Iraj Mokhtarnia; ali zadehmohammadi; Leili Panaghi; Mona Cheraghi
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Different studies used the construct of frequency of conflict and the extent of conflict issues interchangeably, and there was no distinction between them. While with the development of theoretical models, these constructs became different from each other. However, unlike the construction of frequency ...
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Different studies used the construct of frequency of conflict and the extent of conflict issues interchangeably, and there was no distinction between them. While with the development of theoretical models, these constructs became different from each other. However, unlike the construction of frequency of conflict, which had an instrument to measure it, so far no model of assessment has been proposed to measure the construct of the extent of conflict dominations; Therefore, the present study aimed to measure the construction of the extent of conflict dominations and evaluate its role in parent-adolescent relationships. The present study is descriptive and structural equation modeling, and the research sample consisted of 704 adolescents studying in schools in Tehran. To measure the construction of the extent of conflict issues, the definition of the model "process of adolescent perception of conflict with parents" was used, and based on this model, a new scoring was proposed for the revised checklist of parent-adolescent conflict issues, and then this model was tested. The results of exploratory factor analysis identified two factors, and confirmatory factor analysis also approved one-factor and two-factor models for measuring this construction. The results of structural equation modeling also confirmed the effect of this construction on adolescent dissatisfaction with mother and father in the form of a structural model. As a result, researchers can use the proposed measurement model of the present study to measure the extent of conflict issues as a separate construct from the frequency of conflict.
zahra savadi; bahman bahmani; ali zadehmohammadi
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Background: Parental bereavement after loss of a child is often more profound and prolonged than grief experienced in other context of other losses and associated with an increased risk for long-term psychological and physical morbidities. Aim: To explore the effectiveness of “unity-oriented psychology ...
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Background: Parental bereavement after loss of a child is often more profound and prolonged than grief experienced in other context of other losses and associated with an increased risk for long-term psychological and physical morbidities. Aim: To explore the effectiveness of “unity-oriented psychology concepts instruction” on reducing depression and increasing spiritual well-being in bereaved mothers. Method: A single-subject study was conducted on three bereaved mothers who lost their children to cancer in Mahak hospital during last 6 to 12 months ago. Each person participated in six (90-minute) individual session of the unity-oriented psychology concepts instruction. Data were collected the using the questionnaire of Beck depression inventory-II and spiritual well-being scale( Paloutzian & Ellison 1982) for eight times( three times at the baseline phase, three times at the intervention phase, and two times at the follow-up phase). The collected data were analyzed by indicators of process changes and calculate the recovery percentage. Results: The results showed a significant decrease on depression and increase on spiritual well-being compared to the baseline and the most amount of decrease and increase was observed in final intervention session. Conclusions: considering the effectiveness of the “unity-oriented psychology concepts instruction” on reducing depression and increasing spiritual well-being in bereaved mothers, this intervention can be used to alleviate the psychological pain in this group.
