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Ziba Emamdoost, Saeed Teymouri, Gholamreza Khoynejad, Alireza Rajaei,
Volume 19, Issue 89 (7-2020)
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Background: Numerous studies have compared the efficacy of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness awareness and reality therapy and cognitive emotion regulation. . But there is research about comparing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and reality therapy on cognitive emotion regulation in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of cognitive therapy and reality therapy on emotion regulation in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and a one-month follow-up period using two experimental and one control group design. Mothers of children with autism spectrum in Mashhad were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into three groups of 12 each. Subjects responded to Garnefsky et al.'s (2001) Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire before and after the intervention and one month after the follow-up. One group underwent mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Mohammadkhani & Khanipour, 1396) and the other group underwent reality therapy (Wobolding, 2013) for ten 90-minute sessions weekly with no intervention during this period. The control group did not last long. Multivariate analysis of covariance and Scheffe post hoc tests were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the effect of the two treatments on the variable scores of cognitive emotion regulation (P≤ 0/05) and cognitive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy had more effect on mothers' cognitive emotion regulation compared to reality therapy. Conclusions: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be used to improve cognitive emotion regulation in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Seyed Hossein Seid, Alireza Rajaei, Mahmod Borjali,
Volume 19, Issue 95 (10-2020)
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Background: Due to the chronic and long duration of multiple sclerosis and the importance of depression and identity crisis in these patients, the need to pay attention to the use of group behavioral activation therapy in these patients has been neglected. Aims: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group behavioral activation therapy on depression and identity crisis in patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental with a pretest and posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all female patients with inflammatory bowel disease who were members of the inflammatory bowel disease association of Karaj in the period from May to December 2020. By purposive sampling method, 30 inflammatory bowel patients were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into two groups (15 people in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group) were replaced. Data collection tools included Beck et al. Depression Questionnaire (Second Edition (1996)) and Rajai et al.'s Identity Crisis Questionnaire (2008). The experimental group was treated with group behavioral activation in 8 sessions of 60 minutes, but the control group did not receive any intervention. For statistical analysis of data, mean, standard deviation and multivariate analysis of covariance were used with SPSS software version 24 at a significance level of α= 0/05. Results: The results showed that in the post-test, after adjusting the post-test scores on the pre-test scores, the mean scores of depression and identity crisis in the experimental group significantly decreased compared to the control group (p< 0/001). Conclusions: Based on the results of the study, group behavioral activation therapy should be used as a complementary therapy along with other treatment methods to improve the psychological status of multiple sclerosis patients.
Fatemeh Akbari Gelvardi, Saeed Teimory, Alireza Rajaei,
Volume 21, Issue 116 (11-2022)
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Background: Disease perception is an organized cognitive representation that thalassemia patients have of their illness and its effects. Research has shown that mindfulness-based stress reduction programs are effective on self-management and reducing patient anxiety, but the application of this treatment on disease perception in the target population is a research gap.
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) on disease perception in thalassemia patients.
Methods: The research method is quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all patients with thalassemia in Behshahr who were members of the Thalassemia Association in 1400 (approximately 90 people). Fourty thalassemia patients selected by purposive sampling as a research sample and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (20 patients in each group). First, both groups answered the Bradbent et al.'s (2006) Perception of Disease Questionnaire (pre-test). The experimental group then underwent mindfulness-based stress reduction program of Kabat Zinn (2009) for 8 sessions and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that in the post-test stage, the score of disease perception components in the outcomes, duration, nature, concern, emotional responses and cause of the disease, the subjects in the experimental group compared to the control group decreased significantly (P<0.05). In the components Personal control, treatment control and disease cognition increased according to the mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) for thalassemia patients reduces their anxiety, and leads to their greater efforts to control their disease status.
Rashin Rajaei, Mahdi Zare Bahramabadi, Mohamadreza Abedi,
Volume 21, Issue 120 (12-2022)
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Background: During adolescence, due to the lack of stability in the mental state of adolescents, they mainly face many problems that can lead to the emergence of emotional/behavioral problems in them.
Aims: In the present study, the comparison of the effects of Mode Deactivation therapy(MDT) and emotion regulation therapy (ERT) on the reduction of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescent girls.
Methods: The current research is a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test with a control group. Among the teenagers visiting the clinics of Isfahan city, 30 people were diagnosed with behavioral/emotional problems through interviews, and they had the conditions to enter the research, they were selected and placed in three groups (10 people) MDT, ERT, and control, the subjects in the intervention groups received 8 sessions of 90 minutes for 8 weeks, and the individuals in the control group were placed on a waiting list and did not receive any intervention during this period. Before and after the intervention, all participants answered the adolescent Behavior Inventory Questionnaire (Achenbach & Rescular, 2002). Data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The findings showed that ERT intervention had significant differences in the variables of internalization syndrome, anxiety/depression components, withdrawal, and externalization syndrome compared to MDT and control groups (P<0.05). The MDT intervention group also had a significant difference in the subscales of physical complaints compared to the control group and ERT(P<0.05), but both intervention groups in the subscales of aggression and lawlessness were significantly different from the control group(P<0.05) but are not significantly different from each other(P>0.05)
Conclusion: The results showed that ERT intervention is more effective than MDT in reducing the emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents due to the provision of objective and tangible training.
Rashin Rajaei, Mahdi Zare Bahramabadi, Mohamadreza Abedi,
Volume 22, Issue 124 (7-2023)
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Background: Adolescents mainly have problems coping with the changes of adolescence, and in the meantime, most of them suffer from emotional dysregulation.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effect of mode deactivation therapy and emotion regulation on reducing the problems of disordered emotion seeking among adolescent girls.
Methods: The method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with the control group, among the adolescents who visited Bahroyan, Rayin, and Golestan clinics in Isfahan city, 30 of them who, using the Emotional Regulation Difficulty Questionnaire (Gertz and Romer, 2004) and clinical interview were diagnosed with emotional dysregulation and met the conditions to enter the research, they were selected and placed in three groups (10people) mode deactivation therapy, emotion regulation and control. They received 8 weeks and the people of the control group were placed on the waiting list and did not receive any intervention during this period. The people present in the research answered the above questionnaire again at the end. After that, the data was analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis.
Results: The findings showed that both emotion regulation and mode deactivation interventions were effective on the emotional dysregulation of adolescent girls, but the effect of emotion regulation therapy on reducing emotional dysregulation was greater than mode deactivation therapy (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the research show that emotion regulation therapy was probably more effective than mode deactivation thrapy due to its educational content and concreteness.
Alireza Lotfi, Alireza Rajaei, Mahdi Nayyeri,
Volume 23, Issue 144 (12-2024)
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Background: Post-COVID-19 neurological sequelae may have a long-term negative impact on cognitive functions and quality of life in recovered patients. Cognitive stimulation based on computer tasks combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a promising approach to address cognitive impairments and consequently improve the quality of life in these individuals. However, research literature on the effectiveness of this combined method has gaps that require further investigation.
Aims: This study aimed to compare the impact of cognitive stimulation based on computer tasks with and without transcranial direct current stimulation on the health-related quality of life in recovered COVID-19 patients.
Methods: This research was conducted in the form of a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a one-month follow-up. The sample size of the study consisted of 45 patients recovered from covid-19 in Mashhad city, who were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into 3 groups of 15 including computerized cognitive stimulation group, computerized cognitive stimulation combined with single-site anodal electrical stimulation (tDCS) and computerized cognitive stimulation with artificial electrical stimulation (Sham). Participants completed the Weir and Sherburne (1992) SF-36 Health-Based Quality of Life Short Form before and after the intervention. Analysis of variance with repeated measurements and SPSS 24 software were used for data analysis.
Results: Both methods of cognitive stimulation based on computer tasks alone and in combination with (tDCS) increased the average scores of the quality of life and its subscales in those who recovered from the acute stage of covid-19 (p=0.05)and this increase was stable in the one-month follow-up phase. In addition, there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of the two treatments in improving the quality of life.
Conclusion:Computerized cognitive stimulation alone and together with transcranial brain stimulation can lead to improvement of health-related quality of life in those who have recovered from covid-19 disease. This enables us to enhance and update current rehabilitation programs to meet patient needs.