
Abolfazl MohammadiTehran University of Medical Sciences | TUMS · Department of Psychiatry
Abolfazl Mohammadi
PhD in Clinical Psychology
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May 2013 - present
Education
February 2007 - September 2011
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Publications (55)
Background: Cloninger first proposed the personality theory, considering both normal and abnormal personality traits. Later, different complementary versions of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) found their way into the academic milieu to enhance their psychometric properties and efficiency in both experimental and clinical settings. Ob...
The Millon clinical multiaxial inventory fourth version (MCMI-IV) is a self-report assessment tool intended to provide information on personality disorders. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic validity of this tool. Participants with recent diagnosis of psychiatric disorders were included in the study. They were interviewed using structured c...
Background
There is considerable evidence indicating that similar aetiological and maintenance processes underlie depressive and anxious psychopathology. According to the literature, perfectionism and emotion regulation are two transdiagnostic constructs associated with symptoms of emotional disorders.
Aims
This study is the first randomized contr...
Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) group therapy on anxiety, depression, stress, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) in infertile women receiving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Methods: This was a randomized clinical trial with a pre-test/post-test and 3-month follow-up design....
Purpose:
Sexual dysfunction has been ignored in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (A-ADHD). This study examined sexual function in adults with ADHD compared to a healthy control group.
Design and methods:
The experimental group (N = 63, mean age = 31.11 ± 4.29, females = 31) were recruited among referrals with ADHD to an outpa...
Professional quality of life is related to psychological well‐being for nurses with implications for quality patient care. This study evaluated the effectiveness of emotional regulation training on depression, anxiety and stress, and professional quality of life for intensive and critical care nurses. In this experimental comparison trial, 60 inten...
Introduction: Vitiligo is a chronic skin condition that can cause psychological disorders, including depression. Therefore, identifying the psychological components associated with depression in these patients is necessary in order to select appropriate therapeutic approaches. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between...
Objective: Cognitive-behavioral interventions have been used as effective approaches for the treatment and prevention of depression and anxiety. However, to date, no anxiety and depression prevention guidelines package has been developed for Iranian adolescents. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop transdiagnostic prevention program of an...
Depression is a psychological disorder, if it doesn’t be diagnosed and cured in time, can effect on quality of humans’ life in wide dimensions. Thus, diagnosis easily and quickly is necessary need of sociality’s generally healthy. The aim of this paper is designing an fuzzy decision support system to implement BDI-II. Questions for BDI-II are group...
Scant research has investigated emotion regulation strategies in somatization disorder, despite its high comorbidity with depression and the growing interest in this topic in depression. The present study investigated emotion regulation strategies in patients with major depression and somatization disorder using clinical samples to examine common v...
Depression is a psychological disorder, if it doesn’t be diagnosed and cured in time, can effect on quality of humans’ life in wide dimensions. Thus, diagnosis easily and quickly is necessary need of sociality’s generally healthy. The aim of this paper is designing an fuzzy decision support system to implement BDI-II. Questions for BDI-II are group...
This volume presents the best of the best of the First International Conference on Fundamental Research in Electrical Engineering, held at Khwarazmi University, Tehran, Iran in July, 2017. The papers were selected out of 1700 peer reviewed papers and cover whole spectrum of the main four fields of Electrical Engineering (Electronic, Telecommunicati...
Background
Positive and negative emotional states are the most important factors in treatment and prevention process of psychosomatic diseases. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotional schemas' therapy on emotional schemas' modification and difficulties of emotion regulation in women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Ma...
Cognitive theories of depression posit that early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) are key vulnerability factors for psychological disorders. In this study, we investigated specific EMSs as shared or distinct cognitive vulnerability factors for depression and somatization disorder. The sample consisted of patients with Major depressive disorder (N = 30)...
AIM: positive and negative emotional states are the most important factors in the process of treatment and prevention of psychosomatic diseases. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotional schemas therapy on the reduction of psychological symptoms of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
METHODS: This research was impl...
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common type of traumas and the most important cause of mortality in survivors of accidents in most countries. The inability to regulate positive and negative emotions is one of the features of head trauma. The present study was performed to compare positive and negative emotions and problems in emotion...
Introduction: In psychiatric settings, aggressive events frequently occur during therapy. The use of a proper standard scale to register aggression can facilitate the assessment and control of aggression and help reduce its frequency and severity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Staff Observation Aggression...
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy protocol transdiagnostic on Anxiety, Depression and Perfectionism were mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Using purposive sampling, 30 mothers of children with cerebral palsy who meet the criteria for entering the sample were selected and randomly divided int...
Objective: This study was conducted to compare the profile of temperament and character dimensions in patients with major depressive disorder and bipolar mood disorder with a control group.
Method: In this causal-comparative study, the population consisted of 2 clinical groups (major depressive disorder and bipolar mood disorder) and a non-clinical...
Objective: Borderline personality disorder is one of the most complex and prevalent personality disorders. Many variables have so far been studied in relation to this disorder. This study aimed to investigate the role of emotion regulation, attachment styles, and theory of mind in predicting the traits of borderline personality disorder.
Method: In...
Background
Preliminary evidence supports the role of neuroticism, experiential avoidance and emotion regulation in anxiety and depression; however, the mechanism of these relationships is not known well.
Objectives
The present study mainly aimed to assess the mediating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between neuroticism and experien...
Introduction: Empathy and theory of mind, capacities that are essential for human communication, are abilities which highly correlated to each other. Several studies have shown that women outperform men regarding empathy. However, using theory of mind did not confirm these results. The aim of the present study was to compare theory of mind and empa...
Introduction: Recent studies on theory of mind (ToM) in patients with bipolar disorder have revealed deficits of ToM ability during episodes. This study was aimed to assess deficits in levels of ToM in patients with bipolar disorder type 1 in remission Period. Materials and Methods: Thirty men with bipolar disorder and 30 healthy men were selected...
Abstract
Aim and Background: In this systematic review, virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) was introduced and its
effect on anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were studied. VRET has some advantages,
compared to in vivo and imaginal exposure therapies, including greater safety and controllability. Thus, it has been
intro...
Head trauma is associated with multiple destructive cognitive symptoms and cognitive failure. Cognitive failures include problems with memory, attention and operation. Cognitive failures are considered as a process associated with metacognition.
This study aimed to compare cognitive failures and metacognitive beliefs in mild Traumatic Brain Injured...
Several cognitive domains, including attention, memory, and executive functions are impaired in bipolar disorder.
This study aimed to investigate two executive functions (working memory and response inhibition) in patients with bipolar I disorder during remission of the symptoms.
In this case-control design, 30 bipolar I patients (18 to 45 years ol...
The aim of the present study was to validate the Pathological
Narcissism Inventory (PNI) in a sample of Iranian university
students. The PNI was developed using a rigorous
translation/back-translation process. Participants consisted of
473 (195 female, 278 male) university students in Tehran,
Iran; including, University of Tehran, Tehran Medical
Un...
Road traffic injuries are the second leading cause of death in Iran. After 11th September tragedy many people all over the world changed their traveling behavior to rail and road transport. Following Urmia air crash (2011) we aimed to investigate Iranians attitudes and behaviors towards air travel. A cross-sectional telephone survey was performed o...
Background:
Human society has witnessed disasters and wars that left many consequences on families as well as social and individual life of the victims.
Objectives:
In this research, we compared the psychological health and marital adjustment in Iranian employed veterans with veterans receiving disability pension.
Patients and methods:
The stu...
Objective: In recent years, there has been a rising interest in cognitive behavioral research
to explore the role of emotion regulation in the development and maintenance of mental
disorders and resiliency against or recovery from them. Particularly, different strategies people
use to regulate their emotions may have more important role in emotiona...
Background: The cognitive behavioral interventions based on the transdiagnostic approach for emotional disorders have received useful empirical supports in recent years. Most of the researches on this area have been conducted without any control group. Moreover, little information about comparative effectiveness has reported. The current study was...
In this studyMindfulness and CBT were combined to investigate the enhance of psychotropic work. Both therapies have integrated acceptance-based mindfulness approaches with change-based cognitive behavioral therapies to create efficacious treatments. That is, introduce use of MBCT in active phase of treatment and chronic depression.
This study was d...
Mood and negative emotional states and their regulation in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder have family, social and employment problems. Practices that could be helpful in this area are highly important.
The current study aimed to investigate the influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in improving mood state of combat ve...
Background: Type of personality and emotional intelligence affects a person’s mental function and capabilities, which can influence academic achievement..
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence, type of character and academic achievement..
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional stud...
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the relation of addiction with protective factors (resilience) and risk factors (depression, anxiety and stress). Method: 346 students of Sharif Industrial University were selected using convenience sampling and completed substance abuse subtle screening inventory - 3 (SASSI - 3), Conner-Davids...
Objectives: The present study was carried out in order to validate the Persian version of Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) the students population. Method: 370 students of Tehran and Meshed's (in North-East of Tehran) Ferdowsi Universities completed BADS and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). Confirmatory factor analysis was u...
Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to identify some potential predictors of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In this study, the correlations of cognitive (responsibility, perfectionism), temperamental (behavioral inhibition), and emotional (anxiety, depression, stress) components with obsessive-compulsive symptoms were examined. Method:...