Evaluate the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Emotion Regulation and Cognitive Processing in Patients with MDD |
Author : Seyedeh Mehri Katoorani , Hamze Ahmadian and Narges Shams Alizadeh |
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Abstract :This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on emotion regulation and Cognitive Processing in patients with MDD. For this purpose, 30 patients with major depressive disorder in Sanandaj city were selected by convenience sampling method and replaced in two 15-subject groups. At first, both groups responded to emotional regulation and cognitive processing questionnaires. Then, for the experimental group, 8 sessions of the cognitive behavioral therapy program were implemented in a group manner, but no intervention was performed for the control group. After intervention, the data of emotional regulation and cognitive processing questionnaires were analyzed from the patients in two groups in the pretest and posttest phases using the ANOVA test. The findings showed that cognitive behavioral therapy program has a significant effect on improving emotional regulation and cognitive processing of patients with major depressive disorder. |
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Examining the Internship Curriculum in Acquiring Teaching Abilities |
Author : Ahmad Reza Fatahian Kelisha Dorkhi, Behrouz Shahmirzai, Mahshad Khalife Soltani and Milad Shams |
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Abstract :Considering the importance of experience in learning each topic and its importance in becoming professional actualize knowledge, today, a particular focus is done on the more precise formation of internship courses during education. One of the most sensitive of these educational courses is related to the teacher training. Hence, in this article, titled the study of the internship curriculum in acquiring the teaching abilities, we express the characteristics of the teacher required from different sources and the internship needs in all professions as well as the importance of this curriculum in teacher’s training and the relationship of this curriculum in the acquisition of teaching competences and we study the implementation of this curriculum at the University of Farhangian. As well as we compare the standards of this curriculum in the teacher training of advanced countries and study the shortcomings and positive points, as well as the view of the students of Shahid Ayat Najaf Abad Center (Farhangian University) about this curriculum. The result of the study shows that this curriculum is effective in acquiring the teaching competencies, but it requires reforms in line with the criteria of update knowledge and the national transformation document to overlap the desired criteria. |
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The Effectiveness of Return to Community Program on Increasing Interpersonal Skills and Life Quality of Patients with Schizophrenia |
Author : Morteza Gazani Zad and Omid Moradi |
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Abstract :This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of return to community program on increasing interpersonal skills and life quality of patients with schizophrenia. The research design is applied in terms of purpose and is semi-experimental with two groups of control and experiment in terms of implementation method. For this purpose, among the patients with schizophrenia in Sanandaj, 24 patients were selected by available sampling method and divided into two groups of 12 patients. At first, both groups responded to questionnaires of increased interpersonal skills and life quality. Then, for the first group of experiment, 16 sessions of return to community based educational program were conducted in a group, but no intervention was performed for the control group. After intervention, the data obtained from questionnaires of interpersonal skills and life quality from patients of two groups were used in the pre-test and post-test phases using MANCOVA statistical method for measuring the significance level and then analyzed. The results showed that return to community program had a significant effect on increasing interpersonal skills and life quality in patients with schizophrenia (0.05). |
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The Effect of Music on the Attention and Memory of the Second-Grade Primary School Students with Learning Disorder in Ghaemshahr city |
Author : Seyyedeh Zhila Saber and Babak Hosseinzadeh |
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Abstract :The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Music Use on the Attention and memory of the second-grade primary school students with learning disorder in Ghaemshahr city. This study was applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of method, it was a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The population consisted of all second-grade primary school students with learning disorder in Ghaemshahr city, and due to the semi-experimental nature of the research, 30 subjects (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group) were selected as sample using simple random sampling. Data were collected using Stroop’s Attention Test and Daneman & Carpenter’s (1980) Active Memory Test. Validity and reliability of the tools were confirmed. To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and single-variable analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) tests were used. The results showed that the use of music has a significant effect on the attention and memory of the second-grade primary school students with learning disorder in Ghaemshahr. Therefore, the use of music can be effective in improving the attention and active memory of children with learning disorder. |
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Prediction of Marital Boredom Based on Mindfulness and Comparing These Variables in Couples of Employed Group and Household Group in Ilam City |
Author : Somayeh Ali Mohammadi and Mohsen Gol Mohammadian |
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Abstract :The purpose of this study was to predict marital boredom based on mindfulness and comparing this variable in employed group couples and household group couples in Ilam city. The present study is applied in terms of aim and its implementation method is correlation. The statistical population of the present study is all couples referring to counseling centers in Ilam city during winter 2017, which 248 couples(124 women and 124 men) were selected for inclusion in the study using available sampling method first among all interested parties which has criteria for entry into research 1) at least a diploma degree 2) an age range of 20 to 40 years old 3) have passed at least one year of marriage. The instruments used in this study were marital boredom criterion (Painez 1996) and mindfulness 5-point questionnaire (Baer etal., 2006). Software SPSS 23 was used to analyze study data and finally the results were presented in two sections of descriptive statistics(mean, median, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (T-test of two independent groups, multivariate analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression coefficient). The results showed that there is an inverse and significant relationship between marital boredom variables and mindfulness at 95% confidence level. Also, in the second hypothesis, the mean of three elements of mindfulness between couples in two groups of employed and household is significant. According to the results, it is seen that the mean of three components scores in employed group couples is higher than that of the household group. Also, other results of the study showed that the average marital boredom in household group couples is higher than that of employed group couples. Therefore, the variable of mindfulness is predictive of couples` marital boredom. |
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Providing Core Curriculum Model for Second Grade of High School |
Author : Esmaeil Kazempour and Hamze Abar |
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Abstract :This study is going to present a theoretical model for developing the core curriculum. The present study was conducted in analytical descriptive method. The statistical population of the study consisted of experts and experts in the study including 200 of the experts and experts in the literature. a questionnaire was set in 80 questions from a Likert scale, the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated at 93 / 99. in order to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire, the questionnaire was used after the sampling adequacy ( KMO ) and the Bartlett test. to analyze the data from descriptive and inferential statistics, conceptualization process, factor analysis ( principal component analysis ) and path analysis were used. the results showed that the core curriculum is modeled in six factors. In the final step, using factor rotation, the simple structure of factors was obtained and factors under the titles of learning, content and materials, organization of learning opportunity, design strategies and program implementation, learning strategies, program execution quality were named and the conceptual model was designed according to these six factors. And the statistics of path analysis in the form of a model showed that each of the six factors had sufficient importance to the core curricula. |
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