Introduction: Sexual dysfunction is often associated with affect imbalance and inefficient expectations. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple’s therapy, cognitive-behavioral couple’s therapy and Gottman systemic-cognitive couple’s therapy on affect balance and marriage expectations of woman with sexual dysfunction. Methods: This research was a sem...

Background and purpose: Today, cognitive-behavioral group therapy is empirically supported in treatment of emotional disorders and in some ​​chronic diseases such as diabetes. The aim of the present research was to study the effect of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), self-efficacy, depression, illness perception, and quality of life in patients with type II...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy with cognitive therapy based on the presence of mind on obsessive-compulsive disorder. Method: The research is semi-experimental (semi-experimental) with the design of "pre-test-session-fourth-post-test". The statistical population of this study was all people referred to the counseling center...

Introduction: Children with abdominal pain often require psychological complementary therapies, along with medical treatments, due to the combination of symptoms with psychological factors. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of resiliency based play therapy and cognitive-behavioral play therapy on abdominal pain in children with functional abdominal pain.  Methods: The current s...

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...

The negative mood affectivity is the psychological consequences of parents who having children with special needs. The aim of present study was comparing the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on the regulation of the negative mood affectivity (depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms) among mothers having children with special needs. This quasi-exper...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on improving coping skills and relapse prevention in addicts. Method: In a semi-experimental study, 30 in-dividuals who had been successfully detoxified at the Self Introducing Health Center in the city of Shiraz, Iran, were divided into an experimental (15 subjects) and a control (1...

1.Introduction Social anxiety disorder is defined as anxiety caused by being evaluated in real or mental social situations. (1). The disorder is also associated with important psychological constructs such as rumination (6, 7). In this regard, review research shows that rumination has several negative consequences, including exacerbating psychological vulnerability by magnifying and prolonging...