JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS AND METHODS
Year:2013 | Volume:3 | Issue:13|Papers Count:7

This study examined efficacy of Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment on reduction of predisposing transdiagnostic factors and pathologic symptoms in patients with multiple emotional disorders. Three women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and a co-morbid emotional disorder were selected by using purposeful sampling method; along with diagnostic interview and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) based on disorders axis I. Patients underwent the treatment process subsequent to obtaining treatment requirements. Non-congruent multiple baseline experimental single case study was used as the method of the present study. The efficacy of Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment Protocol (UP) was carried out in three phase of intervention (Baseline, 12 session treatment and 6 weeks follow-up) by using the Penn State Worry Questionnaire(PSWQ), Behavioral inhibition sub-Scale (BIS), Positive and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS), Difficulty Emotional Deregulation (DERS) and principle and comorbid diagnosis-specific measures were evaluated. Data analyzed with visuals inspection and improvement percentage strategies. Results showed Unified transdiagnostic Treatment had clinically significant efficient on the reduction of treatment's targets (transdiagnostic common factors and symptoms of emotional disorders) severity. Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment has appropriate efficacy in the symptoms reduction of patients suffering from multiple emotional disorders.

The aim of this research was to formulate a pattern to predict marital burn out based on family function, individual resilience and spiritual beliefs. The method applied in this research was correlation. The statistical population included the married personnel working in 22 Districts of Tehran Municipality together with their wives/husbands in the year 2011, the couples got married with a minimum of 3 years. The sample studied included 500 couples and they were selected by cluster random sampling. The assessment tools were family function, marital burn out scale, resilience inventory and spiritual/religiosity. The path analysis was used for analyzing data. The findings showed that family function, individual resilience and spiritual beliefs had negative significant effect on decreasing marital burn out and that individual resilience and spiritual beliefs via family function decrease the marital burn out. The findings resulted from path analysis showed that family function, individual resilience and spiritual beliefs are able to predict marital burn out. The findings also showed that the model fitted in a good manner. The findings revealed that individual resilience, spiritual beliefs and family function have effect on marital burn out, whether directly or indirectly, but the effect of individual resilience on family function in terms of marital burn out was more in comparison with other elements; thus, paying attention to the role of resilience in marital burn out and finding methods to increase the degree of resilience in couples and family had to be noticed.

This study examined the psychometric adequacy of Self- Compassion Scale (SCS) among Iranian students. First, a self- compassion questionnaire was translated by two postgraduate students and an associate professor reviewed the corrected Persian form. Finally, it was edited by 30 postgraduate students. After removing the defects, it was used for 619 university students of Islamic Azad- Fars Branch, Islamic Azad University- Shiraz -Branch, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research-Yasooj Branch, and Islamic Azad University Yassouj Branch. Sampling was conducted on volunteer availability. Exploratory factor analysis, finding a six -factor structure of the questionnaire, yielded six factors. The Cronbach Alpha for the scale was 0.86. Overall, self- compassion scale reliability and validity coefficients were regarded Azad being satisfactory. Thus from a homogeneous set of 26 questions that constitute the factor structure was appropriate and eligible for psychological research and clinical diagnostic activities.

This study aimed at determining the effectiveness of religious education on marital satisfaction among Bodjnoord Cultural Couples. The Experimental design with pretest, posttest, and control group was used. The population were (34 couples) with following features; those who had married for at least 5 years; or it included their first marriage; the other methods had not been consulted for them; no action had been done in order to get a divorce. These criteria were employed and produced 24 pairs randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Both groups were tested, before the start of the training program, for 8 sessions for the couples and their families; after a week of training, both groups were tested. In this study, pre-test, and t-test were employed for comparison of the two groups, the data were analyzed by employing Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that higher levels of marital satisfaction and religious education (in 2014) were used in the pairs. And, it also showed that the cultural training enhances the effectiveness of training programs in the family.

The present study was a survey on the structure factor criteria test for logic proctor and Gamble reasoning test. The test was conducted by proctor and Gamble (2008). 350 students from Payam-Noor university of Hamedan were selected by simple sampling method and questionnaires were distributed among them. However, after collecting the questionnaires, due to losses and unanswered cases, 300 questionnaires were finally left to be analyzed. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test results for the hypothesis of normality of the data was (p =0.198, z=17.75) for the reasoning test,(p=0.139, z=1.555) for numerical reasoning components, reasoning, all of which proved to be  normal. Also, the value of KMO test was equal to 0.72 and Bartlett Test, 1883761 which was significant at p<0.01 and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.72 for the entire questionnaire; and, for components of numerical reasoning, logical reasoning, and visual reasoning were 0.80, 0.69, and 0.78 respectively. Thus the results indicated the high reliability of the test.

This study intended to investigate the relationship between sense of coherence and job performance with mediating strategies of coping with stress and general health. This is an applied and correlational research with random sampling method, sense of coherence scale (2006), Paterson Job Performance Scale (1922). Blingz’s Coping with Stress Scale (1981) and Goldberg’s Mental Health (1979) questionnaires were distributed. The research participants were 349 employees of Islamic Azad University Ahvaz Branch during 2010. Path analysis was utilized to analyze the data. investigating the relationship between sense of coherence and job performance with mediating strategies of coping with stress and mental health indicated that sense of coherence not only directly linked job performance, but it also indicated sense of coherence linked job performance by emotion-center coping strategy, problem-center coping strategy and general health. Sense of coherence can be influenced by impressments on strategies of coping with stress (emotion-center and problem-center coping strategies) and general health.

The purpose of this research was to construct and validate responsibility multidimensional questionnaire based on Islamic texts. This research was a descriptive survey by giving questionnaires to 534 undergraduate and postgraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch that were selected by cluster sampling. The construction of the questionnaire used the Quran and its Persian interpretation. The final questionnaire was prepared after a three-stage evaluation. To verify the validity of the methods of formal validity, content validity and construct validity (convergent validity with the California Responsibility Scale Questionnaire, factor analysis and correlation between dimensions and whole questionnaire) were used. After obtaining content validity and investigating two indicators Bartlett and KMO, questionnaire factor analysis with principal component and rotated Varimax defined four dimensions of responsibility against God, Himself (meditation), Society and Nature. Convergent validity showed that correlation between total scores of questionnaire and responsibility scale of California was significant at a high level. Reliability results with split–half and Cronbakh's alpha coefficient methods were (0.86 and 0.63 , respectively) that indicated the reliability of the questionnaire. Results demonstrated the efficiency and adequacy of the questionnaire.