Showing 6 results for Identity
Mojgan Nciknam, Abbasali Allahiary, Kazem Rasoulzadeh Tabatabaei, Elaheh Hejazi,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (9-2011)
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The purpose of this research was to study the effect of stress inoculation training on the psychological satisfaction of individuals considering their identity style. Population of the study incorporated female undergraduate students these students’ identity style was determined. Of these students, 67 subjects having normative and diffuse/avoidant identity style were selected through simple random sampling and empirical method, and were put into two groups: experimental and control group. The experimental group received 12 sessions of treatment(90-minute sessions), and the control group received no treatment. To analyze the data, two way multivariate analysis of covariance was used. Results of the analysis revealed that the psychological satisfaction of the experimental group increased significantly in comparison with the experimental group. Furthermore, according to the findings of the study, identity styles had no effect on the psychological satisfaction however, they had significant effect on the efficacy of stress inoculation training. It should be mentioned that these changes(changes related to the psychological satisfaction) were stable. Therefore, it seems necessary to change the system of beliefs and to develop effective, consistent coping strategies in individuals with different identity style and processing strategy.
Mahboobeh, Esmaili, Alireza Moradi, Abbas, Tavallai,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (6-2014)
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The present research has been conducted to study the diagnostic role of autobiographical memory, attachment and identity in the patients with the post-traumatic stress and generalized anxiety disorders. The selected samples in this causal-comparative study included 24 patients suffering from the post-traumatic stress disorder, 20 suffering from the generalized anxiety disorder and 32 normal people in similar ages and social conditions. They were tested and interviewed during two sessions after the researcher has explained them the necessary details and have got their consent. Beck’s depression inventory, Beck’s anxiety inventory, the revised event-effect scale, the attachment scale, the identity assessment scale, the autobiographical memory interview and the autobiographical memory test were used to achieve the goal of this research. The results revealed that healthy people’s performance was better than the performance of those suffering from PTSD in all the subscales of autobiographical memory in the three different periods of childhood, adulthood and the recent past and both in the semantic and episodic sections. Furthermore, the results of the autobiographical memory test indicated a reduction in PTSD suffering patients’ specific memory in comparison to the people in the normal group. Also GAD suffering people’s performance was better than that of PTSD suffering ones only in the subscale of adulthood events. The coupled comparison of the groups showed that the average secure attachment style in the healthy group was significantly higher than that of the people in the GAD group however, the average score is lower in this group than the other two patient ones in terms of insecure anxiety. The analytical-diagnostic results also showed that 69.7 percent of people in these three groups have been accurately placed in their groups.
Mohammad Soltanizadeh, Neda Nemati, Zohreh Latifi,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (2-2020)
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure, reliability and validity of Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire in adolescent girls. Using multistage cluster sampling method, 400 female students aged 16-18 years old in Isfahan Secondary School were selected as the sample. Data were collected using Mental Health Questionnaire (Najjarian & Davoodi, 2001), Sexual Identity Questionnaire (Akefi, 2012) and Sexual Discontent and Sexual Identity Scale (Deogracias, 2007). Cronbach's alpha, test-retest reliability, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and concurrent validity were used for data analysis. Reliability of test-retest and internal consistency were 0.93 and 0.92, respectively. The factor structure of gender dissatisfaction and gender identity scale was investigated using both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results of exploratory factor analysis with principal component analysis and varimax rotation indicated that there were four factors in this scale that explained 63.44% of the total variance and the results of confirmatory factor analysis showed four factor model of There is a good fit. Correlation coefficients indicated that concurrent validity of gender dissatisfaction and gender identity scale with other instruments was desirable. The 27-item scale of gender identity/gender dysphoria has good validity.
Seyed Hossein Seid, Alireza Rajaei, Mahmod Borjali,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (2-2020)
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| One of the disabling disorders of the central nervous system is multiple sclerosis. Chronic illness, lack of definitive treatment, and involvement of young patients lead to psychological disorders and identity crises. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of behavioral activation group training and anger management group cognitive-behavioral training on identity crisis in patients with multiple sclerosis. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. From the statistical population of which all female patients with multiple sclerosis who were members of Karaj Emam Association, 45 were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into three groups of 15 each. Experimental group 1 received 10 sessions of behavioral activation training and experimental group 2 received anger management training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group received no intervention. The research tool was Identity Crisis Questionnaire. The identity crisis questionnaire was administered in two stages of pre-test and post-test to collect data on each subject group. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that group training of behavioral activation and group training of anger management with cognitive-behavioral approach resulted in reduction of identity crisis in MS patients (p <0.05). Regarding the effectiveness of the training provided, it can be said that teaching these skills to the patients can be effective in reducing many of their problems and their use in promoting health and creating a positive attitude in Patients' lives are essential. |
Azam Nourisaeid, Reza Shabahang, Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe, Maryam Saeedi, Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (6-2020)
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During the COVID-19 epidemic, different individuals experience different levels of anxiety associated with COVID-19, and many of them cite the Internet and online health information. The aim of the present study was to compare the online health information utilization, online shared identity, and online shared information usage in different levels of COVID-19 anxiety. In this causal-comparative study, the statistical population of the study consisted of college students of Faculty of Literature and Humanities of Guilan University during COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Among them, 387 students were selected by convenience sampling method and responded to COVID-19 Anxiety Questionnaire, Online Health Information Utilization Questionnaire, and Identity Bubble Reinforcement Scale. Considering the high and low total scores of the COVID-19 Anxiety Questionnaire, participants were divided into high-level COVID-19 anxiety (n=100) and low-level COVID-19 anxiety (n=100) groups. The results indicated individuals with high level of COVID-19 anxiety got higher scores in online health information utilization and online shared identity compared to individuals in low-level COVID-19 anxiety group (p <0/01). Admittedly, online shared identity is more prominent in individuals in high-level COVID-19 anxiety group and they rely more on health information available on the Internet.
Dr Leila Akrami, Dr Hassan Zareei Mahmoodabadi, Dr Sedigheh Agharar,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (5-2021)
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The aim of this study was to investigate psychometric properties of Child Sexual Abuse and Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria questionnaire in adolescents with mild intellectually disabled and with normal intelligence in Yazd. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The statistical population consisted of all boys and girls with mild intellectually disabled and with normal intelligence from public schools in the city of Yazd, Iran. Using multistage cluster sampling, 300 girls and boys aged 12-18 years who were selected. The tools were GIDYQ–AA and QCSA questionnaire. According to the results obtained, all correlation coefficients of the GIDYQ–AA and QCSA Questionnaire with the total score and subscales were significant for both groups (p<0.01). Cronbach's alpha coefficients calculated for the whole scale of sexual identity for intellectually disabled adolescents, 0.91, with normal IQ, 0.93 and its subscales and Cronbach's alpha coefficient in relation to the total scale of sexual abuse for intellectually disabled adolescent, 0.94, with normal IQ adolescent, 0.85 and its components separately, show the internal consistency of both questionnaires. Overall, the results showed that the scales of Child Sexual Abuse and Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria questionnaire has a desirable and appropriate validity, reliability and it can be used for mild intellectually disabled and normal intelligence teenagers.
