Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
Year:2024 | Volume:22 | Issue:10|Papers Count:8

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Background and Objectives: Parenting responsibilities for mothers as the main caregivers is a stressful experience that can lead to parental burnout. Therefore, it seems necessary to investigate the underlying factors that increase the risk of maternal burnout. The present study aimed to determine the mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between personality traits of neuroticism and conscientiousness and parental burnout in mothers of Tehran City. Materials and Methods: In current descriptive research, the sample size included 286 mothers in Tehran in the period of 2022-2023, who were selected by convenience sampling method. Roskam's Parental Burnout Questionnaire, Gross and John's Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and Costa and McCrae's Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by Pearson’s and path analysis method. Results: The mean and standard deviation of the age of the examined mothers was 35. 78±8. 43 years. The results of mediation analysis showed that the direct and indirect relationships between neuroticism and parental burnout through suppression were significant (β=0. 194, β=0. 069, p<0. 01, respectively). Also, the direct and indirect relationships between conscientiousness and parental burnout through reappraisal were significant (β=-0. 216, β=-0. 078, p<0. 05, respectively). Therefore, suppression in the relationship between neuroticism and parental burnout and also reappraisal in the relationship between conscientiousness and parental burnout had a complementary partial mediating role. Conclusion: The present research emphasizes the important role of emotional regulation strategies that link personality traits to parental burnout and also the importance of paying attention to teaching emotional skills to mothers.

Background and Objectives: Social anxiety is seen as one of the most prominent psychological symptoms in students. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between social anxiety symptoms and experiential avoidance in college students. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive research, 253 students of Mohaghegh Ardabili University were selected and studied in the academic year 2022-2023 by cluster random sampling method. To collect data, the Social Anxiety Questionnaire of Conor et al., the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – version 2, and the short form of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used. The obtained data were analyzed using the statistical methods of structural equations modeling and Pearson’s correlation. Results: According to the findings, experiential avoidance (β=0. 31, p<0. 001), cognitive regulation of positive emotion (β=0. 29, p<0. 001), and cognitive regulation of negative emotion (β=0. 37, p<0. 001) had a direct effect on social anxiety. Also, experiential avoidance through cognitive regulation of negative emotion (β=0. 130, p<0. 001) and cognitive regulation of positive emotion (β=0. 122, p<0. 001) had an indirect effect on social anxiety Conclusion: The results showed that experiential avoidance plays a role in creating and maintaining social anxiety directly and indirectly through the mediation of cognitive emotion regulation. Interventions to reduce experiential avoidance and emotional management in students are recommended.

Background and Objectives: Women on the verge of divorce are exposed to psychological problems. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the predictors of psychological well-being and psychological cohesion based on mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies with the mediating role of resilience of the women on the verge of divorce in Isfahan City in 2023. Materials and Methods: The research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population included all the women referred to counseling centers in Isfahan City in 2023, and 302 people were selected as the research sample using convenience sampling method. The participants responded to Gross and John's Emotion Regulation Strategy Questionnaire, Bather's Five-Faceted Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Ryff's Psychological Well-Being, Flensburg-Madsen's Psychological Coherence, and Connor and Davidson­'s Resilience. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equations modeling. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between mindfulness (p<0. 001, β=0. 74), emotion regulation strategies (p=0. 033, β=0. 11) and resilience (p<0. 001, β=0. 36) and psychological well-being,Mindfulness (β=0. 13, p<0. 001), emotion regulation strategies (β=0. 56, p<0. 001) and resilience (β=0. 39, p<0. 001) and mental coherence,And also mindfulness (p=0. 028, β=0. 06) and emotion regulation strategies (p=0. 022, β=0. 45) and resilience. There was also a significant positive relationship between mindfulness, emotion regulation strategies and psychological well-being and psychological cohesion with the mediating role of resilience (p<0. 05). Conclusion: It appears that resilience plays an important role in the relationship between mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies and psychological well-being and psychological cohesion of women on the verge of divorce. It is recommended to try to increase the psychological well-being, psychological cohesion, and resilience of women by holding family education classes.

Background and Objectives: Psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer is affected by psychological, emotional, and cognitive traits of mothers. This study aimed to determine the relationship between psychological distress and cognitive-attentional syndrome of mothers and psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer with the mediating role of emotion regulation. Materials and Methods: In the present descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population was adolescents with cancer under treatment and their mothers in the first 5 months of 2022 in Tehran. One-hundred and twenty-two participants were selected by voluntary sampling. Data were collected by the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (Derogatis, 1986), Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2003), Cognitive-Attentional Syndrome Scale (Wells, 2009), and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006) and analyzed by Pearson’s correlation, hierarchy regression, and Sobel test. Results: Psychological distress with a coefficient of-0. 486, cognitive-attentional syndrome with a coefficient of-0. 511, positive and negative emotion regulation with coefficients of 0. 475 and-0. 431, respectively, had a significant relationship with psychological adjustment (p<0. 001). Positive and negative emotion regulation of mothers mediated the relationship between psychological distress and psychological adjustment with coefficients of 0. 445 and-0. 461 and mediated the relationship between cognitive-attentional syndrome and psychological adjustment with coefficients of 0. 533 and-0. 473, respectively (p<0. 001). Conclusion: Positive and negative emotion regulation of mothers mediates the relation between their psychological distress and cognitive-attentional syndrome and psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer. In order to increase psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer, it is recommended that physicians and nurses pay attention to the role of psychological distress and cognitive-attentional syndrome of mothers and encourage the mothers to use positive emotion regulation.

Background and Objectives: Online gaming addiction has a negative effect on the physical and mental health of adolescents. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the mediating role of cognitive fusion in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and online gaming addiction. Materials and Methods: In the current descriptive study, the statistical population included all middle school students (boys and girls) in the Education Department of Bastak (Hormozgan Province), who were studying in the academic year 2021-2022, and 350 people were selected as a sample using the multi-stage cluster random sampling method. They answered questionnaires of psychological maltreatment, cognitive fusion, and online gaming addiction. Structural equations modeling was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that emotional responsiveness, rejection/intimidation, unethical/not being honest, high expectations/inflexibility, and isolation are directly and significantly related to online gaming addiction with coefficient values of 0. 48, 0. 41, 0. 28, 0. 31, and 0. 32, respectively (p<0. 001). Also, emotional responsiveness, rejection/intimidation, high expectations/inflexibility, and isolation have a significant relationship with online game addiction indirectly with the mediation of cognitive fusion with coefficient values of 0. 24, 0. 19, 0. 08 and 0. 14, respectively (p<0. 001). Conclusion: The present study showed that childhood psychological maltreatment has a significant relationship directly and indirectly with the mediation of cognitive fusion, with online gaming addiction. From a practical point of view, experts can evaluate the communication methods of parents with their children on the one hand, and on the other hand, seek to reduce online gaming addiction and cognitive exploits, along with cognitive and retrospective challenges.

Background and Objectives: In addition to the effects of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the physical health of people, it has also left many psychological effects on people. Among the people exposed to these consequences are students. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine and determine the strategies for managing the psychological effects of the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease on the mental health of students in the post-corona era. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review study, articles in PubMed, Springer, ISI, Scopus, Science direct, Google Scholar, Magiran, Noormags, and SID databases were searched and investigated using keywords related to the goals and topic of the research including COVID-19, mental health of students, psychological effects of corona, psychological disorders of the corona era, corona management solutions, and post-corona, during 2019 to 2021. The analysis of the articles was carried out qualitatively and according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the results were summarized in the form of a flowchart and a table. Results: The results of the review of 20 final articles (12 English and 8 Farsi articles) based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria checklist indicated that the spread of the COVID-19 disease has left destructive and negative psychological effects and consequences on the mental health of students in three educational, individual, and social dimensions. Conclusion: In order to manage the psychological effects of the COVID-19 disease in different dimensions (individual, social, and educational), developing and presenting a strategic and comprehensive program in a participatory manner in the education system in the post-corona era based on the three principles of setting goals and choosing the policy, paying attention to the influential components, and specifying the executive factors based on the scope of duties, is an undeniable truth.

The suicide cluster refers to the gathering of two or more cases of suicide that are so close in terms of time and place that they cannot have happened by chance. The occurrence of suicide cluster, especially if it occurs among teenagers and young people of an area can bring about many challenges to the health system. In addition, lack of timely identification and an effective plan to deal with suicide clusters can lead to pessimism and distrust in people towards the local and regional authorities. In recent years, there have been some reports of suicide clusters in Iran and around the world, which unfortunately has brought various unwanted consequences. Therefore, this article seeks to answer two important questions: First, how it would be possible to detect a real suicide cluster in the shortest possible time? Second, how it would be possible to design, implement, and evaluate an effective program to deal with a suicide cluster?