Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
Year:2019 | Volume:5 | Issue:4 |Papers Count:8

Introduction: Due to various factors, college education is a stressful period and the students may experience educational burnout for differhdemanding high level of endeavor for learning or lack of supportive mechanisms for effective coping with the problems.Aim: Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and academic burnout of students at the Farhangian University.Method: The present study was descriptive-correlation research. The statistical population of this study was all sudent teachers of Kurdistan Farhangian University in the academic year of 1393-1394. Totally, 121 person of them were selected based on Morgan and Krejcy table using simple random sampling method. The insruments were the scale of mental health questionnaire (GHQ28) to learn and academic burnout inventory. The data were analyzed by SPSS/24 and Pearson correlation coefcient and regression analysis.Results: The results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between mental health andv academic burnout. Mental health significantly predicts academic burnout and also provides a good predictor of academic burnout.Conclusion: According to the given results, it can be concluded that some fields in the college education can cause educational burnout and therefore have negative impact on mental health of the students.

Introduction: executive functions have dificts in attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children.Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate effects of TAMESHK on executive functions of children with ADHD symptoms.Method: This is an experimental study. Society includes 4-7 years old children with ADHD symptoms in Tehran in 2015-16 and among them 30 children randomly were selected. Instruments were ADHD symptom checklist and behavioral rating inventory of executive function. Repeated measure analysis of variance was used to analyze data.Results: Results showed that the TAMESHK training was effective in improving executive functions (P=0.05) and reducing ADD symptoms (P=0.001) and effectiveness was permanent in 2 month follow-up.Conclusion: TAMESHK training could be used as an effective way in decreasing cognitive deficits in children at risk for ADHD symptoms.

Introduction: Due to the influences of family instability in creation and development of behavioral and emotional disorder in children, researchers have urged to study stress as a significant factor in this field.Aim: The present study was Validation of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) among mothers of preschool children in Tehran.Method: The study was a descriptive and correlation. The statistical population was the parents of children aged 4-6 years old in Tehran and 378 of them were selected. To determine the validity of this index, the CBCL questionnaire and the Blum Quist Growth Scale used. Software was used to analyze the data SPSS.Result: The reliability coefficient for Stress Index was 89% and correlation coefficient between parenting stress scale with CBCL questionnaire and Bloom quist's questionnaires was 23%, 68%, respectively. All Correlation coefficients were significant at the 0.01 level.Conclusion: Parenting stress index could be used as a reliable tool for the age of 4-6 in clinical and non-clinical studies.

Introduction: Cognitive processes deficits is considered a common feature of autism spectrum disorder, it seems that any deficit in this processes might impact on the abilities and behaviors in this group.Aim: The aim of this research was study of working memory components in autism children and comparison with normal children.Method: The design of this research was ex post facto that done on 40 children aged 4-6 (20 autistic and 20 normal children). Sampling method for Autism children was available and for normal children was multistage random sampling method. The instruments were Autistic Behaviors Assessment Scale, Direct Digit Span, Indirect Digit Span, Corsi Blocks Task. Data were analyzed by ANOVA.Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between autism children and normal in central executive, phonological loop and visual-spatial sketchpad components of working memory.Conclusion: Children with autism had deficits in working memory components. This problem should be assessed in order to plan appropriate interventions in autism children based on components of working memory.

Introduction: Self-awareness is one of the most important skills in one's life. It helps the person to better understand themselves and their characteristics, needs, feelings, and strong and weak points.Aim: This study attempts to investigate the effect of self-awareness raising on identification and accountability among high school students.Method: This study employs a pretest posttest semi-experimental control group design. The population of the study were all the high school second grade girl students in Sari city, District one (N=2878). The questionnaire about identity style and accountability was distributed among 200 of the participants.30 students were selected using random sampling technique and divided into two groups of control (15) and experimental (15). The experimental group underwent 12 session of instruction. The ISI-6G identity style questionnaire and the California cognitive accountability scale (CPI) were used as data collection instruments. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and co-variance analysis.Results: Results have shown that self-awareness raising improves accountability and identification among high school students.Conclusion: Results show that self-awareness raising can improves accountability and identification among high school students. Therefore, education authorities should attempts to take measures to improve self-awareness among high school students.

Introduction: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is associated with impulsivity and behavioral inhibition deficits, Risk taking is the important aspect of impulsive behavior.Aim: The purpose of this study was to Comparison of risk-taking regarding behavioral inhibition deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with and without conduct disorder (CD) and compared with control children.Method: 37 male children with ADHD (23 ADHD only and 14 ADHD with conduct disorder (ADHD+CD)) were selected by purposive sampling method and performed Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) and Go-Nogo task to measure risk taking and behavioral inhibition, and compared with18 normal children. The data was analyzed by ANOVA, MANOVA and MANCOVA.Results: Data analysis demonstrated that ADHD+CD group has the highest risk taking followed by ADHD and control group without considering of behavioral inhibition; although comparing to control group, ADHD+CD group has meaningless difference by arranging behavioral inhibition deficits, even though ADHD group has the same risk taking scores in compared with control group both considering behavioral inhibition deficits.Conclusion: This finding suggested that ADHD children have impulsivity because of behavioral inhibition deficits, while it would not be able to predict destructive behavior and risky activities in ADHD+CD in compared with ADHD by itself, also it could be a high risk taking pattern.

Introduction: Entering to the mandatory service period affects one's mental health. One of the ways to improve mental health is to learn resilient skills.Aim: This research intends to study the effectiveness of training resiliency skills on soldier’s mental health.Method: The statistical society included conscripts in Kermanshah police headquarter, among whom 30 people were selected using the method of availability and were accidentally appointed in the groups of control and test.to gather data, we used the Goldberg general health questionnaire with 28m questions. The data we gathered was analyzed using spss 17. Covariance test analysis results showed that training resiliency skills had a significant effect on improving soldier’s mental health (p<0.01).Results: according to the results, it can be said the program of training resiliency skills improves the soldier’s mental health.Conclusion: therefore, this training program, workshops and creating consulting and supportive groups can be one of the interventional programs in order to improve the soldiers health.

Introduction: MS patients suffering from MS because of their stress and pain require different assistance during physical and mental therapy.Aim: The aim of the current study was to determine the effectiveness of education of psychological first aid in improving multidimensional pain inventory and the style of coping inventory for stressful situations on women suffering M.S.Method: The design of this study a semi-experimental design was used for pre-test and post-test with experimental and control groups which 30 women suffering M.S were selected by available sampling. Then they were randomly assigned to treatment (n=15) and control group (n=15). Members of two groups completed the Aggression Questionnaire Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) in two phases of pre-test and post-test. Treatment consisted of education of psychological first aid over eight weeks. Analysis of Covariance was used for analyzing the data.Results: Results of hypotheses showed that training of psychological first aid was efficient and useful in improving multidimensional pain symptoms (P<0.05).and coping style for stressful (P<0.01) situations in women suffering M.S.Conclusion: Training of psychological first aid can improve multidimensional pain symptoms and coping style for stressful situations in women suffering M.S.