Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and schema therapy on forgiveness and fear of intimacy in conflicting couples. Methods and Materials: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The participants were selected from the conflicting couples who referred to counseling and psy...

BACKGROUND Preliminary studies suggest that both childhood experiences and coping behaviours may be linked to eating disorder symptoms. METHODS In this study maladaptive schema coping modes were investigated as mediators in the relationship between perceived negative parenting and disordered eating. A total of 174 adults with eating and/or body image concerns completed questionnaires measurin...

Although the concept of user experience includes two key aspects, experience of meaning (usability) and experience of emotion (affect), the empirical work that measures both the usability and affective aspects of user experience is currently limited. This is particularly important considering that affect could significantly influence a user’s perception of usability. This paper uses image schem...

Abstract The following qualitative study focuses on the metaphors of coming out in Polish language. Native speakers were asked to define and then describe their experiences. Data from 94 participants analysed. results analysis show that, consistently with previous English data (Dyrmo, 2022b), are based several different conceptual structures meaning foci, for example image schema FORCE CONTAINE...

Thls paper poses the question: How does the representation of the body in virtual environments affect the mind? This article considers how virtual reality interfaces are evolving to progressively embody the user. The effect of embodiment on the sensation of physical presence, social presence, and self presence in virtual environments is discussed. The effect of avatar representation on body ima...

We describe a system of thematic roles and frames designed to address a number of problems in semantic representations at the lexical semantic level. Our primary objective is broad expressiveness, so that real domains can practically be encoded. However, for both empirical and computational reasons we limit the number of role types to four, allocating this structure to the strongest association...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate prediction of suicide ideation based on early maladaptive schemas and the Big-Five personality traits in a sample of Iranian late adolescents.  Methods: 315 high school students (160 female, 155 male) were recruited by multi-stage cluster sampling method from Shiraz city. Participants completed NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Schema Questionn...

JSON Schema is a schema language for documents, based on complex combination of structural operators, Boolean operators (negation included), and recursive variables. The static analysis documents comprises practically relevant problems, including satisfiability, inclusion, equivalence. These problems can be reduced to witness generation: given schema, generate an element the --- if it exists re...