Mansour Abdi

Arak University · Psychology

Aim: Social participation is necessary for the development process of adolescents. It is crucial to gain maturity through the social activities. Social activities lead to an individual who knows their abilities and actualizes their talents. This study aims to examine the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relation of parenting styles with the s...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy focused on self-esteem (CBT-S) on fear of childbirth in nulliparous women. Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 24 nulliparous women willing to cesarean section delivery referred to Milad hospital, Tehran, Iran, between July to August 2015 were...

Aim and Background: Social participation is a psychological concept that is important in adolescents. By participating in social activities, a person can recognize his abilities and talents and reach maturity through gaining experience. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-regulation in the relationship between parent...

This research compares the effect of problem-solving and stress management skills by two methods, tradition and workshop, in reducing tendency to addiction on male studentsin the academic years 91–92. The research population included all male students in the College of literature, Science and humanities in Arak University, in which, 30 students wer...

This research investigates and compares the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural method and common method of family education on psychological well-being of parents and girl students in the secondary programme at western region of Isfahan province. The hypothesis was that the effect of cognitive-behavioural method and traditional (common) method...

Emotional intelligence is the capacity of perception, expression, recognition, application and management of excitement of oneself and others. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence of fathers and their adolescence self-esteem and mental health. A total of 384 student...

Positive interventions, which focus on the positive aspects and strengths of people, are relatively new types of interventions in psychology. The purpose of this research is to make a positive impression of psychotherapy on psychological welfare of students of Payame Noor University in Dezful. Therefore, about 28 students were selected and assigned...

The aim of this research was to review the effects of relaxation training to increase self-esteem in the University’s graduate students of Khomein University in psychology and counselling. This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test. Population of the study consisted of all male and female students of psychology and counselling an...

A total of 64 pregnant women were assigned into two groups of cases and controls. Both groups filled out the Perceived Stress Scale at pre-test. Cognitive-behavioral coping skill training was delivered to the case group. After the end of the intervention, both groups completed the same scale again. The results showed that the mean perceived stress...

The Purpose of this research, Explaining life satisfaction and Academic achievement based on Parenting Styles and psychological hardiness. For this purpose 500 students of Semnan University in year 2014 were selected through Multi-stage cluster sampling. questionnaires Parenting Styles Baumrind, life satisfaction (SWIS) and psychological hardiness...

This is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytic research conducted aiming to study the relation between various types of maltreatment during childhood and mental health. The population for this research consists of married individuals residing in Tehran in 2013; 337 individuals were selected from entertainment centers, health centers and cultural ce...

Emotion-focused Treatment (EFT) is a short-term and structured approach in Couples Therapy which is based on clear and evident concepts of marital desperation, affections recognition, adulthood love, and emotional responses. According to this outlook, marital agitation is formed and continues by widespread states of negative affection and attachmen...

The present research attempts to study the relationship between the mathematics anxiety in high school students and the personality characteristics of their mathematics teachers. From among the high school students, some 480 people were categorically chosen in accordance with their characteristics and 60 mathematics teachers were also chosen throug...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To create new developmental tasks, such as motherhood, pregnancy is a critical period for woman. Nowadays, due to the stress of birth, women's desire to cesarean delivery has increased. This research is designed to identify the effect of educational coping skills on labor outcome. METHODS: In this interventional study, 64...