relation of brain behavioral systems, D personality type, anger and hostility in people with gum disease

Gum disease is a chronic bacterial infection that affects the gum structures. Given the importance of psychological factors and their impact on physical condition such as gum disease, the aim of this study was to investigate D personality type, brain behavioral systems and anger and hostility in people with gum disease. In this causal-comparative study, 50 women with and 50 women without gum disease [age range from 14 to 37] were selected using purposive sampling method and completed the questionnaires of multidimensional anger [Sigel, 1986], D personality type scale, Behavioral inhibition/activation system. MANOVA was used for data analysis. Data analysis showed that groups had significant differences in behavioral inhibition system, behavioral activation system and its components [response to drives, fun seeking, reward responsiveness], D personality type and its components [negative affectivity, social inhibition], anger-arousal, hostile attitude and anger-in [p<0.05], but there were no differences in anger arousing situations and anger-out between them. People with gum disease score higher in BIS, and lower in BAS than normal people, and score higher in D personality type and its components, anger-arousal, hostile outlook, and anger-in. This suggests that psychological factors play a significant role in developing and continuing gum disease and possibly other psychosomatic disorders. So this study focuses on the decisive role of psychological treatments in prevention and promotion of physical and psychological health of people

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

relationship between childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and adulthood borderline personality disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] is a risk factor for Borderline Personality Disorder [BPD] during adulthood. Studying the relationship between childhood ADHD disorder symptoms and depression and borderline personality disorder symptoms among students was the main aim of this study. A total of 291 students, who were studying in Shiraz and Tabriz universities inThe academic year of 2010-2011, were selected from three groups of Humanities, Basic Sciences, and Technical-Engineering Sciences using simple sampling method. They participated in the study through completing Wender Utah Rating Scale [WURS], Borderline Personality Scale [STB] and Beck Depression Inventory [BDI-II]. Pearsons correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between childhood ADHD and borderline Personality Disorder [BPD] in adulthood and childhood ADHD is able to predict BPD in adulthood [p<0.01]. Similarly, the relationship between symptoms of childhood ADHD and depression was positive and significant [p<0.01]. There is a relationship between symptoms of childhood ADHD, BPD and depression in students. It is recommended to pay due attention to the comorbidity disorders such as BPD and depression in the treatment of ADHD disorder

Predicting obsessive-compulsive disorder on the basis of emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity

Emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity are two psychological components which play important roles in causing anxiety disorders. This study aims at predicting the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [OCD] based on the emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity in university students. In this descriptive correlation study, a total of 317 students of University of Mohaghegh Ardabili were selected using available sampling method in 2010-2011 academic year and they were asked to fill out the obsessive-compulsive inventories designed for emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity. The results of regression analysis showed that reappraisal and anxiety sensitivity are the best indicators of OCD in students. The results indicated that the reappraisal and anxiety sensitivity play a significant role in predicting OCD in students

[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

[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