RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
Year:2007 | Volume:1 | Issue:1|Papers Count:6

Chiropractic, or simply manipulation of spine, is one of the popular treatments for low back and neck pains. However, researches' findings showed that after a cut in treatment for a short time, the diorders syndrome will reoccur in patiants with moskoskelital pains. Thus, recently, professionals in health psychology have considered behavior, cognitive and cognitive-behavioral psychoanalytic techniques as optimal alternatives for treatment of the patiants with histories of psychosomatic disorders. Therefore, the main purpose of current research was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral family therapy on treatment of patients with musculoskeletal pain (low back pain & neck pain).So, using a single- subject design (Type A-B), 5 patients who sufered from muskoskelital pains and referred to a nongovernmental chiropractic clinic were selected. They received cognitive-behavioral family therapy accompanied with chiropractic precedures.The results confirmed the effectiveness ofthe abovementioned combined therapy. One of the probable reasons for effectiveness of mentioned therapy approach was its ability in adjusting patiants' spine having back and neck pain, and at the same time, recognizing basic psychologic causes for those pains and removing the causes by cognitive behavioral psychotherapy method. Finally, congruency and inconsistency of the findings with the previous researches are discussed. Findings' repugnance or confirmation with other research are discussed and some suggestions provided.

The aim of this research was to examine the role of identity styles through identity commitment and psychological well-being, and, the study of identity commitment and psychological well-being roles on academic performance. A sample of 340 students (145 males and 195 females) was chosen by a multistage sampling method. It was conducted to the sample the Identity Style Inventory (White, Wampler & Winn, 1999-IS1 6G) and the Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (Ryff, 1995). Using path analysis, the results showed that the indirect and total effect of exogenous variables through the identity commitment and the psychological well-being are significant to all models with academic performance. The direct effect of commitment on academic performance was significantly positive, but, its indirect effect was only by personal growth, positive relationship with others, goal in life and self-acceptance microscales. With exception for autonomy scale, the direct effect of psychological well-bing on academic performance was significant. Overall, the results indicate that identity styles could predict students' academic performance by examining their identity commitment and psychological well-being factors.

Investigating through the relationship of family cohesion and emotional autonomy on the emotional problems of adolescents is the purpose of current research. The sample of this study consists of 1592 males and females' high school students in Shiraz, whom were chosen by random cluster sampling method. To perform this study, three scales were utilized: family cohesion scale, emotional autonomy scale, and depression, anxiety and stress scale. The relation of family cohesion and emotional autonomy variables on emotional problems were analysed through a casual model. The results showed that gender, emotional cohesion, and then individuation in emotional autonomy are of the most important variables related to emotional problems. Also, this study presents the gender as an effective factor to occurrence of emotional problems.

The present research studies the relationship between attachment styles and emotional abilities, and attempts to predict those abilities through attachment styles. Using a simple random sampling method, it was chosen 108 participants including 65 females and 43 males students of Psychology and Education Faculty at Tarbiat Moallem University. For the research instrument, it was conducted Adult Attachment Styles (AAS) scale and Trait Meta Mood scale (TMMS). The results showed that secure attachment has a positive relationship with clarify and repairment or emotional management, but, unsecure and ambivalent attachment styles have a reverse relationship with both clarify and emotional Attachment styles would predict emotional abilities. repairment.

The purpose of present research was to explore the relationship among variables of adolescent's psychological well-being, their parents' parenting styles, as well as their socio- economic status.1396 Tehrani female and male students taken from different sectors of Tehran city completed Subjective Well-being Scales (Dienner, 1992) and a researcher made Socio-economic questionnaire. Also, the participants' mothers completed the Buri (1991) Parental Authority Questionnaire. The results showed that the lowest psychological well-being scores are related to south regions of Tehran, While the norths' have gained the best scores. Also, It was indicated that from all parenting styles, logical despotic and suthoritative styles could predict adolescents' psychological well-being significantly.