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Bipolar disorders of complex and multi-dimensional nature necessitate new therapies. This research compared the effect of meta-cognitive and psycho-educational family therapy on dysfunctional attitudes of bipolar patients. This was a semi-empirical research with pretest-posttest design, using control group. From among the bipolar woman who had referred to psychological hospitals and clinics in Isfahan city in Iran, 24 patients were selected by purposeful sampling and were divided into three equal groups randomly. The first group received meta-cognitive therapy, second group received psycho-educational family therapy and the third group received drug therapy. The data were gathered using semi-structured interview based on diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders [4[th] edition] criteria and dysfunctional attitudes scale. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and covariance with SPSS 16 software. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of meta-cognitive therapy group compared to drug therapy group [P = .001]. Also, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of psycho-educational family therapy and drug therapy groups [P = .001]. There was no significant difference between the mean scores of psycho-educational family therapy group compared to drug therapy group [P = .777]. Using meta-cognitive therapy with drug therapy increases dysfunctional attitudes in bipolar patients. Therefore it is recommended that therapists be trained in this field
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The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure, validity and reliability of the Skin Picking Scale-Revised Version. In this descriptive and validation study, participants were 550 [250 male and 300 female] of the University of Isfahan were selected randomly from 15000 students. In order to examine the factor structure of the SPS-R we conducted both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and Cronbach's alpha. Convergent validity of SPS-R with YBOCS-BDD, OCI-R and DASS 21-item were r=0.45, r=0.51 and r=0.70 [p<0.001]. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed two factors, one assessing impairment and the other symptom severity [4 items each]. These factors could determine 58.1% of the variance. The Cronbach's alpha for the two factors were above 0.88. Also, results were shown to possess good psychometric properties, as well as discriminant validity and classification accuracy, in both clinical and community populations. It can be concluded that this instrument is a useful measure for assess skin-picking disorder symptoms in clinical assessment
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Post traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] is referred to feed back of exposure in severe stressful situations such as natural disasters, severe accidents and so on. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of metacognitive therapy on reduction of PTSD symptoms between accident survivors of Shahr-e-Kord city. This research is semi-experimental. A hospital was selected by cluster sampling that for choosing sample, 36 male who were accident survivors, were selected by using interview based on DSM-IV-TR who were experienced PTSD situation. The subjects were randomly assigned into experimental group [N=18], control group [N=18]. There were attrition in sample that finally experimental and control groups included 15 subjects. The experimental group received eight 90 min weekly sessions of metacognitive therapy. These tools were used in this research: 1-Clinical interview based on DSM-IV-IR, 2-Mississipi PTSD scale [Used in pretest-posttest and follow up sessions]. The results showed that metacognitive therapy, reduced PTSD symptoms in experimental group in post-test and two-month follow up sessions were done [p< 0.01]. Statistically significant differences between pre-test and post-test results in experimental group confirmed the effect of metacognitive therapy on reduction of PTSD symptoms
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The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of attachment-based intervention in a pediatric sample with obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD]. Twelve participants, 10-12 years of age, were treated across an eight-week period. They had not been treated with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy previously and remained medication-free during the attachment-based therapy. This study comprised two groups of children: The experimental group, who received attachment-based intervention, and the control group, who did not receive treatment. All participants were assessed in terms of severity of OCD symptoms by administrating the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale before and after the experimental group had received the therapeutic sessions. The children were assessed again one month later. The level of children's depression, and attachment insecurity, as well as their mothers' depression, OCD symptoms, and attachment insecurity, were statistically controlled in this study. Multivariate analysis of covariance [MANCOVA] indicated that the OCD symptoms in children decreased significantly over the course of the therapy, and this gain was maintained at follow-up. The results of this study demonstrated that the attachment-based intervention was efficacious in alleviating the OCD symptoms. It is suggested that parental instruction in attachment-based relationships may help prevent young children from developing OCD symptoms in middle-childhood and adulthood
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Thus study aimed to test the hypothesis that positive emotion can quell or undo the lingering worry and rumination following induced negative emotion. 32 female students in grade 1 of high school were randomly recruited and assigned in two experimental and control groups. They completed questionnaires in a pretest that are listed herewith: [1] Rumination questionnaire; [2] Two scales of the big five factorial questionnaire [extraversion-introversion; [3] MMPI2; [4] Penn-state worry questionnaire. Then for the first group a sad movie, for the second group a cheerful movie, and for the third group a neutral movie was played, and the fourth group remained without intervention. Next day, all the group members completed the worry and rumination questionnaire again. Research findings were analyzed using covariance analysis and multivariate analysis of variance [MANOVA]. Those participants whose attention was turned toward the cheerful movie recovered from negative emotions [rumination and worry] more than those who saw either a neutral or sad movie or remained without intervention. Positive emotion is effective on negative emotion like worry and rumination. This effect is called the undoing effect of positive emotions
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Seeking and keeping close relationship with relatives, particularly with spouse, is an important principle in lifetime. The present study was planned to assess the effect of attachment-based couple therapy on sexual intimacy and satisfaction. In this semi-experimental pretest-posttest study, 30 couples who were referred to Isfahan Cultural House were selected and randomly divided to two equal experimental and control groups. At first, sexual satisfaction and intimacy questionnaires were administered to both groups as the pretest, then experimental group experienced 8 attachment-based couples therapy session. Posttest was administered 2 weeks later and finally follow-up test was performed 2 months later. SPSS version 13 software, descriptive statistical indices and ANCOVA tests used to analyze data. Attachment-based couple therapy significantly improved sexual satisfaction in both posttest [F=512.211, P<0.001] and follow-up stages [F=789.405, P<0.001], as well as sexual intimacy improvement in posttest [F=818.63, P<0.001] and follow-up stages [F=1706.63, P<0.001]. Couple therapy based on attachment theory ameliorates marital relationship by improvement of sexual satisfaction and intimacy
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Humans , Male , Female , Personal Satisfaction , Sexuality , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Multidimensional and complex nature of obsessive compulsive disorder [OCD] requires assessment and usage of modern treatments. This study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of Wells' metacognitive model on thought fusion symptoms in patients with OCD as an important aspect of metacognitive beliefs. This semi-experimental study was conducted with pretest-posttest and follow-up design, using control group. From all OCD patients visited in psychology clinics in Shiraz city, south western part of Iran in 2008, 24 patients were selected through the objective sampling method and randomly divided in two equal experimental and control groups. Experimental group experienced 8 weeks of Wells' metacognitive therapy, while control group were just followed. Thought fusion instrument [TFI] was used in pretest, posttest and 2-month follow-up as the study instrument. Data were analyzed by descriptive indices and multivariate analysis of covariance, using SPSS software. The experimental group showed significant decreases in thought fusion general score and its triple items in post-test and follow-up, compared with control group [P<0.001]. Wells' metacognitive model is beneficial in decreasing thought fusion in OCD patients
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Talking about needs, it means to consider the reasons of human behavior. Because such behavior starts with one or several needs which will cause to develop different societies according to the degree of civilization, and also social-cultural factors treat differently with blinds, so these different circumstances can create different needs and motivation for them. On this basis, in order to measure marriage motivation, a, questionnaire made by researcher using Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which contains 45 questions. The participants consisted of 76 blind [In Isfahan, by using stratified sampling method] and 76 normal. The two groups in respect to age, sex, education level employment and income level were matched. Statistical analysis of results showed that a significant difference exists in respect and self-sufficient factors of marriage motivation between two groups [P<0.05]. With respect to the results, it seems that blind people contrary to relatively deprivation that they face, willing to act upon their own internal values. Therefore any problem in their marriage motivation can be due to their interactions with others
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Humans , Vision Disorders , Surveys and Questionnaires , Motivation , BlindnessABSTRACT
Love and libido are basic needs of human being which if they are not satisfied, different signs and symptoms such as physical illness, depression, marital dissatisfaction and even divorce may occur. The present study conducted to estimate the relationship of marital commitment and sexual satisfaction in couples of Shahreza City [2008]. This research was a descriptive correlational study. The sample included 42 couples [84 persons] that were randomly selected from families' public health files in health centers in Shahreza City by two stages cluster sampling. Marital commitment questionnaire and self-made questionnaire of sexual satisfaction were used for gathering information. Data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient and independent t test. Results indicated that relationship between sexual satisfaction and marital commitment was significant [P<0.001, r=0.475]. Also there were significant relationships between duration of marriage and sexual satisfaction [P=0.013] and marital commitment [P=0.021]. Less duration of marriage related to more marital commitment and sexual satisfaction. Moreover results showed the significant relationship between sexual satisfaction and education [P=0.042], and increase of educational level related to more sexual satisfaction. Increasing in sexual satisfaction has effective role in marital commitment