Journal of clinical psychology and counseling research
Year:2019 | Volume:8 | Issue:2 |Papers Count:8

Purpose: The aim of present study was investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy for sexual dysfunction and marital problems on the dynamics of sex relation and sexual appeal in women referred to family court. Method: In a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group, 30 women referred to family court in Mashhad city were selected by available sampling method and then randomly designed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of 45 minutes at cognitive behavioral group therapy, while control groups were not in any treatment. The participants completed relation self-disclosure questionnaire and sexual awareness questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS22 software, using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Findings: The findings showed that cognitive behavioral group therapy for sexual dysfunction and marital problems leading to improving the dynamics of sex relation and sex appeal in the experimental group than control groups. According to these results, cognitive behavioral group therapy for sexual dysfunction and marital problems might be an efficient way of improving dynamics of sex relation and sex appeal in women referred to family court. Also, therapists can use this therapeutic approach for improving dynamics of sex relation and sex appeal.

Purpose: Determine of social and personal factors discriminating resilient from non-resilient adolescences against abuse. Method: The statistical population encompasses all high-school students of Jajarm, city, who were 516 people. Emotional abused questionnaire, rauma resilience questionnaire, young self-report scale, and Wechsler IQ test have been administered and then a discriminant analysis were used. Findings: Findings showed that individual (excluding intelligence) and social (excluding supportive relations to peers and active social involvement) factors were different in two groups (p<0. 05). Discriminating function also revealed discrimination between resilient and non-resilient teens so that it determined 20. 2 % of resilience changes. it might be concluded that individual protective factors like problem-solving, pessimism, belief structure, self-regulation, and self-esteem, as well as social protective factors like supportive academic performance and neighborhood safety/support help adolescents, endure against parents’ emotional abuse.

Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment group therapy on homesickness, anxiety and cognitive emotional regulation among college students referring to Mashhad University clinic. Method: The design of this study was semi-experimental with a pretest– posttest control group design. 30 people were selected by the purposive method and assigned into two groups (experimental group and control group – 15 people in each group). Homesickness questionnaire, anxiety questionnaire, cognitive emotional regulation were used to measure the dependent variables. Findings: In post-test and follow up, symptoms of agitation and anxiety in the experimental group were significantly lower than the control group, and the emotional adjustment of the students improved. Findings of the research confirm that it is important that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment reduces students' agitation and anxiety and increases their emotional regulation.

Purpose: The present research aimed at identifying the probability of harming divorceMethod: The method of this research is qualitative, which is based on the goal of achieving the lives of marriage applicants and on the basis of divorce applicants, a phenomenological approach has been used. The research field of this study was all marriage applicants referring to the Mashhad Health Center No3 and all divorce applicants referring to the Welfare Center of Mashhad and specialists in the field of family and divorce. The sample consisted of 15 marriage applicants and twenty couples applying for divorce and fifteen specialists in family and divorce sectors selected through by targeted sampling method as criterion type. The interviewing method was deep and semi-structured. Findings: In six months, interviews were collected, recorded, encoded and compiled in the form of 65 sub-themes and 8 main themes in the individual components, paired components, family components, cultural components, social components, economic components, and belief components.

Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of therapy based on acceptance and commitment on improvement of the parent-child relationship in mothers with mental retardation childrenMethod: Study was experimental with a pretest-posttest control group and the Follow-up test. Population includes all mothers of children with mental retardation whose children were studying at exceptional schools in Dezful city in the academic year of 2016-2017. 30 Mother was chosen with cluster sampling method and assigned to tow experimental and control groups randomly. (Each group n=15). The experimental group received group therapy in 10 sessions of 90 minutes (2 sessions weekly) and the control group did not receive group therapy. The Instrument was Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation scale (1961). Data analyzed with multiple analysis of covariance. Findings: The results showed that there are significant differences in level Posttest and Follow up between experimental and control groups in parent-child relationship (p>0/001). According to research findings, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment is an effective method for improving the parent-child relationship in mothers with mental retardation children.

Purpose: The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on marital satisfaction in couples conflict. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with the control group. The sample consisted of 24 (12 couples) couples conflict who referred to counseling centers in Mashhad 9th district, 12 of them in the experimental group and 12 in the control group. The members of the experimental group received 8 dialectical behavioral therapy sessions, but there was no specific intervention for the control group members. Before and after the intervention, the Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire was completed by the sample group. Findings: The results of covariance analysis indicated that in the post-test marital satisfaction in the experimental group was significantly increased, compared with the control group subjects. Findings of the research confirm that it is important that dialectical behavioral therapy improves the marital satisfaction in couples conflict.

Purpose: One of the ''third wave'' cognitive-behavioral intervention is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which employs innovative mindfulness-based strategies. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on reducing Intensity pain in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Method: The study method was semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study population included all multiple sclerosis in Arak in the summer of 2016. Thirty subjects were selected via purposive sampling among patients coming to Arak medical centers and they were randomly assigned into two experiments and control groups. The experimental groups then received 8 sessions Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory was used to collect data in the pre-test and post-test stages. The data were analyzed by covariance. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group in pain intensity, but this difference was not observed in the control group. The obtained results are based on the effect of the acceptance and commitment method on reducing the pain of patients with MS. Support. Also, based on the data obtained based on the positive effect of acceptance and commitment, it is recommended to use this method in treatment centers.

Purpose: This study to aim conducted the evaluating of unsafe attachment dimensions and sexual satisfaction mediating sexual self-efficacy functioning in the married female in Shiraz city. Method: The current research was a correlation of type concurrent hierarchical regression. one hundred six the married female were selected using the voluntary method from among women referring to privative counseling centers of Shiraz city and all ethical standards of research, and completed Unsafe Attachment Dimensions, Sexual Satisfaction, and Sexual Self-efficacy Functioning Scales. The analysis of data was conducted using Pearson correlation coefficient and concurrent hierarchical regression statistical methods and SPSS-21 software. Findings: Results showed that there are significant negative correlations between anxiety and avoidant attachment dimensions with sexual satisfaction and sexual self-efficacy functioning variables and there is a significant positive correlation between sexual satisfaction and sexual self-efficacy functioning variables (p < 0. 05). Also, hierarchical regression analysis by Baron and Kenny method showed that sexual self-efficacy functioning variable is a mediator between anxiety and avoidant attachment dimensions and sexual satisfaction. In results, can be suggested that self-efficacy functioning has an important role in increasing of sexual satisfaction married female.