Journal•ISSN: 2322-2840
Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies
Armenian Green Publishing Co.
About: Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Cognition & Learning disability. Over the lifetime, 628 publications have been published receiving 1023 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of group logotherapy on reducing the degree of depression between old adults was examined. And the results showed that logotherapy has statistically meaningful effect on curing depression (P<0.01) and the scores of depression in experimental group decreased (from 20.8 in pretest to 12.6 in posttest).
Abstract: This study was aimed to examine the effects of "group logotherapy" on reducing the degree of depression between olds. Materials & Methods:The experimental design: pre-post test with control group was used in this study. The population was the female olds of the "house of the oldsters". The samples were selected by means of Beck inventory of depression. Then 20 persons were selected randomly. Then they were assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group was then exposed to 8 sections of group logotherapy. By ending the therapeutic period, both groups were examined by means of the mentioned inventory. Covariance analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and the test for its meaningfulness were calculated for analyzing the raw data. Results: This finding showed that logotherapy has statistically meaningful effect on curing depression (P<0.01) and the scores of depression in experimental group decreased (from 20.8 in pretest to 12.6 in posttest). Conclusion: Group logotherapy has considerable effect on curing depression between olds. Therefore it is necessary to pay more attention to nondrug treatments -which are helpful
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TL;DR: Health experts and officials must focus more on the quality of life of mothers of children with mental disability especially on their psychological health.
Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare quality of life in mothers of children with menta l disability and mothers of normal children. Methods & Materials: The study was of causal - comparative design. The samples were randomly selected from Babol City and consisted of 50 mothers of children with mental disability and 50 mothers of normal childr en . Data were collected using the Iranian version of the Quality of Life Scale and Raven Intelligence Test (Adult form). Descriptive statistics and one - way ANOVA were used for data analysis. Results: There are significant differences between the mean quali ty of life in mothers of children with mental disability and that in mothers of normal children ( p =0.005). Significant differences exist in terms of physical health ( p =0.016), psychological health ( p =0.001), social relationships ( p =0.084) and environment ( p =0.031). Conclusion: Health experts and officials must focus more on the quality of life of mothers of children with mental disability especially on their psychological health.
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TL;DR: This dissertation aims to provide a history of psychology in Zahedan from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which Shahid I of Iran was killed.
Abstract: Author Address 1. Assistant professor of Psychology, Faculty of educational and psychology sciences, University Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran; 2-MA in general psychology, Faculty of educational and psychology sciences, University Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran; 3Instructor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. *Corresponding Author Address: Faculty of educational and psychology sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. *E-mail: farhad_kahraz@ped.usb.ac.ir
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TL;DR: This paper aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, which aims to provide real-time information about the response of the immune system to EMTs.
Abstract: Author Address 1. PhD candidate of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Zahedan branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran; 2. PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Zahedan branch, Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran; 3. Clinical Biochemistry, Biochemistry Department, Associate Professor, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Iran. *Corresponding Author Address: Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
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TL;DR: Nahid et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a method to solve the problem of mental health in the context of psychology at Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran and achieved an MA in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan.
Abstract: Author Address 1. MA in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran; 2. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran; 3. MA in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. *Corresponding Author Address: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan. *E-mail: nahid.nedaee@gmail.com
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