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Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee, Maryam Derakhshandeh,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (spring 2015)
Abstract
Introduction: disabled children cause many psychological problems in family members especially on mother. Because the importance of mental health of mothers in family and society this study investigated the effectiveness of hope-oriented group therapy on life meaning and resilience in mothers with physical-motor disabled children.
Method:This research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post-tests. The 24 mothers with physical-motor children were selected from Aria Rehabilitation Clinic, Omid and Behesht training center and Welfare Organization of Save city Markazi province. The participants were allocated to two matched groups based on their pre-test scores. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. Statistical analysis was conducted by using the independent t-test and analysis of variance. The research instrument were the Connor- Davidson Resiliency scale (CD-RISC) and Frankl’s life meaning Questionnaire.
Results: The results of the co-variety (ANCOVA) showed that there is a significantly difference between training help-oriented group therapy and resilience (p≤0.0002). while, hope therapy has not significantly influence on life meaning in control and experimental groups .(p≥0/635)
Conclusion: The results indicate that hope therapy improve the positive psychology factors such as resilience and hope in mothers with disability children.
Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee, Mehrnoosh Sabzian, Mohammad Reza Falsafi Nejad ,
Volume 1, Issue 4 (summer 2015)
Abstract
Introduction : aggression and anxiety are one of the common behavioral problems among preschool children. Therefore, this research investigates the influence of poetry therapy and movement/dance therapy on aggression and anxiety among preschool children.
Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post- tests. Thirty preschool children (6-7 aged) selected through the inclusion criteria. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The experimental group received techniques of poetry therapy and movement/dance therapy for ten treatment sessions (90 minutes for each session). The research instruments were Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA). Statistical analysis conducted by analysis of covariance.
Results: Findings indicated that there is significantly difference in aggression between preschool children in pre and post-test (p<0.0.5, F=57/421). Also, There is significantly difference between mean’s scores of anxiety in preschool children in pre and post-tests (p<0.0.5, F= 61/432)
Conclusions: poetry therapy and dance/movement therapy improve behavioral problem such as aggression and anxiety in preschool children. So, it is suggested to use these low-cost therapeutic interventions for training and decreasing behavioral problems in preschool children
S Rezaee , A Khodabakhshi Koolaee , D Taghvaee ,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (winter 2015)
Abstract
Introduction: aggression and anxiety are the main trait of externalizing disorders, providing untreated it leads to negative effects on individual and social relationship specially in adulthood Therefore, this research investigates the influence of painting on aggression and anxiety among male students (8-9 aged).
Method: This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post- tests. Thirty male students (8-9 aged) who were obtaining scores higher than cut-off in Conners' parents form questionnaire were selected, and then they were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The experimental group received techniques of painting therapy for ten treatment sessions (45minutes for each session). The aggression and anxiety were measured at the beginning and at end of therapeutic session, utilizing the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA). Statistical analysis conducted by analysis of covariance.
Results: There is significantly difference in scores of pretest (53/2±41/131) and posttest (87/114±239/7) aggression (p<0.001, F= 28.313) and in scores of pretest (27/80±587/5) and posttest (93/75± 497/6) anxiety (p<0.001, F= 15.698) between elementary school boys in pre and post-test.
Conclusion: Findings indicated that painting therapy has effective in improving behavioral problem such as externalizing disorders in elementary school. So, it can be utilized as the therapeutic interventions for decreasing behavioral problems in children.
Maryam Hojati Sayah , Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee ,
Volume 2, Issue 3 (spring 2016)
Abstract
Introduction : Many environmental threats are consequences of human behavior. The only solution for reducing the environmental problems is changing human behavior. Therefore, the aim of current study was to investigate the influence of environmental education group on environmental attitude and increasing environmental awareness among the female students in Tehran.
Method: The study is quasi-experimental with pre and post-test. 60 students were selected through multistage sampling method from female elementary schools in 2014-2015. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The environmental education was conducted with experimental group during 10 sessions (90 minutes, twice per week). The research instrument was the children's attitudes toward the environment scale (CATES-PV) (Musser,1997). Statistical analysis was conducted using the analysis of covariance.
Results: The results indicated that there is a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores in the experimental group in environmental attitude (F= 162.036, p= 0.001) and awareness (F= 174.000, p=0.001).
Conclusion: The findings emphasized that environmental education, which is proportional to age, plays a crucial role to enhance the environmental attitude and awareness. Hence, it could be considered as a preventing strategy to destroy the environment.
M Khariri-Hassan , A Khodabakhshi Koolaee , D Taghvaee,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (winter 2016)
Abstract
Introduction: Children labor are one of the major social problems. However, this phenomenon is associated with sexual child abuse. They have the inevitable consequence on mental health. Therefore, the aim of current study is to investigate the between aggression and anxiety among child labor with and without sexual child abuse.
Method: This study is a descriptive comparative research. The 60 children with sexual child abuse and 60 children without sexual child abuse were selected in a convenience sampling method in Tehran in 2016. The measuring instruments are Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA, 2000) and the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS, 1998). Data was analyzed utilizing multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).
Findings: The results indicated that there is the significant difference between the anxiety (F=14.427, p=0.0001) and aggression (F=16.248, p=0.0001) among child labor with and without sexual child abuse (p<0.001).
Conclusion: These findings emphasize that sexual child abuse should be considered one of the several risk factors to increase anxiety and aggression and also it intensify the level of anxiety and aggression among children labor.
Elahe Raesi Vastegni, Mohammad Ali Hoseini, Masood Fallahi Khoshknab, Enayatollah Bakhshi,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (winter 2016)
Abstract
Introduction: Depression as a serious complication of cancer has various effects in different contexts like on the individual and social life, mental and physical health, treatment and disease progression. This study aimes to determine the effect of nursing intervention based on humor on depression in adolescents with leukemia.
Method: This research is an experimental study where 62 children and youth aged 12 to 18 years old with leukemia that have inclusion criteria were that purposive sampling and were randomly assigned into two intervention and control groups. To gather the data, demographic and depression in children and adolescents (CADS) questionnaires were used. In the experimental group, nursing interventions based on the use of humor as three 30-minute sessions per week, for 8 weeks were used and control group only received the routine care interventions. Before and after intervention, both groups filled out questionnaires. After collecting the data entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21.
Findings: Statistically significant difference was not found in demographic variables between the two groups (P>0.05). Pre-test mean depression score in the control group was (34.10±0.16) and the experimental group was (36.16±6.89), which statistically significant difference wasn’t found between the two groups in pretest scores (P>0.05). After adjusting pre-test scores, a significant effect of depression between subjects in grades obtained (P<0.001). The average depression score in the experimental group in pretest was 36.16 which was 18.19 after the intervention ended. Paired t-test showed significant differences between the scores before and after (P<0.0001).
Conclusion: Results of this study showed that use of nursing interventions based on the humor can greatly reduce depression in children and adolescents with leukemia and as a method of health care in the care of these patients was recommended.
Keywords: humor, nursing, depression, leukemia, adolescent
Ghazaleh Rezaee Khoshkozari , Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee ,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (autumn 2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety is one of the problems associated with Asperger's children.. The psychological burden of having a child with Asperger, also affects their caregivers, and life with a sick member creates a bitter experience for other family members. The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of “Floor time Play on Anxiousness in children with Asperger disorder and burden among
their mothers”
Methods :The study was a single-subject of AB experimental designs. The statically population of the study was all 8-11 year old children with asperger disorder and their mothers in Tehran, referring to the center of autism of the Sunrise, and 3 children at the age 8 to 11 were chosen. In this study, convenience sampling method was used. . Interventions peformed for 12 treatment sessions (90 minutes, one session per week) for three month, with a follow-up period of one month subsequent to treatment termination. The research instruments were the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire, Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale and Family burden interview scale. chart analysis was used for data analysis of this study and also the effectiveness of therapy was assessed by recovery percent formula and Reliable change index.
Results: The results indicated that children with asperger disorder showed improvement in comparison with baseline. The overall improvement in their anxiety variables was 50/5%, and the RCI was higher than 1.96 for all three children. Therefore, floortime play therapy has a clinically and statistically significant effect on the reduction of anxiety in children with Asperger's disorder. The results of the follow-up test showed that the effects of the intervention were still ongoing after one month after the last session of the interventions. Also the results of the percentage of recovery (24/6%) indicated a decrease in burden, but this value was not clinically meaningful.
Conclusions: It seems that floortime play therapy has been effective in reducing the anxiety of children with aspergerous disorder. Therefore, it is recommended that the treatment of floortime play therapy as one of the treatment interventions to improve anxiety in children with Asperger's disorder And reduce the stresses and mental problems of their mothers in centers and clinics of autism.
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee , Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad , Motahhareh Abbas Gholeinejad,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (winter 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: Aggression and loneliness are important factors for future risk such as delinquency, anxiety and depression in children and, based on research, children in child labor have high levels of aggression and loneliness. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of storytelling on decreasing the aggression and loneliness of Afghan refugee children.
Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study was all children aged 12-8 years old was male and female students of Imam Ali (AS) Pakdasht in 2016 and the thirty children selected by purposeful sampling were chosen. The children were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 12 sessions of one hour storytelling for one and a half months. The measuring instruments were Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA, 2000) and Loneliness Questionnaire (1985). Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data.
Results:The results showed that there was no significant difference in the aggression of Afghan refugee children before and after the test (p>0/01), but there was a significant difference in the loneliness of these children in the pre-test and post-test (P<0/01).
Conclusions: Storytelling has been effective in reducing the loneliness of the child labor of Afghan refugee girls and boys, so we can use stories to improve the loneliness of these children in health centers and clinics
Samimeh Ahmadi Bouzendan, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Mohammad Reza Falsafinejad,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (spring 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: Asperger disorder is one of the Autism spectrum disorder. This disorder have higher prevalence in boys than grails. Low attention and high aggression are current psychological symptoms of this disorder. The aim of this research is to investigate The Effect of Child Centered Play Therapy Based on Nature on Attention and Aggression of Children with Asperger Disorder.
Method: The study was a single-subject of AB experimental designs. The statically population of the study was all 7-8 year old children with Asperger disorder in Karaj city by 2017. The participants were referring to the School of autism of the Noor, and 3 children were chosen for experimental study and 1 child for control (totally were 4 child). In this study, targeting sampling method was used. Interventions performed for 10 treatment sessions (120 minutes, one session per week) for three month, with a follow-up period of one month subsequent to treatment termination. The research instrument was Rutter Behavior Scale parent version. chart analysis was used for data analysis of this study and also the effectiveness of therapy was assessed by recovery percent formula and Reliable change index.
Results: The results indicated that children with Asperger disorder showed improvement in comparison with baseline. The overall improvement in their attention variable was 52/0%, and the RCI was higher than 1.96 for all three children. Therefore, Child Centered Play Therapy Based on Nature has a clinically and statistically significant effect on the increased of attention in children with Asperger's disorder. The results of the follow-up test showed that the effects of the intervention were still ongoing after one month after the last session of the interventions. Also, the results of the percentage of recovery (53/6%) indicated a decrease in aggression, and the RCI was higher than 1.96 for all three children.
Conclusions: It seems that Child Centered Play Therapy Based on Nature has been effective in reducing the aggression and increasing attention of children with Asperger disorder. Therefore, it is recommended that the treatment of Child Centered Play Therapy Based on Nature as one of the treatment interventions for psychologist and counselors who working and researching in these children.
Yasamin Loghmani, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (summer 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: The family is a social system that disrupts the disruption of the entire system of the whole system. The existence of an exceptional child involves irreparable injuries in the middle of the house and is the most damaging due to the central role of the mother at home and his continuous interaction with the child. the present study was conducted to identify psychological stresses in mothers with autistic children
Methods: The method of research based on the nature of the data was of a qualitative type, based on the purpose of the application and based on the method of collecting descriptive information of a semi-structured interview type. The participants of this study consisted of all mothers with childbirth in the city of Tehran, 20 of them were selected purposefully for the interview. The data analysis method was based on a seven-step Collaizzi analysis
Results: The results of the study showed that stresses of mother’s can be classified in terms of Negative emotions of mothers, living with Dreary stress & lack of services and Insufficiency
Of social supportive resources to deal with stress.
Conclusions: According to the results , the attention of psychologists & family counselors to the stress of mothers with autism ,seems to be conducting educational classes can have a significant impact on the development of skills and self-efficacy and the reduction of stress in them. Admission of disorder will also play an important role in mental health of the mothers, and the presence of the father’s helps them to recognize her values and her other roles.
Hoda Kazemi, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (autumn 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: The death of an important person in every person's life is the hardest event that can experience. In the meantime, the bereaved children of a vulnerable population are at risk of social and psychological harm.
The aim of this study was to investigate how children understand the concept of death and its components in cognitive-evolutionary periods based on Piaget's theory and Nagy' theory.
Method: This is a review study using a qualitative Content research method, the concepts of death in the Piaget and Nagy evolutionary theories are investigated and, with regard to open, axial, and selective coding, are partially conceptualized according to age and developmental stages and psychological features have been extracted.
Results: According to the studies, Nagy and Piaget's theories on the concept of death have had a great deal of commonality and complementarity.
Finally, from the implementation of these two theories, four axes or selected codes of the components of death are extracted: stability, generality, non-functionality and causation. The components of stability and causality are fully understood at the age of 7-11 and the rest of the components at the age of 11-16.
Conclusion: The results of this research can be useful in improving the study of the evolution of the concept of death in children and the profound understanding of existing theories around this concept. Also, using the results can help raise the awareness of parents, educators, counselors and pediatricians in the treatment of subsequent symptoms of mourning.
Mahyaar Rasekhinejad, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (winter 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: The demonstration process helps to develop social skills and reduce aggressive tendencies. When a person performs his anger in a free space without criticizing the scene, he becomes insightful about his own behavior and others, which leads to a deep understanding of his relationship. This study aimed at effectiveness psychodrama on Increasing Social Skills and Reduction of Aggression in Afghan Immigrant Labor Children.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental study pre-test and post-test. The study population consisted of all boys Afghan Immigrant Labor Children Imam-Ali society. 30 of child labor with the highest scores in Nelson’s Child aggression questionnaire (2000) and lowest scores in Social Skills Inderbizen & Foster (1992) were randomly chosen. Then 15 subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. For 15 of 15 sessions, 60 minutes of psychosis were performed and after the end of the sessions, tests were again performed. No action was taken on the control group. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Result: The findings showed that the use of psychodrama techniques in group method has a significant effect on the increase of social skills of Afghan immigrant labor children. In the experimental group (P <0.05, F = 25.59). It is also observed that the use of psychoanalytic techniques in a group method has a significant effect on the reduction of aggression among Afghan immigrant labor children in the experimental group (F = 18.38, P <0.05).
Conclusions: The results showed that psychodrama affected on Increasing Social Skills and Reduction of Aggression in Afghan Immigrant Labor Children.
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Mahbobeh Aghakhani Koshki, Neda Kalhor,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (winter 2019)
Abstract
Introduction: The family as a social system impact of disrupt of every member of the system. The existence of a child with disabilities result in irreparable harm to the family and mothers suffers more other members. Because of the central role of the mother at home and interaction with the child, she encountered the psychological stress. Therefore, the present study conducted to analysis the experiences of mothers in caring of a disabled child.
Methods: The research method was based on qualitative method and with descriptive phenomenological type. The participants were selected by sampling by target by 2018 in Roadbar city. For gathering information used the semi-structured interview. In order to achieve the research goals, gathering data were continued until Theoretical saturation by 18 mothers with disabled children who were register in the Rudbar welfare organization. The interviews were analyzed by seven step Colaizzi’s method.
Results: The findings of this study showed that the experienced of mothers can be classified as four main Contents including; negative feelings and reactions, concern about the child’s future, stigma toward disability and pain and suffers of mothers from inadequate professional support and financial resources.
Conclusion: the findings indicated that the mothers with disable child has many problems and suffers the painful experiences. These issues and concerns about her child’s is harder when mother lives in small and countryside. It seems that the psycho-educational classes could be developing the life skills and self-efficacy in mothers. On other hand, awareness of society for reducing the stigma and seeking for advocacy of mothers and disabled person should be helpful.
Parvaneh Mirzaei Saghreloo, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (spring 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: The divorce is a public health issue in the family and society; that has irreparable damage to family members, especially children. One of the prominent issues in divorce is child custody. Due to the pivotal role of emotions and feeling in women, in the present study, the attention is devoted to the psychological challenges of divorcing women over acquiring the rights of custody of the child.
Method: The method of research was a qualitative based on descriptive phenomenological approach. For collecting data used the semi-structured interview. Seventeen participants were referring to counseling services for acquiring the right of custody of their children in the City of Islam-shahr, the Tehran province by 2018. The data analysis method was based on a seven-step Colaizzi’s method.
Finding: The results of the study indicated that, the psychological of these women divided into four main categories: negative and disturbance feeling, social isolation and stigma, Economical and Pressure and charge cost and finally concerns about the future of their child.
Conclusion: According to the results, it was conclude that; the most prominent psychological challenges of divorcing women might be categorize as two main concerns including; economic, financial issues and socio-cultural issues such as stigma of divorce. On the other hand, the emotional and psychological problems that these women facing after divorce. It seems that the psycho-educational interventions besides the social and financial advocacy and support are emerging.
Jamshid Shahbazi, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Hossein Davoodi, Hassan Heidari,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (autumn 2020)
Abstract
Introduction: The main cause of adolescents and young people unable to control their emotional skills. The past studies revealed that the two modles of self-compassion pattern focused on mindfulness and attachment-based therapy increseing the self-accptance and forgiveness in people. Therefore, having these psychological traits can be usful for reducing the negative emotion such as feeling shame in persons. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two models of Self-compassion pattern focused on mindfulness and attachment-based therapy on shame in adolescent boys with addiction tendency.
Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group in which self-awareness was based on mindfulness and attachment-based treatment as independent variables and feeling of shame as dependent variable. The statistical population of this study was all male high school students of Azna city by 2019. In this study, cluster random sampling was used.the participants were divied to the experimental and control groups. The data collection tools were the Addiction Preparedness Scale developed by Wade and Butcher (1992) and the Shame, Cohen, Wolf, Panther, and Inesco (2011) Emotion Questionnaire. Subjects in the experimental group underwent mindfulness-based self-awareness and attachment-based therapy during 8 and 6 sessions.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the self-efficacy of mindfulness-based compassion and attachment-based therapy on shame in adolescents with addiction readiness in experimental and control groups (p <0.001, f =41/38).
Conclusion: mindfulness-based self-compassion and attachment-based therapy can be effective in reducing shame in male adolescnts with addiction reasiness.
Mehersa Karimzadeh, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Hossein Davoodi, Hassan Heidari,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (spring 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Children's behavioral problems are described as extraversion behaviors and are often directed at others ، including; the mother is the primary caregiver rather than the child. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a parenting program based on positive psychology on self-efficacy، emotional distress، and psychological burden on mothers of children with behavioral problems.
Methods: The method of this quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design was unequal with the control group. The research society were Mothers of Children with behavioral problems in Aligoderz city in 2019-20. Among which the mothers of 30 students were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two equal groups (15 people in each group). The experimental group received 12 sessions of 90-minute parenting training based on positive psychology، and the control group did not receive any intervention. The research tools were Dumka's Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale(1996)، Toronto’s Alexithymia Scale (1994)، Pai and Kapur's Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS)(1984)، and Conners' Parent Rating Scale(1998). Data were analyzed by analysis of mixed variance، Shapiro-vilk test، Machili test and Levin test with the help of SPSS software version 22.
Results: The findings showed that in the post-test phase، there was a significant difference between them in terms of all three variables of self-efficacy، emotional distress and psychological burden. In other words، positive parenting training increased self-efficacy (F = 11.6; p <0.05)، decreased emotional distress (F= 23.16; p <0.05 )، and decreased psychological burden (F = 8.01; p <0.05) in mothers of children with behavioral problems.
Conclusion: Parenting program based on Positive Psychology with Emphasis on Positive Psychological Aspects such as; Promoting self-esteem، self-efficacy، and enhancing positive aspects of life can help mothers with children with behavioral problems.
Vajih Abooei Mehrrizi, Abdollah Shafiabadi, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Javad Khaletbari,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (spring 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: adolescence is an important phase of human growth. Puberty leads to a set of physiological, emotional, cognitive, and social changes in adolescents, which affect different dimensions of their life including the self-differentiation of adolescents. Hence, the improvement of self-differentiation of these individuals has been addressed by many therapists. The purpose of this study was to the comparing effectiveness of the group therapy of schema therapy and acceptance and commitment on self-differentiation of teenage girls.
Method: The research method was a quasi-experiment study conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study included all the female students of high school in Tehran city in the year academic 2018-2019. In this study, 45 teenage girls were considered as the sample size and divided into two experimental groups each group of 15 teen girls and control 15 teen girls. The experimental groups such as; schema therapy 19 sessions 90 minutes and schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy 12 sessions 90 minutes received the interventions. While the control group received no intervention. To collect data self-differentiation used the short form self-differentiation (SDI-SF) of Drake, Murdock, Marszalek, and Barber (2015).
Results: The results showed that both schema therapy and acceptance commitment used in this study can significantly improve the self-differentiation of teen girls. But the schema therapy on self-differentiation has a greater impact (effect Size= 54.1%). Results highlight the importance of these interventions for self-differentiation among teenage girls and providing new perspectives in clinical interventions.
Conclusion: it seems that counselors and psychotherapists can be attention to the effectiveness of schema therapy and acceptance commitment in increasing the teenage girls’ self- differentiation.
Soheila Soltani Asl Heris, Hamid Poursharifi, Jalil Babapour Kheiraldinn, Abbas Bakhshipour Roodsari, Ali Ghasemi,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (summer 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Children's cancer is a special bio-psychological status that challenges the percieved social support and coping strategies of mothers with different demographic characteristics and affects their psychological adaptation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect role of demographic characteristics (age and education level), with the mediating role of perceived social support and coping strategies, on adaptation.
Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population consisted of all mothers of children with cancer who referred to the clinics of pediatric specialists in Mashhad. The sample size was 220 people who were selected by the targeted sampling method. Data were gathered using a psychosocial adaptation questionnaire, Lazarus and Folkman coping, multi-dimensional perceived social support, and demographic characteristics.
Results: According to the results of this study, the increase in education directly reduced the maladaptation (P <0.01) and indirectly through increased perceived social support, increased problem-solving strategies, and decreased emotional strategy reduced maladaptation. Increasing age directly reduced emotional strategies, but had no effect on problem-oriented strategies. Also, increasing age did not have direct and indirect effects through coping strategies on maternal adaptation.
Conclusions: According to the findings, it can be said that increasing education, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation of perceived social support and coping strategies, increases adaptation. In addition, this increase in age decreased emotional strategies, but there was no direct and indirect relationship between age and maternal adaptation.
Leail Bakhshi Sooreshjani,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (autumn 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Optimal academic performance is the foundation of success in the student's future life. Successful academic performance of students leads to the growth and excellence of society in various fields. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of maternal general health, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and self-esteem on the child’s academic performance.
Method: The research method in this study was correlational. The statistical population included all male and female primary school students in Behbahan in the academic year 2016-2017. In the present study, the sample size of the subjects was 370 based on Krejcie and Morgan table. The sample was selected by two-stage cluster random sampling. The research instruments were Dortaj (2014) Academic Performance Scales, Connors-Form Parent, Goldberg General Health and Cooper -Smith Self-Esteem.
Result :
Findings of Pearson correlation coefficient test revealed that there was a significant relationship between child academic performance and maternal general health, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder scores , and child self-esteem . Findings of multiple regression analysis also showed that maternal general health scores , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , and children's self-esteem , were able to predict children's academic performance.
Conclusion: Maternal general health status, scores of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as well as the child's self-esteem can affect children's academic performance.
Fatemeh Susan Famil Ahmarian, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Davood Taghvaei, Ghodsi Ahgher,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (autumn 2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Fear is very common in childhood. Many Children experience the fear, but it is the unresolved fear of childhood that can lead to serious psychological problems in adulthood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare two group programs FRIENDS for life (FLL) and Coping Cat (CC) on fear among boys’ children.
Method: This quasi-experimental study was performed using pre-post-tests with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the current study included primary schoolchildren in District 5 of Tehran in 2019. Totally, forty-five 8-year-old students were selected from 5 schools by cluster random sampling and were randomly assigned into 3 groups (two experimental groups and one control group). The two experimental groups participated in the therapy sessions of FFL and CC programs on a weekly basis and one-hour sessions. The Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-R, 2002) was used to collect research data.
Results: The results showed that both FFL and CC programs were effective on children's fear (F =18.66; P=0.001). However, this effect was not found in the control group. Moreover, by examining the pairwise comparison between the effectiveness of the FFL and CC programs, it was observed that the FFL was more effective than CC for the Fear of school children (P=0.001).
Conclusion: two therapeutic interventions programs including FFL and CC have been effective in reducing children's fear. Hence, the application of these two interventions in schools helps phobia in children to gain a deeper understanding of their various emotions and feelings and reduce their fear.
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