Ahmad Amani, Omid Isanejad, Elahe Alipour,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (4-2018)
Abstract
Aim: The study aimed at determining the effective of acceptance and commitment therapy group intervention on marital distress, marital conflict, and optimism.
Methodology: The study was formed of quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and follow-up. 24 married woman with marital problems who visited the counseling center of Imam Khomeini Relef were selected and randomized in to control and experimental group (n=12 for each group) . Research tools werer Marital Satisfaction Inventory -Revised (MSI-R), Marital Conflict Questionnaire-Revised (R-MCQ), and Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). The experimental group participated in ten ACT group session. After the ending a posttest was carried out in both group. Multivariate ana of covariance (MANCOVA) was performed to analyze the data.
Finding: The findings demonstrate that acceptance and commitment group therapy is effective on marital conflict (P<0.05). marital distress (P<0.05), and optimism (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, the use of ACT therapy recommended in reduce marital distress, marital conflict and increase optimism.
Roonak Khalili Tajareh, Hamzeh Ahmadiyan,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (6-2019)
Abstract
Introduction :According to the increasing of aged people, paying attention to their mental health plays an important role in the society. As a result, the first step in achieving a healthy and active aging society is to recognize the status of the elderly in terms of physical, psychological and social dimensions.
Aim: This study is designed to investigate the relationship between optimism and subjective vitality with the mediating role of resiliency. Moreover, this study is practical as purpose and also descriptive – correlation as performance area.
Method: Among all elderly people of Sanandaj, the 200people have been chosen as population by availability sampling method. It has used the Sheer and Karoor's questionnaire to gather information, also the Ryan and Fredrick's subjective vitality questionnaire and the Konor's and Davidson's resiliency questionnaire. It is utilized the path analysis to analyze information.
Results: The findings have been confirmed the previous studies. Moreover, this study is practical in positive psychology training scope in old age.
Conclusion: The results of this test showed that optimism, both direct and indirect, has a positive effect on subjective vitality. Also, the effect of resiliency on mental uplift is significant (P≤0.05).
Gholamhosin Asgari, Mahin Etemadinia, Farnaz Farshbaf Manisefat,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (9-2024)
Abstract
Introduction: During their working process nurses are involved in extensive tensions which cause an increase in compassion fatigue and a decrease in empathy and optimism which has a negative effect on the quality of their clinical services.
Aim: This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of group spiritual-Islamic mindfulness on nurses’ compassion fatigue, empathy and optimism.
Method: This research was a semi-experimental study whose statistical population included nurses working in Arefian Hospital in Urmia city. In the year 1401, 60 nurses were selected randomly using available sampling method and were put into two experimental and control groups (30 people in each group). The experimental group received inervention during 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The measurement tools were questionnaires from Figley's Compassion Fatigue (1995), Baron-Cohen's Empathy (2003) and Seligman’s Pessimism-Optimism (1982). The participants completed the questionnaires in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up phases. The data was analyzed using the repeated measures and SPSS22 software.
Results: There was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores in the experimental and control groups in all three research variables. The intervention of group spiritual-Islamic mindfulness had a significant effect on nurses’ compassion fatigue (F=10.980; P<0.01), empathy (F=53.071; P<0.01) and optimism (F=25.406; P<0.01).
Conclusion: Group spiritual-Islamic mindfulness was effective on nurses' compassion fatigue, empathy, and optimism; Therefore, this intervention can be used to improve the performance and quality of clinical care of nurses.
