Applied Research in Consulting

Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on self-disabling in obese adolescent girls. This study was applied in terms of purpose and quasi-experimental in terms of method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all obese adolescent girls aged 13 to 16 years old in the first secondary schools of Tehran in the academic year 2024-2025. After initial mental health screening with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), 30 eligible individuals were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). The experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of acceptance and commitment group therapy, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The research instruments included the Jones and Rodewalt (1982) Self-Disabling Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27. At the descriptive level, mean and standard deviation indices were calculated, and at the inferential level, univariate analysis of covariance and univariate follow-up tests were used. The results showed that the experimental group showed a significant decrease in self-handicapping compared to the control group (F = 24.81, p < 0.001, η² = 0.50). Accordingly, it can be concluded that acceptance and commitment group therapy is effective in reducing negative cognitive processes, including self-handicapping, in obese adolescents and can be used as an efficient intervention to improve the mental health of this group.

Abstract The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of premarital education based on the Interpersonal Awareness and Choice (PICK) Program on fear of marriage in students. The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and control group. The statistical population included single students of Al-Mahdi Mehr Institute of Higher Education in Isfahan in the academic year 2023-2024, from whom 30 people were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 people each). The Premarital Fears Questionnaire by Samiei et al. (2013) was used to collect data. The experimental group underwent group training in the interpersonal awareness and choice program based on the One-Up model (2007) for 9 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and SPSS-24 software. The results showed that the aforementioned training significantly reduced students' fear of marriage (P<0.05). Also, the effectiveness of training based on the square of eta was 68 percent, respectively. The research findings indicate that premarital training based on the interpersonal awareness and choice program can be used as an effective educational intervention to prepare young people to consciously choose a spouse and reduce concerns related to marriage. By increasing cognitive and interpersonal skills, this program helps students have a more realistic understanding of relationships and be more capable in the process of making marriage decisions.

Abstract The present study aimed to standardize and investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Revised Rating Scale of Received Support in Intimate Relationships (SIRRS-R). The method of this study is descriptive-correlation of psychometric type. The statistical population of this study was Iranian married men and women living in Shiraz city in 1402-1401 with the age range of 18 to 66 years, who have been married for at least one year and have not separated, and a sample of 251 people was selected using available sampling method. The instrument used in this study was the 25-item the Support in Intimate Relationships Rating Scale – Revised (SIRRS-R) developed by Berry et al. (2009). Data analysis was done using SPSS and AMOS software version 23. The results of calculating Cronbach's alpha of the overall scale and each of its subscales, all of which were reported above 0.90, showed the excellent internal reliability of this scale. The results of examining the structural validity using confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor loading of all items was higher than 0.30, which indicates that the factor loading of all items was significant and the structural validity was appropriate. Considering the calculation of the fit indices, the value of the chi-square on the degree of freedom (X2/df), which indicates the overall fit of the model, was estimated to be 1.79< 3, indicating that the model has a good fit overall.So, the psychometric characteristics of the Persian version of the scale were confirmed.

Abstract Background: The purpose of this study aimed at the effectiveness of reality therapy on self -care, distress tolerance, self -esteem and the anxiety of first women's death. Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of narrative therapy on the rumination of divorced mothers in Behbahan. Method: he semi -test research method was with the pre -test and post -test design with the control and follow -up group. The statistical population includes first -rate women at the Mashhad Mama Midwifery Counseling and Midwifery Service in the second half of 1403, which had a medical record, 45 people were selected by targeted sampling and were assigned in two experimental and certificates. The experimental group was placed 10 90 -minute sessions under the Glaser Reality Therapy (2000). The group did not receive a training certificate but was on the waiting list for training. The data collection was based on the self -care, distress tolerance, self -esteem and anxiety of death. Data were done using descriptive indicators and repeated variance analysis by SPSS software. Findings: ignificant education reduced the scores of distress tolerance and death anxiety and self -care and increase self -care in the experimental group (P <0.01). Along with medication therapies, it is recommended that reality therapy be performed on first women.

Abstract The aim of the present study was to model the causality of adolescents' tendency to drug addiction based on personality types and the perception of social support and the mediating role of body image. In terms of method this research was a descriptive correlation of the type of structural equations. The statistical population of this research was all the male and female students of the second year of secondary school in Mashhad in the academic year 1402-1403, from which 330 people were selected as available. The data collection tools were Weed & Butcher (1992) Addiction Tendency Scale and Zimmet et al.'s (1988) social support perception questionnaires, Rathus & Nevid's (1989) personality types, and Cash et al.'s (1997) body image. To describe the findings, mean and standard deviation were used, and Pearson's correlation tests and structural equation models were used to infer information using SPSS-27 and AMOS-24 software. The results of this research showed that this research model had a good fit (χ2/df=2.1, RMSEA=0.06, SRMR=0.07, GFI=0.93, AGFI=0.91, CFI=0.92) and personality types both directly and indirectly , but perceived social support They have an effect on addiction tendency only indirectly through body image. The present study showed that in order to prevent the tendency of adolescents to become addicted to drugs, it is very important to investigate their personality types and body image.

Abstract Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting emotional expression based on the strategies of non-compromise and rumination of anger in women affected by marital infidelity in Isfahan city.

Methods: In this research, which was carried out using a correlational descriptive method, 156 people were selected by purposive sampling from among all the women affected by marital infidelity who visited counseling centers in Isfahan city in the summer and fall of 2023. To collect data, questionnaires of emotional expression, cognitive regulation of emotion and rumination scale of anger were used. Data analysis was also done with Pearson correlation and simultaneous multiple regression statistical methods in SPSS24 software.

Results: The results showed that non-compromising and rumination strategies predict anger by 0.583 from emotional expressiveness. Also, the impact of uncompromising strategies on emotional expressiveness is -0.57 and the effect of anger rumination on emotional expressiveness is -0.31. These results show that women who use more non-compromising strategies and rumination of anger have problems in emotional expression.

Conclusion: Therefore, it is suggested that suitable educational and counseling programs be designed and implemented to empower women to use compromised strategies and reduce anger rumination.

Abstract Aim and Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of commitment-based therapy on Anhedonia, Meaning in Life, Emotional Empathy, Child Parent Relationship and Quality of Life in Children, in Mothers of Children With Cancer.

Methods and Materials: The present study was a semi-experimental design of pre-test and post-test with a one-month follow-up test with a control group. The sample consisted of 36 mothers of children with cancer who visited Omid Shahr Hospital in Isfahan during the second 6 months of 1402. The subjects were selected by random sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. the lack of hedonism questionnaire of Snit et al. (1995); Questionnaire of meaning in life Stegar et al. (2006); Emotional Empathy Questionnaire of Mehrabian and Epstein (1972); Pianta's Parent-Child Relationship Scale (1994); Children's quality of life scale was Varney, Sid, Curtin (2003). Also, mothers received 8 sessions of 90-minute commitment and acceptance therapy based on Westrup and Wright (2017) and Gilbert's compassion therapy (2009) were used to collect data and the collected data were analyzed with the help of Spss-23 software.

Findings: The findings showed that in the experimental group, the difference between the average scores of the pre-test, post-test and follow-up scores of lack of enjoyment of meaning in life, emotional empathy, parent-child relationship and child's quality of life is significant (P<0.01), but in The control group is not significant.

Abstract This study was applied research in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the method of controlling variables, it was a pilot study that was conducted with a post-event (causal comparative) method. The statistical population is all female athletes and non-athletes in Ahvaz. In order to access the athlete sample from four regions of Ahvaz and 20 clubs, athlete and control group samples were selected by cluster random sampling. The statistical population was also composed of all married women aged 25 to 75, of which 150 people were selected. The instruments were the Neo Five-Factor Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) (1985), the Coping Styles Questionnaire (CSQ) (Roger Vanja Rian; 1993), and the Pines Marital Burnout Scale (CBM) (1996). Independent and dependent t-tests were used to test the hypotheses. SPSS version 23 software was used to analyze the data in this study. In this study, a significance level of 0.05 was considered. The results showed that there is a relationship between personality traits, coping styles, and marital depression in married female athletes and non-athletes in Ahvaz. According to the research findings, it is recommended to use a coping styles training program to reduce couples' burnout.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction group training (MBSR) with paradoxical time table group therapy (PTTT) on the dimensions of fatigue and sleep quality in women with insomnia. Method of research was a semi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with 1-month follow-up with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population included all women suffering from insomnia who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in the 3rd district of Tehran in the spring of 1403. 45 women suffering from insomnia were randomly selected and randomly assigned to the MBSR group (15 people), PTTT group therapy (15 people) and the control group (15 people). Kabat-Zinn (2005) MBSR protocol was conducted during 8 90-minute sessions and PTTT protocol was conducted during 6 90-minute sessions, and members of the control group were placed on the waiting list. Subjects were evaluated in 3 stages with Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data analysis was done with repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni's post hoc test through SPSS-28 software. The results of this research showed that MBSR and PTTT reduce fatigue and improve sleep quality in women with insomnia, and the treatment results were stable up to one month after the intervention. p<0.05). Also, MBSR to reduce fatigue dimensions and PTTT to improve sleep quality were more effective methods.