Applied Research in Consulting

Abstract Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental strength and social support with mental health in injured athletes of different sports. Methodology: A correlational research and the statistical population of the study includes injured male and female athletes of different disciplines sports in Tehran city in 2017 who have referred to Pass physiotherapy, Aftab physiotherapy and sports medicine federation physiotherapy centers of this
city. In this way, 100 people were selected by simple random sampling (lottery). General health, perceived social support, and mental strength questionnaires were used to collect information. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multiple regression and Pearson correlation coefficient) and using spss20 software. Findings:
The findings showed that there is a relationship between mental strength and social support with mental health, and mental strength and social support can predict the mental health of injured athletes (P<0.001). Conclusion: There is a relationship between mental strength and social support with mental health in injured athletes of various sports fields, and the results of the present study
can be used to develop treatment protocols to increase the mental health of these people .Keywords: mental strength, social support, mental health, injured athletes .

Abstract The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between early maladaptive schemas, attachment styles, and coping strategies with the tendency to extramarital affairs in women seeking divorce. The present study was descriptive in terms of its fundamental purpose and data collection method using correlation and regression. Data analysis in the present study was conducted using correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The population of the present study was all women seeking divorce referring to counseling centers in Ardabil, from which 214 people were selected using random sampling method and answered the research questionnaires as the sample group. To collect data, the questionnaire for the tendency to extramarital affairs by Drigotas et al. (1999), the Young Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (YSQ-SF), the Collins and Reed Adult Attachment Styles Questionnaire (RAAS), and the Lazarus and Folkman Coping Strategies Questionnaire (1984) were used. The findings showed that the three variables of early maladaptive schemas, attachment styles, and coping strategies had a significant relationship (P≤0.001) with the tendency to have extramarital affairs, and together they explained about 17 percent of the changes in the tendency to have extramarital affairs among women seeking divorce (P≤0.001). These results also showed that early maladaptive schemas explained about 16 percent (P≤0.001), attachment styles about 9 percent (P≤0.001), and coping strategies about 10 percent (P≤0.001) of the changes in the tendency to have extramarital affairs.

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of compassion-based couple therapy on marital coping in married women. Research method: The current research design was Quasi-experimental designs with a pre-test and post-test with a control group. The research population included all married women who referred to counseling centers in the 6th district of Tehran in 1402. 30 women were randomly selected, 15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group. The paired comparison questionnaire was used as an evaluation tool. Findings: The findings of the present study showed that compassion-based couple therapy intervention on couple coping (positive component and negative component) is effective in married women (P