Journal of Counseling Research

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Besharat, M. A - Salehi, M - Rostamian, A - Ghorbani, N The aim of this study was to design and test the effectiveness of a couples oriented emotional-cognitive-behavioral intervention model and patient-oriented cognitive-behavioral intervention model of sexual problems in women with rheumatoid arthritis. The research used a quasi-experimental design with pretest, and post-test, and a 3 month of follow-up. The research samples consisted of 90 women with rheumatoid arthritis recruited from Imam Khomeini hospital’s rheumatology corridor as well as 2 rheumatology medical offices in northern and central Tehran. They were divided to three groups, including the first experimental group (intervention based on the couples-oriented emotional-cognitive-behavioral model), the second experimental group (intervention based on the patient-oriented cognitive-behavioral model), and the control group. The measuring instrument used was Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS-F) which was filled by participants at the pre-test, post-test, and 3-month follow-up stages. The inflammatory marker (CRP) levels also were measured through blood tests before and after interventions. The result of repeated measures analysis showed that both models can be effective, but in comparison with the patient–oriented intervention, the couple–oriented intervention seemed to have a more significant positive impact on the reduction of sexual symptoms. However, there was still no difference in the level of the inflammatory marker (CRP) in pre and post tests of the 3 groups. According to the findings, it can be concluded that the couples-oriented emotional-cognitive-behavioral intervention can be used as an effective intervention to reduce sexual problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis even though it does not seem to have any impact on the inflammatory marker (CRP).

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 Aim: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and quality of life and adaptability at home of employees (fixed and rotating shifts) ShirazHospitals .

Materials & Methods: The purpose of the research, was application and the method was correlation. The population consisted of all staff in Dena, madar and khodadoust hospital in 1393 to 750 cases were identified, of which 120 were selected by simple random sampling. Data collected through 3 questionnaire: Job Satisfaction (JDI, 1951), quality of life (SF36, 1992) and compatibility Bell (1961). To analyze the data, Pearson correlation and regression simultaneously, and multivariate analysis of variance was used.

Findings: The results showed that job satisfaction, quality of life and adaptability at home of employee have a direct and positive relations. As well as the adaptability at home and quality of life, there is a direct relationship. Between job satisfaction and quality of life and adaptability in the home in fixed and rotating shifts employee, significant differences were found.

Conclusion: Enhanced quality of life and job satisfaction for hospitals personnel, because of dealing with the humanitarian issues have a special importance. Teaching Skills to cope with stress to adapt to the workplace and home can be useful.

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Abstract Background:This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) on communication beliefs and marital satisfaction of the incompatible women referred to the counseling center of the Hakim Sabzevari University. Method: This study is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest With unequal control group. the population in this study contains all incompatible women referred to the counseling center of the Hakim Sabzevari University in the year 93. The sample consisted of 30 women that are incompatible is purposefully selected and divided into two groups, experimental (15 Person) and control (15 Person) were assigned randomly. Members of the experimental group for 8 sessions of 90-minute group therapy were based on acceptance and commitment. for data collection from Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire (47 questions) and Epstein and Eidelson (1981). communication beliefs (RBI) was used. research data with multivariate analysis of variance were analyzed by SPSS19 software. Results: The results showed that group therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) is effecte on communication beliefs and marital satisfaction of the incompatible women and incompatible women in the experimental group compared to the control group in post-test communication beliefs (F= 213/12, P< 0/001) and marital satisfaction (F= 71/19, P< 0/001) showed a significant increase. Conclusion: So, group therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) is effecte on communication beliefs and marital satisfaction of the incompatible women.

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Today, due to complex and rapid changes in various aspects of personal, social and cultural life of students on the one hand, in terms of age and academic  with the needs and specific problems and on the other hand with different challenges and face numerous decisions and counselors can be trained as experts in the field helper services to students in these matters and his colleagues (teachers and educators) to facilitate and improve the education process, help. Therefore, study and rethinking what is planned and what has been done in a dynamic and flourishing of professional this field will be facilitator and helpful.

This study is an overview of the research is to study the evolution of guidance and counseling system in education. After more than two decades of continuous counseling services in schools, there is some overlap challenges and tasks at school level, reviewing and defining new strategies in the manner and to provide counseling  services in the vital necessity for qualitative and quantitative.

In the study evolution of guidance and counseling in Iran, Six distinct periods, each of which represents a particular ups and downs is understandable and verifiable. This period include: Ideation and preliminary planning; incomplete implementation of the program; recession and cessation; Planning of infrastructural, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction counseling program; period of development and maturity of work; and Period of stagnation and erosion counselors. Can conclude that despite the necessity and effectiveness of of guidance and counseling program has been faced with numerous challenges. to expected besed-health  and its effectiveness was organized much earlier, which demands attention, support  and scientific planning and in education of  human resources and is in the field of administration.

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Aim: The present study aimed to qualitatively evaluate the personality characteristics of young women who had used Rhinoplasty, which is a plastic surgery done on the nose. Method: The statistical population for this research included all female social sciences students at Razi University who were enrolled in 2015. For this purpose, 30 students who had undergone this surgery (treatment group) and 30 who had not received it (control group) were selected as purposeful sampling (total of 60). For collecting relevant data, semi-structured interviews were utilized and data was analyzed through phenomenological approach. Results: Following the interviews, content analysis, and coding process, five main indicators were extracted: Self-esteem, social interaction, aggression, body image, and differentiation. The results showed that self-esteem and differentiation in both groups were at an acceptable level and did not have much difference, while social interaction and satisfaction with body image in subjects in the control group was significantly higher in the treatment group than the control group. The results also indicated that levels of aggression seemed to be higher in women who had done rhinoplasty compared with those who had not undergone this type of surgery. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be recommended that increasing social interaction skills of applicants for rhinoplasty, and improving their body-image, can likely help in preventing performance of unnecessary surgeries.

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Complicated grief treatment (CGT) is a new psychotherapy for complicated grief disorder combining strategies from interpersonal therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, self- compassion training and motivational interviewing. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectivness of complicated grief treatment on complicated grief symptoms in patients with complicated grief disorder (CGD). This research was administrated in a multiple baseline single subject design framework. Four patients (female, ages 20-42) with CGD were selected through available sampling. To collect data inventory of Prigerson and Jacobs (ICG-R) was administered during baseline, during treatment at sessions 4, 8 and 12, and at 2-month follow-up. The visual inspection of charts and descriptive statistics index indicated significant decrease in complicated grief symptoms of participants. These preliminary findings provided support for the role of CGT in reducing complicated grief symptoms in Patients with CGD.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate  the effectiveness of life skills teaching on self-efficacy and increase of happiness on female high school students in forth districts of education in Isfahan   city . Methods: we consider semd-euperimental pretest post-test control group for this study  by using cluste stamping to student as statistical population in this way a female high school were selected at first and 100 people  were selected randomly and guestionnaiv were distributed between them and experimental group receive.life skills for ten 90-minute sessions .It was selected a lot of 40students (20female experimental group and 20 in control group) that have more problems in this area randomly.

For data collection It is used from oxford happiness questionnaire and Shirer happiness questionnaire. for analyze of data we use from covariance. finding of research shows that life skills training have a significant impact on self-efficacy and happiness of students  and increase them.   Conclusion: by life skill teaching a person will be able to achieve knowledge about his abilities and control stressful situatiions as a result he receive sence of satisfaction fram himself and his environment and feel mor happiness.

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Purpose: This article is the result of a research entitled "Mate selection based on Islamic teachings: Qualitative analysis of Kitab al-Kafi". Methods: Due to the thematic nature and the qualitative content  analysis, no conceptual model or hypothesis was not developed. Instead, based on this method, the main research question was ""How is mate selection in Islam?" Results:  In addition to selecting the key points from Islamic scripts, a unique code was assigned to each key point or theme. Then, by comparing the codes, several concepts that pointed to a common dimension of mate selection from Islamic view were recognized. The result of comparing each concept with other concepts yielded  subjects which form the triple-based foundations for mate selection from Islam's viewpoint.   These activities resulted in design of a pattern for mate selection based on three principles of selection style, selection standards, and selection process. Conclusion: Based on these three principles, in Islamic mate selection, first the requirements, philosophy, benefits, and goals of marriage should be determined. Then, the criterion for correct and accurate selection should be introduced, and in the selection process actions be taken according to the Islamic principles. Because of the  importance of customization of premarital counseling models in the country, preparing this model with the existing body of knowledge in Islamic references can be of greater use for those involved in this domain. 

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Aim: Domestic violence against women is a widespread social problem that can be found in most communities. The intensity and extent of violence against women can be influenced by different cultural and social factors such as cultural capital. The aim of this study is examined the relationship between cultural capital and domestic violence against married women in Mehriz city and provide Solutions for reducing violence against women. To achieve intended objectives of  the research, is used the Bourdieu's cultural capital theory and  Good's Resources theory. Method: This research  done using method survey and  multi-stage cluster sampling on 309  individuals from 15 to 60 years old married women of Mehriz city. Techniques used in this research is researcher made questionnaires. Finding: The Results of data analysis showed that between cultural capital of Women and its dimensions (embodied cultural capital, objectified cultural capital and institutionalized cultural capital) with Domestic violence against women were Reverse and significant relationship. Conclusion: were more the cultural capital of women, violence against women is less. 

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Purpose: The quality of sexual relationship and marital intimacy are important topics of post-marriage experience. Similarly, religiosity is commonly considered as an influential framework for life. Past research has not been able to accurately discover or illustrate the opinions of experts in the area of couples counseling about the relationship between these dimensions. Therefore, this research was conducted to examine the marriage and family experts’ points of view about the role of religiosity in sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of couples. Methods: Qualitative approach of phenomenological type was used.  For this, ten individuals who were counselors or psychologist with active working experience with couples were interviewed according to qualitative protocols. Data collected from interviews were then analyzed using features available in Microsoft Word software. Results: In the open-coding, 147 initial codes were produced, while the axial-coding based on thematic similarities yielded 24 categorical codes. One of the main questions asked of the participants was “what role can religiosity play in the quality of couple’s relationship?” Overall, according to the analysis of the responses obtained, religiosity plays a positive role in sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of couples. However, some of the participants mentioned a few points as reservations to be considered which are covered in the current article. Conclusion: Counselors’ and psychotherapists’ perceptions about role and relation between variables of religiosity, sexual satisfaction, and marital intimacy are important. Of the main findings of the present study was interviewees’ describing the prerequisite or complementary context for capitalizing on positive effects of religiosity in sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy. situation was that the interviewees as it is a prerequisite for receiving a positive impact or supplement and religiosity on the significant sex and marital intimacy.

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Premarital Prepare counseling on marital satisfaction of Couples in Engagement Period. The research was quasi-experimental using control group, pre- and post test and follow-up design. Statistical sample was 30 couples in Engagement Period were selected by purposive sampling among couples settled in Yazd (spring 1396), and were randomly assigned into two controls and experimental groups .then the experimental group participated in 7 sessions for Premarital Prepare counseling. Both groups completed marital satisfaction questionnaire (ENRICH) in pre and posttest and follow-up. At the end, the results between 2 groups were compared through mixed analysis of variance .The results showed a significant increase in the mean of marital satisfaction in posttest in the experimental group (p<0.05) .The findings of this research, confirmed the effectiveness OF Premarital Prepare counseling on marital satisfaction of Couples in Engagement Period and it could be effective for determining counseling and educational planning for such couples.

 

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Purpose: The present research aimed to study the effect of cognitive analytic therapy on the self-efficacy and interpersonal problems of women with dependent personality disorder. Methods: The present research was a quasi-experimental study with the pretest-posttest design. Subjects of the experimental group consisted of all women in Tehran aged 19 to 40 years of age who had referred to Azad University counseling centers (Roodehen branch), Tonekaboni counseling center, and researcher’s counseling office. They were selected after being recognized as having dependent personality disorder through Millon Personality Test. They were administered with ten cognitive-analytic therapy sessions, while those in the control group did not received the treatment. All subjects filled out the Sherer (1982) General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Barkham (1996) Inventory of Interpersonal Problems before and one month after the intervention. Findings: The results showed that cognitive-analytic therapy was significantly effective in increasing the self-efficacy and reducing the interpersonal problems of subjects in the test group (P<0.0001). The study findings indicated the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy in increasing the self-efficacy and reducing the interpersonal problems of women with dependent personality disorder. Conclusions: This approach can be used by mental health professionals for improving the symptoms of this disorder among Iranian women.

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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of determining the position of questioning, skills, and techniques in counseling of clients with depression using a process-focused conversation analysis method. Methods: The research method was of qualitative type, with single-subject design. Two persons with depression referring to Sepand Counseling Center in Ardabil were selected using convenient sampling method and were treated with counseling and psychotherapy using the meta-theory method. The events of each session were written completely and then, therapist's reactions for each client after labeling was entered in the form of the change equation based on the regression analysis model. Findings: The results showed that it is easy to extract the change equation in terms of questions, skills, and techniques from the psychotherapy process and objectify the change equation using the symbolic system. On the other hand, the level of contribution to variance for each of the effective components dependent on the therapist's responses was determined. Conclusions: based on the formulation of the change equation, the supervision of the psychotherapy would be simplified; a wide range of counseling and psychotherapy events can be found, such as the cognitive complexity of the clients and the extent of the therapist's or client's activity.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy based on choice theory on psychological capital of orphan adolescent girls. The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of this study included all adolescent girls aged 13-19 living in Mashhad welfare center. The statistical sample included 24 people who had a low score on the Luthans Psychological Capital Questionnaire and were randomly assigned to both experimental and control groups. Then, the choice theory was performed in 8 steps for the experimental group. Finally, the post-test was taken from both the experimental and control groups. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings show that the reality therapy based on choice theory has been effective on increasing the psychological capital in the experimental group. Implementing reality-based therapy has increased the components of hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience. According to the findings of this research, this approach can be used in orphan adolescent residential and juvenile correctional centers.

 

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Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the effect of integrating positive thinking and resiliency training on body image concerns and social self-efficacy in adolescent boys. Methods: This research was an experimental study with a quasi-experimental design that included a pretest/posttest with a control group. The population included all 10^th grade male students in Tehran’s 16^th district. One of the high schools in that area was selected through convenient sampling method. From the entire 10^th grade students in that high school, 30 were selected based on the highest scores obtained in the Littleton and colleagues (2005) BICI questionnaire and were randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. Then, both groups responded to the Smith and Betz (2000) social self-efficacy scale. Eight approximately 75-minute training sessions of integrating positive thinking and resiliency were conducted for the experimental group, while the control group did not receive any training during this period. At the end of the course of experiment, post-test was performed and the data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and covariance analysis. Findings: The findings showed that training had a significant effect on reducing body image concern and increasing social self-efficacy of adolescents. Conclusions: It can be concluded that integrated training of positive thinking and resiliency can be a suitable method for reducing body image concern and increasing social self-efficacy in adolescents.

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Aim: Family representation in the media expresses dominant discourses about its structure and patterns, and the media can create, confirm, or modify these discourses. This article looks at how family rules, structures, and patterns have evolved over the past few decades, and how cinema has played a role in this transformation and discourse, and in what ways, tools, as well as the changes in the family's current and cultural structure are coded for. Methods: Because we deal with animated images, music and words as media texts, we use a qualitative approach with semiotic approach to examine visual cues in selected cinematic films. Purpose: The purpose of this comparative study was to compare the two decades of Iranian cinema in the 70s and 90s with a focus on Leila (Dariush Mehrjui, 1996) and Ice Age (Mostafa Kiaei, 2014). Social and ideological cinematic films in the course of the last two decades from 1970 to 1996 shown that the context of fundamental changes in the family structure and its constituent components such as rules, boundaries, roles and patterns of communication has been identified. Conclusion: The findings confirm that changes from technical to social and ideological codes have made serious changes, and these factors have caused the family structure to collapse.
 

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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of career adaptability counseling  on academic engagement  and performance. Methods: The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow up design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all first-grade male students in Isfahan middle schools in the 2017-18 academic year. Fifty students were randomly selected and allocated randomly into two experimental (n=25) and control (n=25) groups. Pre-test was performed for both groups. The experimental group received seven 75-minute career adaptability counseling sessions using Savikas’s career counseling method (Hartong & Vess, 2016). The post-test was administered at the end of counseling sessions. Then the follow-up test was performed for both groups after one month. Academic engagement questionnaire (Arshambolt, et al., 2009) was used to measure the academic engagement. Also, the mean grades on final exam during the first semester  and on the midterm exam in the second semester were considered as post-test evaluation. Similarly, second semester final exam grades were used as follow up of students' academic performance. The results of variance analysis with repeated measurement indicated that career adaptability counseling  had an impact on academic engagement and performance. Furthermore, paired comparison test in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up showed that the mean scores increased in the post-test (p <0.01) and remained stable into the follow-up. The results of the present study indicate that career adaptability counseling is an effective method for increasing the impact of academic engagement and performance.

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Aim: This research investigates the effectiveness of mindful parenting training on mental health and parenting competence for mothers of children with special needs. Methods: This quasi-experimental research was performed using pretest/post-test and control group and statistical population included all of the mothers of children with special needs in Dezful who were studying at exceptional schools during the years 2016-2017. A total of 49 mothers were selected through convenience sampling method and  put into two experimental (25) and control (24) groups. control group. The pretest was implemented for both groups. The experimental group had nine 90-minute educational classes about mindful parenting. Following the educational classes,  the post-test was implemented. The surveys used in this research included Symptoms Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC). Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Findings: The results indicated the effectiveness of mindful parenting training on mental health and parenting competence on mothers of children with special needs (p < 0.05). Conclusion: This method is effective and useful to improve the mental health of families with children with special needs.