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Maryam Hormozi, Kiumars Farahbakhsh, Maryam Gholamzadehjofreh,
Volume 23, Issue 89 (6-2024)
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Aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the communication actions of successful marriages. Method: This study was conducted in a qualitative manner based on grounded theory. Society: The research includes successful couples based on their own admission, examining the achievements of their joint lives and implementing the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (1993), the short form of which was validated by Alidousti et al successful and satisfied were selected. In total, (10 couples) were studied in Ahvaz city in 1401 by purposeful sampling until the theoretical saturation of the data. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview using Strauss and Corbin's method of constant comparison analysis. Findings: The analysis of the findings showed that communication actions in successful marriages have four main components including, main family functions, suitable marriage formation factors; Effective communication skills and character formation in childhood. Conclusion: A successful marriage is related to the family structure of people. Therefore, experts can use the concepts extracted in this research to identify and examine the communication characteristics of successful families, which is a guide in couples therapy and pre-marital counseling.
Roghayeh Mousavi, Neda Gol-Afshan, Alireza Moradi,
Volume 24, Issue 95 (12-2025)
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Aim: The present study examined everyday memory performance in children with cancer before, during, and after chemotherapy. ▌Methods: This research employed a causal-comparative design and included 23 healthy children without illness, 12 children before treatment, 23 children undergoing treatment, and 14 children after treatment, aged 8 to 17 years. Participants were selected through convenience sampling from Mahak Hospital and schools in Tehran. Memory performance was assessed using the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (Wilson et al., 2008). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of variance). ▌Findings: The results indicated that the performance of children and adolescents with cancer in everyday memory, new learning, spatial memory, orientation, verbal memory, and prospective memory did not differ significantly across the four study groups. However, the mean visual memory score in the cancer groups during and after treatment was significantly lower than that of the healthy group and the pre-treatment group, and this difference was statistically significant (F = 2.261, p < 0.05). ▌Conclusions: Based on the findings, chemotherapy leads to a reduction in visual memory performance in children with cancer during and after treatment. On the one hand, this decline may be attributed to the effects of chemotherapy drugs on the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, resulting in memory impairment. On the other hand, memory is strongly influenced by stress and psychological difficulties associated with cancer and its intensive treatments, as well as by the lack of adequate cognitive support.
Maryam Solgi, Aynaz Arabi,
Volume 25, Issue 98 (9-2026)
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Aim: War conditions may affect young children's experiences across emotional, cognitive, and behavioral domains. Despite the importance of this issue, direct research on parents' experiences of emotional and behavioral changes in children under six years of age during wartime remains limited. The present study aimed to understand parents' lived experiences of the emotional and behavioral states of children under six years of age in the context of war-related tension and crisis and to identify the dimensions of this experience. ▌Methods: This study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenological approach. Participants were 16 parents of children under six years of age who had experienced the war-related crisis and were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step phenomenological analysis method. ▌Findings: Analysis of parents' lived experiences indicated that young children's experiences of war-related tension and crisis were multidimensional and were reflected in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral domains. The core theme was identified as “Consequences and the Process of Adaptation to War Crisis in Children.” This core theme comprised seven main themes: “the context in which the child's experience is formed,” “emotional arousal and insecurity,” “the child's efforts to seek security,” “the reflection of war in children's cognition and meaning-making,” “the reflection of war in children's behavior and play,” “the influence of parents' responses on the child's experience,” and “adaptation and return to normalcy.” Overall, one core theme, 6 main themes, and 17 subthemes were identified. ▌Conclusions: The findings indicate that young children's experience of war crisis is a multidimensional proc ess that begins with their exposure to the consequences of war and is manifested through fear and worry, sensitivity to sounds, feelings of danger and threat, increased need for parental presence, questions about war and death, changes in sleep and daily activities, and changes in play. Parents' responses and environmental conditions also appear to shape children's experiences of the crisis. As stressful conditions decrease, signs of gradually reduced fear and a return toward normal routines may emerge; however, some effects of the crisis may persist in certain children's experiences.
