Showing 7 results for Najafi
Mahmoud Najafi, Mahsa Bitaraf, Mahmoud Najafi, Elahrh Zareei Mateh Kolaee,
Volume 14, Issue 55 (10-2015)
Abstract
Aim: The present study aimed to comprise clinical model of antisocial and borderline personality disorders in divorced and normal women.
Method: The research method was causal- comparative which is categorized as descriptive research methods. The sample included 100 women (50 divorced, and 50 normal who were living in seaman city) that by considering of entry criteria’s selected by convenience sampling. Both groups matched on age, social- economic status, residential area, and the years who they lived with their spousal.in this research Millon Multiaxial and Enrich’s marital satisfaction questionnaires administered among selected samples.
Results: The results showed divorced women in in comparison of normal women had scored higher an antisocial and borderline personality clinical model.
Conclusion: with considering of results it seems considering of borderline personality and antisocial cues can be useful in preventive programs divorce
Mr Reza Shahryaripour, Mrs Samira Najafi, Mr Aliakbar Aminbeidokhti, Mr Mostafa Raoofi, Mr Farshad Moradi,
Volume 16, Issue 63 (10-2017)
Abstract
Aim: Marital commitment is the strongest and the most stable predictors of marital relationship quality and stability. Several factors are involved in marital commitment that the important role of religiosity and responsibility can be noted. In this study the relationship between religiousness and accountability with the marital commitment is examined. Method: This study is descriptive correlation. The study population was consisted of all married students of Semnan University graduate level in the academic year 1394. And sample of 299 individuals (159 males and 140 females) were selected using stratified random samplings. To collect data, the questionnaires of marital commitment of Adams and Jones (1997), religiousness of Glock and Stark (1965), responsibility of Harrison Gough (1987), were used. Results: In addition, positive and significant relationship of all aspects of religiosity and marital commitment; The results of stepwise regression analysis showed that two variables of Responsibility and religiosity together predict 50 percent of marital commitment changes Also, among dimensions of research, emotional and ritual dimension along with accountability together predicts for 23% of changes in marital commitment. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that promotion and dissemination of religious beliefs as well as increased sense of responsibility could increase adherence and marital commitment among couples.
Mr Mahdi Omidian, Dr Isaac Rahimian Boogar, Dr , Dr Mahmoud Najafi, Dr Manijeh Kaveh,
Volume 17, Issue 67 (10-2018)
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Aim: This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of couples coping enhancement training on improving marital relations. Method: In this research with quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with baseline, post-treatment, and follow-up assessments along with placebo and control group was conducted. 36 couples by convenience sampling selected from couples referring to court of shahr e kord in the spring of 1396 due to marital problems and randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n = 12; under administration of couples coping enhancement training based on cultural tailoring in 9 group sessions once a week), placebo group (n = 12; under administration of mere meeting with therapist in 9 group sessions once a week) and control group (n = 12). All couples completed an ENRICH Couple Scales in three phases of baseline, post-treatment, and follow-up. Data were analyzed by SPSS and descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Results of analysis of variance with repeated measures indicated that the couples receiving the couples coping enhancement training based on cultural tailoring reported significant difference in the mean of marital relationship scores compared toplacebo and control group couples in post treatment (2 months after the baseline assessment) and follow-up (8 months after the baseline assessment) periods (F=8/105, P<0/001). Conclusion: According to the results, couples coping enhancement training is an effective method on improving marital relations.
Gholamreza Nasiri, Mahmoud Najafi, Siavash Talepasand, Shahrokh Makvand Hosseini,
Volume 18, Issue 70 (7-2019)
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy and cognitive behavior therapy on well-being and depression and in adolescents with depression symptoms
Method: This was a quasi-experiment with pretest /posttest method and control group. Study sample included all the adolescents with depression who referred to counseling centers and psychiatric services in sari, Iran, in the year 2017. 51 patients were selected using random sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The positive psychotherapy experimental group was under treatment within 10 sessions, and the cognitive behavior experimental therapy was under treatment within 8 sessions, each session of 90 minutes weekly, while the control group received no treatment. The data collecting instruments used in this study were children´s depression inventory (CDI) and Riff´s psychological well-being questionnaire (RSPWB).Findings: Data analysis by using multivariate covariance method showed that both positive psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy had significant effects on increasing well-being but the efficiency of positive psychotherapy in increasing well-being was more significant compared to cognitive behavioral therapy. Also, in the analysis the two methods of psychotherapies on depression, there has been a significant difference between the control and the experiment groups. While the two therapetical approaches were equally effective in reducing depression. Conclusion: Due to emphasis on the different psychological aspects and some common treating features, the two therapetical models of positive psychotherapy and cognitive behavior therapy were equally effective in reducing depression. But positive psychotherapy is more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in increasing psychological well-being. So, as one of the clinical interventions, positive psychotherapy can be used by experts and school counselors.
Mis Farzaneh Hosseini, Dr Mahmood Najafi, Dr Mohamad Ali Mohamadi Far,
Volume 18, Issue 72 (3-2020)
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the five major traits of personality and symptoms of depression in students, with mediating role of self-esteem and self-efficacy. Methods: The research method was descriptive of correlational type. In order to select the sample, 400 students studying at Gonbadkavus Azad and State Universities were selected through cluster random sampling. The instruments used in this study included depression scales, five personality factors, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. Pearson correlation test and path analysis methods were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicated that neuroticism as the strongest predictor of depression had a significant positive effect on it. While extraversion, agreeableness, self-esteem, and self-efficacy had a significant negative effect on depression. Also, the results of path analysis indicate that self-esteem and self-efficacy variables, simultaneously play a mediating role in predicting depression based on personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). Conclusion: According to the results of the research and the mediating role of self-esteem and self-efficacy in relation to personality traits and depression, planning to promote self-esteem and self-efficacy can play an important role in reducing depression by enhancing extroversion and agreeableness and reducing psychological distress.
Seyyedeh Masoumeh Seyyedi Andi, Mahmoud Najafi, Isaac Rahimian Boogar,
Volume 20, Issue 79 (10-2021)
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Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of child-centered play therapy and (CPRT) on the affective styles in children suffering from separation anxiety disorder
. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and control groups. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female students with separation anxiety in the fifth and sixth grades of primary schools in city of Babol, of whom 45 of these students were selected via random sampling, and were randomly divided into three groups: experimental group-1, experimental group-2 and control group. The first experimental group received child-centered play therapy with Axline approach in sixteen 45-minute sessions, and the second experimental group were taught (CPRT) ten 2-hour sessions. The research instruments were questionnaire (form d) of the children Symptoms Inventory (Sprafkin, Lani & Gadow, 1994) and the
Affective Style Questionnaire (Hofmann & Kashdan, 2010) . Covariance was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results showed that both interventions play an effective role in improving the affective styles in children with separation anxiety disorder. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of (CPRT) and child-centered play therapy and the (CPRT) was more effective in improving the affective styles there (p< 0/05).
Conclusions: CPRT training can be considered as a more suitable alternative in improving the affective styles as well as in improving the psycho-cognitive symptoms of children with separation anxiety disorder.
Niloofar Beheshti, Mahmoud Najafi,
Volume 21, Issue 83 (10-2022)
Abstract
Objective: The aim was to compare cognitive strategies for emotion regulation, impulsivity and suicidal ideation in patients with obsessive-compulsive, bipolar disorder and normal individuals. Method: was descriptive-causal-comparative. The statistical population was divided into two parts: people who had a psychiatric record in Semnan in 1400 and were diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorder, and normal people in Semnan who based on self-reported He didn’t have a psychiatric record and was screened for symptoms of mental disorders using a checklist. 50 patients with obsessive-compulsive and 50 patients with bipolar were selected by psychiatrist after evaluation by a psychiatrist and 50 normal individuals were selected by available sampling method after controlling the list of symptoms of mental disorders to control the absence of mental disorder. Granfsky Emotion Cognitive Regulation Questionnaire, Barthes Impulsivity and Beck Suicidal Thought were administered. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results: Cognitive regulation of emotion, impulsivity and suicidal ideation are significantly different in the three groups(p<0.05). Conclusion: holding educational workshops to minimize the damage caused by failure in emotion regulation, impulsivity and suicidal thoughts in obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorder sufferers, designing support programs such as training impulse management skills, using adaptive emotion regulation strategies, planning skills and Decision-making in the general population as well as obsessive-compulsive and bipolar patients, as well as the appropriate treatment plan to prevent the exacerbation or recurrence of patients' symptoms can be effective.
