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The mediating role of school anxiety and emotional control in the relationship between basic psychological needs and the tendency to use drug among
Ali Vatandost, Arslan Khan Mohammadi, Jamal Sadeghi, - Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh,
Volume 21, Issue 117 (12-2022)
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is associated with developmental, biological, psychological and behavioral changes. Emergence of emotional problems and inability to control emotions may make teenagers vulnerable to risky behaviors such as substance abuse. Predisposed people have a greater tendency to use drugs and with this mental occupation, there is a greater possibility that they will fall into the trap of addiction. Paying attention to adolescents' anxiety in school and psychological needs such as communication and attachment, intimacy and independence causes a sense of competence and inner self-efficacy in adolescents. But so far, the study of these variables in the tendency to use drugs has not been studied in an integrated model.
Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of school anxiety and emotional control in the relationship between basic psychological needs and the tendency to use drugs among students.
Methods: This research was structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all secondary school students of Noor city in the academic year of 1401-1400, of which 250 were selected by cluster sampling. All of them completed Zargar substance abuse questionnaires (2015), Desi and Ryan basic psychological needs (2000), Phillips school anxiety (1987) and Roger and Nashover emotional control scale (1987) in virtual form. The data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation test and structural equations.
Results: The results showed that both variables of school anxiety and emotional control had a mediating role in relation to basic psychological needs and tendency to use drugs, and all direct and indirect paths between the variables were significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that the structural model of the research had a good fit and the use and awareness of the research variables can play a decisive role in the tendency of teenagers to abuse drugs, and therefore, by improving the basic psychological needs and emotional control and reducing school anxiety, it is possible to Preventing the tendency to use drugs in teenagers.

Studying the efficacy of cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) on emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Zahra Silabkhori, Mehrnaz Azadyekta, Bita Nasrolahi,
Volume 25, Issue 161 (7-2026)
Abstract 
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive analytic therapy package on emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. 
Methods: The method of this research was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a a month and a half follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder who referred to the Exir Counseling Center and its subsidiary centers in Tehran in 2025. Among the women in the statistical population diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 36 were selected as the statistical sample of the study using Purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental and control (18 people in each group). Research data were collected through questionnaires on emotional expressiveness questionnaire (King & Emmons, 1990) and emotional control questionnaire (Roger & Najarian, 1997). For the experimental group members, the cognitive-analytic therapy package was implemented in 16, 45-minute sessions. Research data analysis was performed using the variance analysis with repeated measurement method using SPSS-25 software.
Results: The results showed that the cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) package was effective on all components of emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (P<0.05). Also, the results of the Bonferroni post hoc test indicated that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of the experimental group in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages on the components of emotional expression and emotional control, This indicates the continued effect of the cognitive-analytic therapy package on the components of both emotional expressiveness and emotional control variables (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists can use cognitive-analytic therapy and its therapeutic strategies to improve emotional expression and control in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

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