Abbas Ali Hossienkhanzadeh

University of Guilan · Department of Psychology

background: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-oriented schema therapy on death anxiety in nurses with obsessive-compulsive personality traits. methods: This research was practical and semi-experimental (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up) with a control group. The statistical population was nurses working i...

Aim: This study aimed to design a compassion-based mindfulness training program for adolescents using the intervention mapping approach. Method: Intervention mapping is a method that employs a repetitive and cumulative process to develop health-oriented interventions grounded in theory, evidence, and practice. This research involved reviewing theor...

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes failure in communication, social interaction and stereotyped behaviors. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of sensory-motor integration exercises on balance performance in children with autism spectrum disorder. The quasi experimental...

Background & Objectives: The damages of perfectionism in obsessive personality during COVID-19 pandemic need psychological treatments. The main symptom of an obsessive-compulsive personality is perfectionism. This symptom has intensity and weakness in the nurses of different hospital departments. Therefore, the treatment of perfectionism in the nur...

Background and Objective: Substance use disorders, particularly opiate addiction, pose significant challenges for individuals and public health systems. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic approaches, cognitive-behavioural therapy based on Marlatt's model (CBTMM) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulatio...

The current investigation aimed to assess the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on the self-concept and shyness of children with stuttering disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and control group. The research sample included 22 children 7 to 9 years old with stuttering disorder who visited...

Citation: Falahatgar Mutlaq AR, Hosseinkhanzadeh AA, Abolghasemi A. The effectiveness of perceptual-motor skills training on executive functions in students with dysgraphia Background and Purpose: Dysgraphia causes some serious problems in writing which is an abstract and complex activity. Given the relationship between dysgraphia and various cogni...

Background and Purpose: The present review research was conducted with the aim of examining the critical analytical study of different approaches in the treatment of anxiety in children and adolescents. Method: In the present study, using the keywords treatment, anxiety, disorder, randomized controlled trial, 3 to 19 years old, in English databases...

The media's adherence to “if it bleeds, it leads” has resulted in global dominance of negative news (e.g., stories of corruption, fraud, shootings, terrorism, and war). The appetite for negative news is fueled by negativity bias, which compels people to prioritize negative over positive stories. This cross-cultural study, inspired by media effec...

Background and Purpose: Attribution style and reading motivation are among the important factor of students' academic achievement. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of teaching positive attribution style on motivation in students with dyslexia. Methods: The method of this research is experimental and pre-test and post-test design...

Research has posited that social media use during the day may be reflected in nighttime dreams. Nevertheless, no prior studies have explored frightening, unpleasant dreams arising from social media use. This study introduces the construct of the social media-related nightmare by (a) developing and validating a scale capturing negativevalenced dream...

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on improving executive actions, performance, and attitude toward reading in children with dyslexia. Methods: In terms of nature, the research method is practical and semi-experimental. The research design was pre-test-post-test with the control group. T...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) are two prevalent behavioral disorders among children, with the inclusion of these children within a family typically having a significant impact on the functioning of other family members. When the psychological well-being of parents of children with developmen...

Background: Dyslexia affects the brain's capacity to receive, store, and respond to information, and it is necessary to apply timely and appropriate treatment measures to prevent or improve students' problems. This study aimed to investigate and compare the effectiveness of techniques for brain rehabilitation, intervention based on Barclay's model,...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive intervention program based on the World Health Organization's functional assessment outcomes on the functional levels and adaptive skills of adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Methods and Materials: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest – post-test...

Objective; The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of anger management and parenting training on selective attention in students with oppositional defiant disorder. Method: This research was applied in terms of purpose, and quasi-experimental design of pre-test and post-test design with a control group in terms of the data nature. Th...

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of training of hot and cool executive functions at both parent and child levels on improving of children’s symptoms with ADHD. Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design. The population of the present study consisted of all 9 to...

Background and purpose: Considering the need to contain and manage the great challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic in the public health of most countries and the adverse psychological effects of the spread of this disease in children with special needs and their caregivers, it is necessary for experts to vaccinate these children. ; But because childre...

Background & objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for couples, including managing household duties, child-rearing, and communication difficulties. Unfortunately, these challenges have led to marital conflicts and, in some cases, divorce. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of domestic violence against women a...

Background and Purpose: Anxiety is one of the common disorders of childhood, in addition to drug treatments, psychological interventions and treatments have been used to reduce it. The present study was conducted with the aim of meta-analysis of effective treatments in reducing children's anxiety. Method: In this meta-analysis, the statistical popu...

Autism spectrum disorders have adverse effects on family life. Based on this, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Based on Unconditional Positive Self-Acceptance on the Attitude towards Childbearing in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The present study was an experiment w...

Background and Objectives: Nurses with personality traits of perfectionism and death anxiety are at psychological risk. This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy based on compassion on death anxiety and perfectionism of nurses with obsessive-compulsive personality traits working in the Corona ward. Mate...

Drug abuse is at the top of threats and social harms and is one of the saddest problems of today's societies, which is the source of many misbehavior and crimes and is influenced by many psychological factors. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment-based treatment on voluntary self-regulat...

Though efforts have been made to understand the concept of celebrity hatred, ambiguity still exists about why some people feel intense contempt, antagonism, and fear directed at celebrity culture. This study (N = 1175) aimed to reveal the indirect impact of skepticism toward celebrities on celebrity culture hate by introducing perceived celebrity d...

Background & Objectives: Today, adolescent women and girls live in a complex and challenging world compared to the past due to social, geographical, cultural, and economic evolution, and consequently, their social needs and desires have changed. Adolescence is one of the most influential and important stages in a person's life. It is associated wit...

Substance abuse, as one of the four crises of the 21st century, and also the most important cause of high-risk behaviors. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing on distress tolerance in men with substance abuse disorders undergoing maintenance treatment....

Background: Considering that achieving marital compatibility requires a set of awareness in the field of choosing a spouse, the necessity of pre-marriage education is felt to help people. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the role of premarital education and counseling in the formation of a positive attitude toward marriage and mari...

Background: Considering that achieving marital compatibility requires a set of awareness in the field of choosing a spouse, the necessity of pre-marriage education is felt to help people. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the role of premarital education and counseling in the formation of a positive attitude toward marriage and mari...

Objective: The present research aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing on intentional self-regulation in individuals with substance use disorder under maintenance therapy. Method: This research was a semi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control gro...

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of anger management and parenting training on response inhibition in students with Oppositional/Confrontational Defiant Disorder (ODD/FDD). Method: This research was a quasi-experimental study of pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included...

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a common childhood neurodevelopmental disorder with behavioral problems related to hyperactivity and impulsivity; which can affect the structure of the family and cause a decrease in the quality of life of mothers and then expose the family center to collapse. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to d...

Background and Purpose: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood disorder that can result in a range of difficulties for the individual, as well as their peers, teachers, and parents, across various educational, social, and familial settings. The disorder is characterized by impulsive, hyperactive, and attention defi...

Background and Purpose: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood disorder that can result in a range of difficulties for the individual, as well as their peers, teachers, and parents, across various educational, social, and familial settings. The disorder is characterized by impulsive, hyperactive, and attention defi...

Negativity bias predicts that individuals will attend to, learn from, and prioritize negative news more than positive news. Drawing from the addiction components model, this cross-sectional study conceptualized and measured “doomscrolling” as excessive thoughts, urges, or behaviors related to the consumption of negative news on social media platfor...

Objectives: This study aimed to develop an explanatory model of assertiveness based on parenting styles mediated by anxiety and self-esteem. Methods: This study is descriptive-correlational modeling with partial least squares. The statistical population included singleton children of the sixth grade of the elementary school in the 3rd District of T...

Background and Objectives: A successful marriage is able to meet many psychological and physical needs in a safe environment. The most useful and healthy step to make a conscious choice to get married is to benefit from pre-marriage education. For this purpose, the current research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of heal...

Background: Substance abuse is one of the most important causes of risky behavior and its detrimental effect on other social harms is tangible and takes up a substantial amount of funds and resources. It must be noted, however, that different treatment methods have not been successful in treating the psychological structures of addiction, and many...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on the quality of life of mothers of children with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder. In this study, a quasi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group was used and its statistical population also included mothers of children...

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on cognitive emotion regulation and social self-efficacy in adolescents with epilepsy. This applied research was a quasi-experimental with pretest/posttest design and a control group. The study population consists of 8,000 children and adolesc...

Purpose: Childhood is one of the most important stages of life in which the person's personality is established and formed. Most of the maladaptation and behavioral disorders in adulthood arise from ignoring the emotional-behavioral problems in childhood and lack of proper guidance in the process of growth and development. The aim of the present st...

The objective of the current research study was to investigate the relationship between empathy and self-compassion and altruism in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Method: by convenience sampling, 161 participants were selected. The short form self-compassion, empathy and altruism i...

Emotional dysfunction in children with ADHD jeopardizes their adaptation. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of integrated training of executive functions hot and cool on emotion regulation in children with ADHD. This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population of the...

Test anxiety is a tension mode that can lead to reduction of academic performance, poor learning, and level of grades. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between academic self-regulation and responsibility with test anxiety in female students. Design of research was descriptive from correlational method. The statistical popul...

Introduction: Self-compassion is a new concept in personality psychology which it is based on discussed ideas in Buddhist beliefs. The purpose of this study is to predict self-efficacy and self-esteem based on self-compassion. Method: The research design is correlation. The statistical population included all students of Gilan University in 2014-20...

Background: The term learning disability applied to explain the problems of a person with average intelligence in basic academic skills and can affect a person's ability to understand and use spoken or written language, mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention. Learning disability can be divided into three difficulties i...

Background: Play as an excellent therapeutic method for the treatment of behavioral problems in children, has been considered by experts. So, the purpose of the present research was to examine the effectiveness of group play therapy on reducing shyness in students with hearing damage. Method: The statistical population consisted of all female stud...

Background: Most children with ADHD have impairments in both the cool (cognitive) and hot (emotional, motivational) aspects of executive functions; however, the interventions focused more on the cool aspect of these actions. Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of training of hot and cool executive functions at both parent and...

Resumen El objetivo del presente estudio de investigación fue investigar la relación entre empatía, autocompasión y altruismo en madres de niños con Trastorno del Espectro Autista y discapacidad intelectual. Método: se seleccionaron 161 participantes por muestreo de conveniencia. Se implementaron los inventarios de autocompasión, empatía y altruism...

Introduction Anxiety is considered as one of the most common disorders during childhood and is associated with adverse functional, psychological, social and educational consequences for children. It is a necessity to screen children's anxiety. This study aimed to determine the factor structure, reliability and validity of the Development of the Spe...

Background & Purpose: Stuttering, as one of the most common speech fluency disorder, can lead to many negative consequences for the individual and the family and cause psychological, behavioral, and social problems. Therefore, considering the importance of this issue, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the emotional atmospher...

Background and Aim: Anxiety is one of the most common disorders in childhood and can be a reason for the growth and continuation of anxiety and other mental health problems in other stages of life. Therefore, identifying and treating anxious children is very important. The present study was carried out with the aim of designing a multifaceted inter...

Abstract Background and Purposes: Behavioral emotional disorders are the result of a variety of psychological problems during the developmental period, especially early childhood, which lead to antisocial behaviors, dysfunction of academic and social performance at later ages. Interaction patterns of families with children are among the factors aff...

The aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of executive functions training to children with attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder, behavior change strategies to parents, and communication skills to peers on relationship with parents. the statistical population of the study was all boys with symptoms of Attention Deficit / Hypera...

Background and Aim: Anxiety is one of the most common disorders in childhood and can be a reason for the growth and continuation of anxiety and other mental health problems in other stages of life. Therefore, identifying and treating anxious children is very important. The present study was carried out with the aim of designing a multifaceted inter...

Citation: Abbasi Fashami N, Akbari B, Hosseinkhanzadeh AA. The effectiveness of biofeedback on improving reading performance and visual-motor perception in children with dyslexia. Background and Purpose: Dyslexia as a common developmental disorder in childhood can seriously impair the educational process of students and according to the previous st...

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of self-compassion therapy on depression, anxiety, and stress among mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest-follow-up design with a control group was used. The sample consisted of 28 mothers of 5 to 11-year-olds and girls wi...

Introduction: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most adverse neu-rological disorders associated with multiple defects in cognitive and behavioral dimensions and sometimes continues until adulthood. Today, due to the side effects of drugs, non-drug treatments have been welcomed for this disorder. The present study aims to...

Background and Purpose: Autism spectrum disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, the diagnosis of which in children has a negative impact on the quality of life of parents, especially mothers. Thus, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of cognitive behavioral training with an intervention base...

Objective: The birth of a child with special needs causes problems for the family. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy on the psychological capital of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: The research was quasi-experimental with pretest and posttest. The statisti...

Introduction: Patients with epilepsy face a variety of physical and psychological tensions that reduce their quality of life. Considering the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and social self-efficacy with diseases of the central nervous system, one of the methods that can help rehabilitate patients with epilepsy is schema therapy....

Background and Purpose: Dyslexia as a common developmental disorder in childhood can seriously impair the educational process of students and according to the previous studies, biofeedback can help these children manage those issues. This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of biofeedback on improving reading performance and visual-motor...

Assertiveness is considered as a significant factor in improving self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. Studies show that slow learner students have problem in self-confidence and interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of assertiveness skills training on improving self-esteem and peer relationship...

Background & Objectives: The increasing prevalence of mental disorders in children is an essential issue given its impact on children's development and function. According to the review of the literature of pathology in developmental psychology, the behavioral emotional disorders of childhood are divided into two main categories; eternalizing disor...

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of multidimensional intervention in three levels of executive functions training to Children with Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, communication skills to peers, and behavior change strategies to parents on Working Memory. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre and post...

Background and Purpose: Dyslexic students often suffer from disorders in working memory and visualmotor coordination, which is of importance in success or failure in academic performance. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of Sensory-Motor Integration Training on working memory and visual-motor coordination of dyslexic stude...

The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-kindness training on emotional dysregulation and academic burnouts of girl students with self-harming behavior. This was a quasi-experimental study with pre/post-test design and a control group. The population included all girl students had self-harming behavior in the second grade o...

ackground: Special features of motor games and its many benefits to the all-round development of children have drawn the attention of experts to the role of play in education, but can learning through motor games help improve maths learning in slow learner students? Aims: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of mathematical edu...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relation adolescent’s attitudes to their parents with tendency to communicate with opposite sex and adjustment levels in adolescence period. The statistical population of this study were all of high school girl students of Rasht city, from among them 110 people were selected via random cluster sampling m...

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of computer-assisted cognitive remediation and multisensory method on improvement of reading performance of students with dyslexia, was carried out. The research methodology is an experimental study with pretest-posttest design with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical populati...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness Education on Job Burnout and Educational Optimism in primary school teachers in Zanjan city. In this study, a semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group used and the statistical population of this research included elementary teachers in Zanjan...

The purpose of the present study is to examine and compare the efficacy of two therapeutic approaches of cognitive-behavioural and acceptance and commitment on improving the emotional regulation and excessive responsibility as the main symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD). To achieve this goal, a quasi-experimental research...

Background & Objective: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs in early childhood and is characterized by two main cores of impairment in communication and social interaction, as well as repeated and limited behaviors, called stereotypical behaviors. Stereotypic behaviors refer to behaviors that are repetitive,...

Background: although increasing use of Internet and social networks have affected social life and interaction of people, but how quality of life style can be compared among people ? Aims: this study aimed to compare quality of life, family function, and lifestyle of married women users and non-users of social networks. Method: This research was a c...

computer training programs on learning mathematics concepts and interest in mathematics of slow learner students. Method: This research was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population consisted of all elementary second grade slow learner students of Sangar City in the academic year of 2016-2017, fro...

The present study is conducted with the aim of analyzing the effectiveness of story reading training in increasing the reading motivation of dyslexic students. In terms of methodology, this research project is a pilot study and uses the pretest-posttest control-group design. The statistical population of the study is comprised of all elementary stu...

Introduction: Self-harm is one of the pervasive social and individual factors that has attracted the attention of mental health professionals. Studies have shown that the experience of violence is one of the important precursors in the formation of self-harming behaviors. Emotional failure and depression have also been shown to be effective in crea...

Background: Given the role of self-efficacy in people's mental health and the limited tools for measuring it in Iran, access to a valid test to measure this structure is very important. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Parenting Self-Efficacy Questionnaire in Rasht city. Method: This research was a de...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of attention-focused Plays on the attention and impulsivity of students with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The design of this research was quasi experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population consisted of all boy students with ADHD i...

The present study aimed to compare the effect of a land-based and a swimming-based exercise program on balance abilities in children with autism. Thirty children were voluntarily selected and randomly assigned to karate exercise, aquatic training and control groups. Participants practiced for 10 weeks, 2 sessions of 60 min per week. Before and afte...

The present study aimed to investigate the predictability of five factor personality traits by adult attachment styles. The statistical sample of this research included 240 students studying at University of Hormozgan during the educational year 2011-2012 who were selected using availability sampling from among all students and responded to two que...

Objective: The aim of the present research was to evaluate the psychological well-being and quality of sleep in addicts under methadone treatment for at least 6 months. Methods: A total of 40 individuals were selected through purposeful sampling method among the referring addicts to 2 addiction centers in eastern Tehran. Participants took the Ryff...

Objective: Self-harm was classified to show forms like non-suicidal self injury and indirect risky behaviors and drug abuse. The aims of this study were to compare suicidal tendencies indexes and difficulty in emotion regulation skills in mixed groups of adolescents with direct and indirect forms of self-harm. Methods: In a casual-comparative desig...

Background and Purpose: Reading attitudes and performance of students with dyslexia can play a focal role in their success or failure in academic performance. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of a multidimensional intervention program (Sensory-Motor Integration Training for Child and Parent) on reading attitudes...

Background: Adolescents with leukemia experience a variety of physical and psychological stresses that affect their quality of life. Given the association of resilience and existential anxiety with cancer, one of the methods to help adolescents with leukemia is through dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). The present study aimed to determine the eff...

Background and Purpose: Childhood experiences affect problems of adjustment such as anxiety and depression and parenting styles in adulthood. One of the most crucial ways to prevent psychological disorders is to develop positive personality traits from childhood and to use suitable parenting methods. The present study aimed to determine the effect...

Abstract Background & Purpose: Children with emotional-behavioral disorders suffer from disorders in various areas due to psychological trauma. Considering the relationship between executive functions and empathy with parenting and interactive style, this study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of parentchild interaction therapy on exe...

Background and Purpose: Previous studies have shown that martial arts can be used to reduce behavioral and communication problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, few studies have been conducted about its effect on the sleep habits in in these children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pract...