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Background: Mindfulness and emotion regulation have important effects on the variables related to mental health in chemical weapons victims. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and emotion regulation training on the affect and mood in chemical weapons victims. Materials and Methods: This interventional study was conducted with two experimental groups and a control group including 47 male chemical weapons victims with high scores on the General Health Questionnaire in Sardasht city, Iran, randomly selected and then assigned to mindfulness training, emotion regulation training, and control groups. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training was used with experimental group 1, emotion regulation (ER) training was implemented with experimental group 2, and the control group received no training. Data were gathered using the General Health Questionnaire, Positive and Negative Affect and Depression-Happiness scales. Analysis of variance with repeated measure was used for analyzing the data. Results: The results indicated that mindfulness-based stress reduction and emotion regulation training significantly increased positive affect and mood and decreased negative affect in chemical weapons victims. Conclusion: The results supported the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotion regulation training on affect and mood in chemical victims. Therefore, attention to the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotion regulation on variables related to mental health is important in chemical weapon victims.

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Background: Impulsivity is a core social pathology. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to Effectiveness of group dialectical behavior therapy based on core distress tolerance and emotion regulation components on Expulsive Anger and Impulsive Behaviors.

Materials and Methods: Research method is a semi experimental socio-statistic approach consisting of experimental group (dialectical behavior therapy) and control group. Participants were patients referred to Amir Kabir Hospital in Arak. and who were Expulsive Anger and Impulsive Behaviors. Based on stratified random sampling, 16 patients (women) were placed in each group. Research tools included the structured diagnosis interview according to DSM-IV-TR (2000), Barrat impulsivity scale (1994) Distress Tolerance Scale (2005) Difficulties of Emotion Regulation Scale (2004) and dialectical behavior therapy were done for two months, 8 groups Sessions.

Results: The results of this study showed that there was significant difference between control and experimental groups after implementation of dialectical behavior therapy relying on component tolerance and regulation of emotional distress variables impulsive behavior and explosion furies (p<0.01).

Conclusion: Distress tolerance and emotion regulation components effective on Expulsive Anger and Impulsive Behaviors.

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Background: The aim of this study was to test  the proposed model  for the impact of self-efficacy beliefs on parent’s anxiety and marital adjustment with mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies among parents of chronically ill children of ahwaz city.

Materials and Methods: The statistical universe was all the parents of chronically ill children who was selected by Convenience sampling method.The research tools are included the self-efficacy questionnaire (SES), anxiety questionnaire (STAI), Spanier marital adjustment questionnaire  and Garnesfki cognitive emotion regulation strategies questionnaire.Amos 18 program software was applied for structural equation modeling (SEM).The indirect relationship was tested with bootstrap Amos 18 program software.

Results: The results revealed that the tested model had good fit indices.

Conclusion: Results revealed that self-efficacy beliefs directly influenced on parent's anxiety, marital adjustment, and adaptive and nonadaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Also, adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies have a direct relation with parent's anxiety and marital adjustment. In addition, there was a direct relation between nonadaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and marital adjustment. Alternatively, self-efficacy beliefs directly influenced on anxiety and marital adjustment with mediating role of adaptive cognitive emotion tegulation strategies and indirectly influenced on adjustment with mediating role of nonadaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.

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Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive emotional regulation strategies, sensory processing sensitivity and anxiety sensitivity in patients with multiple sclerosis and normal people.

Materials and Methods: Statistical population of this study was all of patients with multiple sclerosis that referred to M.S association of Iran in the Tehran. Sample of this study was 30 individuals of patients with multiple sclerosis selected by available sampling method and were matched with 30 individuals of normal people. Two groups completed cognitive emotion regulation, high sensory processing            sensitivity and anxiety sensitivity questionnaires. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and Multivariate Analysis of Variance.

Results:  The results indicated that there is significant difference between two groups in view of cognitive emotion regulation strategies in which the mean of scores of patients with multiple sclerosis in maladaptive strategies of self- blame, catastrophizing and other blame were more than normal people and mean of scores of them in adaptive strategies of positive refocusing, positive reappraisal and putting into perspective were less than normal people. The results also indicated that there is a significant difference between two groups in anxiety sensitivity and sensory processing sensitivity.

Conclusion:  The most of emotional problems in patients with multiple sclerosis can be the result of more application of maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, high sensory processing sensitivity and high anxiety sensitivity. 

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Background and Aim: Attention Control Training is a new cognitive intervention that improves emotion regulation by reducing attentional bias towards negative information. Given the significant association between death anxiety and emotion dysregulation and death-related attentional bias, this study aimed to assess attention control training as an intervention for reducing death anxiety.
Methods & Materials: In this clinical trial, the Convenience Sampling Method sampled 50 university students in Tehran and was randomly assigned to 2 experimental and 1 control groups. Attention control training was delivered using death-related stimuli for the 1st experimental group and negative stimuli unrelated to death for the 2nd experimental group. The control group didn’t receive any interventions. In 3 measurements of pretest, posttest, and 3 months follow-up, death-related attentional bias, death anxiety, and sensitivity to mortality salience were assessed, respectively, using the Modified Stroop Test, Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS), and Propensity to Moral Disengagement Scale (PMDS) after inducing Mortality Salience condition.
Ethical Considerations: This study was registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (Code: IRCT20190406043181N1) and was approved by the research ethics committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Code: IR.SBMU.MSP.REC.1398.539).
Results: The study showed that after completing attention control training, the 1st experimental group’s death-related attentional bias, death anxiety, and sensitivity to mortality salience were significantly reduced (P<0.05), and this reduction was maintained at 3 months of follow-up. No significant changes were observed in the other two groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that attention control training is capable of significantly reducing death-related attentional bias, and this reduction in attentional bias leads to decreased death anxiety and sensitivity to mortality salience

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Extended Abstract
Introduction
Nurses, as the main force and the most important bearers of the health system, have a fundamental role in continuing care. Married female nurses, in addition to taking jobs full of stress and high burnout, should play other roles such as mating and motherhood. Therefore, this pressure, stress and exhaustion is more evident. Therefore, in order to reduce these problems, the increase of resilience in this group is more than before. In recent years, the positive psychology approach, with the slogan of attention to human talents and abilities, has been considered by researchers. The factors that make the human more compatible with the needs and threats of life are referred to as resilience; resilience is the most fundamental constructs under research in this approach which has a special place, especially in the field of developmental psychology, family psychology and mental health.
Method
The present study is based on the fundamental purpose and in terms of the method of collecting descriptive data of correlation type with structural equation model. The statistical population of the study included all married female nurses in public hospitals and medical centers of Alborz province in 1401. A sample of 400 people was selected through multistage cluster sampling. Questionnaire of Resilience of Connor and Davidson (2003),Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire of Granfsky et al. (2001) and Bagaroozi's Marital Intimacy Questionnaire (2001) were used.In this research, frequency distribution table (to study the characteristics of subjects, descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, skewness, elongation) and structural equation modeling (measurement model and structural equation model) have been used using SPSS 26 and Amos24 software.
Results
the results of demographic information based on age (20-25) year, 152 people) 38%; In terms of education (bachelor's degree 265 people, 66.25 percent, based on the number of children, no children with 144 people). 36%, employment history (up to 5 years of experience, 198 people, 49.5% based on the duration of marriage, up to 5 years of marriage, 166 people, 41.5%) as well as the highest number of cohabitation differences (382 people). 95.5% constituted the largest percentage of participants. Cronbach's alpha, cognitive emotion regulation was 0.84, marital intimacy was 0.87, and resilience was 0.81. Also, the variables of standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis, the variable of cognitive regulation of emotion - 0.680, - 0.195 and - 0.905, the variable of marital intimacy 89.597, - 0.887 and - 0.019, and the variables of resilience, respectively - 0.055, 202 -0.0 and 1.131 were obtained. Also, the correlation matrix between the variables of cognitive emotional regulation, marital intimacy and resilience was obtained at 0.01 (, 0.729 and 0.796) and a positive and significant relationship was obtained between the variables, so it was possible to check the research model.
Structural model path coefficients of pathways (cognitive flexibility to marital adjustment, cognitive flexibility to resiliency 0.986, cognitive emotion regulation to marital adjustment, cognitive emotion adjustment to resiliency 0.875, self-differentiation to marital adjustment, self-differentiation to resiliency 0.842 and marital adjustment to resiliency 0.578) all of which were more than 0.5. The standard error of the above paths was 0.091, 0.025, 0.202, 0.253, respectively. 0.035, 0.155, 0.049, 0.035 and 0.049 were obtained. Critical ratios were 5.734, 3.944, 9.810, 3.458, -4.539, 2.450 and 11.795, respectively.  In order to evaluate mediation or mediator relationships in the second model, bootstrap test and for mediation status of mediation analysis was used by bootstrapping method The relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and resilience with mediation of marital adjustment with direct and indirect effects and total effects of which were 0.671, 1.228 and 1.899, respectively. The relationship between self-differentiation and resilience mediated by marital adjustment with direct and indirect effects and total effects of which were 0.479, 0.899 and 0.420, respectively.
Conclusion
The aim of this study was to investigate the modeling of resilience based on cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation and self-differentiation with the mediating role of marital intimacy. The results showed that direct path coefficient of cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation, self-differentiation and marital intimacy were directly and mediated by marital intimacy were significant on resiliency (2,5,3). It can be argued that the more couples have control over their emotional leaders, the more they can acquire a positive self-concept and act independently, and in different individual, social and occupational situations, the more able to control their emotions, and they can also establish their own position in these situations and take into account the undependency and in their relationships with others about their emotions and Their emotions are more controllable. (4(Therefore, the more decisions people make based on logic, reasoning, comprehensive view of circumstances, rationality and free from false emotions and emotions, and in their choices different cognitive, emotional, emotional and behavioral factors are more appropriate and free from excesses and considering the interests of the family, rather than individual ones, the more they can tolerate problems. Therefore, in explaining the results of the research, it can be stated that marital intimacy can be the connecting link to increase resilience of flexible couples, differentiated and with more emotional regulation. Limitations of this study can be mentioned to long administrative hierarchy for obtaining permission for sampling and also caution in generalizability of the findings.
Compliance with research ethics
Participants in the study were assured that their information would be preserved. The informed consent form was given to everyone and the participants signed the form. This research has an IR ethics committee code. ZUMS. REC.1401.297 is from Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Sponsor
According to the authors, there was no financial support for the research. 
Conflicts of interest
According to the authors, this article does not conflict of interest
Thank you and Appreciate
The authors of the article are sincerely grateful to the research deputy of Islamic Azad University of Saveh, the authorities of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, colleagues of health centers in Karaj and all female nurses participating in this research.

 

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Introduction: Since dermatologic diseases are relatively high prevalent in the society and are associated with various psychological consequences, the present study was conducted to compare the difficulties in emotion regulation, psychological flexibility and quality of life in dermatologic patients with Lichen Simplex Chronicus and normal population.
Methods: The study design was causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all men and women with dermatologic diseases who referred to skin clinics in Tehran, Karaj and Qom cities. A convenience sampling method was employed to select 199 patients as the study sample. In addition, for the comparison group 200 normal individuals were selected from normal population. All participants assessed by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), and Short Form-36 Quality of Life (SF-36). Data were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). This study was approved by Research Ethics Committee of University of Kurdistan (Code: IR.UOK.REC.1401.015).
Results: Results showed that there was significant difference between two groups in terms of difficulties in emotion regulation, psychological flexibility and quality of life. The mean scores of difficulties in emotion regulation scale and psychological flexibility were higher in the patient group and lower in quality of life than the healthy group.
Conclusions: According to the present results, psychological factors of emotional dysregulation and psychological inflexibility may play a role in the persistence of skin problems of Lichen Simplex Chronicus. Since psychological underlying factors are often involved in the development and maintenance of dermatologic diseases, it is suggesting to use psychological interventions for these patients at the same time.
 

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Introduction: Breast cancer causes psychological problems and decreases psychological health in people, therapeutic interventions are needed to solve these problems. This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of group meaning therapy intervention on the quality of life, emotional regulation, and life expectancy of women with breast cancer.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all women with breast cancer referring to the health centers of Kerman city in 2023. Among them, 30 people were selected by the available sampling method and were replaced randomly and by lottery in two experimental and control groups (15 individuals in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). The people in the experimental group received group-meaning therapy intervention (10 sessions) and two sessions weekly for 90 minutes. The questionnaires used in this research included quality of life, emotion regulation, and life expectancy questionnaires administered in two phases: pre-test and post-test.
Results: The results showed that before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the average scores of the quality of life, emotion regulation, and life expectancy of the intervention and control groups, but there was a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the intervention and control groups after the intervention. The mean and standard deviation of the quality of life in the post-test was 6.91 ± 29.75, emotion regulation was 10.25 ± 98.28, and life expectancy was 6.49 ± 39.51 (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: According to the results of this research, group therapy increased the quality of life, emotion regulation, and life expectancy in women with cancer. Since the favorable mental state of the patient affects their recovery, the use of this method is recommended as an effective strategy to reduce the psychological problems of patients.

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Introduction: The main consequence of heart failure is a decline in patients' functional abilities, leading to limitations in occupational and social-family tasks, as well as impairments in cognitive and emotional health, ultimately resulting in a reduced quality of life. This research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of emotion regulation training in improving the quality of life and life expectancy of cardiovascular patients referred to health centers in Khorram Abad City.
Methods: The current research used a semi-experimental design of pre-test-post-test type and three-month follow-up with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the research included all patients with cardiovascular diseases referred to the health centers of Khorram Abad City in 2023. Among the statistical population, 40 people were selected by direct sampling and randomly divided into two experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The experimental group was trained in emotion regulation during eight 90-minute sessions for 8 weeks. Both groups completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO-QOL-BREF) and Schneider et al.'s (1991) Life Expectancy Questionnaire in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The multivariate covariance analysis method and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to analyze the results.
Results: The results showed that emotional regulation training is efficacious in improving the quality of life and life expectancy of cardiovascular patients (P < 0.01), and this effect remained stable in the three-month follow-up phase (P < 0.01).
Conclusions: Emotion regulation training is recommended to enhance cardiovascular patients' quality of life and life expectancy.