Background and purpose: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder (prevalence rate: 2.2-26%) in women of childbearing age. Symptoms of this condition are associated with psychological distress. Evaluation of cognitive function of PCOS patients has yielded discrepant results. Given that cognitive function of these patients might be affected by depression and anxiety,...

Objective: The aim of this study was to predict cognitive flexibility based on meta-­worry, anxiety, duration and dose of methadone use. Method: The current research was a descriptive-correlational one. The statistical population of this study included all male drug-dependents who were under methadone treatment in Qazvin in 2016. From among this population, 254 participants were selected via pu...

Abstract Introduction: Students with anxiety symptoms are faced with various physical and psychological stressful factors which ‎leads to decreasing quality of life. Considering the relationship between behavioral activation/ inhibition systems and cognitive emotion regulation with early maladaptive schemas, one of the methods capable of assisting the students with anxiety symptoms is schema t...

Introduction: Anxiety and depression are among the variables that children with cancer need psychological treatment for them. The aim of this study was to determine the comparing the effectiveness of group story therapy and the art-play therapy on anxiety and depression in children with cancer based on the framework, principles and rules of cognitive-behavioral approach. Methods: The research m...

Introduction: One of the topics in health psychology is the response of individuals to the physical symptoms of the disease. Cognitive emotion regulation strategies deal with adaptive emotion. Method: The study method is correlational. The population includes students aged 18 to 35 years from Bu Ali Sina University and Payame Noor University of Hamadan. To conduct research, 399 students were se...