JOURNAL OF FAMILY COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
Year:2011 | Volume:1 | Issue:1|Papers Count:8

Background and Aim: The aim of this research was to study the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and emotional problems of depression, anxiety, hostility interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal sensitivity, with regard to personal and familial factors.Method: In this correlation study, 300 undergraduates from different faculties of Isfahan University were selected via multi-stage random sampling. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R), and demographic questionnaire were applied to the sample. Pierson’s correlation coefficient, canonical correlation and Stepwise regression analysis were used for statistical analysis by SPSS-11.5.Results: Results demonstrated that catastrophizing and rumination could predict emotional regulation. Also, from among the personal and familial factors, recent stressful events were related to all of the emotional problems, and hostility was correlated with sever traumatic experiences.Conclusion: According to the findings, eliminating non-effective emotion regulation strategies and training effective strategies should be considered as part of the intervention in emotional problems.

Background and Aim: The purpose of the present research was to validate the Differentiation of Self Inventory for measuring differentiation of self in men and women participating in family teaching course at Sanandaj middle schools.Methods: The study is of correlation sort (the factor analysis being of tendentious oblimin rotation sort). 512 subjects (women and men) were randomly selected from among the participants of Family Teaching Course in Sanandaj middle schools in 2011. The participants completed the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI-2) and Criterion questionnaires. Data was analyzed via factor analysis of tendentious oblimin rotation and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: Factor analysis via tendentious oblimin rotation sort indicated that four factors, which were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Data were indicative of a satisfactory level for the reliability coefficients of Coranbach, Alpha and Split-half (89% and 83%) of the Differentiation of Self Inventory and extracted factors. The discriminating and convergent validity of the questionnaire was examined by measurement tools for positive and negative effect, self- confidence and SCL-90-R (Anxiety and Interpersonal Sensitivity) and the correlation results for the five criteria are sequentially as follow: 38%, -41%, 39%, -42%, and -36% which are significant at (P<0001). The MANOVA and T test were showed; there were no significant differences between male and female for factors and age groups with respect to Differentiation of Self.Conclusion: Results of factor analysis are consistent with prior findings. Differentiation of Self Inventory can be used in research and family settings and in screening the normal and none normal families.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among gender ideologies, marital roles, emotional intelligence and quality of life among married employees in Shiraz offices.Method: 250 married employees (125 males and 125 females) from Shiraz public offices were selected randomly using the stratified sampling method, and completed Gender Roles Ideology, Marital Roles, Emotional Intelligence, and quality of life scales. The psychometric properties of used instruments were satisfactory.Findings: Results showed positive correlations of gender ideologies, marital roles, and emotional intelligence variables with quality of life of 0.32 to 052. The results of regression analysis using enter and stepwise also indicated that marital roles, and emotional intelligence can predict of variance life of quality (criterion variable), while the one other variable did not has any contribution in prediction of criterion variable.Discussion: In present study, we can infer that gender ideologies and emotional intelligence have not role in develop of life of quality, and marital roles alone has importance effect in individuals understanding of life situation.

Aim and Background: Divorce, as one of the most stressful events, leads to some mental and emotional problems, especially in divorced women. The aim of the present research was to study the effectiveness of religion-based cognitive-behavior therapy on depression in divorced women.Method: The research is a quasi-experimental method with pre-posttest, fallow-up and control group. The sample consisted of 30 divorced women selected by in-reach sampling and matched by age, educational status, physical health and other criteria considered in this research. They were randomly divided into two groups (n=12) of experimental and control. We administered 12 45-minute weekly sessions of religion-based cognitive- behavior therapy for the experimental group, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The instrument was Beck Depression Inventory II (BDII).Results: The results revealed significant difference between the two groups regarding depression (P<0.001). Also, the rate of depression significantly decreased as compared to pre-test and control group.Conclusion: The results proved that religion-based cognitive-behavior therapy decreases the rate of depression in divorced women.

Background and Aim: The current study was administered to investigate the perceived interference of work in family-which concerning family solidarity policies in the world, is one of the most important issues in family field- with special attention to Erikson psychosocial stages and its relation to educational level.Materials and Methods: Statistical community of the current research involves the whole employees of District 2 of gas transition stations of Isfahan (613 persons), out of which 150 persons were selected via stratified random sampling method. Finally 124 employees completed work-family questionnaire (return rate=83 percent).Results: Findings indicate that with the increase of age (according to Erikson psychosocial developmental stages) the employees felt less intrusion of work spillover in their family life. Also, findings revealed that by with the increase educational level the conflict between work and family intensified.Conclusion: The negative correlation of developmental stages and perceived work-family interference can be explained by personnel’s needs and their accessible resources to satisfy these needs in different psychosocial stages. Also, the positive relation of educational level and perceived work-family interference is perhaps due to increased awareness of family responsibilities or increase of job responsibilities. The conflict between work and family can be resolved by effective management of the needs of different developmental stages and by special programs for highly educated persons. The current research provides concrete justification for this issue.

Aim and Background: This research was carried out to detect the direct and indirect effects of positive and negative aspects of self-esteem (self-value and self-devaluation) through job burnout on mental health.Method: The statistical population consisted of all women teachers in Shadegan province, from among which one hundred and twenty subjects were selected via stratified random method. The three measures of Rosenberg self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1966), job burnout (Maslach (1981) and general health questionnaire (Goldberg and Hiller, 1979) were used for data collection. Structural equation modelling was applied to explore the relationship between positive and negative aspects of self-esteem as two independents variables, the three aspects of job burnout as a latent mediator, and mental health as dependent variable.Results: The structural analysis of the model showed a full mediating linkage of job burnout between independent and dependent Variable. It meant that there was no significant direct effect between self-esteem and mental health. Passing the most impression of self-esteem on mental health through job burnout was the most important finding of this research. There is some important implication about how negative self-esteem affects mental health through latent structure of burnout that would be paid attention in the paper.

Aim: The purpose of this paper was to study the influence of family communication patterns on quality of life in adolescents.Methods: The research is a Cross-Sectional study (descriptive-analytical) carried out in Zahedan. Statistical population consisted of 439 high-school students who participated in our investigations through arbitrary sampling method. Family communication pattern questionnaire-based on the revised version of family communication pattern (RFCP) test was used, and, standard KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire was applied in order to analyze the quality of life.Result: Results indicated that, concerning family relation patterns, pluralistic (38, 7%) and then consensual (34, 6%) patterns assumed the largest abundance among the families. Results of enter multivariate regression analysis revealed that there is significant relationships between the independent variables of family relation patterns and all dimensions of life quality, except for the dimension of social acceptance. Also, ANOVA test showed that there is a significant relationship between adolescents’ life quality and family communication patterns (p<0/01).Conclusion: It can be generally concluded that the more family environment provides conditions for easy dialogue, the healthier and richer the children get.

Aim: The purpose of this study was evaluating the efficacy of training according to quality of life therapy style on happiness in wives of married men and women in the city of Isfahan.Method: This was a semi experimental research with pretest and post test with control group. Statistical population of this research included men and women who referred to Alefbay Zendegy counseling center in spring and summer of the year 1389. Research sample included 32 married men and women who were selected among available people and assigned in control and experimental groups. Married men and women of experimental group were trained according to quality of life therapy style and after 8 weeks both control and experimental group answered the post test. The measurement instrument was Oxford Happiness Questionnaire.Results: Data were analyzed with Covariance analysis through SPSS. The results showed that there were a significant difference between happiness scores in control and experimental groups. This means that quality of life therapy was effective in happiness of married men and women (p<0.01).