Showing 13 results for Narrative
Maryam Moslemi, Hakimeh Aghaei,
Volume 16, Issue 62 (9-2017)
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The studies have shown that social psychologists have used narrative methods to test the hypothesis of the dynamics of close, intimate and kindly relationships between couples in order to improve family functions and promote intimacy. The subject of the present research is the effect of group narrative therapy on couples’ intimacy. The subject of the present research is that what effect does the group narrative therapy has on couples’ intimacy. The aim of study is to investigate the effectiveness of training based on group narrative therapy on the couples’ intimacy in the form of quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest and control group has been studied. The sample consisted of 16 volunteer couples of Shahrod university students selected and random assignment (8 couples in the experimental groups and 8 couples in control group and) was done. The experimental group participated in 9 sessions of group narrative therapy, (adapted from the Michael White and David Epstein’s Treatment Program, 1990) while the control group received no intervention. The couples of two groups completed in pre-test and post-test phases the Bagarozy intimacy needs questionnaire (2001). The results of analysis of covariance showed that compared with the control group, the group narrative therapy has increased significantly all subscales of intimacy (emotional, psychological, intellectual, sexual, physical, spiritual - religious, social - recreational, aesthetic) in couples of experimental group (p<0.01). In other words, narrative group therapy improved relationship and increased intimacy in couples.
Zeinab Mohamadian, Fatemeh Bahrami Khondabi, Korosh Goudarzi, Masoud Sadeghi,
Volume 18, Issue 81 (12-2019)
Abstract
Background: research has been indicated about effectiveness of narrative therapy But does the combination of narrative therapy and imagotherapy affect attitudes to marriage? Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the combined approach of narrative therapy and imagotherapy on marital expectations in marriage volunteers. Method: The research method is semi-experimental with experimental and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of 80 girls and boys of marriage age in Boroujerd. Using a convenience sampling method from 60 men and women who were willing to participate in the research, a total of 60 person were selected for the experimental and control groups. The attitude to Marriage Scale (MAS) Brateen& Rosen (1998) was used for data collection. Each of the experimental groups received 8 sessions 11-minute of combined Imagotherapy and Couples Narrative Therapy (Shaver, Niener & Albert, Aurangz, 2018). Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the combined approach of imagotherapy and narrative therapy on attitude to marriage (pessimistic attitude to marriage, optimistic attitude to marriage and realistic attitude to marriage) had a positive effect on both post-test and follow-up (p<0/01). Conclusions: Therefore, it is possible to use a combination of narrative therapy and imagotherapy on a realistic view of marriage in marriage volunteers.
Zahra Darvish Damavandi, Fariborz Dortaj, Bahram Ali Ghanbari Hashem Abadi, Ali Delavar,
Volume 19, Issue 90 (8-2020)
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Background: Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of storytelling based on daily executive actions and the study of cognitive emotion regulation. However, research that has examined the effectiveness of storytelling based on daily executive actions on improving cognitive emotional regulation in children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder has been neglected.
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of storytelling therapy based on daily executive actions on improving cognitive emotion regulation in children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.
Method: The research was semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and control group. The statistical population included 11-9 year old children with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder with the support of Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Day Clinic in Rey in 2018. Were appointed. Research data collection tools include: Conners-Children's Parental Behavioral Problem Scale (Gwyneth, Connors and Allerich, 1973), Structured Clinical Interview (Researcher Made, 2018), Children's Cognitive-Form of Cognitive Formulation Questionnaire (Garnefsky et al. (2007) and Interventions of Moradian et al.'s story therapy intervention (2014). Data were analyzed using Levine test and analysis of covariance.
Results: Storytelling based on daily executive actions on improving cognitive emotion regulation in children with attention deficit disorder / Hyperactivity had a significant effect (p< 0/01). Hbrdhay less maladaptive and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies gained more.
Conclusions: Children with ADHD who participated in story therapy sessions had fewer maladaptive strategies and more adaptive emotional cognitive regulatory strategies.
Amin Taghipour, Hossein Ghamari Kivi, Ali Sheikholslamy, Ali Rezaeisharif,
Volume 21, Issue 109 (3-2022)
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Background: Nonsuicidal self injury has become a common and worrying issue among female adolescents. One of the most important factors in the occurrence of self-harming behaviors is negative emotions. Studies have examined the efficacy of limited therapies on borderline personality disorder and the efficacy of narrative-therapy on girls with nonsuicidal self injuiry has been neglected.
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of narrative therapy with emphasis on innovative moments on emotion regulation in adolescent girls with nonsuicidal self injuiry.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with experimental and control group. The statistical population of the present study was all female high school students with nonsuicidal self injury who were referred to Shahid Fahmideh Student Counseling Center in Bonab city from 2015 to 2020. In this study, the available sampling method was used to select the sample, Thirty students with a history of nonsuicidal self injury who had low emotion regulation were selected and were randomly assigned to the experimental group of 15 people and the control group of 15 people.The experimental groups were exposed to 8 sessions of narrative therapy based on the intervention program of White and Epston (1990) and the control group did not receive any intervention.The post-test was performed for groups. Due to the nature of the research, the statistical model used to test the hypotheses of the present study is multivariate analysis of variance.
Results: Narrative therapy with an emphasis on innovative moments had a significant effect on improving emotion regulation (p <0.00).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, it can be said that narrative therapy with emphasis on innovative moments is a suitable intervention method to improve emotion regulation in girls with nonsuicidal self-injury.
Akram Ahangi, Hosein Eskandari, Ahmad Borjali, Mohammad Asgari,
Volume 22, Issue 122 (4-2023)
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Background: Disturbance relationships are among the main problems of people with traits of borderline personality disorder. An unpleasant parent-child relationship leads to a lack of stability sense, differentiation, and self-other disturbance. Although self-other disturbance has been considered one of the main criteria for borderline personality disorder for a long time, it has been neglected compared to its other aspects.
Aims: The present study aimed to identify the self-other pattern in women with borderline personality disorder.
Methods: The current research was basic research with a mixed approach using qualitative and quantitative methods. The statistical population included women with traits of borderline personality disorder, in addition to psychology and psychiatry specialists in Mashhad and Tehran in 2021. 15 women with traits of borderline personality disorder were selected from Ibn Sina Hospital in Mashhad by convenience sampling using Leichsenring's borderline personality questionnaire (1999). The data was collected in the qualitative part using Leichsenring's borderline personality questionnaire and semi-structured interview, and in the quantitative part using a researcher-made questionnaire and then analyzed by content analysis and confirmatory factor analysis.
Results: The results indicated the model of self-other includes components such as “relation to parents”, “relation to the opposite sex” and “unsuccessful relationships”. Results of factor analysis also indicated “relation to parents” has the most contribution to the model.
Conclusion: Self-other disturbance in women with a borderline personality disorder is fundamental and a result of initial unstable relationships with parents. Therefore, the findings of the current study can be used in the treatment of individuals with borderline personality disorder.
Mahin Hasan Famian, Ali Khademi, Ali Shaker, Ali Zeinali, Rahim Asghari,
Volume 22, Issue 129 (12-2023)
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Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women worldwide, which has several negative consequences on the emotional, mental, and emotional states of women. Due to the psychological nature of breast cancer, psychological interventions have been the focus of some studies. It seems that it is necessary to pay more attention to psychological interventions to reduce the psychological suffering of women with breast cancer.
Aims: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of narrative therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy on pain self-efficacy and hope in refractory metastatic breast cancer patients.
Methods: The research method was applied in a semi -experimental way with a pre -test -post -test design and a one-month follow-up with a control group.. The statistical population included all female patients with refractory metastatic breast cancer referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia. 45 patients were selected using a targeted sampling method from the available type. They were randomly replaced into two experimental groups (narrative therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy) and a control group (15 people in each group). Data collection tools included Pain Self-Efficacy Scale (PSEQ), and Schneider Hope Scale (SHS). The first and second experimental groups were treated with narrative therapy by White and Epston (1990) and cognitive-behavioral intervention by Wildermut (2008) for eight sessions each. Follow-up was done after 1 month. Data were analyzed using SPSS-26 software and repeated measure analysis of variance and LSD.
Results: According to the results of the LSD test, people who experienced narrative therapy had higher scores in pain self-efficacy and hope compared to people who participated in cognitive-behavioral therapy (p<0.05). This means that narrative therapy was more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy on pain self-efficacy and hope, and in the follow-up phase, this level of meaning was permanent.
Conclusion: Both approaches of narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are practical in pain self-efficacy and hope, but narrative therapy is more effective than the other two groups in improving pain self-efficacy and hope of patients with metastatic breast cancer resistant to treatment. Therefore, the results of this study can help therapists, psychologists, and policymakers in the field of health and mental health. Hence, it is suggested to repeat this research in more groups and samples
Morteza Hendijani Fard, Zahra Arasti, Narges Imanipour, Ehsan Chitsaz,
Volume 22, Issue 132 (12-2023)
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Background: In contrast to success, failure and its aftermaths have always received less attention in entrepreneurship literature. In addition to social and psychological challenges for entrepreneurs, failure can also bring positive outcomes for them. These social and psychological processes after failure and their interaction with each other are less investigated. Moreover, previous studies have acknowledged the need for field research on entrepreneurial failure.
Aims: The present study aims to develop a model for the post-failure social and psychological processes among Iranian entrepreneurs.
Methods: The present research is an applied one in terms of purpose and a narrative one in terms of method. The statistical population is Iranian entrepreneurs who failed in 2020 and 2021 in Iran. We used a purposive sampling method to choose the samples. The sample size is determined based on theoretical saturation, and we conduct semi-structured interviews to gather data. Data is analyzed using the grounded theory method.
Results: social and psychological processes after failure include the following main categories: individual factors, institutional factors, cognitive biases, failure costs, coping strategies, social-psychological reactions, intervening factors, and positive outcomes.
Conclusion: The most important practical implication of this research for entrepreneurs is to identify coping strategies (i.e., psychological recovery strategies and ego-protective strategies) to reduce psychological costs and to identify impression management strategies (i.e., jumping ship, concealing failure, desensitization, and compensation) to reduce the social costs of failure. Its policy implication for policymakers is to foster an enterprising culture and revise the bankruptcy laws to reduce entrepreneurs' failure costs.
Afshin Banisafar, Qasem Ahi, Ahmad Mansouri, Abdolmajid Bahreynian,
Volume 23, Issue 133 (3-2024)
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Background: Considering the importance of resilience and emotional regulation as effective psychological components in cancer, psychological interventions to improve these structures is a fundamental necessity.
Aims: This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of narrative therapy on resilience and emotional regulation of people with cancer with low psychological toughness.
Methods: The research design was semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with an experimental group and a control group. The statistical population of the study included all cancer patients referred to Tehran hospitals in 2022. The sample consisted of 30 patients who were selected through purposive sampling and randomly replaced in two treatment groups and the control group. Connor and Davidson's resilience scale and Garnefski and Kraaij emotional cognitive regulation were used. The data were analyzed through Mancova and SPSS-20 software.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the narrative therapy group and the control group in the post-test stage of resilience and cognitive emotional regulation.
Conclusion: According to the findings of this research, online narrative therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy can be used as an effective method to improve resilience and emotional regulation of cancer patients, and in this context, online narrative therapy can be more efficient.
Fatemeh Rezaeishahi, Mohammad Reza Shaeiri, Mohammad Ebrahim Sarichloo,
Volume 24, Issue 149 (7-2025)
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Background: Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a trauma-focused treatment. The effectiveness of NET has been examined for some variables. Still, there is a research gap regarding its impact on resilience, quality of life, and mindfulness in individuals with prolonged grief disorder.
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Narrative Exposure Therapy on resilience, quality of life, and mindfulness in individuals with prolonged grief disorder.
Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test, including a control group. The statistical population included all adults (aged 18 to 60 years) diagnosed with prolonged grief disorder based on DSM-5-TR criteria in Qazvin City in 2022. 16 participants were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (8 participants in each group). These groups were matched based on gender. The research tools included the Structured Clinical Interview for Prolonged Grief Disorder (SCIP) (Holly et al., 2022), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003), the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (1996), and the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (Baer et al., 2006). The protocol used in this study was the Narrative Exposure Therapy session program (Schauer et al., 2011). The therapy was delivered in 5 individual sessions of 90 minutes each for the participants in the experimental group. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 and independent t-tests were applied to compare the pre-test and post-test scores.
Results: The results showed that Narrative Exposure Therapy significantly increased resilience
(t= -2.367, P= 0.033), quality of life (t= -4.608, P= 0.001), and mindfulness (t= -8.306, P= 0.001) in individuals with prolonged grief disorder.
Conclusion: It can be suggested to implement narrative exposure therapy, considering clinical considerations for improving resilience, quality of life, and mindfulness in patients
Fatemeh Rezaeishahi, Mohammad Reza Shaeiri, Mohammad Ebrahim Sarichloo,
Volume 24, Issue 154 (12-2025)
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Background: Grief disorder can significantly disrupt an individual's normal functioning. The effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy has been studied for certain disorders, but there is a research gap regarding its effectiveness for grief disorder.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of narrative exposure therapy in reducing grief symptoms and facilitating post-traumatic growth in individuals with prolonged grief disorder.
Methods: The present research was a quasi-experimental study of the pre-test – post-test type with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all adults (18 to 60 years old) diagnosed with prolonged grief disorder based on the DSM-5-TR criteria in Qazvin city in 2022. Sixteen individuals were selected as the sample using convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (8 participants in each group). that these groups were matched based on gender. The research tools included the Grief Experience Questionnaire (EGQ) (Barrett & Scott, 1989), the Structured Clinical Interview for Prolonged Grief Disorder (SCIP) (Holly et al., 2022), the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996). The protocol used in this study was the narrative exposure therapy session program (Schauer et al., 2011). The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24 and an independent t-test to compare pre-test and post-test score differences.
Results: The results indicated that narrative exposure therapy significantly reduced prolonged grief symptoms) t=9.332 , P= 0.001 ( and facilitated significant post-traumatic growth )t=-6.203 , P=0.001 (. It is worth noting that narrative exposure therapy led to a significant reduction in all subscales of prolonged grief except for stigmatization, and it facilitated all subscales of post-traumatic growth (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: It can be suggested to implement narrative exposure therapy, considering clinical considerations, in psychological centers for the treatment of individuals with prolonged grief disorder.
Banafsheh Bojnordi, Vajiheh Torkamani, Naemeh Kialashaki, Koros Karimpasandi,
Volume 24, Issue 154 (12-2025)
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Background and Objective: The lived experiences of individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from the Sacred Defense period are valuable resources for deeply understanding the psychological and social impacts of war. Methodology: within a descriptive-analytical framework, aiming to deeply understand the lived experiences of individuals with PTSD from the Sacred Defense period. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews using purposive criterion-based sampling. Inclusion criteria included having relevant experiences from the Sacred Defense period, an official PTSD diagnosis related to that time, and the willingness and ability to narrate their life experiences. The sampling process continued until theoretical saturation was achieved. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using Gérard Genette’s narratology framework. The analysis focused on the components of focalization, voice, and narrative time, with the aim of understanding how traumatic experiences were represented and meaning was constructed within the narrative structure. In addition to interviews, library research and document analysis were utilized to develop the theoretical foundations and interpret the data.Findings: The findings from the analysis of narratives obtained through in-depth interviews with individuals with PTSD, using Genette’s framework, revealed meaningful structural patterns in three domains: voice, time, and focalization. In all narratives, the homodiegetic narrator and intradiegetic level were dominant, emphasizing the authenticity of personal experience.Conclusion: The results suggest that Genette’s theory provides an effective framework for structural analysis of traumatic narratives. The use of narrative elements, particularly focalization and the management of time, in the lived experiences of individuals with PTSD demonstrates their efforts to comprehend, articulate, and assign meaning to the profound experiences of war and its aftermath. The structure of these narratives not only conveys experiential content and personal perspectives but also contributes to a deeper understanding of psychological mechanisms for coping with trauma and the role of narrative in the healing process.
Hanieh Saeedi Chovan, Hossein Ghamari Kivi, Zahra Akhavi Samarein,
Volume 24, Issue 156 (2-2026)
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Background: Career path is a modern concept that has gained serious meaning and attention since the industrial revolution. Among the variables that can have a significant impact on it are career motivation and narrative identity.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of career motivation and narrative identity on counseling students' career path choices.
Methods: The method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The study population included all counseling students at Mohaghegh Ardabili University in the academic year 1402-1403, which was 418 people. The sample size in this study was 200 people, using Available sampling, and the research tools included the Career Motivation Questionnaire (Bakhshi et al., 2004), Narrative Identity Awareness (Halford and Miller, 2017), and Career Path Management Questionnaire (Adkola, 2011). The data were analyzed using SPSS-26 and SMART-PLS software.
Results: Analysis of the results showed that the estimated path coefficient was positive (β=0.770), and with increasing career motivation scores, students' career path selection scores increased (T=352/15) and career motivation has a positive and direct relationship with career path selection. Also, considering the positivity of the estimated path coefficient (β=0.625), it can be concluded that with increasing narrative identity scores, students' career path selection scores also increase (T=17/436).
Conclusion: In general, the findings of this study showed that with an increase in academic motivation scores, students' career path selection scores will increase significantly. Considering what was brought, it can be concluded that career motivation has a positive and direct relationship with career path selection. Also, with an increase in narrative identity scores, students' career path selection scores will increase significantly. Considering what was brought, it can be concluded that narrative identity has a positive and direct relationship with career path selection.
Fatemeh Arabi, Hossein Eskandari, Ahmad Borjali,
Volume 25, Issue 157 (3-2026)
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Background: Adolescents are a vulnerable group, accounting for one-third of all new HIV infections and experiencing higher rates of sexual abuse. Evidence suggests that sexual abuse of adolescents has short- and long-term effects on their psychological functioning.
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of STAIR narrative therapy on emotion regulation and interpersonal functioning in adolescents with experience of sexual abuse.
Methods: This study was a semi-experimental, single-case A-B-A study with a multiple baseline design and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all adolescents aged 13 to 21 years in Tehran who were being cared for in centers affiliated with Shemiranat Welfare in 1403. Through purposive sampling, 3 adolescents who met the inclusion criteria were selected and 16 1-hour STAIR narrative therapy sessions were administered individually. Participants responded to questionnaires on difficulty in emotion regulation and interpersonal problems in baseline sessions, the fourth, eighth, twelfth, and sixteenth sessions of treatment, and the same follow-up session two months after the end of treatment. Data analysis was performed using visual analysis of graphs, calculating the percentage of improvement, and the percentage of non-overlapping data.
Results: The results showed that STAIR narrative therapy led to a reduction in difficulty in emotion regulation and interpersonal problems, and also improved symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, it is recommended that specialists and psychologists design and implement combined educational and therapeutic programs such as STAIR narrative therapy, which is effective in emotion regulation and interpersonal functioning in adolescents with sexual abuse experience. It is recommended that, given the acquisition and trainability of STAIR narrative therapy, these variables be taught using appropriate strategies and models for adolescents with sexual abuse experience.
