Journal of Behavior in Clinical Psychology
Year:2021 | Volume:16 | Issue:60|Papers Count:8

Bipolar disorder is one of the most common mental disorders, which main characteristics are recurring periods of mania and depression. Such periods adversely affect various areas of a person’, s life including cognition, emotions, relationships and life performance. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of family-centered intervention using cyberspace on the impulsivity in patients with bipolar disorder. For this purpose, during semi-experimental research with pre-test-post-test and follow-up, 30 patients with bipolar disorder referred to counseling centers and psychological services along with their family members were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. 􀀃, Family-centered intervention based on Miklowitz's approach using cyberspace was implemented for the experimental group and the control group was not subjected to any intervention. Subjects were tested for impulsivity before, after and two months after completing the research. The results of the variance analysis with repeated measurements showed that the family-centered intervention based on the Miklowitz approach using cyberspace is effective in the experimental group's impulsivity scores. As a result, it can be concluded that family-oriented intervention with Miklowitz approach can be effective in reducing impulsivity in bipolar disorder patients.

Marital Betray is a traumatic and growing factor in different societies causes many problems for betrayed spouse. The purpose of this study was the effectiveness Autobiographical Memory Specificity Training on rumination, experiential avoidance and quality of betrayed women with depression symptoms in Yazd. For this purpose, during a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group, 30 betrayed women were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants were evaluated in terms of acceptance and practice, rumination and quality of life before and after the intervention. The experimental group received 6 sessions of Autobiographical memory specificity training. 􀀃, Multivariate analysis of covariance results showed that compared to the control group, the experimental group showed a significant decrease in experiential avoidance and mental rumination and a significant increase in the quality of life. It seems that this method can be used as an effective therapeutic intervention in betrayed people.

Clinical route of many dermatologic diseases is due to the mutual and complex interactions between biological, psychological, and social causes that can affect them as predisposing, accelerating, or enduring factors. Psoriasis is one of the most common autoimmune skin diseases with psychosomatic origins and consequences, which is accompanied by vulnerability to stress, emotional disorders, and difficulty in expressing negative feelings. Many psoriasis sufferers have problems in how much they experience anger and how to express and control anger. Two components of D personality including, negative emotionality, social inhibition, and emotional ataxia seem to be important in psoriasis. Due to the neglect of clinical researches and organized attention to the investigation and improvement of the psychological factors of this disease, a more comprehensive explanation of the occurrence of this disease with a more targeted interaction and integration of medical and psychological perspectives is nessesary. Theorethical and practical conjunction between dermatologists, psychologists and psychiatrics in the interdisciplinary field of psychodermatology can lead to maintain higher health services for psoriatic patients as well as achieving scientific outcomes.

Washing/pollution obsession is one of the most common types of obsessivecompulsive disorders in the world. When faced with certain situations, people with this disorder are more prone to experience disgust and have more trouble in resisting their negative emotions, and in obsessive situations, they act with lower awareness and a more judgmental view. The purpose of this research was to compare the disgust propensity sensitivity, emotion regulation and mindfulness in people with and without washing/pollution obsessions. For this purpose, during a comparative study, 30 people with washing/pollution obsession and 30 people without washing/pollution obsession were selected by convenience sampling method and evaluated in terms of disgust propensity sensitivity, mindfulness and emotion regulation. The results of statistical analysis showed that people with washing/pollution obsessive compulsive disorder experience more disgust propensity sensitivity and have less mindfulness skills. The findings of this research indicate the importance of emotional and cognitive functions of these people in their more effective functioning.

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders. Exploring the vulnerabilities of this disorder and how these factors relate to each other remains a fundamental issue in mental health. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation in explaining the correlation between behavioral activation system and behavioral inhibition with depression. For this purpose, in a descriptive correlational study, 200 students of Ahvaz Islamic Azad University were selected by convenience sampling method and tested for emotion regulation, behavioral activation and inhibition system, and depression. Evaluation of structural pattern using statistical indicators showed that behavioral inhibition has a significant correlation with depression. The results showed that the direct correlation between behavioral activation and depression and the difficult correlation between emotion regulation and depression were not significant. Therefore, it can be argued that the hypothetical model can better explain the relationships between research variables than the competing model. Difficulty in regulating emotion is a mediating variable in the relationship between behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition with depression, and by controlling this variable, the role of behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition on the symptoms of depression can be controlled.

Many factors effect on couple interactions and marital satisfaction like expressive and instrumental behaviors that can classified in three groups: personal, environmental, and couple interactive relationship. Sexual satisfaction is one of the interpersonal factors that can effect on marital satisfaction. Experience has shown that high compatibility, intimacy, relations and spouse support is accompany with increased sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relation between expressive and instrumental behavior variable with marital satisfaction and mediating of sexual satisfaction using modeling method of structural equations. For this reason from consensus applicants, 395 people were selected by convenience sampling method and􀀃, and were evaluated in terms of marital status, sexual satisfaction, expressive and instrumental behaviors of couples' relationships. The result of final model of fit index showed that expressive and instrumental behaviors have got positive and meaningful relation with marital satisfaction. Also sexual satisfaction can mediate the relation between expressive and instrumental behaviors with marital satisfaction. According to the findings it can be concluded that because marriage is one of the important decision,focusing on expressive and instrumental behaviors and premarital education can increase martial satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, lasting relationship between couples, and increase the quality of couples.

Schema therapy identifies drug addiction as a primary disorder and considers the activation of primary maladaptive schema and maladaptive avoidance to be an important factor in increasing the relapse of drug dependence among addicted people. The aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on adaptive and maladaptive strategies of cognitive regulation of emotion and psychological well-being in addicted individuals undergoing methadone preservation treatment. For this purpose, during a semi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test and control group, 40 addicts undergoing preservation treatment with methadone in Shiraz addiction treatment centers were selected by convenince sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of 20 including the control group and the schema therapy group. Subjects were evaluated at the beginning and end of the study in terms of cognitive regulation of emotion and psychological well-being. The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that schema therapy increases the adaptive strategy of cognitive regulation of emotion and decreases the score of incompatible strategy of cognitive regulation of emotion and increases psychological well-being. It can be concluded that schema therapy is an effective treatment for the recovery of patients suffering from addiction and this treatment method can be used along with other medicinal methods.

Excessive emphasis on beauty has caused the growing number of applicants for cosmetic surgery in different countries. These surgeries are mostly done to eliminate people's dissatisfaction with their appearance and in some cases to increase self-esteem. The purpose of this research was to investigate the level of self-esteem, satisfaction and attitude towards the durability of drug effects in people applying for Botox in selected clinics in Tehran. For this purpose, during a cross-sectional descriptive research, 240 Botox applicants were selected by convenience sampling method and evaluated in terms of self-esteem, satisfaction and attitude towards the durability of the drug. The results of regression analysis showed that self-esteem, satisfaction and attitude towards the durability of drug effects do not show a significant relationship between men and women. The results show a significant relationship between self-esteem and satisfaction with botox injection and attitude towards the durability of the drug effect and satisfaction. The results show that the higher the attitude towards the durability of the drug effect, the higher the satisfaction, and the higher the satisfaction, the higher the self-esteem of the people. This research supports the relationship between self-esteem and demand and medical treatment for beauty.