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Volume 13, Issue 50 (7-2014)
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The purpose of the present study was the prediction of general health based on the components of self-compassion (self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness and over-identification) among students who have experienced love break up in Ahwaz universities. The present research method was correlation. The participants of the study were 190 girls who have experienced love break up over a year ago. The selection of sample population was purposive sampling. The instruments for data gathering include Goldberg General Health Questionnaire and Neff Self-Compassion Inventory. For the analysis of the data, discriminate analysis method was used. Results showed that linear combination of the variables of the study can predict general health among girls of universities of Ahwaz. With the usage of step by step method of discriminate analysis, it has been also identified that order of the most efficient variables in prediction of general health were 1- over-identification and 2- common humanity. Investigation of the variables separately showed that all variables including self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness and over-identification were significant predictive for general health among girls of Ahwaz city.
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Volume 18, Issue 70 (7-2019)
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate The effectiveness of cognitive self-compassion on general health of woman headed households (somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction, depression) of Female Headed Households headed by Imam Khomeini Relief Committee. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of study included all the Female-headed households under coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee was formed in Rasht city in the second half 2015 year, That among them by using available, 30 female were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental group (15 individuals) and control group (15 individuals). The experimental group had received 8 sessions of Cognitive Self-Compassion Program. General Health questionnaire used to data gathering. Data were analyzed by multivariable co-variance test. Finding: Findings indicated that the research hypothesis of effect of Cognitive Self-Compassion Program on Mental Health (somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction, depression) of Female-headed households had been proven and Female-headed households of experimental group in comparison with control group, in posttest had a significantly less somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction, depression. Conclusion: So, we can conclude that Cognitive Self-Compassion Program has a significant effect on Mental Health of Female-headed households.
Monireh Nasimi, Dr Forugh Jafary, Dr Shokouh Navabinejad,
Volume 19, Issue 75 (12-2020)
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Aim: The aim of this research was to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in relation between cognitive schemas of parents and happiness of children in students of first period of high school in Tehran. Methods: This research was a correlational study. In order to gather the data, three questionnaires, including Oxford Happiness Inventory (Hill and Argyle, 2002), Young Schema Questionnaire (Young, 1990) and Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003) were used. Statistical population included middle school students and their mothers in Tehran. From among this population, 384 individuals were selected through random cluster sampling. Data was analyzed through analysis of structural equations. Findings : data Obtained indicated that parents’ cognitive schemas have direct influence on children’s happiness. Among the 15 parents’ maladjustment schemas, the incompetency incompetency, mistrust, social isolation, unrelenting standards, insufficient self-control, and defectiveness had significant effect on children’s happiness. Moreover, the mediating role of self-compassion and happiness in children was significantly influenced by mistrust, social isolation, unrelenting standards, and insufficient self- control schemas. Conclusion: Parents whose life experiences have shaped maladaptive schemas in their life have negative effects on their children’s positive emotion, and decrease the happiness of their children through their wrong behaviors.
Dr Salman Zarei, Mrs Niaz Yousefi,
Volume 19, Issue 75 (12-2020)
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Aim: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the coping strategies and levels of psychological adjustment in depressed and non-depressed women experiencing intrauterine fetal death (IUFD). Methods: This was a causal-comparative study. The research population includes all the depressed and non-depressed women experiencing intra-uterine fetal death who had active case file in specialized infertility clinics of district 5 of Tehran in 2017. Thirty depressed women experiencing intra-uterine fetal death and 30 non-depressed women experiencing intra-uterine fetal death (total 60 subjects) were selected through available sampling. For gathering the data, coping inventory for stressful situations (CISS), Veit and Ware’s mental health inventory, and Beck’s depression inventory were used. The data were analysed by statistical methods of multivariate analysis of variance. Findings: Results suggested that there is a significant difference in problem-focused coping strategies and emotionally-focused coping strategies in depressed and non-depressed women (P<0.01), but no significant difference was observed in avoidance coping strategies among depressed and non-depressed women (P=0.79). Also, results indicated that psychological helplessness is significantly lower in non-depressed women compared to depressed women and non-depressed women enjoy higher psychological well-being (P<0.001). Conclusion: The present study showed that coping strategies and psychological adjustment are variables that can affect the depression of women experiencing intrauterine fetal death. Therefore, these variables should be considered in order to treat the depression of these individuals.
Dr Monireh Nasimi, Dr Fourogh Jafari, Shokooh Navabinejad,
Volume 21, Issue 83 (10-2022)
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The present research aimed at investigating the relationship between upbringing methods and children's happiness with the mediating role of parents' self-compassion among junior high school students in Tehran in the school year of 2018-2019. The study employed descriptive-correlational methodology. The population included junior high-school students with their mothers living in Tehran. 384 students along with their mothers were selected through multistage clustering method. Three questionnaires were used in this study: Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Baumrind's Parenting Style questionnaire, and Neff's Self-compassion questionnaire.
The collected data was analyzed through Path Analysis and Lisrel. The results showed that the mediating role of parenting style was not significant with respect to the relationship between self-compassion and children's happiness (p>0/05). However, the direct effects of three variables, self-compassion, dictatorial parenting, and strict parenting were found to be meaningful (p<0/05).
The direction effect of dictatorial style on happiness was negative. The direction effect of self-compassion and strict style on happiness was positive. The aforementioned variables predict 49% of the score variance in happiness.
