JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Year:2013 | Volume:5 | Issue:1 (17)|Papers Count:13

Introduction: The study of subtypes antisocial personality disorder and comorbidity of anxiety and opioid disorders were studied in current research.Method: The samples were 90 persons who were selected by aimed available sampling from central prison of city and rehabilitation centers. Individuals with ASPD were diagnosed by Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM was used for determining ASPD criterions rate of anxiety was assessed by Cattel test. The research design was correlations, so Pearson correlation, step wise and Chi-Square were used for data analyzing.Results: Results showed that ASPD and anxiety disorder were comorbid, as well as ASPD/Anxiety disorder is a variant of ASPD, and ASPD subtypes and anxiety disorder related among opioids.Conclusion: Two subtypes of ASPD existed (with anxiety and without anxiety).

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group metacognitive therapy (G-MCT) on metacognitive beliefs, worry and worry domains in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).Method: The statistical society was all outpatients With GAD presenting to clinics in Tehran counselling center. A number of the patients conveniently were selected. Then using of Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30), Penn-State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and Worry Domain Questionnaire (WDQ) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID-I). 30 females were selected and finally assigned in two groups randomly (15 in experimental group and 15 in control group). From 15 patients of experimental group, 12 patients completed the treatment. Group metacognitive therapy was administered to the experimental group in ten, 120 minutes sessions during 2.5 months period. All subjects completed questionnaires before and after intervention and in follow-up period after 3 months.Results: The results of ANCOVA test showed that Group metacognitive therapy have significant effect on negative metacognitive beliefs. The results of ANCOVA test also showed that Group metacognitive therapy significantly have decreased worry, and worry Domain. These results remained in 3 months follow-up period.Conclusion: Group metacognitive therapy has some more benefits on metacognition beliefs and worry.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the treatment based on correcting of secondary control appraisals in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and comparing it with treatment based on correcting of inflated responsibility.Method: The method of present study was quasi-experimental and pre-post test design was used. The experimental groups contained treatment based on correcting of secondary control appraisalsgroup (n=12) and treatment based on correcting of inflated responsibility group (n=15). Both groups received ten two-hour group sessions once a week. In control group 13 patients participated. Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive scale (YBOCS), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ-44) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to assess severity of OCD, Obsessive beliefs and Depression. Data were analyzed using Multiple Covariance Analysis in SPSS.Results: The results suggested that based on scores of YBOCS, OBQ-44 and BDI, both treatment based on correcting of secondary control appraisals and treatment based on correcting of inflated responsibility were significantly more effective than the wait list control conditionand treatment based on correcting of secondary control appraisals significantly more effective than treatment based on correcting of inflated responsibility in post-test and follow-up. This superiority maintained over the 1month follow-up.Conclusion: According to the findings of present study, treatment based on correcting of secondary control appraisals was more effective than treatment based on correcting of inflated responsibility in treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Introduction: Schema Therapy created by young et al, new and integrated treatment which is mainly based on development of concepts and methods of classical cognitive - behavioral therapy for treatment of characterical disorders. The aim of this study was determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on symptoms of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and depression in a case with obsessive-compulsive personality.Method: The participant of this study was a 32 years single woman with obsessive compulsive personality disorder, that diagnosed by semi-structure interview for axis I and II of DSM-IV-TR (SCID). Martukovich questionnaire was used to assessment of obsessive compulsive personality disorder and the beck depression inventory was used to assessment depressive symptoms. In this study single case series with A-B design was used. In this method after baseline, the intervention began and Schema therapy was administered for 16 sessions. Two follows-up were applied, one month and two month after the 16th session.Results: The results of this study based on the visual analyses indicators and descriptive statistics showed that in the follow up phase compared to the baseline, the intervention was effective in reduction of OCPD and depression.Conclusion: The results of this study consistent with previous researches showed that schema therapy reduces symptopms of depression and obsessive compulsive personality disorder in patients with obsessive compulsive personality disorder.

Introduction: The aim of present study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive- behavioral stress management on promotion psychological, emotional and social well-being in non-native freshman university students who affected by homesickness state.Method: Eighty eight students were screened based on acquiring scores upper than mean (one standard deviation higher than mean) among 228 non-native freshman, who found to be suffering homesickness. Forty students were selected by simple random sampling assigned into the intervention and control groups. With a pre-test and post-test control group design, subjects in the experimental group, undergone 10 sessions of cognitive-behavioral stress management training both groups were evaluated using well-being questionnaire in pre-test and post-test, data analyzed by MANCOVA.Results: Findings showed that there were not significant differences between two groups in pre-test, but cognitive-behavioral stress management training, significantly increases psychological, emotional and social well-being scores in experimental group.Conclusion: The cognitive behavioral stress management training, could be intervention program in target groups and general population in university counseling centers, and with enhancing psychological well-being of university students, increase education to productivity of university.

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O) reports, obesity and overweight are among the most health-threatening problems in many countries, including Iran. Evidence has suggested attentional bias has an important role in dieters’ failure. Also, results from previous studies show that eating style is an important factor in predicting dieters’ success. The purpose of this study was investigating these factors in an Iranian sample.Method: In the present study, food attentional bias (FAB), eating styles, and their interactions were investigated in dieters (N=34) and non-dieters (N=35). The exclusion criteria were bulimia or anorexia nervosa. FAB was assessed using a modified emotional Stroop paradigm. Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) was used to measure the participants’ dominant eating style.Results: Results indicated that, in comparison with non-dieters, dieters show more FAB, and increases in body mass index (BMI) were associated with increases in the participants’ FAB.  The majority of overweight and obese participants had emotional and restrained eating styles.Conclusion: To increase their success rate, it seems that dieting programs should address the dieters’ dominant eating style and efforts need to be made to reduce their FAB.

Introduction: Psychopathological perfectionism is often correlated with obsessive compulsive eating disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the explanatory role of perfectionism in obsessive compulsive features and pathological eating attitude.Method: This study was a Correlational research. A group of 790 university students، using Stratified random sampling method، took part in this research. Participants answered to Obsessive Compulsive Inventory- Revised, Eating Attitude Test, and the Perfectionism Inventory. Data were analyzed using concurrent multiple regression analysis.Results: The results showed that the explanatory role of perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive features is more than pathological eating attitudes. It also showed the highest contribution of maladaptive perfectionism in predicting obsessive compulsive features and pathological eating attitude. Adaptive perfectionism had no significant role in either case.Conclusion: Role of perfectionism in predicting symptoms of obsessive - compulsive، is consistent with its phenomenological feature. Decreasing explanatory role of perfectionism in pathological eating attitudes possibly is related to the nature of perfectionism measurements.

Introduction: In recent decades deficit in executive functions has been investigated as a one of the etiological hypotheses in a wide range of anxiety disorders. The purpose of this study was comparing executive functions in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and matched healthy individuals.Method: In this cross–sectional study were evaluated 46 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are compared with 46 healthy individual by means of convenient sampling. In this ex-post facto, causal-comparative study, Stroop Color and Word Test, Emotional Stroop, Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) and continuous performance test (CPT) were used as the research tools. Data were analyzed through Student’s t-test.Results: Finding showed that reaction time significantly lower in OCD group. Furthermore, results indicated statistically significant difference between two groups in Emotional Stroop test (P value and results showed that correct response is more in healthy groups than patient). In continuous performance test omission error in OCD more than healthy group; but to groups was similar in commission and reaction time. In WCST healthy group have better performance in preservation error and correct response.Conclusion: OCD could be considered as a dysfunction of executive functions. The results of this study are discussed on deficits in ability of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder in executive functions such as attention and decision-making.

Introduction: Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a psychiatric disorder that appears in childhood and is the most common neurological disorder in childhood. The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of executive function (EF) training on executive performance and behavioral symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Method: This study performed on 6 students with ADHD (2 students per each ADHD subtypes) from Pol Sefid town. CSI-4 scale and Raven’s colored progressive matrices were used to assess behavioral symptoms of ADHD and IQ respectively. We used Persian software of CPT to assess sustained attention, Persian software of Tower of London test (TOL) to assess planning and SNAP-IV scale to assess behavioral symptoms of ADHD. The data were analyzed using a comparison between baseline behavior rates and the behavior rates of treatment phase as well as the Cohen effect sizes.Results: Results showed that computerized EF training led to increased Sustained attention and planning and decreased symptoms of ADHD in all subjects of different ADHD subtypes.Conclusion: This study showed that the use of computerized EF training can reduce ADHD symptoms and improve EF functioning. Therefore, it is recommended to use computerized EF training as complementary method to behavioral and pharmacological treatments.

Introduction: The main aim of the article is determination of the status of Collaboration on Iranian psychologists in producing scientific productions which published in the top level psychology journals during 2000-2010.Method: Top journals were selected among 71 journals listed in the subject category of psychology in JCR database. Raw data’s extracted from MEDLINE database.Results: Results showed that a total number of 13,566 papers in the form of journal article were published in top journals and indexed in the database of MEDLINE. The study further showed that USA was the most dominant country in the term of producing and distribution scientific profiles in top psychology journals followed by UK and Germany. In MEDLINE 0.15% of articles belong to Iran. 11% of scientific profiles were done by international cooperation.Conclusion: Although the number of Iranian publication in the field of psychology has been increased linearly; but we should bear in mind that the number of Iranian profiles in the field was diminutive.