On the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Aggression in Addicts

: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on aggression among addicts. Method: A quasi-experimental design along with pre-posttest stages, control group, and follow-up was employed for the conduct of this study. The number of 24 addicts referring to rehabilitation clinics in Tehran was selected as the sample size of this study via convenience sampling method in accordance with the inclusion criteria. These participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. In this study, Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire was used for data collection purposes. Results: Data analysis showed that group cognitive-behavioral therapy reduces verbal and physical aggression, anger, and hostility in addicted people. However, this therapy only led to the reduction of verbal aggression, anger, and hostility in addicted people. Conclusion: Since aggression has a high comorbidity with substance abuse, this factor can be as an obstacle to withdrawal. Therefore, it must be considered in addiction treatment

The Relation of Attachment Styles, Emotion Regulation, and Resilience to Well-being among Students of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Psychological well-being, reflecting positive mood, vitality, and interest in milieu, is a part of quality of life psychology. Attachment styles could be theoretically linked to well-being through stress appraisal patterns that include emotion regulation and resilience. Researchers believe that attachment, resilience, and emotion regulation have generally been identified as important determinants of psychological health or specifically spoken, psychological well-being. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of attachment styles, emotion regulation and resilience with well-being among students of medical sciences. Methods: In this descriptive correlation investigation, study population included 200 medical sciences students of Semnan University selected through convenience sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires of attachment styles, emotion regulation, resilience and wellbeing. Data was analyzed using Pearson correlation and regression. Results: A significant positive relationship was observed between secure attachment (0.42) and reappraisal (0.37) to psychological well-being (p<0.05). In addition, the relationship of suppression (r=-0.42, p<0.05), preoccupied attachment (r=-0.23, p<0/05), and fearful attachment (r=-0.17 p<0.01) with well-being is significant and negative. Moreover, the results of stepwise regression analysis showed that suppression first and then secure attachment, reappraisal, resilience and fearful attachment style respectively have a significant role in predicting psychological well-being and predictor variables explain totally (0.34) of variations in psychological well-being (p<0.0001). Conclusion: The results indicate that attachment styles, resilience, and emotion regulation are proper predictors for psychological well-being. Therefore, forming strong networks of social support and interpersonal communication through academic programs is highly recommended to enhance students’ psychological well-being and mental health