Psychology
Pouyan Ezatizadeh; MAHNAZ SHAHGHOLIAN; mohammad hossein Abdollahi; Ali shahbaz ghazvini
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between cognitive fusion and emotional processing with psychological distress in adolescents. This research is fundamental in nature and the present research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population was all male ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between cognitive fusion and emotional processing with psychological distress in adolescents. This research is fundamental in nature and the present research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population was all male teenagers of Mahdasht, Karaj city in Alborz province. The statistical sample of this research was 280 people who were selected by available method. They completed Psychological Distress Questionnaire (Kessler et al., 2002), Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ; Gillanders et al., 2014) and Emotional Processing (Baker et al., 2010). The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between cognitive fusion and psychological distress and between emotional processing and psychological distress. Also, there is a significant positive relationship between subscales of emotional processing including suppression, the experience of unpleasant emotions, the experience of unprocessed emotions, avoidance and control with psychological distress. The results showed that 39% of the changes in psychological distress can be explained by cognitive fusion and emotional processing. These results can be used to reduce psychological distress in teenagers.
Ali Rasoli; Mojtaba Dehghan; Mohamad Hossin Abdollahi; Mahnaz Sahgholyan
Volume 6, Issue 1 , August 2017, , Pages 105-124
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Introduction: People's cognitive style is important in their attitudes and lives. Besides, it is associated with their personalities and experience of emotions. Therefore, the aim of this study was comparing the personality traits and acceptance/commitment among married people with Assimilator cognitive ...
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Introduction: People's cognitive style is important in their attitudes and lives. Besides, it is associated with their personalities and experience of emotions. Therefore, the aim of this study was comparing the personality traits and acceptance/commitment among married people with Assimilator cognitive style and Explorer cognitive style. Method: The design was causal-comparative and the population of the study consisted of all adults that were living in Mazandaran city, and among them 130 married men and women (65 women and 65 men) were selected as sample through available sampling method. To collect data, the Scale of Cognitive Style, five Factor Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) and second edition of Accepting and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) were used. For data analysis, multivariate analysis of variance was used. Results: The results showed that people with Explorer Cognitive Style and Assimilator Cognitive Style were significantly different in terms of personality traits of neuroticism, flexibility and conscientiousness and also were significantly different in terms of the degree of acceptance/commitment. However, there was no significant difference between two cognitive styles in terms of extraversion and openness to experience. Conclusion: Thus, the way people process information and also their Cognitive confrontation with problems can lead to tendency toward specific personality traits and differences in their acceptance or experimental avoidance.
Amin Hasani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , November 2016, , Pages 26-51
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Aim: The present study was designed and conducted by the aim of investigating the relationship between brain behavioral systems and Internet addiction with mediating role of loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Method: The study was of explorative type with correlational design. The ...
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Aim: The present study was designed and conducted by the aim of investigating the relationship between brain behavioral systems and Internet addiction with mediating role of loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Method: The study was of explorative type with correlational design. The population consisted of all the male and female students in second level of secondary schools in district 4 of Karaj in 2016, among them 300 students (164 girls and 136 boys) were selected by multi-stage random sampling. They completed The Internet Addiction Test of Young (1998), The Revised form of University of California at Los Angles Loneliness Scale of Russel, Peplua and Cutrona (1980), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-P) of Garnefski, Kraaij and Spinhoven (2001), and Behavioral Activation/Inhibition Systems Scale of Carver and White (1994). Data analysis was conducted through AMOS software and by path analysis method. Results: The results showed goodness of fit for the model, in which behavioral activation system had negative association with Internet addiction (- 0.566), and behavioral inhibition system had positive association with Internet addiction (0.496). Furthermore, the mechanism of the association was such that behavioral activation system decreases Internet activation through positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and on the other hand, behavioral inhibition system increases Internet addiction through negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies and loneliness. Conclusion: The results suggested that brain behavioral systems are of particular importance in explaining Internet addiction and it can play an effective role in individuals’ tendency to Internet behaviors involvement through loneliness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
negar mahmoodi; Mohammad Hossein Abdollahi; MAHNAZ SHAHGHOLIAN; Samira Gohari
Volume 4, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 28-40
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Aim: The present study aimed to show the mediating role of Positive and Negative Affect in the relationship between Sensory processing sensitivity and Alexitimiya. Method: A sample comprising of 277 students (121 males and 156 famales) was selected from among Kharazmi University students through multistage ...
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Aim: The present study aimed to show the mediating role of Positive and Negative Affect in the relationship between Sensory processing sensitivity and Alexitimiya. Method: A sample comprising of 277 students (121 males and 156 famales) was selected from among Kharazmi University students through multistage cluster sampling method. The statistical instruments consisted of Sensory processing sensitivity (Aron & Aron) questionnaire, Positive and Negative Affect (PANAS) Inventory, and Alexithimiya Inventory. Data were analyzed using multiple regression by stepwise method Pearson correlation coenfficient tests with Spss18 software. Resuls: The results showed that ease of excitation and Low sensory threshold can predict Alexithymia positively. Besides, aesthetic sensitivity can perdict Alexithymia negatively, and positive affect plays mediating role between the ease of excitation and aesthetic sensitivity. Also, alexithymia and negative affect mediate between the three dimensions of sensory processing sensitivity and alexithymia. Conclusion: The findings emphasize the need to recognize the role of Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Positive and Negative Affect in Alexithymia.
taibah shahmoradifar; Mohammad Hossein Abdollahi; Jafar Hasani
Volume 3, special , March 2015, , Pages 7-30
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the effective of emotion regulation strategies training on moral judgments with regard to the capacity of working memory. Thus, hundred and fifty eight university students (45 males and 113 female) from Kharazmi University were participated in this study. ...
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the effective of emotion regulation strategies training on moral judgments with regard to the capacity of working memory. Thus, hundred and fifty eight university students (45 males and 113 female) from Kharazmi University were participated in this study. All participants were tested using working memory index and based on their scores distributions, two groups with high and low working memory abilities were selected for the training sessions. Each group, 14 participants (9 females and 5 males), have been trained through the emotion regulation strategies for ten sessions. Moral judgments in five different categories (personal, easy personal, difficult personal, impersonal and control dilemmas) have been examined in three different stages Data were subjected mixed analysis of variance. The results showed that there were no significant differences in utilitarian responses and reaction times to moral judgment dilemmas between two groups with low and high working memory scores. Also, the findings indicated that emotion regulation strategy training resulted in an increase of utilitarian moral choices for all of the moral dilemmas relative to control dilemmas. However, emotion regulation strategy training had an effect on the reaction time in response to the as well as difficult personal moral dilemmas. According to these findings, it seems emotion regulation strategy training had an effect in utilitarian responses and the reaction time, especially for personal moral dilemmas. This could be considered as an indicator of how emotion regulatory strategy training can influence the emotional response during moral judgments.
