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The Psychological Rehabilitation impact through Dohsa-Hou Method on Motional Performance and Peers Relationship Self-Efficacy of Children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Get PDFIntroduction: The aim of the present research was to study the psychological rehabilitation impact through Dohsa-Hou on motional performance and peer relationship self-efficacy of children suffering from ADHD at Zahedan City. Methods: The research is semi-experimental including pre-test, post-test and follow-up in two experiment and control groups. The research statistical population includes all children suffering from ADHD. 30 children 7-9 suffering from ADHD was selected through sampling. 15 children were assigned in control group and 15 children were assigned in experiment group randomly. Furthermore, another assessment was conducted through post-test and follow-up at the end. Dohsa-Hou treatment duration was 12 sessions in experiment group (3 sessions per week) and follow-up was conducted one week after the post-test. Data resulted from questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS-19 software and descriptive and inferential tests.Results: The results of analysis MANCOVA showed that psychological rehabilitation through Dohsa-Hou method has caused to increased motional performance and self-efficiency promotion of children suffering from (ADHD) in relationship with their peers (P≤0.01).Conclusion: Dohsa-Hou method is an effective treatment for promotion of their motional performance and self-efficiency in relationship with their peers. Declaration of Interest: Non
Prediction borderline personality disorders relay on negative life events
Get PDFBackground: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic condition that warrants further empirical investigation. The aim of this research was investigated prediction of BPD symptomatology relay on recent life experience. Method and Materials: Data for the current study was collected from students of Shiraz university. Sample consisted of 120 undergraduate students. The ages of the sample ranged from 18-26 with an average age of 19.55. Forty-four participants were men (36.6%) and fifty-six participants were women (46.6%). Instruments were used in this study include: Inventory of College Students’ Recent Life Experience (ICSRLE; Kohn, Lafreniere, & Gurevich, 1990) and Five-Factor Borderline Personality Inventory (FFBI; Mullins-Sweatt et al., 2012). Results: revealed non-significant effects for gender on total borderline personality scores, five subscales of FFBI and negative life events. Also these results showed negative life events predicted borderline personality traits. Conclusion: Negative life events could predict borderline personality traits
The efficacy of Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavior therapy on reducing symptoms severity of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with co-occurring anxiety and mood disorders
Get PDFAbstractBackground: The aim of this study was to elucidate efficacy of transdiagnostic cognitive behavior therapy based on Unified Protocol (UP) for reducing symptoms severity of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) with co-occurring anxiety and unipolar mood disorders.Methods: From the thirty patients who participated to treatment, twenty four participants were randomly assigned to receive either immediate or delayed treatment. All participants were assessed using both clinician-rated and self-report measures. The immediate or intervention group were received 20 sessions taking one hour TCBT intervention based on UP but delayed group did not receive any intervention. After gathering the data from two groups, the UP was implemented for delayed or control group. Three regular assessment administrated that consisted of pretest, posttest, and a month follow-up (FU). Results: The UP afforded a very strong effect on diagnostic severity, obsessive compulsive frequency of symptoms, dimensions and total functioning for principal diagnoses from pretreatment to FU. Effect size statistics for assessing treatment gains showed large effects (of 1.49 to 2.64) for heterogonous comorbid disorders that was retained on follow-up. The differences in the proportion of individual achieving responders and high end-state function (HESF) between comorbid diagnoses at post treatment and FU were not statistically significant.Conclusion: Results from this study provide additional evidence for the efficacy of the UP in the treatment of OCD with co-occurring anxiety and unipolar depressive disorders, and provide additional support for a transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of emotional disorders.
The Comparison of Tendency to Risky Behaviour, in Secure/Insecure Attachment in Parents
Get PDFIntroduction: The purpose of the present research was comparing tendency to risky behaviors in secure/insecure attachment in parents (mother/father). Methods: This research followed by a causal comparative method. The Sample were selected by an available method and was consisted of 340 single people (171 girls and 169 boys) living in Tehran, ranging between 18 and 30 years old. The data were collected via using the Young Adult's Risky Behaviors Scale (Zadeh Mohammadi et al. 2010), and Experience in Close RelationshipsRelationships Structure Questionnaire (Frailyet al. 2011). Descriptive methods of statistics such as mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics such as Manova was used as well. Results: The Results showed that those showing insecure attachment patterns towards the mother were significantly higher at risk to become cigarette smokers, drug persuasion, and alcohol drinkers compared to those with secure attachment patterns. Also those showing insecure attachment patterns towards the father were significantly higher at risk to become cigarette smokers, drug persuasion, compared to those with secure attachment patterns. Conclusion: By considering the high-risk behavior in term of attachment, this research demonstrates that secure attachment creates an internal working model that provides compatible guidelines while encountering the stressful events. Declaration of Interest: None.
7th International Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
No full textThe 7th International Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 12-14 May 2015, Tehran, Iran Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Conference Theme: Violence Prevention and Promotion of Mental Health Head of Congress: Mehdi Tehrani-Doost, M.D Scientific Secretary: Rozita Davari Ashtiani, M.D Executive Secretary: Katayoun Razjouyan, M.D Executive Manager: Fahima Farrahi The Scientific Committee: Nasrin Sarraf, Arsia Taghva, Sorur Arman, Mohammad reza Eslami, Mahin Eslami, Taghi esmaeeli, Soheila Emami, Shahrokh Amiri, Nasrin Amiri, Houshang Amirian, Mehdi Bina, Noushin Parvaresh, Ashraf Tashakori, Reza Tavakolian, Mehdi Tehrani doost, Seyed Ahmad Jalili, Behrouz Jalili, Mitra Joudi, Paria Hebrani, Nastaran Habibi, Shahram Heidari, Katayoun ,Khoushabi, Rozita Davari Ashtiani, Firouzeh Derakhshanpour, Nasrin Dodangi, Shokoufeh Radfar Katayoun Razjouyan, Forough Riahi, Ghazal Zahed, Elham Salari, Zahra Sepehrmanrsh, Atefeh Soltanifar, Hassan Shahrokhi, Arefeh Shefaat, Fereshteh Shakibaee, Mitra Hakim Shoshtari, Zahra Shahrivar, Elham Shirazi, Ali Alavi shooshtari, Mohammadali Sahebi, Afsaneh Sehat, Seyed Saeed Sadr, Mohammadreza Sadrameli, Nasrin Saraf, Parvin Safavi, Alireza Zahiroldin, Abdolahian, Fariba Arabgol, Fatemeh Asarian, Abbas Attari, Anita Alaghmand, Mohammad Effatpanah, Marzieh ,Assareh, Javad Alaghbandrad, Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Hossein Faker, Mahboobeh Firuzkuhi Mohammadreza Kazemi, Afsaneh Karbasi Amel, Arezou Kiani, Maryam Kipour, Ayub Malek, Fatemeh Mohareri, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Mehrdad Mohammadian, Maryam Mahmoudirad, Javad ,Mahmoudi Gharaee, Azadeh Mazaheri, Shirin Moalemi, Shokufeh Mousavi, Masoumeh Mousavi Parviz Molavi, Niloufar Mahdavi, Javad Golmirzaee, Mostafa Najafi, Gholamreza Noourazar, Peyman Hashemian, Hamid Yaghubi, Maryam Kousha The Executive Committee: Mehdi Tehranidoost, Katayoun Razjouyan, Zahra Shahrivar, Javad ,Golmirzaee, Javad Mahmoudi Gharaee,Fahima Farrahi, Mojgan Khademi, Firouzeh Jafari ,Mohammadreza Eslami, Mohammad Amin Sattari, Shokoufeh Saffari, Azadeh Sadat Kheradmand Nahid Borna, Anahita Rezaee, Fatemeh Gholipour, Afshin Soleimanpour, Fahima Farrahi, Maziar ,Malekpour, Gilda Rajabi ,Damavandi, Hedie Farrahi, Hamed Mazaheri, Sina Zarrini, Helia Tarighatnia Mahya Seyed Safizadeh, Samira Sadeghi Parvin, Masoumeh Fadavi, Shadi Ansari, Hengameh Hosseini, Farzad Kashefi, Amirali Fadavi, Maziar Malekpoor, Elmira Bonyadi, Ashkan Abolhala
Association between borderline personality disorder triats and premenstrual syndrome
Get PDF Introduction: The aim of this study is essay, the association between borderline ersonality disorder and premenstrual syndrome in patients with borderline personality. Method: In this case -control study, 400 students at high schools stage of Education in Tehran, randomly selected. All the students were aged between 19-15 y , did not use OCP, regular menstrual cycles and cycle lengths (between 35-21 days) . PMS questionnaire and daily documentation of PMS symptoms questionnaire was completed by students in 2 menstrual cycles. How to record the exact symptoms of subjects were learned to patients. Individuals with PMS diagnosis were observed as of the case study group. Then people with borderline personality disorder based on utility (SCIDII) Identification and prevalence rates in the two groups that were studied.Results:The population in this study was 400 high school students who were randomly selected from the girls high schools in one aerie of Tehran city (the capital of IRAN). According our result, distribution of patients with BPD and non- BPD patients according to disease severity of PMS. Based on statistical analysis, the frequency of patients with borderline personality disorder significantly relation [Sig: 0.001] was more seen in students with PMS, and also there was a significant relationship was seen between severity of PMS and borderline personality disorder [Sig: 0.001]. Discussion: Finally, according to the surveys conducted in the relevant literature, a study has specifically , borderline personality disorder among people suffering from PMS, has not been evaluated
The relationship between attentional bias, anxiety sensitivity and metacognitive beliefs in substance abuser: with an emphasis on mediating effects of emotion regulation strategies
Get PDFBackground: Several studies have shown that Attentional Bias plays a role in the beginning, persistence and relapse of Substance Abuse Disorder. Therefore, identifying the factors related to Attentional Bias in Substance Abusers is important. In so doing, the present study was aimed at examining the relationship between attentional bias, Anxiety Sensitivity and Metacognitive Beliefs in Substance Abusers with an emphasis on mediating effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies.Methods: The present study is fundamental in terms of the objective and descriptive regarding data collection which was conducted within the framework of a correlation study. The statistical universe comprised a group of soldiers in Tehran who were considered as Substance Abusers and had been referred to Addiction Treatment Centers of Baharestan County. Among the statistical universe, 120 participants were selected by non-random purposive sampling. Finally, Anxiety Sensitivity, Metacognitive Beliefs, Emotional Regulation Strategies and the Stroop test questionnaires were conducted on the sample. For sorting, processing and analysis of data and the evaluation of the research hypothesis, we used the SPSS and LISREL. To examine the relationship between variables, the Pearson correlation and path analysis were used.Results: Pearson correlation results indicated that Anxiety Sensitivity, Metacognitive Beliefs, Suppression, and Reappraisal have a significant relationship with the Attentional Bias.The results of the path analysis revealed that the direct effect of Anxiety Sensitivity and Metacognitive Beliefs on the Attentional Bias is not significant, but these structures may have an effect on the Attentional Bias only through the mediator variables (Suppression and Reappraisal).Conclusion: An individual resorts to metacognitive beliefs to get rid of the negative emotions caused by high Anxiety Sensitivitybut these emotions get intensified in this process and the individual in the long term experiences Substance Abuse through avoidance strategies such as Suppression.Therefore, whenthe personexperiences negative emotions, he will have an Attentional Bias toward liberating signs of Substance Abuse inside and outside
Studying the flourishing of Iranian students based on Seligman model and its comparison based on demographic variables
Get PDFIntroduction: The basic objective of this paper was to study the flourishing of Iranian students based on Seligman model and its comparison based on demographic variables. Methods: 400 subjects of all students enrolled in the second semester of academic year of 20142015 in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were randomly classified and studied as the sample group. Flourishing questionnaire was used to test the hypotheses. The flourishing questionnaire includes four components of positive emotions, relationships, meaning and achievement. To analyze the research data, the followings were used: percentage, mean, system dynamics (SD), multivariate analysis of variance, univariate analysis of variance and post hoc least significant difference (LSD) test. Results: Descriptive results showed that 5% of students are at wilting point; 30% have relative mental health and 65% are at flourishing state. The highest percentage of flourishing students was in the meaning component (72.5%), while the lowest percentage of them was found in the positive emotions component (59.75%). The results of MANOVA test and follow-up tests also showed that the flourishing rate of the students is not affected by father's education, mother's education, father's occupation, mother's occupation, school and residence of the students (native or non-native); however, the flourishing rate of the students in the relationships component was significantly different with regard to the gender and education of the students; This means that the female students compared to the male students, and master and PhD students compared to the undergraduate students had earned higher scores in the relationships component. Conclusion: At the end, according to the results of the present study, it is suggested to develop a unique intervention program to promote and foster flourishing of the students, while considering gender and educational differences in the relationships component. Declaration of Interest: None.
The study of relationship between Maternal Reactions to Children’s Negative Emotions and Children’s Social Skills The role of mediational Emotion Regulation
Get PDFIntroduction: Differences in emotional control and social skills appear to partially reflect differences in longstanding intrapersonal qualities, such as temperament, but parenting characteristics also have emerged as indicators of how children develop emotional and social competence.Methods: The study design was correlational. Sample was 60 children in age preschool (30 boys and 30 girls) and their mothers (60 females) selected using convenience sampling among children were registered for preschool in a private school. Instruments were used in this study include: Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES), Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF), Social Skills Rating System (SSRS). Data analyzed using simple regression and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: Data analysis showed that children’s emotion regulation skills predicted their social skill levels (F=69.98, p=0.0001) and Total maternal emotion socialization predicted children’s emotion regulation (F=98.15, p=0.0001) and children’s social skills (F=39.45, p=0.0001). Other result was children’s emotion regulation skills completely mediated relation between reactions to children’s negative emotions and children’s social skills.Conclusions: This research highlighted the important impact of emotion-related parenting behaviours and beliefs on children’s development of social and emotional competence
The role of socioeconomic welfare in the prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and glucose metabolic changes in population of Karaj, Iran
Get PDFIntroduction: Online Medicare is a method in which parts of a medical process, whether its diagnostics, monitoring or the treatment itself will be completed by using online services. At the first step the students were registered for using the system. They participated in estimating depression scale; anxiety scale and clinical interview by online medical care system. Subsequently, the lab examination tests were performed on persons specified by the system. The lab examinations include: serum level of vitamin D3&4, serum level of vitamin B125&6, fasting blood sugar7&8, HbA1c7&8, thyroid function test9&10 and CBC. All of the students were solely treated by vitamins or minerals therapy and/or treatment of medical problems (such as hypothyroidism). Methods: For detecting the role of socioeconomic welfare in the prevalence of the diseases, we implement the system in a low middle class boy’s state high school, and in an above average boy’s state high school and in an above average boy’s private high school. The prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency, hypoglycemia, impaired fasting glucose level and vitamin B12 deficiency were compared in students who lay in different socioeconomic situation. Results: Severe vitamin D deficiency is significantly higher in above average neighborhoods than low middle class neighborhoods with p value = 0.024 < 0.05. Significant difference in vitamin B12 deficiency, hypoglycemia and impaired fasting glucose were seen in deferent high schools, but it is not related to socioeconomic situation. Conclusion: In Karaj, Iran, in societies with better socioeconomic situation, we can find higher severe vitamin D deficiency, it can be due to urbanization, living in apartment, over protection, preferring indoor games to outdoor games. Declaration of Interest: None.