Introduction & Objectives: Surgical procedures are the most stressful expreiences in life, specially in children. Different methods are used before operation to decrease the stress. Intranasal midazolam is an effective way of preparing before operation and to prevent the separation irritability. Materials & Methods: In a double blind experimental trial study , 60 patients aged 2-6 years with...

This Study used a semi experimental method as the pretest – posttest and to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-existential therapy on depression of parent with children having cancer. Methods: For this purpose 30 parents with children having cancer (24 to 54 years old) were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. Both groups were evaluated with Beck depression Inventor...

Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy has provided the most empirical evidence concerning the treatment of mood disorders, especially depression. However, the findings have not confirmed the definitive efficacy of this treatment so far. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of adolescent-centered mindfulness training with cognitive behavioral therapy on depression and su...

Background: Marital infidelity has many corrosive psychological consequences for women damaged by marital infidelity. Meanwhile, metacognitive beliefs and psychological flexibility are psychological variables what can be negatively affected by marital infidelity. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on metacogn...

building on previous studies on intellectual features and learners’ grammar learning, the present study aimed at investigating whether intelligence criterion had any impact on efl learners’ english grammar learning across two intelligence levels. in the current study, the participants were divided into two experimental and control groups by administration of raven i.q. test. this led to the for...