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...

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...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of behavioral activation therapy in action resilience and meta-cognitive beliefs among opiate dependent patients. Method: A quasi-experimental research design along with pretest-posttest-follow-up and control group was employed for the conduct of this study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all outpatient m...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of behavioral activation therapy on coping  strategies  in students with general anxiety disorder. The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest with the control group. A total of 30 undergraduate and undergraduate female students from Khorramabad University were selected based on criteria of the research and randomly ass...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the effect of behavioral activation therapy (BA) through cognitive flexibility and emotional flexibility on the symptoms of women with major depressive disorder. This study was based on the single-subject design. The research sample consisted of five women with major depressive disorder (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety (BAI), Cognitive Flexi...

Background: insufficient depressive symptom disorder is a main predictor of Major Depression Disorder. Therefore, the aim of this study was investigation of effect of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on quality of life, behavioral activation and cognitive emotion regulation in women afflicted insufficient depressive symptom disorder. Methods: this study was Quasi-experimental pretest-...

Objectives: This study was aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with behavioral activation treatment in reducing symptoms, improving quality of life and decreasing suicidal thoughts. Method: A quasi-experimental method and mixed analysis of variances between-within group was conducted. The population included students of Islamic Azad University...

The main purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of rational-emotional behavior therapy (REBT) on behavioral activation/inhibition systems (BAS / BIS), high-risk sexual behaviors, and experimental avoidance in adolescents with a history of running away from home. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with the control group. The statistical ...