Background & Aims: Due to the expansiveness problems caused by personality disorders in personal and familial life, recognition of predisposing factors of such diseases leads to more accurate and better understanding of them. It also helps diagnose the preventive measures in treating these disorders and because personality disorders affect all aspects of interpersonal relationships of patients...

Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of choice theory therapy and behavioral activation (BA) therapy with and without guided mental imagery on resilience in substance-dependent adolescents. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study sample included 60 substance-dependent adolescents who were selected by convenience...

This study aimed to study the efficacy of a group behavioral activation treatment on decreased depression symptoms, cognitive-behavioral avoidance and increased quality of life. After meeting the study’s requirements, 40 students with depression were selected and randomly assigned to either behavioral activation treatment (n= 20) or a waiting list control group (n=20). The experimental gr...

Introduction: In recent years, there has been great interest in positive psychology. The aim of the present study was to investigate and relations between the affective styles, personality traits based on behavioral activation, inhibition system and Emotion regulation with Psychological well-being among students. Materials and Methods: 340 students were selected by a multi-stage cluster samp...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of emotional self-regulation and behavioral activation/inhibition systems in addicted patients' psychological well-being under the mediating role of thinking styles. Method: The current research employed a descriptive correlational method. Hofmann & Kashdan's Affective Styles Questionnaire, Behavioral Inhibition Activation Inven...