.
F. Shenavar; K. Beshlideh; S.E. Hashemi; A. Naami
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The present study was conducted intending to take into account the mediating work-family conflict role in relation with stress and social support with job and family satisfaction. Study samples included 203 industrial factory personnel selected through convenience sampling in Ahvaz over 2014. In this ...
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The present study was conducted intending to take into account the mediating work-family conflict role in relation with stress and social support with job and family satisfaction. Study samples included 203 industrial factory personnel selected through convenience sampling in Ahvaz over 2014. In this study, which is a descriptive endeavor of a correlational nature , participants filled in the job stress scale (Parkers & Decotis, 1983), the perceived organizational support survey (Eisenberger, et al., 1997), the job in general scale (Ironson, et al., 1989), the family stress questionnaire (Hennessy, 2005), the perceived social support-family scale (Procidano & Heller, 1983), the family satisfaction scale (Aryee, et al., 1999), and the work-family conflict scale (Carlson, et al., 2000). Structural equation modeling was used to assess the suggested pattern and the bootstrapping method was used to test the mediating effect and it was performed via AMOS. Structural equation modeling indices confirmed general study patterns. Among the relations, only the direct relation of job stress and perceived organizational support were deleted from pattern 1 (work-family conflict mediation). The fitting indices obtained showed that the corrected pattern was of good fitness. Results from the bootstrapping method and the confidence distance from it showed that the work-family conflict completely mediates between job stress and perceived organizational support with family satisfaction and family-work conflict is a partial mediator between family stress and perceived family support with job satisfaction. Thus, job stress and perceived organizational support affect family satisfaction only through work-family conflict, while in the family, family stress and perceived family support directly affect job satisfaction through family-work conflict. Therefore, organizations are not only able to manage conflicts generated between work and the family, but can satisfy personnel with the job itself and the family can apply suitable approaches to reduce their own personnel stress and increase their support.
F. Rajabzadeh; SH. Makvand Hosseini; J. Talebian Sharif; B.A. Ghanbari Hashemabadi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group new reality therapy based on choice theory on social anxiety disorder in university students. In order to used a design pretest- posttest with follow up and control group. 40 students of Ferdowsi university of Mashhad were selected according ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group new reality therapy based on choice theory on social anxiety disorder in university students. In order to used a design pretest- posttest with follow up and control group. 40 students of Ferdowsi university of Mashhad were selected according to the high levels of anxiety and the inclusion- exclusion criteria and divided randomly into control and experimental groups. The experimental group, received 11 group reality therapy sessions (90 minutes - one session per week). Focus was mainly on reducing aspects of social anxiety and empowerment of individuals in recovery of their situation (interpreting anxious behaviors an internal choice, interpreting responsibility and realism as a particular effective behavior, increasing responsibility about the choice of behaviors). No intervention received by control group. Both groups completed Social Anxiety Inventory (SPIN) before and after treatment and also 3 month after finish the course of treatment. The data were analyzed with multivariate analysis of variance on differences of pre-test and post-test scores. Findings showed that group new reality therapy based on choice theory results to reduce anxiety in student of university in the experimental group compared with the control group. These findings can be usedgroup reality therapy based on choice theory to reduce anxiety in people suffering to this disorder.
H. Karsazi; H. Fardayenisofla; M. Jafarpourrezai; N. Mashinchiabasi; T. Hasheminosratabad
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The present study aims to evaluate the Structural relations of brain-behavioral systems and Emotion regulation difficulties with Generalized Anxiety Disorder symptoms. For sample selection, 240 students (120 male and 120 female) in Tabriz University were selected through multistage sampling and answered ...
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The present study aims to evaluate the Structural relations of brain-behavioral systems and Emotion regulation difficulties with Generalized Anxiety Disorder symptoms. For sample selection, 240 students (120 male and 120 female) in Tabriz University were selected through multistage sampling and answered the following questionnaires: Carver and White's Behavioral Inhibition and Activation Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-IV. For data analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the Structural Equation Modeling technique was used. The structural model with evaluated using the chi-square test, the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, the Standard Root Mean Square Residual, the Goodness of Fit Index, the comparative fit index, the Normed fit index, the Incremental Fit Index and the Tucker-Lewis index demonstrated that brain-behavioral systems and Emotion regulation difficulties have a significant relationship with generalized anxiety disorder and that the hypothetical structure has a suitable fitness. Relying on these findings, it can be concluded that Emotion regulation difficulties can significantly mediate between brain-behavioral systems and generalized anxiety disorder.
G. Kiany; G. H. Maktabi; N. Behroozi; Z. Morovati
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The purpose of this Study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on social competence, performance on theory of mind tasks and help seeking improvement in students with learning disabilities. The participants, who participated in this experimental study, included 40 male ...
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The purpose of this Study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on social competence, performance on theory of mind tasks and help seeking improvement in students with learning disabilities. The participants, who participated in this experimental study, included 40 male fifth and sixth graders in Ahvaz, selected through multi stage random sampling. The instruments of the study were the Felner Social Competence Scale, the Stemman Theory of Mind Test and Pintrich and Ryan’s help seeking scale. The subjects in this study were divided in two groups (1 experimental and 1 control group). The experimental group was subject to Emotional intelligence training while the control group didn't receive any treatment. Both the experimental and control groups participated in a pre-test and post-test. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Multivariate test. The results showed that there was a meaningful difference between the performances of two groups. The performance of the experimental group regarding social competence, the theory of mind test and help seeking had been improved in the post-test. Results suggest the importance of the application of emotional intelligence training in improving social performances in children with learning disorders.
M. Babamiri; A. Neisi; N. Arshadi; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; K. Beshlideh
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The purpose of this study was to investigate job stressors and personality characteristics as the predictors of the psychosomatic symptoms of the staff of Bidboland refinery in Ahwaz. The subjects were 83 employees who were selected based on their medical files. The healthy sample consisted of 119 employees ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate job stressors and personality characteristics as the predictors of the psychosomatic symptoms of the staff of Bidboland refinery in Ahwaz. The subjects were 83 employees who were selected based on their medical files. The healthy sample consisted of 119 employees who were selected through simple random sampling. Altogether, 202 employees answered the negative act, effort-reward imbalance, job content, work-family conflict, organizational justice, and NEO personality (except openness and agreeableness) questionnaires. In order to analyze the main hypothesis, discriminant analysis using enter and stepwise methods were applied and to validate the analysis, Pearson’s correlation and confirmatory factor analysis were used. Results indicated that the discriminant equation confirmed the main hypothesis. In other words, job stressors and personality characteristics, were able to predict the probability of psychosomatic symptom increase.
N. Moradi; A.R. Hajiyakhchali; Z. Morovati
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the causal relationships between time management and perceived social support, and psychological well-being and academic performance, mediated by academic stress and academic self-efficacy in female university students. The sample consisted of 300 students ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the causal relationships between time management and perceived social support, and psychological well-being and academic performance, mediated by academic stress and academic self-efficacy in female university students. The sample consisted of 300 students who were selected by a multistage random sampling method. The implemented research instruments were the time management inventory and the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being, the inventory of academic self-efficacy and academic stress and perceived social support. The analysis technic used was structural equation modeling. The bootstrap method was used for the examination of indirect relations. The results showed the significance of the indirect path of perceived social support and time management with academic performance through academic self- efficacy, while perceived social support and time management were significant with academic performance through academic stress. A better fit was obtained by omitting nonsignificant paths, academic stress with psychological well-being and time with psychological well- being.
A. Sadeghi
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The purpose of this study was to determine the causal relationship between family support, career self-efficacy, self-esteem and career Decision making self-efficacy on junior high school students in Isfahan.Therefore, 287 male and female secondary school students were selected through cluster random ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the causal relationship between family support, career self-efficacy, self-esteem and career Decision making self-efficacy on junior high school students in Isfahan.Therefore, 287 male and female secondary school students were selected through cluster random sampling.The instruments were the career decision making self- efficacy questionnaire, the self-esteem scale, the self-efficacy inventory and the family support questionnaire. This research was correlational (a structural analysis).TheData was analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM), using AMOS-18 and Spss-20. The results of the direct and indirect path analysis showed that third family support, self-efficacy and self- esteem were positively associated with career decision making self-efficacy. The results indicated that self-esteem mediated the relationship between family support, self-efficacy and career decision making self-efficacy. Moreover, there was a positive indirect effect of family support and self-efficacy on career decision self-efficacy through self-esteem. These findings support personal and social variables as being predictive of career decision making self-efficacy and provide career counselors with insight into how to design career interventions for improving high school students’ career decision making self-efficacy. Implications for career counseling and suggestions for future research are discussed.
M. Joodzadeh; M. Nadaf; A. Darziyan Azizi; S. E. Hashemi
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Brand is among invaluable intellectual asset for ventures impressing their function in the market. Orientation with the brand personality impetus over consumers behavior may assist managers in business and traders set up better plas establish influensive marks and signs outshowing consistent effects ...
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Brand is among invaluable intellectual asset for ventures impressing their function in the market. Orientation with the brand personality impetus over consumers behavior may assist managers in business and traders set up better plas establish influensive marks and signs outshowing consistent effects on orderers concepts leading them maximising optimum interests, lucrative that is due to researches manifested procurers prefer brands congruent with their characters. The actual quest probes into this topic by collecting data through implementing three questionnaires hierarchically: Big five model (NEO), Brand personality questionnaire and loyalty questionnaire. A number of 391 students from Ahvaz Shahid Chamran university were ad hoc participants in this investigation deploying pearson regression solidarity tests analysed revealing significant correlation between conscientious prestige and fanaticism open toward merit brand experience. That is likewise for disclosed experience and queer verity brand. Further between disclosed personality loyal to brand and queer verity merit prestige that concludes with the outcome of significant inter relation amongst all affective and active loyalty with brand characteristics.
H. Jadidi; N. Behrouzi; M. Shehniyeylagh; S.E. Hashemi
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The present study attempts to investigate the causal relationship between optimism, test anxiety and mathematical performance with the mediating role of dispositional and situational coping strategies in sophomore students of Basic Science at Kurdistan University in the academic year 2011-12. The statistical ...
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The present study attempts to investigate the causal relationship between optimism, test anxiety and mathematical performance with the mediating role of dispositional and situational coping strategies in sophomore students of Basic Science at Kurdistan University in the academic year 2011-12. The statistical population of the study includes a total sum of 279 male and female students selected through multi-stage random sampling. Research instruments include the TAI Questionnaire, the LOT-R Test, and the pf-SOC Questionnaire, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. A correlational method of path analysis type has been applied to the present study. The results show that in addition to having a direct effect on mathematical performance, optimism exerts an indirect effect on it through reflective as well as dispositional coping styles. Besides, the direct and indirect effects of test anxiety on mathematical performance through reactive situational coping style and suppressive coping style prove to be significant. Finally, in the reformed model, all path coefficients and model indices were significant and acceptable respectively and the reformed model proved to be appropriate.
