Iranian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
Year:2022 | Volume: | Issue: |Papers Count:9

Introduction Improving the parent-child relationship through appropriate interventions has an effective role in reducing emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents. Therefore,the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of "Behavior Management Training" and “, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy”,on oppositional defiant and social adjustment in adolescents. Methods The type of research was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all mothers and their teenage children girls and boys 13 to 17 years old in Gachsaran city in the academic year 1398 that were selected using purposive sampling method and 45 of them were randomly selected using a table of random numbers. They were trained into two intervention groups and one the control group (15 people in each group). In order to collect data from the demographic questionnaire, the “, Oppositional Defiant Behavior Inventory”,and the“, Social Adjustment Questionnaire”,were used. Content validity by quality method and the reliability internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient was measured. The experimental group underwent“, Behavior Management Training”,(60-minute 9 sessions) and “, Cognitive-Bbehavioral Therapy”,(45-minute 12 sessions),But the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was performed using SPSS. 24. Results “, Behavior Management Training”,and “, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy”,was effective in reducing oppositional defiant and improving social adjustment in adolescents (P < 0. 01). Conclusions “, Behavior Management Training”,and “, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy”,for mothers reduced confrontational disobedience and improved social adjustment in adolescents. Therefore, the use of “, Behavior Management Training”,and "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy" can be effective in training adolescents' emotional-social skills and social adjustment.

Introduction Couples' relationships could always be face traumatic situations for various reasons and could be divorced. Therefore, it seems necessary in any treatment approach attention to the influential of the family fom major injuries. The aim of this study was to comparision of the effectiveness of schema therapy and emotional-based couple therapy on couples' young self-differentiation. Methods The research method was experimental extended to pretest-posttest multigroup. The statistical population consisted of all young couples with adjustment problems who referred to psychological and counseling service centers in Tehran in the second half of year 2019 (N = 2025). Among them, 30 couples (60 people) were randomly selected based on inclusion criteria and then replaced in three groups: schema therapy, emotional-based couple therapy and control group. Research instruments included the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI). The first experimental group received the Young's (2001) therapy scheme in 12 sessions of 45 minutes, the second experimental group received the emotional-based couple therapy training with Johnson's approach (2004) in 9 sessions of 60 minutes. The control group was waiting for their turn. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and LSD post hoc test and SPSS25 software. Results The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental groups and control group,And both therapy-intervention schema therapy and emotional-based couple therapy had a significant positive effect on self-differentiation of young couples (P <0. 05). Also, the results of LSD post hoc test showed that the effectiveness of schema therapy intervention on self-differentiation was higher than emotional-based couple therapy (P <0. 05). Conclusions According to the results of the present study, schema therapy and emotional-based couple therapy interventions can be effective in improving self-differentiation of young couples,It is recommended that therapists and family counselors use these therapies along with other therapeutic interventions to improve self-differentiation of couples.

Background Oppositional defiant disorder is one of the behavioral problems in children that has many consequences for the child and family and can play a role in the quality of parent-child interaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of motivational psychotherapy-based parenting education on aggression in children with confrontational disobedience. Methods The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all mothers with primary sons with confrontational disobedience in District 3 of Mashhad in the academic year 1300-1400. By purposeful sampling method, 40 mothers with sons with confrontational disobedience were selected and randomly selected in Experimental (n = 20) and control (n = 20) groups were replaced. The research tool was Ahvaz Aggression Inventory Zahedifar et al. (2000). The experimental group participated in 15 one-hour training sessions. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance and Spss 26 software. Results The mean of anger and nervousness decreased from 36. 65 to 22. 05, the mean of aggression and insult decreased from 17. 50 to 11. 70 and the mean of stubbornness and resentment decreased from 17. 65 to 11. 35 after the intervention. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (P <0. 001) showed that parenting education based on motivational psychotherapy improved anger and nervousness, aggression and resentment, and stubbornness and resentment Conclusion It can be said that parenting education based on motivational psychotherapy reduces aggression in children with confrontational disobedience disorder and this education can be used to reduce child aggression.

Introduction Depression and Somatoform problems are among the psychological problems in traumatic work environments that the evaluation and treatment of these mental problems is essential to improve mental health, increase productivity and quality of services in organizations. The aim of this study was to test a model of the relationship between traumatic events, resilience and personality type with depressive symptoms and Somatoform problems,the mediating role of perceived job stress and the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in relation to traumatic events and Criterion variables among the firefighters in Mashhad. Methods The research method is descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of all operational firefighters in Mashhad in 2019 included 1100 people. 423 people were selected as a sample by simple random sampling method. Data were collected through standard questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling (α,<0. 05). Results The results showed traumatic events (β,= 0. 18, β,= 0. 29), resilience (β,=-0. 14, β,=-0. 37), personality type (β,= 0. 22), perceived job stress (β,= 0. 19, β,= 0. 11) and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (β,= 0. 15, β,= 0. 20) predict symptoms of depression and Somatoform problems. In addition, the mediating role of perceived job stress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the relationship between traumatic events with depressive symptoms and Somatoform problems was confirmed. Conclusions Based on the findings, traumatic events, resilience, personality type, perceived job stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms play a role in reducing depressive symptoms and Somatoform problems in firefighters. It is recommended that based on these variables to define periodic evaluations and be considered in the recruitment and psychological training of firefighters.

Introduction Marital adjustment plays an important role in the health and quality of life of couples. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of predicting marital adjustment based on attachment to God and origin family health. Methods This study was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. The research population was women with marital problems referred to counseling centers and psychological services of Ahvaz city in 2020 year. The research sample was 124 people who after examining the inclusion criteria were selected by purposive sampling method. The instruments of the present study were the marital adjustment scale (Spanier, 1986), attachment to God inventory (Beck and MacDonald, 2004) and origin family scale (Hovestadt et al, 1985) and data were analyzed by methods of Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with enter model in SPSS-24 software. Results The findings showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between the mean scores of attachment to God (and its two subscales including avoidance of intimacy and anxiety about abandonment) with the mean scores of marital adjustment in women with marital problems and there was a positive and significant relationship between the mean scores of origin family health (and its two subscales including autonomy and intimacy) with the mean scores of their marital adjustment (P<0. 05). Also, the two variables of attachment to God and origin family health significantly were able predict 51. 9% and the four subscales of avoidance of intimacy, anxiety about abandonment, autonomy and intimacy significantly were able predict 61. 4% of the changes of marital adjustment in women with marital problems (P<0. 001). Conclusions The results of this research indicated the effective role of attachment to God and origin family health in predicting marital adjustment in women with marital problems. Therefore, in order to increase marital adjustment in them can be improved the rate of their attachment to God and origin family health.