JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Year:2021 | Volume:13 | Issue:1 (49)|Papers Count:9

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of emotion regulation strategies between rumination and aggression in bipolar patients. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlational, and the statistical population of the study consisted of all patients with bipolar disorder, referred and hospitalized in Tehran's maintenance and rehabilitation centers in 2018-2019, of which 200 were selected by targeted sampling. Research tools include Ruminative Response Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Aggression Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the suppression (P<0. 01, Z=2. 71, β =0. 75) and reappraisal (P<0. 05, Z=2. 47, β =0. 074) emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationship between rumination and aggression in bipolar patients. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it is recommended to evaluate the level of rumination and emotional regulation strategies of bipolar patients in the treatment process and provide appropriate therapies to reduce rumination and suppression emotional regulation strategy in these patients.

Introduction: Self-injury is defined as a deliberate destruction or deliberate alteration of body tissues that results in damage to the tissues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on other-forgiveness and depression in teenager girls with self-injury history in Isfahan. Method: The research method was a pre-test-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all teenager girls with a history of self-injury who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan in 2018. A sample of 30 teenager girls were randomly selected that were selected by inclusion/exclusion criteria and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (each group was 15). Subjects before and after the intervention, responded to the questionnaire of Interpersonal Motivation related to injury and Beck Depression Inventory. The experimental group received dialectical treatment therapy for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while no intervention received by the control group. Results: The data were analyzed in two descriptive levels (mean and standard deviation) and inferential level (multivariate covariance analysis). The results indicated significant increase in the mean of forgiveness and a decrease in mean of depression in the experimental group compared to the control group (p≤ 0. 05). Conclusion: According to research findings, dialectical behavior therapy can be used to increase forgiveness and reduce depression in teenager girls with a history of self-injury.

Introduction: Increased use of smartphones is an emerging crisis. So, the present study focused on the developing a psychotherapy protocol based on cognitive-behavioral approach and its effectiveness on treatment of smartphone addiction loneliness and emotional regulation. Method: The first section of the present study is allocated to designing a therapeutic protocol based on cognitive-behavioral approach. Then, according to a quasi-experimental research design, 30 girl adolescents who were diagnosed with smartphone addiction were selected by a convenience sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Experimental group received 8 sessions of psychotherapy. Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form (SAS-SV(, Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ(and UCLA Revised Loneliness Scale were applied as research tools. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) were used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy in addition to the treatment of smartphone addiction has led to a significant decrease in loneliness and improved emotional regulation skills. Conclusion: The therapeutic intervention based on cognitive-behavioral approach can be considered as an effective treatment strategy in treatment of smartphone addiction and also is able to reduce loneliness and increase emotion regulation.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Positive Thinking Education, and Acceptance and Commitment Treatment on Marital Disaffection, Communication Attributions and Self-Differentiation in people visiting Behbahan city counseling centers. Method: The research design was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test-follow-up experiment with the control group. The sample size of 45 married people from the mentioned community was selected by Judgment sampling method and randomly assigned to tree groups (15 people per group). The research instruments used included the Relationship Attributions Scale (RAM), the Kaiser Marital Disaffection Scale (MDS), and the Skorown Friedlander Differentiation of Self Inventory. The Positive Thinking Education group received 12 sessions, and the Acceptance and Commitment Treatment Group received 10 sessions. Multivariate and Univariate covariance analysis and Benfroni post hoc test were used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed that all two postoperative therapeutic approaches had a significant effect on causal and responsible relationship attributions, Marital Disaffection and Self-Differentiation, and led to improvements in experimental groups. a comparative comparison between the two approaches of positive thinking education and acceptance and commitment treatment showed that there was a significant difference in the variable of self-differentiation in favor of acceptance and commitment treatment. The results of the three approaches were discussed in detail. Conclusion: positive thinking education and Acceptance and Commitment Treatment improves marital disaffection, causal attribution, responsibility attribution, and self-differentiation in married individuals.

Introduction: Unfavorable marital conditions can lead to depression and disrupt married family functions. The aim of this study was to compare the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy on depression and marital adjustment. Method: In this research, a single case experimental design of multiple asynchronous baseline was used. The statistical population of the study included 20 couples who referred to Sina Family Counseling Center in Dezful in 1397. First, subjects were screened using the entry and exit criteria. Then 6 couples (n=12) were purposefully selected. Subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of acceptance and commitment therapy and emotionally focused couple therapy (three couples in each group). The protocols of the two couples therapy methods were performed separately in three stages of baseline and 12 sessions of 90 minutes and two-month follow-up. Subjects responded to the Spinner Pair Adjustment Scale and Beck Depression Second Edition. Data were analyzed by visual mapping, stable change index and recovery percentage formula. Results: In the acceptance and commitment therapy group, the percentage of overall recovery after treatment in the variable of depression is 34. 70% and in the variable of marital adjustment is 29. 06%, In the couple of emotion therapy, the percentage of overall recovery after treatment was 39. 39% in the variable of depression and 40. 81% in the variable of marital adjustment. Conclusion: The percentage of recovery after treatment in both couples is in the category of low recovery, therefore, both approaches are effective in reducing depression and increasing marital adjustment of couples.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) in the domain of dissociative experiences, object relations and delayed reward discounting in patients with substance use disorders and addiction. Method: This study was a semi-experimental research conducted in the form of pretest-posttest with control group. The sample of this study included 30 males with substance abuse disorder in the addiction treatment clinics in Marivan city of Iran. Patients were selected by an experienced psychiatrist and Structured Clinical Interview. Patients were randomly assigned either experimental (n=15) or control groups (n=15). Participants completed the Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (DES-II), Bell's object relation inventory (BORI) and the Monetary-Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) in the pretest and posttest. The experimental group received the ISTDP for fifteen 90-minute sessions. Data were analyzed by multivariate covariance. Results: The findings of this study showed that ISTDP after 15 sessions had significant effects on dissociative experiences, object relations and delayed reward discounting of the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: The results of the current study showed that ISTDP was an effective strategy to improve the symptoms of dissociative experiences, object relations and delayed reward discounting in patients with substance use disorders and addiction and can be used as an effective therapeutic approach.

Introduction: Co-rumination refers to excessively frequent discussing personal problems within dyadic relationship. The purpose of present study was to investigate the validity and reliability assessment of the Persian version of the Co-rumination questionnaire. Method: In a correlational design, 167 adults who were referred to health care centers in Mashhad were selected with multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected by a Co-rumination Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Rumination Response Scale (RRS). Exploratory factor analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the scale had three factors of rehashing, encouraging problem talk and mulling which explains 66. 01% of the variance. Co-rumination had a positive and significant relationship with stress, anxiety, depression and rumination (P<0. 01). Age had no significant relationship with Co-rumination. But differences were significant based on gender, and women had higher mean. Conclusion: It seems that the Persian version of the Co-rumination Questionnaire has a proper validity and reliability in common population and can be used in related research.

Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the reliability and validity of the Persian translation of Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ; Luyten, Mayes, Nijssens, & Fonagy, 2017). Method: Therefore, the Persian version of the scale prepared by translation and back translation the original questionnaire, and after a pilot study, was completed by 308 parents (233 female and 75 male) who had children under three-years-old in Tehran, accompanied with General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28; Goldberg, 1972) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; Gratz and Roemer, 2004). Results: Cronbach's alpha for three subscales, “ pre-mentalizing mode” , “ certainty about mental states” and “ interest & curiosity in mental states” were 0/90, 0/89 and 0/79 prospectively. Three subscales achieved in construct validity that was equal to the original version. All subscales of DERS had significantly negative correlation with “ interest & curiosity in mental states” and most of subscales had significantly positive correlation with “ pre-mentalizing mode” , “ certainty about mental states” which confirms the convergent and divergent validity of PRFQ. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the Persian version of this scale has good validity and reliability and can efficiently use in studies with Iranian sample.

Introduction: The main purpose of current study was “ evaluation of effectiveness of mindfulness-based eating awareness training (MB_EAT) on weight, self-efficacy, emotion regulation and nutritional behavior in obese women. ” Method: The research method was semi-experimental with Pre-test, post-test and follow-up test design, and comparing them with a control group. Forty subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups according to the inclusion criteria and targeted sampling. Weight, Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and self-reported diet intake were assessed before, after and three months after the intervention. Mindfulness-based eating awareness training intervention was held during 12 sessions of 150 minutes. Repeated measurement analysis of variance was used. Results: The results showed that mindfulness-based eating awareness training weight, self-efficacy (P< 0. 001), emotion regulation (P< 0. 001) and nutritional behavior was effective (P< 0. 001). Conclusion: Mindfulness based-eating awareness training was effective on biological, psychological and behavioral indicators of overweight and obese women. This study is designed to maximize real-world application