Journal of Counseling Research

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Aim: The aim of this research was to study the role of e-learning on students’ perceived interpersonal relationships with teachers. Methods: This research has been done in the framework of qualitative research method and phenomenological design. The participants were 11 high school students in Tehran and they were selected in an accessible manner and participated in a semi_ structured interview. Data were analyzed by Klaizi method. Findings: Finally, after analyzing the data, 4 main categories and 8 sub-categories were obtained. Based on the findings, the student's view on their limited communication with teachers, students confusion in new situations, the nature of the differences between distance and face-to-face education, and students’ concerns about the unpreparedness of infrastructure were obtained.  These component led to a comprehensive dimension of student's perspectives on research concerns. Conclusions: The results of this study explain the possible contexts for positive intervention in the teacher-student relationship considering the existing conditions.

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Aim: The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on distress tolerance and feeling of guilt in mothers of children with physical-motor disability. Methods: The quasi-experimental research method included pre-test and post-test, with control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all mothers of children with physical disability who had received education in special schools in city of Saqez during the Persian year of 1398. For this purpose, 24 mothers of physically disabled children were selected from the exceptional schools by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (12 in each group). The experimental group received 10 sessions of intervention and no training was given to the control group. The instruments used in this study were the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) and the Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA-2), which were completed in the pre-test and post-test phases. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Findings: The findings of this study indicated that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in pre-test and post-test in scores of distress tolerance and feeling of guilt. According to these findings, compassion-focused therapy is effective in decreasing feeling of guilt and increasing distress tolerance of mothers of children with physical disability. Conclusion: The results showed that self-compassion, through providing positive experiences, increasing adaptation to stressful situations, and expressing empathy and sympathy can increase distress tolerance in individuals and reduce the level of guilt of mothers with children with disabilities.

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The aim of the research is to compile and validate the training package for adapting to the empty nest syndrome and its effectiveness on the defeat and distress tolerance of the elderly. The present study was conducted in two stages. First, a consulting package for compatibility with the empty nest was compiled and content validity was used to validate it. Then, in this research, a single case or single subject experimental design was used to measure. The statistical population of this research was formed by the elderly people of empty nests in Tehran in 1401 and the sampling was accessible and targeted. The samples included 3 empty nest seniors who referred to nursing homes in Shahrara and Qolhak neighborhoods. Gilbert and Allen's distress tolerance and Defeat questionnaire was used to collect data. The empty nest syndrome adaptation training package was presented in 9 60-minute sessions with a 1-week interval between sessions. The results of the data analysis showed that the training package for adapting to the empty nest syndrome was effective on the sense of failure and the distress tolerance of the empty nest elderly. Considering that the training package for adapting to empty nest syndrome is a package based on the lived experiences of the elderly people of the empty nest, which is based on the locality and the experience of the Iranian elderly, it helps the elderly to be able to endure more distress and also reduce their sense of  Defeat