Mohammad Ali Besharat; Maryam Taheri; Masoud Gholamali LAvasani
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The main objective of the present study was to compare perfectionism, ego strength, anger, and anger rumination in individuals with major depression (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS), Ego Strength Scale (ESS), Tehran Multidimensional Anger ...
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The main objective of the present study was to compare perfectionism, ego strength, anger, and anger rumination in individuals with major depression (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS), Ego Strength Scale (ESS), Tehran Multidimensional Anger Inventory (TMAI), and Anger Rumination Scale (ARS) were completed by 60 patients (39 patients with major depression disorder, 21 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder). Method of the present descriptive study was causal-comparative and statistical society included all major depressive disordered and obsessive-compulsive disordered patients refering to private clinics in Tehran during the year 1394. Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations, correlation coefficient, MANOVA, and independent t-test. The results demonstrated that dimensions of perfectionism were different in MDD and OCD: while self-oriented perfectionism and other-oriented perfectionism were elevated in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder sample, socially-prescribed perfectionism was elevated in major depression disorder sample. The results revealed no difference between the two groups in ego strength. Ager-in was elevated in major depression disorder sample, and there was no significant difference in other dimensions among the two groups. The results indicated that individuals with MDD showed more level of anger rumination than individuals with OCD. According to the results of the present study it can be concluded that comorbidity of MDD and OCD can be clarified through the common bases of psychopathology, meanwhile different principals of psychopathology justify distinction between the two disorders.
arezoo heydarian; masoumeh norouzi
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2014, , Pages 106-122
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation of emotion in anxiety and perfectionism in middle school students a sample of 192 first-year students from all high schools in the city of Sanandaj academic year 90-91 cluster sampling method was chosen. Data collection included three questionnaires, ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation of emotion in anxiety and perfectionism in middle school students a sample of 192 first-year students from all high schools in the city of Sanandaj academic year 90-91 cluster sampling method was chosen. Data collection included three questionnaires, Scale problem in the regulation of emotions, both positive and negative perfectionism scale- of (soert and colleagues- and test anxiety). The findings obtained from the results regression analysis anticipated stepwise of correlation coefficient showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the negative perfectionism and emotion regulation with test anxiety. But this correlation is different between boys and girls, anxiety was higher in girls than boys. The results show that using a variables of emotion regulation and perfectionism, students’ test anxiety can be predicted.
sakineh asali; hosein salimibajestani
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The present research aims to study the effect of teaching self- encouragement on decreasing exam anxiety and perfectionism of the 1st- grade female high school students. The research method was semi- empirical and control group pre-test and post-test was the research design. Using cluster random sampling ...
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The present research aims to study the effect of teaching self- encouragement on decreasing exam anxiety and perfectionism of the 1st- grade female high school students. The research method was semi- empirical and control group pre-test and post-test was the research design. Using cluster random sampling method, 20 1st-grade female students of Tehran district 9 in the educational year 2011-2012 were selected and randomly put into experiment and control groups (each consisting of 10 subjects). Ahvaz Test of Anxiety Inventory (1996) and Ahvaz Perfectionism Scale (1999) were used to measure the extent of exam anxiety and perfectionism respectively in pre-test and post-test. The experiment group received 10 ninety-minute sessions of teaching self- encouragement (Schumacher, 1980). After the teaching sessions were finished, the post-test was carried out in both experiment and control groups. The covariance analysis showed that the rate of exam anxiety and perfectionism in the experiment group was significantly decreased (p<0.01). It can be concluded that teaching self-encouragement resulted in the decrease of exam anxiety and perfectionism in the 1st-grade female high school students. Therefore, it is recommended to use such teaching program in order to decrease the level of the students’ exam anxiety and perfectionism so that their mental health could be maintained
hosein ghamarigivi; hajar rezaei
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Having intrusive thoughts is a characteristic of people with obsession disorder. They deal with thoughts such as perfectionism and intolerance of ambiguity. The present study aimed to examine efficacy of Whittal cognitive therapy and though stopping of patients with obsession disorder. The study was ...
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Having intrusive thoughts is a characteristic of people with obsession disorder. They deal with thoughts such as perfectionism and intolerance of ambiguity. The present study aimed to examine efficacy of Whittal cognitive therapy and though stopping of patients with obsession disorder. The study was an experimental design applying multi-group pretest- posttest method. 45 subjects with obsession disorder were randomly selected from among patients referred to hospitals, clinical centers, private clinics and counseling centers in Bukan city. They were divided into three groups (Whittal cognitive therapy, thought stopping behavioral treatment and control group). The two test groups attended 8 intervention sessions and before and after the sessions, the participants filled three questionnaires, i.e. Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, intolerance of uncertainty Scale and Perfectionism Scale. Results of the multivariate analysis showed that both treatment methods were effective in reducing obsessive symptoms; however, Whittal cognitive therapy proved to be more effective than thought stopping method.The results of the study indicated the importance of cognitive therapy methods in reducing obsessive symptoms and their being more effective than behavioral therapy methods
mansour bayrami; zohreh daneshvar pour
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and five factor personality with procrastination. The sample was 300 students (190 females, 110 males) who completed Procrastination Assessment Student-Scale (PASS), Big Five Inventory (BFI), and Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and five factor personality with procrastination. The sample was 300 students (190 females, 110 males) who completed Procrastination Assessment Student-Scale (PASS), Big Five Inventory (BFI), and Tehran Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (TMPS). Pearson correlation and multiple regression through simultaneous were used for analyzing the data. The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between extroversion with conscientiousness and openness and a significant negative correlation with neuroticism. There is a significant positive correlation between procrastination with all of the perfectionism scales and neuroticism and also neuroticism with all of the perfectionism scales. The results of multiple regression analysis also indicated that neuroticism and perfectionism predicted significantly academic procrastination. The results and its implications are discussed in the article.
ali shir afkan; sekineh zaerian
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This study was conducted with the aim of comparison of two cognitive- behavioral methods (with an emphasis on Beck and Alices's pattern) and training time management strategies (with an emphasis on Luis and Tracy's model) in an effort to alleviate procrastination and perfectionism of university students. ...
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This study was conducted with the aim of comparison of two cognitive- behavioral methods (with an emphasis on Beck and Alices's pattern) and training time management strategies (with an emphasis on Luis and Tracy's model) in an effort to alleviate procrastination and perfectionism of university students. The sample consisted of 80 students who were identified as procrastination and perfectionism through a test tapping the same constructs. They were placed randomly into two groups: experimental and control. In order to avoid subject loss, all subjects were placed into three groups: cognitive-behavioral (n=27), time management strategies (n=27), and the control group (n=26). The results of a covariance showed that there was a significant difference between perfectionism and procrastination among the groups under study. Results also showed that procrastination and perfectionism dropped significantly in the cognitive- behavioral group and time management group in comparison with the control group. But, a significant difference was not found between the two experimental groups in terms of procrastination and perfectionism. We can say that both cognitive-behavioral method and time management strategies were effective in alleviating perfectionism and procrastination. But, the former was more effective although no significant differences were found.
