The purpose of the this study was to evaluate effectiveness of Waiting-Oriented psychological package based on the Mahdavism Doctrine on the psychological well-being and psychological distress of secondary school students. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test through control group and experimental group. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The statistical population consisted of second high school girl students in Isfahan in the academic year of 2018-19. Thirty students were selected by non-probability sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the waiting-oriented psychological package based on the Mahdavism Doctrine during three months (12 sessions). Data analysis was performed using ANOVA via SPSS23. The results showed that Waiting-Oriented psychological package based on the Mahdavism Doctrine had a significant effect (p <0. 001) on psychological well-being and psychological distress in second grade high school students and contributed to improving their psychological well-being and reducing their psychological distress. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the Waiting-oriented psychological package based on the Mahdavism Doctrine utilizing techniques such as the application of mental techniques, self-observation as context, cognitive fault techniques, value assertion and committed action is an effective way to improve psychological well-being and reduce psychological well-being.

Deficits in emotion regulation have been identified as a risk factor for maintenance of psychological distress. The purpose of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies training on psychological distress. To conduct the study, 22 university students (13 males and 9 females) from Kharazmi University were selected voluntary. The participants took part in a 10-session workshop of emotion regulation strategies training. All individuals in the three stages of training (prior to the training, while receiving the training and subsequent to the training) were assessed using the scale of depression, anxiety and stress (DASS, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Data were analyzed using repeated measurement and Bonferroni post-hoc test. The results indicated that, procedural emotion regulation training leads to the decrease of depression, anxiety and stress in the participants. With regard to the results of the present research, it can be concluded that procedural emotion regulation strategies training could be an effective procedure for reduction of psychological distress.

Introduction: The nursing profession is associated with difficult and stressful conditions and some psychological consequences. Also, one of the most important health potentials described in theoretical and research bases is the sense of coherence. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of perceived stress on psychological distress and psychological well-being with the mediating role of sense of coherence in nurses. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research community included all nurses working in hospitals and medical centers in Tehran. In this study, 200 people were selected by convenience sampling method. The research tools are: Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (1983), Kessler's psychological distress questionnaire (2003), Ryff Psychological well-being scale (1989), Antonovsky’, s Sence of Coherence Scale (1993). Pearson correlation, structural equation modeling and SPSS and AMOS version 23 software were used for data analysis. Results: The results of the findings show the fit of the desired model. In addition, the obtained results indicate a direct, positive and significant effect between perceived stress and psychological distress (T=5. 556,P<0. 001,β, =0. 385). Also, there is a direct, negative and significant effect between perceived stress and psychological well-being (T=3. 407,P<0. 001,β, =0. 173). In addition, the sense of coherence played a mediating role in the relationship between perceived stress and psychological distress and psychological well-being. Conclusions: The results of this study show the importance of the mediating role of sense of coherence in the relationship between perceived stress and psychological distress and psychological well-being. In other words, the sense of coherence acts as a health potential in a stressful work environment,therefore, it is necessary to design interventions based on this component, because it can probably significantly change a person's physical and psychological functions in a stressful work environment.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of hope therapy in reducing distress of women with breast cancer.Method: This research was quasi experimental with a pre and post-test and a control group design. The statistical population included all women diagnosed as having breast cancer who were attending Shahid Beheshti Medical University’s Cancer Research Center during 2013-14. Thirty patients were selected based on accessibility and were divided randomly into an experimental and a control group. The Kessler Distress Test was administered at pre and post- test to both groups.Hope therapy was conducted. The experimental group received eight 90 minute sessions of hope therapy. Result: Results of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) indicated that hope therapy had reduced distress in women with breast cancer.Conclusion: Since hope therapy strategies can reduce distress in women with breast cancer, hope therapy may be suggested as a complementary therapy alongside medical treatment.

Introduction: Retirees bear many psychological and social pressures due to the simultaneous retirement age and old age. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out interventions aimed at reducing psychological distress and improving their social cohesion. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of life review therapy on psychological distress and social cohesion of retired teachers. Methods: The current research was experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all the retired teachers of Birjand city in 2022 in the number of 290 people, of which 40 people who met the conditions to enter the research were selected by purposive sampling and divided into experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) group. The experimental group received a 2-hour session every week for 6 sessions in a group manner, and the control group did not receive the training during this period of time. Psychological distress questionnaires by Kesler et al. and social cohesion by Paskarla et al. were the research tools. To analyze the data, multivariate covariance analysis was used in the SPSS-26 software environment. Results: According to the findings, in the variable of psychological distress, the mean and standard deviation of the scores in the pre-test were 38.35 and 0.44 respectively in the post-test and 19.1 and 0.34 respectively. Regarding the variable of social cohesion, the mean and standard deviation of the scores in the pre-test were 0.54 and 0.82, respectively, and in the post-test were 95.5 and 0.78, respectively. The results of covariance analysis showed that therapeutic intervention based on life review was effective on psychological distress and social cohesion of retired teachers (p<0.01). Conclusion: The results indicate that life review therapy can be used to reduce psychological distress and increase the social cohesion of retirees.

Introduction: infertility creates various psychological and emotional damages in the infertile women that applying appropriate psychological therapies is a necessity to decrease them. Therefore, the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on the marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women. Methods: the present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest design and the control group. The statistical population of the present study included infertile women in the city of Tehran in 2018. 30 infertile women were selected through purposive voluntary sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (15 women in the experimental and 15 in the control group). The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions of life therapy quality (Frish, 2006) during two months. The applied questionnaires in the present study included marital burnout questionnaire (Painz, 1996) and psychological distress questionnaire (Kesler, et. al. 2002). The data were analyzed through MANCOVA method. Results: the results showed that quality of life therapy has significant effect on the marital burnout and psychological distress of infertile women (p<0. 001) and was able to decrease marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women, Conclusion: the findings of the present study revealed that quality of life therapy can be used as an efficient therapy to decrease marital burnout and psychological distress in the infertile women employing techniques such as attending to the values and spiritual life, hygiene and physical health, play and recreation, love and improving the relationship with the friends, children, relatives and the souse.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group therapy based on two methods of interaction and psychodrama on identity orientation in adolescent girls with psychological distress. study design was experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control group. 33 girls (aged 14-16) with psychological distress were selected by purposive sampling method in the academic year 2016-2017 and randomly divided into three equal groups. Interventions were 10 sessions of 2-hour group therapy based on interaction and psychodrama. Then Kessler psychological Distress scale (Kessler et al, 2002) and Identity Orientation Questionnaire (Cheek & Briggs, 2003) were administered. ANCOVA and MANCOVA analysis of covariance showed that group therapy based on interaction and psychodrama is effective on reducing psychological distress in adolescents. Results also showed psychodrama was effective on personal identity orientation and interaction group therapy was effective on social identity orientation. Finally, the results indicate the necessity for paying attention to the identity orientation, and preventive and therapeutic actions to improve the psychological health of adolescents.

Introduction: Sexual interest/arousal disorder in women causes emotional and psychological damage and decreases marital quality and satisfaction and increases marital burnout. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the newly developed treatment of sexual desire/arousal disorder and cognitive-behavioral therapy on sexual and psychological distress in women with sexual desire/arousal disorder. Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included women with sexual desire/arousal disorder who were referred to counseling centers in Isfahan 2020-2021, from which 45 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups (15 people in each group). After selecting and assigning the subjects to the three groups of the study, all three groups were evaluated with the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R) and the short scale of depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS-21). Then the experimental groups underwent of weekly intervention and the control group did not receive any intervention. At the end of the intervention sessions, the members of all three groups were re-evaluated with research tools. Results: The results of the analysis of covariance showed that both integrated psychotherapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy affect sexual and psychological distress and individuals in the experimental groups received lower scores in the post-test of sexual and psychological distress than those in the control group(P<0. 05). The results also showed that there is a significant difference between the two interventions in terms of effectiveness on research-dependent variables. In the variable of sexual distress, efficacy is more effective with the newly developed treatment of sexual desire/arousal disorder, but in relation to psychological distress, cognitivebehavioral therapy has been more effective(P<0. 05). Conclusions: According to these results, it can be said that integrated psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy are effective in modulating sexual and psychological distress in people with sexual arousal disorder and the psychotherapy protocol for sexual arousal disorder can be used as a suitable treatment option along with other psychotherapy models of this disorder.

Introduction: Addiction, as a complex psychiatric disorder and one of the major problems of societies, can lead to suffering and psychological distress for addicts and those around them. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in reducing psychological distress and increasing mental health literacy among men who were members of Narcotics Anonymous in Kermanshah. Materials and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population included all men who were members of the Narcotics Anonymous Association of Kermanshah in 2022. Thirty people were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned into two equal groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions DBT (90 minutes session per week), but the control group did not receive any interventions. Demographic information checklist and Kessler et al psychological distress questionnaire and Ekonor & Casey's mental health literacy scale were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance MANCOVA. Results: The results of this research showed that the educational intervention reduced psychological distress (F=7.506, Eta=0.231, P=0.011), increased mental health literacy (F=12.619, Eta=0.375, P=0.002) of men who are members of Narcotics Anonymous has been significantly effective. Conclusion: Based on the results of the current research and the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on reducing psychological distress and increasing mental health literacy of the participants, it is recommended to use this new generation behavior therapy method in addiction-related interventions.