The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Training in The professional stress and life stress of Working Mothers
H
Azari Astane
*.Corresponding author, M. A. in clinical psychology
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M
Hatami
. Associate professor, Department of psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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H
Hashemi Razini
. Assistant professor, Department of psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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2016
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Stress is associated with all Human life and is very important in determining human health and disease. Recognition, prevention and treatment maternal stress and stress their professional has special importance. Aim: Present research with the aim of the studying the efficacy of training of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) in the reduction of occupying mothers in proportion to mother-infant has carried out. The way of the present search is a study quasi-experimental. Methods: The method of its pre-test and post-test with control and experimental groups. In this research, nurse mothers of Rasht with the tool of measurement, with high stress have been recognized and among them 30 persons of nurses who have achieved the highest rate of stress, in the way of convenience sampling, have been selected. Participants were administered by the Philip L. rice job stress questioner and parenting stress index(PSI) questioners.12 persons as experimental group that were under training of mindfulness based stress reduction (Kabat-Zinn) have been located and 12 persons control group who have not been under intervention. Result: From both group pre-test have taken, then experimental group were under training of mindfulness based stress reduction for 8 weeks, but, the controlled group didn’t receive any training. The level of stress in both groups was assessed before and after the training. Information obtained from the questionnaires was analyzed by Repeat measure. Conclusion: The findings showed that mindfulness based stress reduction training influence in reduction of life stress of occupying mothers. Also the findings showed that mindfulness based stress reduction in the reducing of job stress of occupying mothers and in traits mother-infant are effective.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
427
451
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96714_9b08611db7274155c90d930cbf503f9e.pdf
Effectiveness of ACT based parenting training to mothers on the self -esteem of children with cleft lip and palate: A single subject study
M. S.
Faghihi
. M. A. in psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan branch, Isfahan, Iran
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M B.
Kajbaf
*. Corresponding author, Professor of psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran, Email: m.kajbaf2006@gmail.com
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2016
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Aim: The goal of the present study was to examine the effect of training mothers to use acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) parenting skills on the self-esteem of their children with cleft lips and palates. Method: An isolated case method was used and the population was composed of all 65 elementary school children with Clift lips and palates in Isfahan province who were registered in the only professional and supportive clinic of Cleft lip and palate in the country, Labkhand clinic affiliated with Imam Hosain charity. Five children were chosen. These children scored 26 and less on Cooper Smith’s Self-Esteem Inventory (1967). After three baseline sessions for each child, ACT parenting skills were taught to their mothers in eight 60-minute weekly sessions. The child’s self-esteem was tested after each session as well as in 15-days, 30-days, and 90-days follow up sessions and the results were obtained via descriptive statistics. Findings: The findings have shown that in all five subjects, mean and median scores decreased compared to base line and as a result of intervention. In addition, this remained stable at follow up. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, training mothers with children with cleft lips and palates and possibly with similar deformities, with ACT parenting skills, can be considered as an effective method in increasing self-esteem of these children and timely intervention can improve the children's self-esteem.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
453
476
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96725_ea8e9032406ad79ed451517a1e3e2d06.pdf
Effectiveness of social skills training on behavioral problems and social skills in high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
S
Sadeghi
. Ph.D. Student in psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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HR
Pouretemad
*. Corresponding author, professor, Department of psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Email: pouretemad.h@gmail.com
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J
Fathabadi
. Associate professor, Department of psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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2016
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Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of social skills training on problematic behaviors and social skills in adolescents with high-function autism spectrum disorder. Method: The study method was quasi-experimental with pre–post-test and follow-up without control group and the population included 60 adolescents between 11 & 17 years old who were clients of Tehran Autism Center and Ava Autism Center in Tehran. By using purposeful sampling, twelve adolescents with H-F ASD were selected and divided into two equal groups of six persons who participated in 10 sessions of 90-minute intervention and received two sessions per week. Then their parents completed the Gresham and Elliott Social Skills Rating Scale-Version parents (1990) at pre, posttest and follow up. Data was analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Results showed that participating in intervention sessions lead to increased adolescents social skills, including cooperation (F=9.92,P=0.005), assertiveness (F=7.81, P=0.009), responsibility (F=8.18، P=0.002) and self-control (F=7.64, P=0.003); but this effect in one-month follow-up phase was not stable, on the other hand, no significant differences were found in participants' external (F=0.28, P=0.75) and internal (F=0.24, P=0.65) behavioral problems and over-activity (F=1.08, P=0.33). Conclusion: Based on these findings, social skills training programs can be consider an effective method for improving social skills of adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and it may be suggested that these methods could be applied in order to improve social skills of young people. However, to keep persistence of effectiveness, more practice in natural life environment is necessary and also as far as reduction of problematic behaviors and identify effective interventions are concerned, more research is certainly needed.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
477
499
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96736_fe22cbc32bd5140be1bec6dd944fdd4c.pdf
Effectiveness of training of emotion regulation strategies on increasing resilience and engagement with academic affairs in teenaged girls
Fateme
Ashournejad
phd student in educational psychology of Kharazmi university
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2016
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Aim: This research aimed to investigate the effect of emotion regulation strategies training on increasing students’ resilience and engagement with academic affairs in teenaged girls. Method: Method was a quasi-experimental research with experimental and control groups, and pretest, posttest and follow up design. The statistical population comprised of all female students of middle schools of Ramsar city in 2015-2016 (n= 820). By random cluster sampling two schools were selected, and in each school three classrooms were selected, and among them 40 students were placed randomly in two experimental and control groups. For collection of data the Academic Resilience Scale (Samuels & Woo, 2009) and the Academic Engagement Scale (Fredricks, Blumenfeld & Paris, 2004) were used. Students in the experimental group were trained using the Emotion Regulation Protocol designed by Gross (2014) in ten sessions, each session lasting 60 minutes, once a week. At the end of training, and also at follow up students completed both sets of questionnaires again. Data was analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures. Results: Result showed that emotion regulation training increases academic resilience (F=4.470, P=0.021) and engagement on the academic affairs in teenaged girls (F=7.309, P=0.001), and this result remains constant at follow up. Conclusion: Training emotion regulation strategies to students can be considered important in improving unreasonable beliefs and irrational behaviors via understanding emotions and modifying and increasing their academic resilience and engagement.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
501
521
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96746_ff9f4ca5da5694c8845dd8558590b03e.pdf
Mediating role of interpersonal problems in the relationship between experiential avoidance with depression and anxiety
Roya
Aftab
Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch
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2016
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Aim: Study aim was to determine the mediating role of interpersonal problems in the relationship between experiential avoidance with depression and anxiety. Method: Method was correlation and statistical population consisted of all male and female residents of City of Karaj in seven region with the quantity of 124688 in 2016. Sample size of 300 volunteers was determined based on Guadagnoli & Velicer (1998) method. Participants were approached in three parks, chosen at random from a list of public parks in Karaj. These were volunteers and informed consent was obtained from each participant. The tools used in the present study consisted of the following questionnaires: The multidimensional experiential avoidance questionnaire (Gámez, Chmielewski, Kotov, Ruggero & Watson, 2011), the interpersonal difficulties scale-47 (Pilkonis, Kim, Proietti & Barkham, 1996), Beck’s depression scale (Beck, Steer & Brown, 1996) and Beck’s anxiety scale (Beck, Epstein, Brown & Steer, 1988). After 50 questionnaires were excluded of the research process because of distortion, the Mahalanobis distance method showed that none of the subjects in this study were outliers, so structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data of 250 subjects. Results: Indirect path coefficients between behavioral avoidance (β=0.151, P=0.016), distraction/ suppression (β=0.151, P=0.021), distress aversion (β=0.270, P=0.001), distress endurance (β=0.161, P=0.005) components with depression and anxiety were significant. Conclusion: Interpersonal difficulty arises from strategy avoidance of some thoughts, memories and activities that is followed by depression and anxiety in the long term. On the other hand, interpersonal problems may affect response to treatment in people with depression and anxiety. Therefore as far as primary prevention training is concerned, it is essential to teach parents and educators how to deal with experiential avoidance in different stages of development.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
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1
no.
2016
523
542
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96757_809b89e95bbf661c88eef17d21fd6427.pdf
Relationship between internet addiction and Gardner's multiple intelligences and academic achievement
Neda
Kalhor
. M.A. in psychology, Azad University, Science and Research branch, Tehran, Iran
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Q
Ahghar
*.Corresponding author, Associate professor, institute of studies and research and educational planning organization, Tehran, Iran, Email: Ahghar2004@yahoo.com
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Aim: This study aims to identify the relationship between internet addiction and Gardner's multiple intelligences. Method: The research methodology was correlational and the statistical population comprised of all female students in the 8th grade of the first cycle of non-governmental secondary school in the city of Tehran in the school year 2015-2016. The sample included 200 subjects who were selected by Cochran's formula using multistage sampling method. The data were collected by Young internet addiction questionnaire developed in 1996 and Gardner's multiple intelligences questionnaire developed in 1983 and multivariate regression was used to analyze the data. Results: There was a positive, significant relationship between visual-spatial intelligence (β=0.256, P=0.001) and musical intelligence (β=0.168, P=0.032), and internet addiction. There was a negative, significant relationship between interpersonal intelligence (β=0.419, P=0.001), logical-mathematical intelligence (β=0.337, P=0.001), intrapersonal intelligence (β=0.235, P=0.001), and internet addiction. There was not a significant relationship between kinetic-physical Intelligence (β=0.152, P=0.073), naturalistic intelligence (β=0.140, P=0.092), linguistic-verbal intelligence (β=0.004, P=0.965), and internet addiction. There was a negative, significant relationship between internet addiction and academic achievement (β=0.216, P=0.001). Conclusion: Considering the fact that the interpersonal intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence can be regarded as internet addiction deterrent, it is recommended that parents, teachers, officials and experts in Department of Education plan for a number of lessons and activities from the beginning the students start studying at all educational levels to improve their interpersonal intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, that may be led to decrease in internet addiction and increase in academic achievement.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
543
559
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96770_9b5f9bdad245e411dbe7634566d21739.pdf
Study of co-authorship rate of articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology during 2007-2016
Mehdi
Rahmani
*. Corresponding author, M.A. in knowledge and information science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Email: Mehdi.lis89@gmail.com
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Amir Reza
Asnafi
. Assistant professor of knowledge and information science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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2016
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Aim: The research aim is to determine the authors’ cooperation in the articles Journal of Applied Psychology in Shahid Beheshti University. Method: The research method is survey and evaluative and the statistical population included all 686 authors of 235 articles from No. 1 to No. 36 in the years 2007 to 2016. The data gathering tools was a researcher made checklist, including articles specifications, number of authors, gender of authors, their educational level and institutes and university, respectively. Data collection was performed by referring to the articles printed edition and data analysis using descriptive statistics and cooperation coefficient calculation formula. Results: Results showed that the average number of authors in the 9 year period, were about 3 people and maximum number of authors to collaborate on articles in the years 2015 & 2016 were 6 In terms contribution in the article of universities in publish article in this Journal, Shahid Beheshti University researchers contribution was 33.33% and other universities researchers contribution was 66.66% published articles in total publication period of the Journal. Finding: The authors’ cooperation coefficient in writing Journal of Applied Psychology articles at Shahid Beheshti University was equal to 0.59, and outside the university 0.62. Conclusion: Because the collaboration between the articles producers in the Journal of Applied Psychology is in the average level and was equal to 0.58 it is necessary to emphasize in increasing the authors number of articles to reach the co-authorship in this journal and all the ministries magazines to the desired level.
Applied Psychology
Shahid Beheshti University
2008-4331
10
v.
1
no.
2016
559
572
https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_96782_76908cca4cb6bae1ee9f17d74c1d005f.pdf