Applied Psychology
Year:2020 | Volume:14 | Issue:4 (56)|Papers Count:7

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of SystemicBehavioral Couple Therapy on improving family function and sexual function of women with addicted spouse. Method: The research method was semiexperimental with pre-test, post-test and a three-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population was 68 women with addicted spouse who referred to the Special Counseling Center for women under the supervision of Sanandaj University of Medical Sciences in 2019. Using the available sampling method, 30 people were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The research tools were Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop (1983) Family Assessment Device and Rosen & Heiman (2000) Women's sexual function questionnaire. And Crowe & Ridley (2000) Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy was performed in 10 sessions of 90 minute once a week for the experimental group. data was analyzed by mixed analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy was effective on improving family function (F=1927. 378, P= 0. 001) and sexual function (F=43. 683, P= 0. 001) of women with addicted spouses in the post-test phase and this effect remained stable in the follow-up phase. Conclusion: The Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy approach helped women with addicted spouse increase their ability to build effective relationships, dialogue, negotiation, and interaction, thereby improving family function and sexual function.

Aim The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction in premenopausal women. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with experimental and control group and pre-test, post-test and 2-month follow-up. Forty women were selected using convenience sampling and screening using the Bagros Marriage Intimacy Questionnaire (2001) and Larson, Anderson, Holman, and Niemann (1998) marital satisfaction questionnaire and divided into experimental (20 female) and control (20 female) groups. Female) were replaced at random. Hayes and Strauss (2010) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Program was administered to the experimental group for 8 sessions of 90 minutes weekly. Both groups responded to the research questionnaires in three stages and the data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy had an effect on marital intimacy (F = 4. 94, p = 0. 032) and sexual satisfaction (F = 39. 46, p = 0. 001). The two-month follow-up phase remained stable. Conclusion: Because the treatment of acceptance and commitment led to improved intimacy and marital satisfaction, it can be used as an effective intervention method to improve marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction in premenopausal women.

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to construct, validate and make of balanced possible selves questionnaire in students. Method: The research method was descriptive correlational type and the statistical population of the study consisted of 243534 students in the first grade of high school in Tehran city in 2018-2019 academic years which through them (207 females and 214 males) were selected by multistage random sampling. In the present study, in order to determine the factor validity of the possible selves’ questionnaire, the statistical method of confirmatory factor analysis was used. Results: The results of confirmatory factor analysis statistical method showed that the three-factor structure of the possible selves’ questionnaire includes (χ 2 /df=1. 87, CFI=0. 914, GFI=0. 907, AGFI=0. 854, RMSEA=0. 076). The results of the correlation between the dimensions of the questionnaire provided evidence of the multidimensional structure of the tool. The internal consistency coefficients of the components of goals, tasks and concerns and the total items were 0. 97, 0. 82, 0. 88 and 0. 87, respectively. Conclusion: Since the fit indices of the factor analysis model had a good fit and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients indicated the internal consistency of the items of this tool, the questionnaire has good validity and reliability and it can be used to assess balanced possible selves’ and to check for inconsistency among high school students.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the student version of the Academic Motivation Scale. Method: This study was a psychometric correlation study. The sample consisted of 400 students of the Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, who were selected by available sampling method and completed the student version of the Vallerand, Pelletier, Blais, and Briere (1992) Academic Motivation Scale. Data were analyzed using expolary factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha and retest. Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis showed 23 items 7 intrinsic motivation factors (with the amount of variance explained 12. 85), achievement (with the amount of variance explained 11. 89), identified (with the amount of variance explained 10. 44), amotivation (with an explained variance of 10. 40), extroversion (with an explained variance of 10. 19), stimulation (with an explained variance of 7. 9), and knowledge (with an explained variance of 6. 57). The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the findings of exploratory factor analysis. Fit indices were obtained in both models of confirmatory factor analysis at the appropriate level of 0. 001. The overall reliability coefficient of the scale was obtained by Cronbach's alpha (0. 88) and retest method (0. 86) for the desired level. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the student version of the Academic Motivation Scale has good validity and reliability and can be used to measure academic motivation in students.

Aim: Erectile dysfunction is one of the problems caused by substance dependence, which is important to measure and evaluate. Therefore, the present research was conducted to study of factor structure, reliability and validity of the Persian version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) among substance dependent men. Method: The statistical population of this cross sectional study of males has substance abuse, who referred to the National Center for Addiction Studies, Addiction Treatment Clinics in Tehran. Using cluster sampling method, 450 participants were selected. Sexual Function Questionnaire (CSFQ-14) and International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) were used to collect data. Results: An examination of the values of the factor loads indicates that the factor loads of all the questions on the principal component are satisfactory. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) was Desirable (P<0/01). Convergent validity of Correlation Coefficient in Sexual Function Questionnaire (CSFQ-14) with scales the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) was desirable (P<0/01). The findings also showed that there was a difference between employed and unemployed substance dependent men in sexual dysfunction, but no significant difference was observed in hospitalization history and education levels. Conclusion: International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) had good reliability and validity and therefore a good tool to use in the population have substance dependent in Iran. In prevention and treatment planning, it is necessary to pay attention to the demographic factors affecting the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF).

Aim: Delay discounting, as a hot executive function, refers to a tendency toward smaller immediate rewards compered to larger delayed rewards. In the present study we aimed to design a Persian version of delay discounting test and evaluation of its psychometric properties. Method: In the present cross-sectional study, 219 elementary school students were requited with the mean age of 9. 72 years (7-12 years), by non-probably sampling. The delay discounting task was conducted on the subjects. This task was repeated in 35 students after 3 weeks. The ANOVA and Pearson correlation test was performed for the assessment of differential validity and test-retest reliability, respectively. Results: There was a significant difference between the educational groups and genders, at the level of p<0. 05. The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0. 71 that represents the testretest reliability of the delay discounting test. Conclusion: According to the results of this study girls had a better performance in delay discounting than boys and this task is a reliable and valid test for the evaluation of delay discounting in children.

Aim: The aim of study was to determine changes in the personality organization in different time serials of Transference focused psychotherapy in Cluster B personality disorders. Methods: A quasi-experimental of the type Multiple Time– Series Design. 32 patients with Cluster B Personality Disorders selected by available sampling method based on Milon clinical multiaxial inventory (III) and input and output criteria. Patients were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. 51 Transference focused psychotherapy sessions performed individually for one year in experimental group. One pre-test and three post-test of STIPO performed for both groups in different periods of treatment. Results: The resuls showed that there were no significant changes in first stage of treatment. But significant changes occured in all of dimensions of personality except rigidity. And also the most rate of change was in third stage of treatment (sig<0. 05). Conclusion: According to the results, it can be externalized Transference focused psychotherapy as an effective treatment can be improving Cluster B personality disorders.