APPLIED COUNSELING
Year:2019 | Volume:9 | Issue:1|Papers Count:9

The aim of current study was to investigate the spiritual components in disabled people with experience of post traumatic growth. The qualitative research method was conducted and using content analysis. The participants were disabled due to car accidents. Participants were first revaluated by the with Tedeschi & Calhoun's (1996) The post-traumatic Growth Questionnaire and then semi-structured interview. Data using open and axial coding was converted to 83 open codes and 22 axial codes. This research is a new understanding of the dimensions of spiritual growth in developed people after the damage in Iranian cultural and religious context. The result of this research showed that disability with all the constraints and problems created for the disabled person but cause changes and spiritual growth in different dimensions.

Developing cyberspace provided virtual communication content among teenagers and their peer therefor maybe led to communication problems in cyberspace. Cyberbullying is one of the problems that can provide a content for common types of violence. The purpose of this study was using to investigate the experiences of adolescents of violence and aggression in cyberbullying using to qualitative method. The data collection was conducted was conducted using semi-structured interview and Colaizzi method. 16 students of the age 14 to 16 years old in Tehran's 18th district who were active in virtual social networks were selected based on the inclusion criteria. The analysis Interviews was led to the identification of 2 main themes (repartee and bullying display) and 7 sub-themes (motivation, modeling, transferring verbal controversy, selffake show, virtual quarrel, virtual group quarrel, escalation of the quarrel) and 102 initial concept. However violence in virtual social networks firstly were experience as a verbal controversy, and then with a self-fake show it is expressed as bullying to satisfy the need to be seen.

The decision making in romantic relationships, such as to start dating, marriage proposal, or ending a relationship, can have long-lasting and important consequences. This study was conducted to aim the effectiveness of Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program (PICK) on decision making in mate selection of single students with a quasiexperimental research design to pre-test and post-test and control group. 36 single students were selected voluntary and on 1 score of standard deviation lower than the mean in Relationship Decision-making Scale and inclusion/ exclusion criteria, and were assigned randomly to a experiment group (n = 18) and a control group (n = 18). The participants completed the relationship decision-making scale in two stage of pre-test and post-test. The experiment group participated in 9 sessions, twice a week, 90 minutes each, in a Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program (PICK). The findings indicated that Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program (PICK) has led to increase awareness of relationship decisionmaking in experimental group rather than in control group. Therefore, the Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program is a appropriate method to improve decision-making in mate selection.

The main of this study was to investigate and identify the damages of job search and career counseling institutes using qualitative research of grounded theory type. The sample of this study consisted of all managers of foreign and domestic job search and career counseling institutes (62 domestic and 6 foreign institutes) and jobseekers referring to these institutes in Isfahan province. 14 managers of the institutes (10 men and 4 women), and 9 jobseekers (6 men and 3 women) were selected using voluntary sampling method. Interviews and observation of the activities of the intended institutes were used in order to explore the damages. The collected data were coded and interpreted using thematic analysis method. The result of the analysis of damages using in-depth interview was identified four major damages in the participants of manager: Weak systems, constraints, disruption, and performance defects; and, in jobseekers participants, two major damages were identified: Performance defects, and weak system. Also, according to the findings the most important damages to the institutes were lack of attention to career counseling, job analysis, and evaluation of people; lack of familiarity with self-knowledge and not having psychological record; the absence of a professional counselor in the central board; not using specialist career counseling; transformation of the institutes into employment agencies; and non-familiarity of the job search and career counseling institutes with counseling models and job creation programs. Accordingly, with regard to the damages mentioned by managers and job-seekers, it is necessary for each job search and career counseling institute to use a career counselor with master's degree in career counseling in order to present career counseling services.

The quality of life in the aging period is reduced due to physical, psychological and rehabilitation problem. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness the spirituality-based therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on improving the quality of life of the elderly. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, and follow-up design with control group. The population of the study consisted of all elderly people resident in the elderly homes of Zabol city. The current sample consisted of 36 people from the elderly over 60 years old. The experiment groups participated in Spirituality therapy and Acceptance and Commitment-based therapy in 14 sessions of 90 minutes. The participants completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results showed that spirituality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy have an effect on improving the quality of life of the elderly, and this effect is persistent in the follow-up stage (P < 0. 001). Also, spirituality therapy than acceptance and commitment therapy has a more effective on improving the quality of life of the elderly (p < 0. 001). Based on this the results can be concluded that the use of spiritual-based therapeutic methods due to cultural and religious affiliation can be more effective than other therapeutic methods, including acceptance therapy and commitment to improve the quality of life of the elderly.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on family functioning and communication patterns of divorce applicant couples. The study design was semi-experimental with pre-test and posttest and control group. The study population consisted of all divorce applicant couples referred to counseling centers in Tehran. 30 divorce applicant couple select using purposive voluntary sampling method and randomly were assigned to two experiment (15 couples) and control (15 couples) group. The mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy was performed on experiment group once a week for 8 sessions of 120 minutes. The participants responded to Family Assessment Device Questionnaire and Family Assessment Device Questionnaire in pre-test and post-test stages. The data were analyzed using covariance analysis statistical method and SPSS-22 statistical software. The findings showed that controlling the pre-test effect, there was significant difference between mean of experiment and control groups in post-test in family functioning components (problem solving, emotional attachment, behavior control, and no to for role and communication) components and communication patterns components, except to constructive interactions component. In all, it was concluded that the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy impacted on family functioning and communication patterns of divorce applicant couples.