Comparing the recognition of emotional facial expressions in patients with obsessive-compulsive and major depression

Recognition of emotional facial expressions is one of the psychological factors which involve in obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD] and major depressive disorder [MDD]. The aim of present study was to compare the ability of recognizing emotional facial expressions in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and major depressive disorder. The present study is a cross-sectional and ex-post facto investigation [causal-comparative method]. Forty participants [20 patients with OCD, 20 patients with MDD] were selected through available sampling method from the clients referred to Tabriz Bozorgmehr clinic. Data were collected through Structured Clinical Interview and Recognition of Emotional Facial States test. The data were analyzed utilizing MANOVA. The obtained results showed that there is no significant difference between groups in the mean score of recognition emotional states of surprise, sadness, happiness and fear; but groups had a significant difference in the mean score of diagnosing disgust and anger states [p<0.05]. Patients suffering from both OCD and MDD show equal ability to recognize surprise, sadness, happiness and fear. However, the former are less competent in recognizing disgust and anger than the latter

[Early maladaptive schemas and parenting styles of students who have failed in love with and without the clinical syndrome]

The aim of this study was to compare the early maladaptive schemas and parenting styles among students with love failure, with or without the clinical syndrome. Using purposive sampling and based on Beck Depression Inventory-II [BDI-II], General Health Questionnaire-28 [GHQ-28], and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III [MCMI-III] 30 students with love failure and clinical syndrome and 30 students with love failure and without clinical syndrome were selected from University of Tabriz, and completed Young's Schema Questionnaire-Short Form [YSQ-SF] and Schaefer Family-Parenting Environment [SFPE]. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance [MANOVA]. There was a significant difference between the groups in the early maladaptive schemas and parenting styles [p<0.05]. We can predict the severity of clinical signs in romantic relationship failure on the basis of early maladaptive schemas and family of origin environment and accordingly schema therapy approach can be used in clinical and counseling centers to help these people

[Predicting marital satisfaction on the basis of attachment styles and differentiation components]

Introduction: Family is a natural social system that couples are its major subsystems in the all of stages of its development, and [the marital satisfaction of them is determinant in the both state of causal and target] many factors such as attachment styles and differentiation components play a role in their marital satisfaction. The aim of this research was to predict marital satisfaction on the basis of attachment styles and differentiation components

Materials and Methods: This research was a fundamental and descriptive research that was done in the shape of a predictive correlative design. The statistical universe in this research, were married workers of Tabriz University and Tabriz Medical Sciences University in academic year 2010-2011. 200 people were chosen from this universe by considering the gender. After cutting the deficient cases, sample size reduced to 184 people. The age range of subjects was from 23 until 54. Enrich marital satisfaction test, Skowron differentiation of self and Hazen and Shaver attachment styles inventory were used for gathering the data. Correlation and stepwise regression were used for data analysis

Results: The results showed that from components of differentiation of self, I-position and from components of attachment styles, ambivalent attachment style [P<0.001] are the best predictors of marital satisfaction

Conclusion: The research results support from this belief that the primary relationship in family environment, cause the shaping of special attachment style and states of low or high differentiation and these primary experiences have direct effect on couples' interpersonal relationship in adulthood