RESEARCH IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING (STUDIES IN EDUCATION & PSYCHOLOGY )
Year:2017 | Volume:7 | Issue:1|Papers Count:9

Purpose: The present study aims at investigating the lifestyle of Tehran’s young drivers with driving accidents.Method: The applied research method was correlation. Stratified sampling method was used to select the insurance centers, hospitals, correctional and prison cells. The target population included all people in Tehran with the age range of 18 to 24 who had experienced a car crash. From among this population, 576 patients were selected. The instrument used in this study is the lifestyle questionnaire of Almahmoud, Simmons, and El Asfar.Findings: There was a significant relationship between the accident background and the lifestyle dimensions; Driving Style (0.124) and Social Factors (-0.13) (p<0.01). Among the dimensions of life style, the perception of traffic rules had a higher correlation (0.26) with the accident background (p<0.05).

Purpose: The present study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of psychotherapy based on the life quality improvement on the reduction of depression of those suffering from complicated grief.Method: This study used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all clients referring to Kashmar’s counselling centers during 2013-2014, who were suffering from complicated grief according to DSM-V-TR criteria and the clinical interview. The sample consisted of 30 men and women who were selected through convenient sampling method and were randomly assigned into two control and experimental groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of psychotherapy based on the life quality. The applied instrument was Beck’s Depression Inventory which was used in the pre-test and post-test. The obtained data was analyzed by means of SPSS (Version 22) using covariance analysis.Findings: The results of ANCOVA revealed that there is a significant difference among the depression mean scores of the experimental and the control group in terms of membership in the post-test with 99% confidence (p<0.01).

Purpose: The present study aims at investigating the role of cognitive-humanistic group therapy in improving the communication skills and problem-solving across married women.Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design. The study population were all married women who had referred to a counselling center in Mashhad, 22 persons of whom were selected and were randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups (n=11 in each group). Participants responded to the family problem-solving questionnaire along with the Iranian psychological functioning families subscale. The data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).Findings: The results of univariate analysis of covariance showed that cognitive-humanistic group therapy had a significant effect on the communication skills of the experimental group (P<0.001). Besides, cognitive-humanistic group therapy had a significant effect on problem-solving strategy of the experimental group (P<0.005).

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to focus on death anxiety with schema therapy and logo therapy approaches in the treatment of hypochondriasis.Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The population of the study consisted of all individuals with hypochodriasis and death anxiety. To this end, 28 patients were randomly selected and divided into three groups: experiment 1, experiment 2, and the control group. The first experimental group received 20 sessions of interventional therapy, while the second experimental group received 10 sessions of a meaningful therapeutic intervention. The applied research instruments were death anxiety scale and illness attitude scale. To analyze the data, mixed repeated measure has been used.Findings: The results of mixed repeated measure have showed that schema therapy and logo therapy can decrease death anxiety and hypochondriasis in patients during post-test and follow up. The research has two main results. First of all, the study revealed that schema therapy is highly efficient in treating hypochondriasis which is considered as a disorder resistant to treatment. Secondly, it indicated that focusing on death anxiety in treating hypochondriasis disorder can lead to significant improvements in these patients.

Purpose: Mindfulness is defined as the paying attention ability on purpose, in the current and non-judgmentally. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness education on the general health of girls at the guidance schools of Arak.Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The population included all the girls’ at the guidance schools of Arak.30 people were selected through cluster sampling. The students who earned the highest scores on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were selected. They were divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in the mindfulness training program (eight sessions), while the control group received no training.Findings: The data were analyzed through covariance method. The results indicated a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. In other words, mindfulness training affected the general health of girls, subscales of anxiety and insomnia along with depression and social performance. Participating in the workshop led to the decrease in the mean level of anxiety and psychological distress in the experimental group.

Purpose: The present study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of schema therapy on the feeling of abandonment and emotional instability among people with the borderline personality disorder.Method: The study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group. The population were all patients with the borderline personality disorder who have referred to psychiatric centers in Arak in 2015. A total of 24 people were randomly selected and assigned into two experimental and control groups (n=12 for each group). To gather data, the Borderline Personality Disorder test was used. The data were analyzed through covariance analysis and paired sample t-test.Findings: The analysis of the covariance results showed that schema therapy can significantly reduce the scores of emotional instability and the feeling of abandonment among patients with the borderline personality disorder. According to the data, based on the positive impact of schema therapy on reducing symptoms of patients with the borderline personality disorder, the method is recommended to be used in remedial settings.

Purpose: The present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of schema therapy on the feelings of inferiority in the adolescent girls of divorced families.Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest design. The statistical population included all the female adolescents of the divorced families of Kermanshah with the age range of 15 to 18 years old who had enrolled in the second level of the high school during 2015-2016. Therefore, using multistage cluster sampling method, 18 students from the divorced families were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in eight sessions of schema therapy, while the control group received no training. The applied instrument was the feeling of inferiority questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by univariate analysis of covariance.Findings: The results showed that there are significant differences between the two groups in terms of feelings of inferiority, while the average was lower for the experimental group. The results of this study indicated the effectiveness of schema therapy on the feeling of inferiority among adolescent girls of the divorced families.