Counseling and psychotherapy culture

Abstract Religion and culture are important in family therapy, so discovering the religious model of family therapy originating from Islamic sources and Iranian culture can be useful for Iranian Muslim families. Therefore, the aim's of current research was conducted discovering the model of religious family therapy. For this purpose, using an exploratory study of thematic analysis, study data from four sources of Islamic texts including Quranic verses and Hadiths, authentic qualitative articles with a sample of Iranian families, interviews with family counseling experts and formation of a focus group including counseling, ethics and Hadith experts. , jurisprudence and family rights were obtained. Qualitative data analysis was done by following the standards of qualitative studies and the reliability of its data and with the Sterling method. Findings based on universal themes showed that religious family therapy interventions include interventions based on religious perceptions and behaviors, including correct perception of God and performing religious behaviors, religious spirituality, including the spirituality of the divine in relationships, regulation, including tolerance in relationships, control, including self-control. Emotions, include kindness, conversation includes good conversation, and adherence to religious obligations includes respect for rights and loyalty. The content validity of the model using CVI and CVR coefficients was above 75 and 85%, respectively, which shows the content validity of this model. According to the obtained religious processes, this model can be proposed as an independent family therapy model, and other religions can integrate family therapy based on the client's religion based on the religious processes of this model.

Abstract Remarriage is a chance for couples who have lost their spouse for various reasons to re-experience life together. The aim of this study was to identify the problems and challenges of remarried couples and coping strategies of remarried couples based on the lived experiences of these couples.This research was conducted qualitatively using interpretive phenomenological approach. Research Field (Statistical Society) The present study consisted of married couples in Tehran in 1399. Using purposive sampling method, 21 couples were selected from the couples who met the inclusion criteria, and the research data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews privately from these couples. Based on the analysis of interviews, a total of 18 main categories and 108 sub-categories were obtained as categories of challenges of remarried couples and effective coping strategies of successful couples with stable remarriage in two time periods (when choosing a new spouse and during new life). ) Was categorized. However, successful couples have effective coping strategies that are classified into three levels: individual, couple and family and in two time periods (during the selection of a spouse and the time of new life). It can be concluded that remarriage has many challenges, but couples can create a lasting marriage from the beginning by using appropriate coping strategies to make informed choices and deep knowledge of each other and honesty and transparency about the issues of past life and relationship.

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of narrative therapy with emphasis on innovative moments on cognitive emotion regulation in adolescent girls with self-harm with suicidal ideation. The present study is a quasi-experimental study with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the present study was all female high school students with self-harm with suicidal ideation who were referred to Shahid Fahmideh Student Counseling Center in Bonab city in 2019 In this study, the available sampling method was used to select the sample. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of narrative therapy based on the intervention program of White and Epston (1990) and the control group did not receive any intervention. Findings indicate that narrative therapy with emphasis on innovative moments had a significant effect on improving cognitive emotion regulation (p <0.00). It can be said that narrative therapy with emphasis on innovative moments is a suitable intervention method for counselors and psychologists to improve cognitive emotion regulation strategies in girls with self-harm with suicidal ideation.

Abstract Adolescence is the period of a lifetime when many physical and mental changes happen and thus make adolescents vulnerable to mental issues that must be well-recognized and figure out proper solutions to solve the problems and improve their ability to cope with difficult situations. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on internet addiction, cognitive inhibition, and emotional control of internet-addicted adolescents. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group. The research population was adolescents from two schools in Yazd. We chose 30 of them with the availability sampling method for the sample group. after that, we randomly put them into experimental and control groups. Before any intervention pretest was taken from them. Then the experimental group received cognitive rehabilitation intervention in 8 sessions. At the end of the interventions, a post-test was taken from both experimental and control groups. To evaluate internet addiction Kimberly young's internet addiction scale was used. To evaluate cognitive inhibition Boshra scale was used. William's emotional control scale was used to evaluate emotional control. Results: Data were analyzed with analysis of covariance which indicated the effectiveness of the cognitive rehabilitation approach to reduce internet addiction, and improve cognitive inhibition and emotional control levels (p<0.05). Conclusions: cognitive rehabilitation approach is effective to reduce internet addiction in adolescents, and improve their cognitive skills and inhibitory system. Also, this approach could be effective to enhance emotional control for them.

Abstract The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of stress inoculation therapy on alexithymia and medication adherence of cardiovascular patients. The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the nonequivalent control group. The statistical population of this study included all patients with coronary heart disease who referred to the specialized heart hospital in Urmia in 2022 who had referred to this center for medical services. The sample size consisted of 40 people from the mentioned community who were selected by available sampling method and placed in two experimental and control groups. The research instruments included The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1994) and the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 (2008). The results showed that stress inoculation therapy had a significant effect on improving alexithymia and medication adherence in the post-test and follow-up stages. The findings of the present study show that stress inoculation therapy can improve alexithymia and medication adherence in cardiovascular patients.

Abstract Conceptual model of coping strategies confronted the responsibilities of female-headed households: a phenomenological study
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The aim of the present study was to investigate coping strategies for women heads of households. Welfare was in Tehran. The sampling was first performed as a relative classification of Shemiranat, Shahriyar, Robat Karim and Tehran, then ended with a targeted sampling method of the property within two months until theoretical saturation. Statistical sample (35) of women heads of households, (12) social worker and 6 managers of welfare branches, in total (53) people. The data from the interview were analyzed by open and central coding method. Women's problems: psychological, physical, economic; Child related; Primary, cultural, and supportive families were identified. In addition, the results of 124 concepts, 17 sub-categories, 4 main categories: 1- Individual factors of effective coping strategies (resilience, self-efficacy, optimism, cognitive evaluation, spirituality) 2- Inefficient individual factors (cognitive and emotional distortions, passive style) , Physical-psychological disorders, dysfunctional parenting style) 3- Effective social factors (social participation, social cohesion, social trust) and 4-Inefficient social factors (insufficient participation, insufficient cohesion, insufficient trust and dependent factors)and 2 main themes of effective and ineffective coping strategies were identified. Based on the comprehensive multimodal hierarchical model, The effective components of spirituality, resilience, and the dysfunctional components of lack of trust and social cohesion, as well as the dependent and passive style in the female head of welfare, were more sensitive.. Keywords Conceptual model, coping strategies, confronted, responsibilities of female-headed households, phenomenological

Abstract Internal working model is the most essential concept in attachment theory that explain adult romantic behavior in marital relationships. This study aimed to compare internal working models between low conflict and high conflict couples in Tehran. The samples include 100 low conflict persons and 100 high conflict persons in marital relationships that were randomly selected. The research’s tools were Internal Working Model Questionary (IMWQ) that was made by researcher, and Marital Conflicts Questionary (MCQ). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), LSD incidental test, and discriminant analysis were used for analysis of the research’s data. The results showed that there is significant difference (p<0/01) between the profiles of internal working models’ components of low conflict and high conflict persons. Also the results indicated that each component of internal working model between low conflict and high conflict persons was significantly different (p<0/01). The discriminant analysis showed that it’s possible to predicate group membership of persons in successful and unsuccessful groups, with 99/5% probability. Then according to findings low conflict couples have secure memories, attitudes, needs, and strategies while high conflicts couples have unsecure memories, attitudes, needs, and strategies.