Evaluation of quality of life therapy for parents of children with obsessive–compulsive disorders in Iran

Previous research has provided evidence on the effectiveness of CBT in the symptomatic improvement of children with obsessive–compulsive disorders. There is also increasing recognition of the importance of involving parents and families in treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of such an intervention that promoted family strengths [(quality of life therapy (QoLT)] for mothers of children with obsessive–compulsive disorders (OCD). The sample consisted of 40 children with OCD and their mothers, who had been referred to clinics in Esfahan city in Iran. Mothers were randomly allocated to an experimental (QoLT) and waiting list control group. Mothers participated in eight QoLT group sessions over 4 weeks. QoLT incorporated CBT techniques in managing OCD symptoms. Measures were completed pre- and post-intervention by both groups. Children completed the Yale–Brown obsession compulsion scale for Children, the Revised children's manifest anxiety scale, and the brief multidimensional student’s life satisfaction scale; mothers completed the quality of life inventory (QoLI). QoLT was associated with decrease in OCD and anxiety symptoms and increase in children's satisfaction in the global, family and environment domains, as well as with increased QoLI scores in their mothers. Parenting interventions like QoLT can complement individual modalities such as CBT in the presence of family-related difficulties. This can be particularly applicable in countries and settings with limited resources and high stigma of child mental health problems

Investigating the Effect of Training Career Path Skills based on Super’s Career Development Theory on Academic Self-Concept of Students of Isfahan University

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of training career path skills based on Super’s Development Theory on students’ academic self-concept. The study is a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students of University of Isfahan year 2018. Using available sampling method, 30 people were selected and randomly, 15 of them were placed in the test group and 15 in the control group. The data collection tool was Academic Self-Concept Scale (ASCS) (Reynolds et al, 1980). The career path skills were trained to the test group for ten 90-minute sessions in groups, and no training was provided to the test group. The data were analyzed using SPSS software at the level of descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation and at the level of inferential statistics by covariance analysis method. The results showed that training career path skills based on Super’s Development Theory has a significant positive effect on students’ academic self-concept

Tourism and Economic Development of the Village (Farsian Qanchi and Tilabad villages, Azadshahr, Iran)

Purpose: Tourism as a process in rural development can provide the basis for diversification of financial resources, increase of income and job creation in the village. The situation of the rural society of Iran shows that the villages, like the cities, are full of opportunities and natural and human resources, that the correct and optimal use of these opportunities and the creation of new businesses can bring significant economic benefits. The rural tourism industry is one of the activities and fields that have a great capacity for the economic development of the country's villages. Therefore, this article seeks to investigate and analyze the effects and consequences of tourism in the economic development process of Farsian Qanchi and Tilabad villages of Azadshahr county in Iran. Methodology: This research is applied studies in terms of its purpose and descriptive and analytical research in terms of methodology. The validity of the research tool (questionnaire) was confirmed by Delphi method and its reliability was proved using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α = 0.853). The statistical population includes all heads of households in the villages of Farsian Qanchi and Tilabad, among which 140 people were selected as the sample size by simple random sampling. Findings: The general results of the research show that Farsian Qanchi village has a much better and higher capacity than Til Abad village for the development of tourism and economic growth of the village. So that the native residents of Farsian Qanchi village have a higher level of entrepreneurship, more diverse financial resources and more income compared to the native residents of Tilabad village. Originality/Value: In this paper, we will examine Tourism and Economic Development of the Village (Farsian Qanchi and Tilabad villages, Azadshahr, Iran)

The relationship between spiritual intelligence and taking responsibility with life quality

Spiritual intelligence as one of the new concepts of intelligence includes a type of adaptability and behavior of problem solving which has the highest levels of growth in different domains of cognitive, moral, emotional, interpersonal etc. and helps out the person for coordination with the surrounding phenomena and achieving internal and external integration as well as enforcement of the spiritual intelligence which is equal with obedience of God which improves the social behavior and taking responsibility. The aim of this research is determining the relationship between spiritual intelligence and responsibility with life quality of students. The population under study includes all the male students studying in guidance schools of the city of Tehran in educational year of 2012-2013 and with the use of multistage sampling method 300 students have been chosen as research sample. For this purpose, in the first stage, Tehran city has been divided into three geographical regions of North, South and Center. In the second stage, for each geographical region one educational region has been selected and in the third stage from each educational region 2 high schools have been selected and in the fourth stage from each high school five class and finally from each class 10 student have been selected randomly. For data collection, 3 standard and normalized questionnaires including King’s spiritual intelligence (2008), life quality questionnaire (SF36) of Warosherbon (2001) as well as the responsibility questionnaire of Kordloo (2010) have been used. For data analysis descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (regression analysis test) have been used. In addition to confirmation of the research hypotheses, the research results indicate that among the subscales of the spiritual intelligence, transcendental awareness have a larger share in explaining life quality of the students, such that as the transcendental awareness the influence it has on life quality increases as well and results in an increase in life quality. In addition to this, among the subscales of taking responsibility, feeling of responsibility has a larger share in explaining the life quality of the students, such that as the feeling of responsibility increases the life quality increases as well. In addition to this, other subscales of taking responsibility including feeling of security, self-esteem, feeling of belonging and taking responsibility also have positive effect on life quality of the students

Recent advances on happiness

Happiness plays essential role on building prosperity and success in any society. Happiness is one of the essential factors to reach prosperity and success in people’s life and jobs but happiness is not always the same as capability, but they may be correlated while capability is a necessary for having a happy life and happiness feeds back on capability in different ways. People who feel happy could better contribute to society and help other people build better future. This study performs a review on recently completed studies on factors, which influence happiness, new definitions of happiness. The study concentrates more on empirical investigations on the concept of happiness

Pre- and post-employment issues of bipolar patients and predisposing factors and vocational rehabilitation implications: a new perspective

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the employment issues of bipolar patients and their predisposing factors. Materials and Methods: This study was performed using the moose systematic qualitative method, by using research articles that addressed the employment issues of bipolar patients. Initially, 2204 articles were extracted but after primary and secondary screening and studying the full text finally, 15 articles were selected according to predetermined criteria. Results: The extracted employment issues of bipolar patients were divided into two general types of pre- and post-employment issues and the factors causing the employment issues.  Pre- and post- employment issues of bipolar patients were divided into three sub-domains (Unemployment, lack of productivity in the workplace, and ethical-communication problems). factors causing bipolar employment issues were divided into three domains (factors related to symptoms of the disorder, psychosocial factors and inappropriate therapeutic interventions). Discussion: Although pre- and post- employment issues of bipolar patients appear to be a major issue both in society and in researches; the underlying causes of these patients' employment issues are also important driving factors, which need attention and consideration and rehabilitation

The relationship between spiritual intelligence and taking responsibility with life quality

Spiritual intelligence as one of the new concepts of intelligence includes a type of adaptability and behavior of problem solving which has the highest levels of growth in different domains of cognitive, moral, emotional, interpersonal etc. and helps out the person for coordination with the surrounding phenomena and achieving internal and external integration as well as enforcement of the spiritual intelligence which is equal with obedience of God which improves the social behavior and taking responsibility. The aim of this research is determining the relationship between spiritual intelligence and responsibility with life quality of students. The population under study includes all the male students studying in guidance schools of the city of Tehran in educational year of 2012-2013 and with the use of multistage sampling method 300 students have been chosen as research sample. For this purpose, in the first stage, Tehran city has been divided into three geographical regions of North, South and Center. In the second stage, for each geographical region one educational region has been selected and in the third stage from each educational region 2 high schools have been selected and in the fourth stage from each high school five class and finally from each class 10 student have been selected randomly. For data collection, 3 standard and normalized questionnaires including King’s spiritual intelligence (2008), life quality questionnaire (SF36) of Warosherbon (2001) as well as the responsibility questionnaire of Kordloo (2010) have been used. For data analysis descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (regression analysis test) have been used. In addition to confirmation of the research hypotheses, the research results indicate that among the subscales of the spiritual intelligence, transcendental awareness have a larger share in explaining life quality of the students, such that as the transcendental awareness the influence it has on life quality increases as well and results in an increase in life quality. In addition to this, among the subscales of taking responsibility, feeling of responsibility has a larger share in explaining the life quality of the students, such that as the feeling of responsibility increases the life quality increases as well. In addition to this, other subscales of taking responsibility including feeling of security, self-esteem, feeling of belonging and taking responsibility also have positive effect on life quality of the students

Reliability and validity of the Oxford happiness inventory among university students in Iran

The aim of the present study was to examine the internal reliability, content validity, construct validity, and concurrent validity of the Persian translation/Farsi version of the Oxford Happiness Inventory. The Oxford Happiness Inventory and Fordyce Happiness Inventory were completed by a sample of 727 Iranian university students. Findings confirmed the internal reliability, construct, and concurrent validity of the Oxford Happiness Inventory. Thus, it can be recommended for use as a trait-measure of happiness among Iranian samples.El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar la fiabilidad internal, la validez de contenido, la validez de constructo y la validez concurrente de la traducción persa/varsión farsi del Inventario de Felicidad de Oxford (Oxford Happiness Inventory). Una muestra de 727 estudiantes universitarios iraníes completaron el Inventario de Felicidad de Oxford y al Inventario de Felicidad de Fordyce. Los resultados confirmaron la fiabilidad interna, la validez de constructo y la validez concurrente del Inventario de Felicidad de Oxford. Así, puede ser recomendarse para su uso como medida de rasgo de felicidad en muestras iraníes

The Impact of Lived-Experience Based Therapy and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy on Body Mass Index and Self-Esteem among Obese Women

Introduction: Culturally sensitive psychological intervention among individuals with obesity has gained major attention among experts in psychological fields. The current study was to examine and compare the impact of the Lived–Experienced Based Therapy (LEBT) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on BMI and self-esteem among Iranian obese women in Esfahan City, Iran. Method: The study used quasi-experimental method with pre-test, post-test and 3-month follow-up. The study population consisted of all females with BMI above 30, in Esfahan. Overall, 45 women (M= 34.11, SD= 5.60) were purposefully selected and randomly divided into three study groups. The sample was selected using online and display ads. Both treatment groups received 8 sessions of specific interventions from April to June 2018, while the control group did not receive any therapies. Data were collected using the global formula calculating BMI and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965) and analyzed by SPSS-21 software. The ANCOVA and repeated measure ANOVA (i.e., Bonferroni test analysis) were used to compare three groups at three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Results: The results showed that BMI and self-esteem in both experiment groups were significantly improved at both post-test and follow-up, compared to the pre-test and control group (p<.001). However, there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of CBT and LEBT in both stages of post-test and follow-up. Conclusion: Both psychological therapies are effective to address low self-esteem and high BMI of obese women.Declaration of Interest: Non