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Comparison of the effectiveness of two classic cognitive-behavioral therapies (cbt) and reduction of mindfulness-based stress (mbsr) on perceived stress and anxiety sensitivity of patients with type 2 diabetes in shiraz
Nabi Fatahi, Soltanali Kazemi, Hossein Bagholi, Maryam Kouroshnia,
Volume 19, Issue 95 (10-2020)
Abstract
Background: Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction on perceived stress and anxiety sensitivity. But there is research gaps between comparing the effectiveness of two classic cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) and reducing mindfulness-based stress (MBSR) on perceived stress and anxiety sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes. Aims: Comparison of the effectiveness of two cognitive-behavioral therapies of classical behavior and treatment of mindfulness-based stress reduction on anxiety sensitivity and perceived stress in patients with type 2 diabetes in Shiraz. Method: The research was pre-test-post-test with control group. The statistical population included all type 2 diabetic patients present in Shiraz medical and hospital centers in 2018. Thirty-six diabetic patients were selected by simple random sampling and randomly assigned to three 12-person groups (two experimental groups and one contrast group). Research tools Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983), Reese and Peterson's Anxiety Sensitivity Questionnaire (1985), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy (Mouse et al., 2015) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Moloudi and Fattahi, 2011; Samadzadeh and Hamkaran, 2018). Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The two cognitive-behavioral therapies of classical behavior and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy have had a significant effect on perceived stress in the sample (P< 0/001). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy has been more effective than classical cognitive-behavioral therapy in examining students' perceived stress (P< 0/001); Anxiety has been studied in the sample (P< 0/001). There was no significant difference between the two treatments in terms of the effect on anxiety sensitivity (P< 0/001). Conclusions: Patients who participated in cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy experienced perceptual stress and experienced less anxiety sensitivity

The mediating role of risk perception and anxiety sensitivity in the structural relations of neuroticism and extravertion with the psychological and behavioral problems of corona virus
Mostafa Zarean, Mohammad Nasiri, Mahsa Seyyed Razzaghi, Kiana Azizi, Mehran Golzari Amjad, Soheila Mabud,
Volume 20, Issue 103 (10-2021)
Abstract
Background: Personality components alongside with other psychological characteristics such as risk perception, anxiety sensitivity, and metacognitive belifs are considered as the most important and effective factors to pandemic. Neuroticism and extraversion have attracted more attention of the researchers, however, the mediatory role of psychological constructs in corona pandemic have been less investigated.
Aims: The present study is aimed at investigating the mediatory role of risk perception and anxiety sensitivity in the structural relations of neuroticism and extravertion with the psychological and behavioral problems of Corona virus.
Methods: This study had a descriptive correlational design. The population of the study was all Iranian community individuals who lived in the country within he first 6-month of the 2020 year. A sample of 649 participants enrolled to the study through purposeful sampling. To collect the data, the psychological and behavioral problems of Corona virus questionnaire (authors’ designed), along with anxiety sensitivity index (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986), big five personality (Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, & Lucas, 2006), and risk perception (Benthin, Slovic, & Severson, 1993) scales were used.
Results: The evaluation of the hypothesized model using goodness-of-fit indices indicated that our proposed model fits with the measured model (CFI=0/96, NFI=0/94, and RMSEA=0/054). Statistical analyses revealed that risk perception and anxiety sensitivity could play mediating role in the structural relations of neuroticism and extravertion with the psychological and behavioral problems of Corona with standard coefficients of -0/052 and 0/161 (p < 0/05). Also, neuroticism has significant effect on the psychological and behavioral problems of Corona with the mediation of risk perception with standard coefficient of 0/100 (p < 0/05).
Conclusion: It assumed that the psychological and behavioral problems of Corona virus is effected by some psychological factors through direct and indirect ways and their inclusion in the comprehensive plans of health system is preferred

Predicting sleep quality in adolescents based on dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, neuroticism, internet addiction, and anxiety sensitivity mediated by emotion regulation strategies and mindfulness
Masoumeh Gharib Bolouk, Niloofar Mikaeili, Sajjad Basharpoor,
Volume 21, Issue 116 (11-2022)
Abstract
Background: Although numerous factors are at play at different cognitive, personality trait, emotional, and behavioral levels in sleep quality in adolescents, the wider picture is still unclear.
Aims: This study aimed to predict sleep quality in adolescents based on dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, neuroticism, Internet addiction, and anxiety sensitivity mediated by emotion regulation strategies and mindfulness.
Methods: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used in this study. The statistical population included all female and male senior high school students in Damghan, Iran in the 2020–21 academic year. Three hundred and twenty nine adolescents were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Research instruments were Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS) (Morin et al., 1993), NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Short Form (NEO-FFI-SF) (Costa and McCrae, 1989), Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (Young, 1998), Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, and McNally, 1986), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ–CA) (Gross and John, 2003), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) (Ryan and Brown, 2003), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al., 1989). The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and SEM.
Results: The findings showed that mindfulness and adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies mediated the relationship of neuroticism, anxiety sensitivity, dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep, and Internet addiction with sleep quality (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that the structural model of the research had a good fit and hence Clinical therapists specializing in adolescents’ mental health are recommended to take into consideration the role of these components.

The efficacy of the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in children on anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in children with anxiety disorders
Mahbobeh Karbalaie, Kamran Yazdanbakhsh, Asieh Moradi,
Volume 22, Issue 121 (3-2023)
Abstract
Background: One of the most common psychological problems in children and adolescents is anxiety disorders, which are associated with significant psychopathology. Various psychological factors affect anxiety. Although anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty are among the transdiagnostic components in the development of anxiety disorders and transdiagnostic treatment has been effective in these two variables, few kinds of research have been conducted in the researched community.
Aims: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in children on anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in children with anxiety disorders.
Methods: The research method was experimental with a pre-test-post-test research design and follow-up with the control group. The research population included all female students in the second year of elementary school who studied in the elementary schools of Kehrizk district (Baqer Shahr, Kehrizk, and forty-five villages of this district) in the academic year of 1401-1400. Through random sampling, 30 students from among students who met at least one of the criteria of anxiety disorders based on the scales of the youth anxiety measure for DSM5 and clinical interview were selected as a sample and randomly selected in Two experimental and control groups were assigned. Research tools included the youth anxiety measure for DSM5, the intolerance of uncertainty index A for children, and the childhood anxiety sensitivity index. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data.
Results: Data analysis showed that the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment was effective in anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in children with anxiety disorders (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the integrated protocol of transdiagnostic treatment for children's emotional disorders leads to the improvement of anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in children with anxiety disorders. It is also suggested to study this protocol in other groups with a larger volume.

Investigating the efficacy of paradoxical time table therapy on anxiety sensitivity and focused–attention in people with social anxiety disorder
Vajihe Babaie, Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini, Mohammad Bagher Hobbi,
Volume 22, Issue 125 (8-2023)
Abstract
 Background: Anxiety sensitivity and focused – attention are important components in creating and maintaining social anxiety disorder, and a defect in each of them can play a role as a potential risk factor in this disorder. Some studies have shown that paradoxical time table therapy can lead to a reduction in worry and social anxiety symptoms. In Iran, there is a research gap regarding the efficacy of this treatment method on anxiety sensitivity and focus of attention in people with social anxiety disorder.
Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the efficacy of paradoxical time table therapy on anxiety sensitivity and focused–attention in people with social anxiety disorder.
Methods: The current research design was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a one-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included all people who referred to counseling centers and psychotherapy clinics in Tehran in the fall and winter of 2022. The statistical sample included 30 people with social anxiety disorder who were selected as available samples and were divided into two groups of 15 people (experimental group and control group). Focous of Attention Questionnaire (Woody et al., 1997) and revised anxiety sensitivity index (Taylor & Cox 1998) were used to collect data. Also, the treatment of the paradoxical time table therapy (Besharat, 2017) was implemented in six sessionsof 45 minutes on the experimental group. In addition to descriptive statistics, data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis, variance analysis with repeated measures, Bonferroni post hoc and SPSS25 software.
Results: The results of the research showed that the treatment of paradox time program on all components of anxiety sensitivity (fear of respiratory symptoms, Fear of anxiety reactions, fear of cardiovascular symptoms, cognitive dyscontrol and the total score) and focused – attention (self-focused attentio and attention to the outside) had a significant effect (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the current research, it seems that the paradoxical time table therapy can be used by psychologists and psychiatrists as an efficient treatment to reduce the symptoms of social anxiety disorder, especially anxiety sensitivity and focused–attention.

Comparing the efficacy of relaxation training and emotional awareness and expression training on anxiety sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Marzieh Sabaei, Fatemeh Mohammadi Shirmahaleh, Marzieh Gholamitouranposhti, Shahram Agah, Arezo Tarimoradi,
Volume 23, Issue 137 (7-2024)
Abstract

Background: Studies have shown that psychological factors, including anxiety, have a significant effect on the development and exacerbation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Among the new methods of reducing anxiety, we can mention Relaxation Training (RT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Training (EAET), So far, their effectiveness in reducing Anxiety Sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome has not been compared in Iran.
Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the efficacy of relaxation training and awareness and emotional expression training on anxiety sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Methods: The current research design was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all patients with irritable bowel syndrome who referred to the gastroenterology Subspecialty offices in northwest Tehran from 2021 to July 2022, who were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome by the doctor based on ROOM III diagnostic criteria. Using the purposeful sampling method (based on the entry criteria), 60 patients with irritable bowel syndrome were selected, And then they were randomly divided into three groups of 20 people (two experimental groups and one control group). The tool used in this research was the anexiety sensitivity index- revised (Taylor & Cox, 1998). Also, for the first experimental group, relaxation training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes based on the relaxation training protocol of Blanchard et al. (1993), For the second experimental group, awareness and emotional expression training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes based on the protocol of Lumley et al. (2017) it was held virtually. In order to analyze the research data, the Analysis of variance with repeated measures and SPSS-26 software was used.
Results: The findings showed that the total score of anxiety sensitivity and its components decreased significantly in the relaxation training group (P= 0.001). Also, the total score of anxiety sensitivity and its components decreased significantly in the emotional awareness and expression training group (P= 0.001), But the difference between the effect of the two educational methods was not significant on the other components of anxiety sensitivity, except in the component of Fear of cognitive dyscontrol (P= 0.031). Emotional awareness and expression training was a more effective method to reduce the Fear of cognitive dyscontrol compared to relaxation training.
Conclusion: Regarding the effectiveness of relaxation training and emotional awareness and expression training on the anxiety sensitivity of people with irritable bowel syndrome, It is suggested that health psychologists in medical centers and psychological clinics use these treatment methods to reduce the level of anxiety, especially anxiety sensitivity and its components in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and similar patients.


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