Ahmad Movahhed; Zohreh Abbasi; Faezeh Jahani; Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini; Zahra Eslamipoor
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The family is a human-producing organization, the origin of other social institutions, and the basic pillar of every Society. Spirituality is one of the factors that play a vital and important role in the multilateral health of family members. this study aimed to investigate the role of the dimensions ...
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The family is a human-producing organization, the origin of other social institutions, and the basic pillar of every Society. Spirituality is one of the factors that play a vital and important role in the multilateral health of family members. this study aimed to investigate the role of the dimensions of attitude and practical commitment to prayer in predicting the family efficiency and the satisfaction of being a parent in the staff of Quyen. This research is a descriptive-correlative study. The statistical population of this study was the staff of Qayen, among which 250 (57 women and 193 men) employees were selected by random sampling. The measurements were Questionnaire of Attitude and Practical Commitment to Prayer, Questionnaire of Family Efficiency(S.FEQI), and Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale(KPSS). The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of attitude and practical commitment to prayer whit family efficiency and satisfaction of being a parent. The results of the regression analysis showed that among the dimensions of attitude to prayer, the dimension of "the presence of heart while praying" can predict family efficiency and satisfaction of being a parent. It can be concluded that the implementation of divine precepts whit the presence of heart is associated with family efficiency and the satisfaction of being a parent. This emphasizes the importance of prayer in human life and this is a strong cognitive and scientific justification for individuals to have a positive attitude towards prayer and to need to perform it. According to the results of this study, it is suggested that with more attention to the Islamic lifestyle and the strengthening of religious beliefs attempts to have a better and more satisfying life.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Ehsan Parsi; Khadijeh Shirali Nia
Volume 2, Issue 1 , November 2015, , Pages 49-58
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Research on marriage suggests that emotional exchanges are powerful predictors of marital quality and stability. What is the role of negative emotions in destructive marital exchanges in females? What is the role of positive emotions in decreasing destructive marital exchanges in females? In response ...
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Research on marriage suggests that emotional exchanges are powerful predictors of marital quality and stability. What is the role of negative emotions in destructive marital exchanges in females? What is the role of positive emotions in decreasing destructive marital exchanges in females? In response to these questions, the present study was designed to investigate the moderating role of positive emotions on the relationship between negative emotions and destructive marital exchanges in females. Participants were 125 females living in Hendijan. All participants were asked to complete the Positive Emotions Scale (PES), Negative Emotion Scale (NES), and Destructive Marital Exchanges (DME). The results showed that negative emotions were positively associated with destructive marital exchanges in females. Moreover, results showed that positive emotions moderate the relationship between negative emotion and destructive marital exchanges in females. Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that the extent of positive relationship between negative emotions and destructive marital exchanges is lower in females with positive emotions than females with negative emotions. These findings would be helpful for understanding the important role that emotion regulation plays in marital success and administering interventions to improve couples’ emotional functioning.
Mohammad Narimani; Asghar Pouresmali; Niloofar Mikaeili; Nader Hajloo
Volume 2, Issue 2 , November 2015, , Pages 51-66
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Marital burnout is a consistently observed essential factor for divorce in most literature and is influenced by many factors including neuroticism, family of origin, relationship beliefs and couple communication patterns. This study was carried out to investigate the direct and indirect effects of enduring ...
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Marital burnout is a consistently observed essential factor for divorce in most literature and is influenced by many factors including neuroticism, family of origin, relationship beliefs and couple communication patterns. This study was carried out to investigate the direct and indirect effects of enduring vulnerabilities (neuroticism, family of origin, relationship beliefs) by communication patterns in marital burnout of divorce-seeking couples.100 divorce-seeking couples completed measures of Couple Burnout Pains (CBM), Neuroticism component of Neo Personality Inventory) NEO-FFI(, Family of Origin (FOS), Relationship Beliefs (RBI) and Communication Patterns Questionnaire-Short Form (CPQ-SF) in Ardabil, Iran. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that direct paths of neuroticism, relationship beliefs, positive and demand/withdraw communication patterns to marital burnout were significant. Also direct paths of neuroticism and relationship beliefs to demand/withdraw pattern; and Family of origin and relationship beliefs to positive pattern were significant. Also, the results of this study revealed that the indirect relationship between neuroticism and relationship beliefs to marital burnout through demand/withdraw pattern, and indirect relationship between family of origin and relationship beliefs to marital burnout through positive pattern were significant. The results of the present study shows that enduring vulnerabilities of couples lonely or with communication patterns can have a role in marital burnout in lifespan and also this result can help experts in process of premarital consultation and couple therapy.
Javad Khodadadi Sangdeh; Seyed Abdolhossein Tavalaeyan; Mustafa Bolghan-Abadi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2014, , Pages 53-62
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The birth of any child with special needs will expose families and parents to new problems. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of positive group psychotherapy in increasing happiness among mothers of children with special needs. The research method was quasi experimental with ...
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The birth of any child with special needs will expose families and parents to new problems. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of positive group psychotherapy in increasing happiness among mothers of children with special needs. The research method was quasi experimental with pretest-posttest on a 45- day follow-up with control group design. For this purpose, 20 mothers of children with special needs living in Mashhad were selected. Ten mothers were then randomly assigned to each of experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the intervention during 10 weekly 90-minute sessions; however, the control group did not receive any intervention. For gathering the data, the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) was used. The results revealed that positive group psychotherapy has been effective in increasing the happiness of the mothers. Utilizing this method could be effective in enhancing the mental health of the mothers of children with special needs.
Ali Akbar Arjmandnia; Esmaeel Safaee; Samaneh Maleki
Volume 4, Issue 1 , September 2017, , Pages 53-64
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Abstract: Families apply their own parenting methods for individual and social training of their children. These methods include models of child rearing that are shaped by interaction between behavior of parents and their reactions to children's behaviors. For assessing these methods, different kinds ...
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Abstract: Families apply their own parenting methods for individual and social training of their children. These methods include models of child rearing that are shaped by interaction between behavior of parents and their reactions to children's behaviors. For assessing these methods, different kinds of scales and instruments have been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate psychometric properties of Arjmandnia Parenting Methods Scale (APMS) on families who have children with intellectual disabilities. This research was a cross-correlational research. The population of this study included all parents who have children with intellectual disability in Tehran. Arjmandnia Parenting Methods Scale (APMS) and the Baumrind Parenting Styles (BPS) were administrated to 300 parents who were selected according to availability sampling method. The results of exploratory factor analysis revealed the validity of the five factors of the scale as indicators of internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha and Theta respectively) and also the split half method indicated favorable credit for the scale and its components. The results show that the APMS has appropriate characteristics and totally can be used in the Iranian sample.
Hossein Matin; Sedigheh Ahmadi; Marzieh Jalali
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The presence of children with learning disabilities often affects family system and creates significant changes in the lives of family members, especially mothers. It is important to examine such experiences and their effects from the view of parents, especially mothers. Accordingly, this study was aimed ...
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The presence of children with learning disabilities often affects family system and creates significant changes in the lives of family members, especially mothers. It is important to examine such experiences and their effects from the view of parents, especially mothers. Accordingly, this study was aimed at investigating the experiences of mothers of children with learning disabilities. This qualitative research was carried out using a phenomenological method with purposeful sampling. According to the study criteria, 10 mothers with children affected by learning disabilities were selected. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed by Colaizzi method. The findings revealed three main common concerns of these mothers: unpleasant emotional experiences: a) feeling of worthlessness, shame and guilt, b) feeling of depression, c) aggression and anger, d) feeling hopeless and lonely; social and educational concerns: a) weakness in some lessons, b) secrecy and lack of social connection, c) fear of having a baby; family tension and conflict: a) conflict with spouse, b) conflict with child interaction. These findings can provide information regarding supportive resources and therapeutic strategies for mothers of children with learning disabilities to improve their mental health and lives.
hosein karimimoghadam; sogand ghasemzadeh; Ali Akbar Arjmandnia
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The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema-based family education programs in emotion management in maladapted adolescents. The present study is applied research regarding the purpose and quasi-experimental regarding the data collection method, with a randomly selected two-group ...
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The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema-based family education programs in emotion management in maladapted adolescents. The present study is applied research regarding the purpose and quasi-experimental regarding the data collection method, with a randomly selected two-group design and pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of this study consisted of adolescents with behavioral problems of Bojnord city. Participants were the students who received the highest scores in the Achenbach system of empirically-based assessment (CBCL) among the students of three schools. They were then randomly divided into two groups of control and experiment, with 15 people in each group. The cohabitation of parents, general health of participating parents, and exclusion criteria, including acute or chronic physical illness or any other medical illness that precluded attendance in meetings, receiving other psychological interventions, undergoing a similar program, and receiving medication. Participants in both groups received CERQ and BERQ questionnaires as pre-test and post-tests to complete before and after the intervention program. The experimental group was trained in schema-based family education for 13 sessions. The control group did not receive any intervention during this period. The results of research on behavioral emotion regulation showed that schema-based family education program was significantly effective at p= 0.01 on the components of “withdrawal” and “seeking social support” and, at p= 0.05, did not affect the components of “seeking distraction,” “actively approaching,” and “ignoring.” Findings also showed a significant effect on the components of cognitive emotion regulation, “adapted strategies,” and “non-adapted strategies” at p= 0.01. Schema-based family education programs can sometimes enhance the components of emotion management in adolescents with behavioral problems and can be effective in prevention and rehabilitation. The results showed that the schema-based family education programs were effective in both components of cognitive emotion regulation and some components of behavioral emotion regulation (withdrawal and actively approaching).
Seyed Ehsan Sadati; Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; Mansour Soodani
Volume 1, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 55-68
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The failure of couples in resolving marital problems could be expressed in various forms so that each of them can be a threat to the health of marital relationship. One of the causes of marital disputes is disaffection which is common in many couples and is influenced by many factors including differentiation, ...
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The failure of couples in resolving marital problems could be expressed in various forms so that each of them can be a threat to the health of marital relationship. One of the causes of marital disputes is disaffection which is common in many couples and is influenced by many factors including differentiation, neuroticism, forgiveness and martial conflict. The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between differentiation, neuroticism and forgiveness and marital disaffection by mediation of marital conflict. For this purpose, a sample of 300 married male teachers in elementary, middle and high schools of Estahban participated in this study. Participants were asked to respond to the Marital Disaffection Scale (MDS), the Revised Differentiation of Self Questionnaire (DSI-R), the Neuroticism of NEO Five-Factor Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI), the Forgiveness Scale (FS) and Sanai’s Revised Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (MCQ-R). The results showed that all coefficients of the path between variants were statistically significant. Moreover, the direct paths of differentiation, neuroticism, forgiveness and marital conflict to marital disaffection were statistically significant. The direct paths of differentiation, neuroticism and forgiveness to marital conflict were significant as well. Also, the results of this study revealed that the indirect relationship between differentiation, neuroticism and forgiveness and marital disaffection was also significant through marital conflict. It seems that marital disaffection is a complex phenomenon which is influenced by various factors such as differentiation, neuroticism, forgiveness and martial conflict.
Mehdi Rostami; Shokouh Navabinejad; Valiyolah Farzad
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The nomination period is an intermediate period that prepares a person to choose the right one and to enter a common life. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to investigate the pathology of couples' problems in the stage of engagement. The study was conducted in a qualitative method using ...
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The nomination period is an intermediate period that prepares a person to choose the right one and to enter a common life. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to investigate the pathology of couples' problems in the stage of engagement. The study was conducted in a qualitative method using a phenomenological approach. theoretical saturation criterion, 13 couple’s engagement participated in this study. The semi-structured interview method was used to collect information. Then the data was collected, recorded, coded and categorized as main and sub themes. Analysis of the experiences of the interview with the candidate's couples resulted in the identification of 243 primary codes, 19 sub-themes and 5 main themes including ineffective communication patterns, patterns of inefficiency in relationship management, value system of couples, schematic mentality, and the destructive effects of the main family. The results showed that factors such as lack of understanding and interaction, communication problems, lack of originality, inability to encourage and reassure, inability to manage conflicts, lack of transparency of roles, inability to manage personal and personal boundaries, disability in social network management, attitude towards religion and spirituality, culture and traditions, beliefs, needs, traps, self-knowledge, emotional mood, dependency, negative family modeling, unsuccessful experiences in the family, and negative role of the family in problems and injuries. The nomination period for married couples plays an important role on the verge of marriage. Therefore, it is imperative to pay special attention to these important factors in pre-marital enrichment programs for young people.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Mozhgan Datli Bagi; Zabihollah Abbaspour
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situations in which spouses’ interests and needs are different are unavoidable. Yet, the ability to manage differences constructively assists couples establish intimate relationships. In an Islamic culture, tolerance is defined as the best way of dealing with differences in human relationships. ...
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situations in which spouses’ interests and needs are different are unavoidable. Yet, the ability to manage differences constructively assists couples establish intimate relationships. In an Islamic culture, tolerance is defined as the best way of dealing with differences in human relationships. The current research aimed to predict marital intimacy based on an Islamic model in spouses’ relations. A total of 240 married couples (118 women and 122 men) participated in the study and filled out the Tolerance in Spouses` Relationships Scale (TSRS) and the Intimacy Scale (IS). The results of the research showed significantly positive correlations among the four components of tolerance (spouse`s empathy and acceptance, emotional control and patience, facilitation of spouse's growth and actuation process, and beneficence and forgiveness toward spouse), its total score and marital intimacy. Also, the results revealed that spouse`s empathy and acceptance as well as the beneficence and forgiveness toward spouse could predict marital intimacy more than other components. The remaining variables, emotional control and patience, and facilitation of spouse`s growth and actualization process were excluded from the regression model because of overlapping with other predictor variables. According to the results of the research, one can conclude that tolerance with an Islamic approach plays a determining role in predicting marital intimacy. The findings of the present research can be used by specialists and family therapists.
Mahdi Agah; Azizallah Tajikesmaeli; Abdulrahim Kasaei Isfahani; Somayeh Askarian
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Nowadays, expensive living, elevated expectations, and changes in gender roles have changed families' lifestyles to dual-career couples. Examining the challenges of this issue can affect the mental health of the community. The current research aimed to compare dual-career and single-career couples ...
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Nowadays, expensive living, elevated expectations, and changes in gender roles have changed families' lifestyles to dual-career couples. Examining the challenges of this issue can affect the mental health of the community. The current research aimed to compare dual-career and single-career couples in dimensions of the coping strategies and the differentiation. The statistical population of the research included all practicing teachers in educational department of Kalat city among whom 146 couple (60 dual-career and 86 single-career couples) were recruited using available sampling method and responded to the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) and the Differentiation of Self Inventory Questionnaire (DSI). The results of the research showed that there are significant differences between dual-career and single-career couples in terms of the subscales the Coping Strategies (responsibility, problem solving, reassessment, and self-control). Also, there is a significant difference between the two groups in term of the emotional separation subscale of the differentiation. According to the findings , teaching Coping Strategies to couples, especially working couples can be recommended since these skills are as important as a shield against challenges and problems of couples' lives. Also, given the effect of differentiation in family system and its role in reducing family conflicts and the results of the research, there is a need for more research in this regard.
Zobair Samimi; Shirin Shojaeifar; Masoumeh Azizi
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Coronavirus disease has led to many negative psychological consequences for people due to its high prevalence and increasing casualties. One of the negative consequences is stress. The aim of this study was to Determining the relationship between family cohesion and adaptive patterns and cognitive emotion ...
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Coronavirus disease has led to many negative psychological consequences for people due to its high prevalence and increasing casualties. One of the negative consequences is stress. The aim of this study was to Determining the relationship between family cohesion and adaptive patterns and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with the stress perceived during the coronavirus epidemic. The study was a descriptive correlational study that included a statistical population of all 18- to 60-year-olds who participated in the study online. The study sample consisted of 432 people who responded online to Perceived Stress scale (PSS), Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-III) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). Multiple step-by-step regression analysis was used in SPSS-18 to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between perceived stress and cohesion and adaptive patterns of family and acceptance, positive refocusing, focus on planning, positive reappraisal and putting into perspective. The results also showed a positive and significant relationship between the components of self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing and other-blame with perceived stress. In addition, positive refocusing, other-blame, putting into perspective, rumination, adaptability, and positive reappraisal were able to predict respondents' perceived stress. Based on the results of the present study, the cohesion and adaptive patterns of family and cognitive emotion regulation strategies are among the factors influencing the perceived stress of the Iranian population during coronavirus epidemic and should be considered in psychological interventions.
Naser Yoosefi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , September 2016, , Pages 59-70
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Abstract: Life skills are considered the most important parameters in marital relations and life expectancy. Today, life skills are regarded as one of the most practical trainings for decreasing marital conflicts and preventing divorce. The study aimed at investigating life skills training effectiveness ...
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Abstract: Life skills are considered the most important parameters in marital relations and life expectancy. Today, life skills are regarded as one of the most practical trainings for decreasing marital conflicts and preventing divorce. The study aimed at investigating life skills training effectiveness in increasing marital satisfaction and hopefulness. The study was an experimental research with pre-test, post-test with control group. Participants of the study included 20 couples assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group experienced a 10 session, 2 hour instructional intervention held once a week. The instruments of the study were Evaluating & Nurturing Relationship Issues Communication and Happiness Questionnaire (ENRICH) and Sneider and et al,s Hopefulness Questionnaire (HQ). The results demonstrated that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group. The results also indicated that life skills training applications can strengthen marital life and increase couples, marital satisfaction and hopefulness.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Rezgar Mohammadi
Volume 3, Issue 2 , March 2017, , Pages 59-70
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Abstract: The experience of happiness in an enduring marriage causes internal satisfaction among couples. It also affects the well-being and development of their children. The present study was set up to investigate the lived experiences of couples who expressed satisfaction with their married ...
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Abstract: The experience of happiness in an enduring marriage causes internal satisfaction among couples. It also affects the well-being and development of their children. The present study was set up to investigate the lived experiences of couples who expressed satisfaction with their married life. Following a phenomenological approach, this study conducted in-depth and exploratory interviews among 14 married males and females who believed they had happy marriages. Data were collected , coded and organized in the form of themes and subthemes. 256 codes, 21 subthemes and 5 themes were identified through the content analysis of the data. The five main themes extracted were feeling of happiness, moral factors in happiness, presence of others, happiness raising behaviors and constructive marriage. The result revealed that happiness in marriage entails a feeling of comfort and satisfaction created by moral and ethical consideration observed by the couple, performed in the presence of others and accompanied by happiness raising behaviors. Mutual relationships between meanings and standards of happy marriages were also revealed.
salman zarei; khadijeh fooladvand
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Boredom is one of the most commonly experienced emotions during the adolescent years. Highly bored adolescents were shown to avoid schoolwork, and reduced attention, self-regulation, and motivation. An important characteristic of boredom is that it can be triggered by family environment. Although the ...
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Boredom is one of the most commonly experienced emotions during the adolescent years. Highly bored adolescents were shown to avoid schoolwork, and reduced attention, self-regulation, and motivation. An important characteristic of boredom is that it can be triggered by family environment. Although the relationship between Family Communication Patterns and boredom has been examined, there are few studies on underling mechanisms of this relationship. Therefore, the aim of present study was to investigate the mediating role of creativity in the relationship between Family Communication Patterns and boredom. In this descriptive- correlational study a total of 400 female high school students from the school of the 3th district of Tehran in the academic year of 2018-2019 were selected via cluster sampling. Data were collected using Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (Fahlman et al, 2013), Family Comminication Patterns Questionnaire (Fitzpatrick & Ritchie, 1974) and Abedi Creativity Questionnaire (Abadi, 1372). To analyze the data descriptive statistics, Pierson Correlation and path analysis were conducted. The results showed that direct effect of the family conversation orientation on the boredom was significantly negative, And direct effect of the Family conformity orientation and boredom were significantly positive. Also, results showed that mediating role of creativity in the relationship between Family Communication Patterns and boredom was significant. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that family communication patterns and creativity are important factor affecting adolescents’ boredom. Therefore, improving family communication and enhancing creativity can be a good way to support adolescent against everyday life problems and prevention boredom.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Narges Esmaeili Babadi; Zabihollah Abbaspour
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 61-74
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Relational ethics deals with fairness and unfairness in intimate relationships. It also deals with trustworthiness, justice, loyalty, merit, and entitlement between members of a relationship. Relational ethics requires members of the relationship to assume responsibility for consequences in the process ...
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Relational ethics deals with fairness and unfairness in intimate relationships. It also deals with trustworthiness, justice, loyalty, merit, and entitlement between members of a relationship. Relational ethics requires members of the relationship to assume responsibility for consequences in the process of give and take. The Relational Ethics Scale (RES) consists of two types of components: vertical and horizontal. The vertical dimension of the scale measures relational ethics in family of origin and the horizontal dimension measures current relationships between spouses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Relational Ethics in married men and women in Ahvaz. 208 married participants (89 males, 119 females) were asked to complete the Relational Ethics Scale (RES), the Relational Assessment Scale (RAS) and the Measure of Perceived Equity (MPE). Results confirmed the six-factor structure of the RES. They also showed that the RES has a suitable concurrent validity and reliability in measuring the couples’ relational ethics. Findings showed that this scale can be appropriately used in research studies as well as in premarital consultation and couple therapy by psychologists and family counselors.
Matineh Ebadi; Sajjad Basharpoor; Mohammad Narimani
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Abstract: Dissatisfaction, incompatibility, and couple relationship distress have made health of the individual and family difficult and will lead to irreparable consequences at the community level; therefore, the present study aimed to investigate fitting of the causal model based on the couple relationship ...
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Abstract: Dissatisfaction, incompatibility, and couple relationship distress have made health of the individual and family difficult and will lead to irreparable consequences at the community level; therefore, the present study aimed to investigate fitting of the causal model based on the couple relationship distress according to negative meta-emotion with the mediating role of rejection sensitivity in married people. The method of present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study consisted of all married people in Rasht city in the summer of 2019. Two hundred people from this statistical population were selected via multistage random sampling and participated in this research. The instruments of Marital Taxon Self-Report Measure (MTSRM), Meta-Emotion Scale (MES), and The Rejection Sensitivity RS-adult Questionnaire (A-RSQ) were used for gathering data. The results showed that negative meta-emotion and rejection sensitivity had a positive and significant relationship with the couple relationship distress. The results also showed that rejection sensitivity can mediate the relationship between negative meta-emotion and the couple relationship distress. The results indicate the importance of negative meta-emotion and rejection sensitivity in predicting the couple relationship distress. Thus, the findings of this study, in addition to expanding the research literature, highlight the necessity to pay attention to emotional and interpersonal characteristics in couple's relationship promotion programs in order to reduce marital distress for psychologists.
Masoud Akhgar; Maryam Fatehizade
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The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotional intelligence education on marriage expectation improvement and emotional regulation skill enhancement of youth on the verge of marriage. The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical ...
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The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotional intelligence education on marriage expectation improvement and emotional regulation skill enhancement of youth on the verge of marriage. The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all the male students in the marriage threshold at Isfahan Shahid Bahonar Farhangian University. Among the volunteer participants in the education emotional intelligence program,30 students were selected through the voluntarily sampling method. They are into two groups (experimental and control groups). the experimental group participated in 9 sessions of emotional intelligence education. There was no intervention in to control group. The research tools were ERSQ and MES. The results showed that the idealistic expectation, realistic expectation, and emotional regulation skills were increased in the experimental group significantly in comparison with the control group. Also, the pessimistic expectation was decreased in the experimental group significantly in comparison with the control group. moreover, the results indicated that emotional intelligence education affects adjusting realistic and pessimistic expectations and improving emotional regulation skills of the male youth marriage threshold. Therefore, this package can be effects used in pre-marital education.
fatemeh alidoosti; mahdieh bakhtiari
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The present research was conducted to clarify the causal relationship between family functioning and prosocial behaviors with the mediating role of psychological maturity. This descriptive research was correlational. Its statistical population consisted of adults aged 18 years and older, of which 436 ...
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The present research was conducted to clarify the causal relationship between family functioning and prosocial behaviors with the mediating role of psychological maturity. This descriptive research was correlational. Its statistical population consisted of adults aged 18 years and older, of which 436 individuals (i.e., 349 women and 87 men) were selected as the sample using the convenience sampling method. The Prosocial Tendencies Measure revised by Carlo et al. (PTM-R), the Family Assessment Device of Epstein et al. (FAD), and the Psychological Maturity scale of Mohammadkhani et al. were utilized to collect data. Given the results of the Pearson correlation test, significant positive relationships were observed between family functioning and intrinsically motivated prosocial behaviors, between the problem-solving dimensions in family functioning and extrinsically motivated prosocial behaviors, between family functioning and psychological maturity, between the social domain of psychological maturity and prosocial behaviors in emotional and dire situations. In contrast, a negative and significant relationship was revealed between psychological maturity and extrinsically motivated prosocial behaviors. The results of structural equation modeling indicated the significant mediating role of psychological maturity in the relationship between family functioning and prosocial behaviors with intrinsic motivation. Generally, it can be said that optimal family functioning can influence the psychological maturity of its members and their growth, leading individuals to adopt prosocial behaviors with internal motivation and higher levels of moral reasoning.
Fatemeh Alidoosti; Fatemeh Jangi; Shirin Shojaeifar
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Having a mentally retarded child has a significant effect on family mental health and leads to anxiety and psychological problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training based on Gross Model on anxiety, depression and emotion regulation in mothers of children ...
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Having a mentally retarded child has a significant effect on family mental health and leads to anxiety and psychological problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training based on Gross Model on anxiety, depression and emotion regulation in mothers of children with intellectual disability. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. 30 mothers of boys with intellectual disability were randomly divided into two experimental groups (15 people) and control group (15 people). The experimental group received emotional training based on Gross model in 8 sessions that were 2 hours; While the control group did not receive any intervention. All subjects answered Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) before and after the training. The results of these analyzes showed that the scores of emotional regulation, anxiety and depression of the subjects in the experimental group were significantly lower compared to the control group in the post-test stage. These findings suggest that emotion regulation training is a good way to improve emotion regulation and reduce anxiety and depression in mothers of children with intellectual disability and can be used as an intervention with empirical evidence in psychological clinics.
Zeinab Afshari; Fereshte Mootabi; Leili Panaghi
Volume 2, Issue 1 , November 2015, , Pages 59-70
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One of the most important factors affecting marital satisfaction is early childhood experiences with parents. These experiences have an important role in developing attachment and early maladaptive schemas. The present study was performed to investigate the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas ...
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One of the most important factors affecting marital satisfaction is early childhood experiences with parents. These experiences have an important role in developing attachment and early maladaptive schemas. The present study was performed to investigate the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in relationship between attachment styles and marital satisfaction. A total of 333 participants (194 women and 139 men) completed the Hazan and Shaver's Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ), Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) and Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH). The results showed that there is no significant relationship between avoidant-attachment style and marital satisfaction, but marital satisfaction had significant positive relationship with secure attachment style and significant negative relationship with ambivalent-attachment style. Also, the early maladaptive schemas mediate these relationships. Based on the results of the present study it can be concluded that individuals who have more secure attachment style develop more positive concept of self, as the result, they have less maladaptive schemas. So they follow more adaptive behaviors and less maladaptive behaviors in their marital relationships, therefore they will experience more marital satisfaction. In contrast, the individuals who have more insecure and ambivalent attachment style have more negative concept of self, therefore they own more maladaptive schemas about self, hence more maladaptive behaviors and less marital satisfaction.
Jalal Moradian; Sirous Alipour; Manijeh Shehni Yailagh
Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2014, , Pages 63-74
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Family is the most important social environment that affects the people’s growth. People are affected by their homes’ environment, not only physically and biologically, but also by their personality and early experiences. The aim of this study was to test a model consisting of causal relationship ...
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Family is the most important social environment that affects the people’s growth. People are affected by their homes’ environment, not only physically and biologically, but also by their personality and early experiences. The aim of this study was to test a model consisting of causal relationship between parenting styles and academic performance, by mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement motivation. 236 Shahid Chamran University students (117 males and 119 female) completed Baumrind Parenting Styles Questionnaire (BPSQ), Achievement Motivation Test (AMT) and Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES). The findings indicated that the authoritative parenting style had a positive direct effect and the authoritarian parenting style had a negative direct effect on achievement motivation and academic self-efficacy. The permissive parenting style had a negative direct effect on academic self-efficacy but had no effect on achievement motivation. Also, academic self-efficacy had a positive direct effect on academic performance, but there was no meaningful relationship between achievement motivation and academic performance. The results showed that the proposed model does not fit the data well. Therefore, a better fit was obtained by omitting the non-significant path from permissive parenting style to achievement motivation. In addition, the indirect total effects of authoritarian, authoritative and permissive parenting styles with academic performance, mediated by the role of academic self-efficacy and achievement motivation was significant.
Nargess Nasr Isfahani; Fatemeh Bahrami; Ozra Etemadi; Rahmat Allah Mohamadi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , September 2017, , Pages 65-74
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Abstract: In the present age, due to the expansion of communication and the increase in immigration, family formation and marriage have also been affected, and we are witnessing an increase in intercultural marriages. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of intercultural couple ...
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Abstract: In the present age, due to the expansion of communication and the increase in immigration, family formation and marriage have also been affected, and we are witnessing an increase in intercultural marriages. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of intercultural couple therapy on intercultural couple’s marital conflict in Isfahan. The research procedure was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with control group. Statistical population consisted of 16 couples referring to counseling centers of Isfahan, who were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The depended variable was marital conflict that was assessed through a marital conflict questionnaire. The independent variable was intercultural couple therapy that was performed for the experimental group in 8 sessions. The results showed that intercultural couple therapy decreased marital conflict of intercultural couples. These findings revealed that suitable training in the form of intercultural couple therapy can reduce couples' psychological worries and decrease their marital conflict.
Nasrin Arshadi; Seyedeh Sadaf Kazemi Shahandashti
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 65-76
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Since identifying the influential variables of psychological well-being is of significance, the purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship of work-family enrichment with psychological well-being, considering the mediating role of work-life balance. The participants of this study ...
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Since identifying the influential variables of psychological well-being is of significance, the purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship of work-family enrichment with psychological well-being, considering the mediating role of work-life balance. The participants of this study were 363 (222 males; 141 females) employees of NIDC who completed the Work-Family Enrichment Questionnaire (WFE), the Work-Life Balance Questionnaire (WLB), the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ), the Family Satisfaction Questionnaire (FSQ) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Findings showed that the proposed model fit the data properly. Better fit and more meaningful results were obtained by using modification indices. The results also indicated positive relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being and between work-life balance and psychological well-being. The indirect relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being through work-life balance were supported. Accordingly, it can be concluded that the relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being is not a direct relationship, and the work-life balance can play a mediating role. Highlighting the ways of increasing positive spillover from work to family by managers is one of the important practical implications of the present study.
Zabihollah Abbaspour; Feizallah Poursardar; Amin Koraei; Maryam Khosravani Shayan
Volume 2, Issue 2 , November 2015, , Pages 67-78
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Depression is a common mental disorder affecting adolescents and associated with high levels of stress, anxiety, and in the worst possible scenarios, suicide. This question always is asked, which treatment in more effective? The aim of present study was the effectiveness of family-based interpersonal ...
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Depression is a common mental disorder affecting adolescents and associated with high levels of stress, anxiety, and in the worst possible scenarios, suicide. This question always is asked, which treatment in more effective? The aim of present study was the effectiveness of family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) on depression symptoms in adolescents. Three depressive adolescents male were selected in Tehran. Multiple baseline experimental single case was used as the method of the present study. 14 sessions of family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) was administrated in 2 days per week and 7 consecutive weeks. This treatment was carried out in three phase of baseline, intervention and follow-up and participants complete Mood Affect Questionnaire (MFQ) in phase of baseline 3 times, intervention 5 times and follow-up 2 times. Data analyzed with visuals inspection, reliable change index (RCI) strategies and improvement percentage. Results showed that family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) had significant effect in reduction of depression signs. According to the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that integrating individual treatment with family system, especially parents, can have more effective outcomes in adolescents; therefore applying this method is recommended by the professionals of this field.
