Research in psychological health

The role of problem-solving strategies and critical thinking style in predicting students' mental health.

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between critical thinking and conflict resolution strategies with mental health during puberty in female high school students. The research method is correlational and the sample of this study is 150 female high school students who were selected from two high schools through simple random sampling. The tools used in this study are the California Critical Thinking Skills Questionnaire Form B, the Conflict Resolution Questionnaire (CRQ), and the Mental Health Checklist (MHC). The collected data were processed using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multivariate regression analysis. The calculated determination coefficient (R2) showed that each of the conflict resolution strategies explained part of the mental health during puberty. Thus, the strategy of conflict is natural 14.36%, providing solutions for mutual benefit 68.8%, creating agreements based on mutual benefit 22.6%, paying attention to needs instead of wants 5.07%, clarifying perceptions and perceptions 12.3%, developing and presenting feasible tasks and setting goals step by step until action 87.2%, focusing on the future by learning from the past 45.2%, great consideration and consideration 85.1%, space and situation 62.1%, creating a positive and powerful relationship 50.1%, critical thinking 12.5%, and a total of 86.52% of the common variance of students' mental health have been explained. The results of this study, in convergence with the findings of similar research, showed that the correct use of conflict resolution strategies and critical thinking plays a fundamental and decisive role in ensuring the mental health of female students during puberty.

A comparison of thought control strategies, valued living and appearance-based rejection sensitivity between college students with and without body dysmorphic disorder

Abbas Abolghasemi

Despite abundant research, there are still ambiguities and challenges about such variables as thought control strategies, valued living and appearance-based rejection sensitivity in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder. This descriptive) casual-comparative( study compared thought control strategies, valued living and appearance-based rejection sensitivity among college students with and without body dysmorphic disorder. Out of the statistical population of the study, all male and female students of Guilan University in the academic year of 1399-1400, 110 individuals with body dysmorphic disorder and 163 individuals without body dysmorphic disorder were sampled based on availability sampling method. Data were collected using questionnaires on thought control, valued living and appearance-based rejection sensitivity. The results showed that in the students with body dysmorphic disorder, thought control strategies and appearance-based rejection sensitivity were significantly higher and valued living was significantly lower (p≤0.01). As for the thought control strategies, the body dysmorphic disorder students used worry, punishment and social control to a greater extent, and strategies of distraction and reappraisal to a lesser extent; concerning valued living, the importance and consistency attributed to domains of valued living was lower in the body dysmorphic students (p<0.01). These findings have implications for the pathology, prevention and treatment of the disorder.

The role of interpersonal communication skills, personality traits and family cohesion with the mediating role of loneliness in the psychological problems of the physically disabled during social distance which caused by corona

Tahere Elahi

The presentstudy was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of interpersonal communication skills, personalitytraits and family cohesion with the mediating role of loneliness in the psychological problems of the physical disabled during social distancing. This correlational study byconvenience sampling method was done on 133of Physical disabled in Tehran in2020. For collecting data, the Anxiety, Stress, and Depression Scale(DASS-21), theMatson InterpersonalCommunication Skills Scale, the Samani Family Cohesion Scale (2002), the Neo Personality Traits, and the Russell Loneliness Scale were used. Pearson correlation coefficients betweenfamily cohesion and interpersonal communication skills with anxiety, stress and depression and between neuroticism with anxiety,Loneliness with stress, interpersonal communication skills and family cohesion were significant. The results of Multivariate regression analysis in hierarchical method showed that all of variablesinterpersonal communication skills, family cohesion,Personality Traits and loneliness accounted for61% of the variance in the psychological problems of the physically disabled. The mediating role of loneliness with R3% was significant. interpersonal communication skills and neuroticism with beta coefficient -0.69and0.113 acordingly were significsnt predictors of psychologicsl problems, too. According to these results, Lack of interpersonal communication skills and tendency to experience negative emotions mediated by loneliness has been an important factor in aggravating the psychological problems of physicaldisabled.

Daughter’s Lived Experience of Mother’s Physically and Mentally Disability

Marziyeh Dindoost

Objective: The life situation of women with disabilities is complex and full of attitudinal, social and economic barriers to their socio-psychological well-being. Now, if these women are also mothers, there will certainly be consequences for the children of such mothers. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand the lived experiences of girls who had a mother with a physical and mental disability. Method: The method of the present study was qualitatively phenomenological. The study sample consisted of 11 girls with a mean age of 20.5 years who had a mother with physical and mental disabilities and were selected by purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, then implemented verbatim and analyzed by Smith and Osborne interpretive phenomenology. Results: In this study, 4 main themes were identified: coping with maternal disability, feeling of maternal emptiness, perceiving differences in family structure and personal challenges created for the child. Some of the main themes included subsets. Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be said that the lives of girls have been affected by the mother's disability and it is necessary to provide a support system for families who face such problems.

The Relationship Between Cognitive Control and Positive Memory with Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms among people who have experienced flood trauma: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Process and Cognitive Fatigue

Yasaman Ghaemizadeh

The present study investigated the role of cognitive control and positive memory characteristics with special attention to the mediating roles of cognitive process and cognitive fatigue in flood-stricken victims. A sample of 280 participants were selected from flood-stricken areas including Gonbad, Gomishan and Aghghala. Data were collected using PCL-5, CPOTS, MEQ_SF, Mental Fatigue Scale, WAIS-IV, Stroop Test and Wisconsin Card Sorting. The data were then analyzed using SPSS and Smart PLS-3 softwares. The findings indicated no direct link between cognitive process and PTSD symptoms. However, cognitive process played a full mediating role in the relationship between cognitive control and PTSD symptoms and a partial mediating role in the relationship between positive memory characteristics and PTSD symptoms. The findings also revealed cognitive fatigue played a partial mediating role in the relationship between both cognitive contol and PTSD symptoms and positive memory characteristics and PTSD symptoms. The findings further showed the purposed model to investigate the relationships between the variables enjoyed a good fit. These findings can be the first step in identifying the PTSD symptoms of people who have been through flood trauma and can help us design evidence-based educational and rehabilitative programs to reduce psychocognitive pains of flood victims

Developing and determining the effectiveness of the chronic pain self-management training package on improving pain self-management, mindfulness skills, metacognitive beliefs, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Mohammad Naghi Farahani

This study aimed to develop and introduce training package of chronic pain self-management interventions and evaluate its effects on improving pain self-management (PSM), mindfulness skills (MS), metacognitive beliefs (MB), and cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). The statistical population included all patients with CMP who were referred to Tehran hospitals between June 2020 and December 2021. Among these, 22 people (two experimental and control groups) of eligible individuals were selected by voluntary sampling method and examined during a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group underwent 8 online intervention sessions and were evaluated online by GSCS-7, PSMC-18, FFMQ-39, MCQ-30 and CERQ-18 during tree sessions (pre-test, post-test and follow-up). Data were analyzed by MANKOVA. According to the results, the overall effects of the self-management interventions were significant (p < 0.05). Also the interventions had a significant effects on improving PSM, increasing the use of MS, and improving CERS (p<0.05), however, the interventions had no significant effects on reducing dysfunctional MB (p < 0.05). Considering the evidence from this study, the authors believe that the use of chronic pain self-management interventions for people with CMP has significant clinical benefits, so its use is recommended to health care providers.

Investigating the role of mental toughness and locus of control as possible risk factors for sports injuries in teenage soccer players

Shahabeddin Bagheri

Personality traits are one of the three categories of psychosocial variables affecting stress response in the stress-injury model and have attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. Accordingly, the current study aims to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and locus of control with the occurrence of sports injuries in soccer players. The present study was a prospective cohort study that was carried out in Khoramabad city during 1401-1399. The statistical sample consisted of 122 soccer players with ages 14 to 17 years. dispositional resilience and a sport locus of control scales were used to evaluate mental toughness and locus of control, respectively. Our study results showed that mental toughness is a personality trait that has a direct relationship with sports injuries (p<0.05), while internal and external locus of control did not show a direct relationship with sports injuries (p>0.05). According to the present study result for every point of reduction in mental toughness, the odds of sports injuries increase by 11% (p<0.05). Soccer players who have less mental toughness may be more prone to sports injuries. Coaches and sports psychology specialists, to reduce the risk of sports injuries, can work on the mental toughness of soccer players.