Background and aims: The present study aimed to determine the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on perceived stress, resilience, and the quality of life in thalassemia major patients in Lordegan during 2015-2016. Methods: This semi-experimental study used the pre-test and post-test designs with a control group and period. The samples included 40 patients with thalassemia major who referred to Lordegan Shohada hospital, were selected by the purposeful sampling technique based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight-week sessions of the acceptance and commitment-based therapy, while the control group received no intervention until the end of the study. The data were collected by the perceived stress questionnaire (Cohen et al), Researcher Conner and Davison Resilience Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (SF-26). Finally, the obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS software, repeated measure, and covariance tests Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of the perceived stress, resilience, and the quality of life (P<0.001). In addition, based on the results, 66% of the changes in the perceived stress scores, 81% of the difference in the resiliency scores, and 75% of the difference in the quality of life scores were related to the impact of therapy based on the acceptance and group commitment. Further, the results of the analysis variance of the internal group revealed that the effect of therapy based on the acceptance and commitment on the perceived stress, resilience, and the quality of life had a significant difference in pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. Conclusion: In general, the therapy based on the acceptance and commitment is found to be a useful practice in reducing the perceived stress while increasing the resilience and improving the quality of life in patients with thalassemia major.

Background: Traumatic childhood experiences, especially sexual harassment, are among the main factors causing anxiety disorders. The present study aimed to determine the effects of Emotion-focused Therapy (EFT) and Existential Group Therapy (EGT) on depression, anxiety, and stress in the victims of child sexual harassment. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test and a control group design. The research population consisted of all men and women with a history of child sexual harassment referring to the counseling and psychological service centers of Isfahan City, Iran. In total, 45 subjects were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into two experimental groups and a control group (n=15/group). The experimental groups received EFT or EGT (eight 90-minute sessions), Accordingly, the obtained results were compared with the control group immediately after the intervention and 3 months later. The required data were collected by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-42) and analyzed by repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in SPSS. Results: The current research results revealed that EGT effectively reduced depression symptoms (P<0.01); however, EFT did not significantly affect depression symptoms. Both interventions reduced anxiety symptoms in the study subjects (P<0.01). Furthermore, EFT was more effective than EGT in reducing stress symptoms (P<0.01). There was a significant difference between the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages as well as the time*group interaction in the mean scores of depression, anxiety, and stress (P<0.01). Conclusion: Based on the present study findings, psychotherapists and psychiatric nurses are recommended to apply these interventions for controlling depression, stress, and anxiety among the victims of child sexual harassment.

Background & Aims of the Study: This study aimed to investigate the fit of the model of the effect of personality traits, enjoyment, and sports commitment on sports motivation mediated by competitive anxiety of wrestlers in Mazandaran Province. Materials and Methods: We selected 405 wrestlers (312 males and 93 females) ranging in age from 16-48 years using the available method and based on the five-factor list of Neo-personality Inventory, Sports Motivation Scale Sports Commitment Questionnaire, Sports Enjoyment, and Competitive Anxiety Questionnaire. Results: The results showed that the model of the effect of personality traits, enjoyment, and sports commitment on sports motivation mediated by the sport commitment of wrestlers in Mazandaran province has a favorable fit. The results also showed that personality traits and sports enjoyment and commitment could explain competitive anxiety and sports motivation. Among the personality traits, neuroticism (0.337), extraversion (0.738), and conscientiousness (0.529) had a direct effect on wrestlers’ sports motivation. Also, sports enjoyment (2.391) and sports commitment (0.582) directly affected wrestlers’ sports motivation. The traits of openness had no significant direct effect on athletic motivation. The psychotic traits of neuroticism, extraversion and conscientiousness, sporting enjoyment, and sports commitment mediated by competitive anxiety did not significantly affect wrestlers’ sporting motivation. Conclusion: In general, it can be said that the characteristics of neuroticism, extraversion and conscientiousness, sports enjoyment, and sports commitment increase sports motivation in wrestlers.

Background-Nowadays, the relationship between Individual Identities and the mental health is as one the most important matter in developing countries. Aim-The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Individual Identity and the mental health of the students. Material and Methods-The subjects of this study were 1293 undergraduates (age: 22±4 (mean±SD)) studying in the fourth region of Islamic Azad University, Iran in the academic year of 2012-2013. They were selected through random sampling. They completed a questionnaire on mental health and the Bennion-Adams Inventory. It was a descriptive research using correlational methods. Results-The results of the study revealed that achievement identity has significantly (P<0.05) negative correlations with mental health. Also, foreclosure identity, moratorium Identity and diffusion identity had significantly (P<0.05) positive correlations with mental health. Conclusion-The regression coefficients showed that out of the four dimensions of individual identities, achievement identity (is negatively) and moratorium identity and diffusion Identity (is positively) are the best predictors for mental health.

Introduction:The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on depression and follow-up treatment of patients with systemic lupus. Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental (pre-test-post-test with control group and quarterly follow-up phase). The statistical population of this study included all patients with Lupus treated in Shiraz hospitals in 1397; Using the available sampling method from a population of 750 people, 60 women were selected and then randomly assigned to two groups of 30 people included control groups and experimental group. The experimental intervention group received treatment acceptance and commitment treatment within three months in 12 session's 90-minute, but the control group was not exposed to any activity. The questionnaires used in this study included Beck's depression questionnaire and the follow-up and treatment questionnaire. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance with repeated measurements analysis. Results:The Findings of the study showed that commitment training portfolios had a significant effect on reducing depression and follow-up, treatment of women with systemic lupus (P ≤ 0.0001). Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, it is possible to use acceptance and commitment training packages to improve depression and followup treatment of women with lupus.

Constructing and evaluating psychometric properties of neuropsychological skills questionnaire (teacher form) for preschool children.

Introduction: Neuropsychological skills are required to learn the prerequisite concepts of reading, writing and mathematics in the preschool period. Aim: The aim of this study was evaluation of normative scores of Neuropsychological Skills Teacher Form Questionnaire of preschool children. Method: The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). Thematic analysis was used for the qualitative section and the descriptive-survey method in the quantitative section. The statistical population included all preschool children of Isfahan in the academic year of 2020-2021. After obtaining permission from the Education Organization, the researcher-made neuropsychological skills questionnaire was completed online by 410 preschool teachers selected by the two-stage cluster sampling method. Data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis through principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis by SPSS-22 and AMOS-23. Results: The normative results of the participants responses to the questionnaire revealed that the raw scores ranged between 1.7 and 4, Z scores ranged between 2.24 and 1.77, t scores ranged between 27.57 and 67.89, and percentage scores were from 0.2 and 100%; furthermore, the factor loadings (p=0.476, Δx2=12.64) were equal among girls and boys. The reliability coefficients of the questionnaire estimated by Cronbach’s alpha (0.921) and split-half (0.843) were acceptable. The clinical cut-off point was 2.86, and factor loadings of all items obtained from confirmatory factor analysis were higher than 0.4 and significant (p<0.001). But the difference between the mean scores of neuropsychological skills of preschool girls and boys was not significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: The researcher-made Neuropsychological Skills Questionnaire can be used as a valid tool to assess the neuropsychological skills of preschool children.

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