PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
Year:2022 | Volume:18 | Issue:4|Papers Count:8

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparison the effectiveness of integrated Transdiagnisticand solution-Focused intervention methods on suicidal thoughts in Sexual Assaultvictims. This semi-experimental research was expanded with two experimental groups and one control group. Based on this, groups of 12 people were selected from among the female victims. At first, the participants were pre-tested, then both experimental groups were treated separately and the participants were treated individually. And after the end of the training, the post-test was conducted with an interval of one week. A month later, the follow –up test was completed by 3 groups. In order to collect information, Beck's suicidal ideation questionnaire was used. The results of variance analysis with repeated measurements showed that both methods are suitable. But the Transdiagnisticintervention method has a greater and more meaningful effect.

The purpose of this study was to predict the depression symptoms in male students by childhood trauma. The research method was descriptive correlational. The study population consisted of all male elementary and secondary high school students in public schools of Robat Karim (Tehran Province) during the academic year of 2020-2021. 310 students were selected by multi-stage random sampling and answered to the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Children's Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed through the Pearson correlation and standard regression. The results of this study showed that the linear combination of childhood trauma variables (emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect and physical neglect) predict student depression significantly. Among childhood traumas, emotional abuse and physical abuse predict depression in students significantly. Physical neglect, emotional neglect and sexual abuse did not predict depression symptoms significantly. The present model was also able to explain 25% of the variance of depression in students. Findings of this study support the significant role of emotional abuse and physical abuse on depression symptoms. Therefore, considering the childhood trauma is recommended to clinicians in the treatment of student depression.

The purpose of this research was to compare abnormal personality patterns and clinical symptoms of patients with psychiatric disorders and patients with a comorbid diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders. To do the research, a post-hoc-comparative approach was applied to 200 convenient samples, including 100 patients with psychiatric disorders and 100 ones with a comorbid diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and substance use disorder. The samples were chosen from patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Tehran, from April 2018 to March 2019. In order to collect the data, Demographic Information Questionnaire, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III. and Mental Status Examination based on DSM-V criteria were applied. The results which were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Variance showed a meaningful difference between the two groups in terms of abnormal personality patterns and Milon’s clinical symptoms. According to the findings, it is recommended that the difference in the abnormal personality patterns and clinical symptoms of the two groups be taken into consideration in the pharmacological and psychotherapy interventions of psychiatric disorders and comorbid disorders with substance use. Therefore, considering this dimension of disorders can lead to choosing a more comprehensive treatment approach.

The aim of the study was to predict self-injury behaviors based on impulse control, internalized shame and rumination in adolescents referred to harm reduction centers. The descriptive-correlation research method was regression analysis type. The statistical population of the research was adolescents aged 14 to 18 years who referred to harm reduction centers in Tehran in 2022 with a number of 1365 people. In order to select the research sample, 300 people were selected by simple random sampling method. The research tools were self-harm, impulsivity, rumination and internalized shame questionnaires. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were used simultaneously. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between impulse control, rumination and internalized shame with self-harming behaviors. Internalized shame had the highest and motor impulsivity the lowest predictability. Rumination had no part in this prediction. Decreased impulse control and increased internalized shame caused an increase in self-injurious behaviors in adolescents. Based on the findings of the research, it is suggested to use training programs to reduce impulsivity in dealing with internalized shame and related problems.

One of the most important issues that teenagers face is the problems related to the dysregulation of emotions and its effect on people's self-concept. In this research, the effectiveness of mode deactivation therapy and emotion regulation on the negative self-concept of teenagers with emotion dysregulation was compared. 30 teenagers referring to the clinics of Isfahan city were selected through interviews and obtaining a high score (90) in the emotion regulation difficulty questionnaire and placed in three groups (10people), of mode deactivation therapy, emotion regulation, and control. The intervention groups received 8 sessions of 90 minutes in a period of 8 weeks, and the control group did not receive intervention. Before and after the intervention, all people answered the Rogers self-concept questionnaire. The obtained data were tested using univariate covariance analysis. The findings of the research showed that the emotion regulation therapy was able to reduce the negative self-concept of teenagers, while mode deativation therapy was not effective. The results of the research showed that emotion regulation intervention is more effective than mode deactivation in reducing the negative self-concept of teenagers

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion focused therapy on alexithymia and psychosomatic complaints in patients of COVID-19 under home treatment. A quasi-experimental design was used. The statistical population included patients of COVID-19 under home treatment in early 6 months of 2021 in Tehran. Through snowball sampling method, 30 participants who met the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of EFT or control ( n1=n2=15(. Research tools were Takata & Sakata’s Psychosomatic Questionnaire, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, which were administered in three stages for two groups and Goldman, Greenberg’s EFT to the experimental group during ten weekly, 90-minute sessions and data were analyzed using mixed model repeated measures analysis variance. Finding showed that EFT could decrease psychosomatic complaints, difficult in recognizing feelings, difficult description of emotions and concrete thought and this effect remained stable at follow-up. Therefore, EFT effect on decreasing Alexithymia and psychosomatic complaints in patients of COVID-19. According to efficacy this treatment package, was suggested it be used for decreasing Alexithymia and psychosomatic complaints in patients of COVID-19.

The purpose of the research was to the effectiveness of painting therapy based on mindfulness on cognitive avoidance in students with test anxiety disorders. The present study was quasi-experimental and the statistical population was all female students in the mid-school in district 9 of Tehran during the academic year 2021-2022. A sample of 30 girls with test anxiety, identified by using the test anxiety questionnaire, were selected using the convenience sampling method and random assignment in two groups (15 girls in each the control group and the experimental group). The experimental group was trained in painting therapy based on mindfulness (10 sessions of 60 minutes) and the control group was not trained. The test anxiety questionnaire was used to identify the target sample and the cognitive avoidance questionnaire and the painting therapy protocol based on mindfulness were used. Descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariate covariance analysis, and eta squared results showed that drawing therapy based on mindfulness reduced cognitive avoidance in students. Therefore, painting therapy based on mindfulness is recommended as a psychological intervention to improve the cognitive avoidance of students with test anxiety and increase mental health.

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of group counseling with a cognitive-behavioral approach on self-criticism and psychological capital of students with social anxiety syndrome. The research design was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population was made up of girls studying in the second secondary level in Qom province who had social anxiety. Among them, 30 people were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. To collect data, the social anxiety scales, the self-criticism scale and the psychological capital scale were used. In this study, cognitive-behavioral group counseling based on the protocol of Hoffman and Otto was conducted on the experimental group for12 sessions of 2. 5­hours. After the end of the intervention, a post-test and after 45days, a follow-up test were conducted on both groups. To analyze the data, repeated measurement variance analysis method were used. The results showed that the effect of cognitive-behavioral group counseling on self-criticism and psychological capital and social anxiety on the experimental group was significant. Therefore, it is suggested that use of this method in schools and educational system should be considered.