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Introduction: Success in quitting addiction requires completing the treatment process. The personality of the addict or its psychological disorders may play a mediating role in adherence to treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of personality components in the relationship between anxiety, stress, depression, and adherence to treatment.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted in addiction treatment clinics in Saqez with the participation of 131 men members of the Association of Anonymous Addicts. Data collection tools were the NEO personality questionnaire and the DASS-21 questionnaire which was completed as a self-report. Data were analyzed by the chi-square test, logistic regression, and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS 18 software.
Results: Depression and personality components (neuroticism, introversion, flexibility, agreement, responsibility) predict adherence to treatment in addicted patients, but among these variables, the neuroticism component is stronger (p = 0.001, 0.426, β = R2 = 0.178). Also, the components of personality and adherence to treatment are predictors of anxiety, among which the predictive flexibility is stronger (p = 0.001, β = 0.313, R2 = 0.021). Finally, the components of personality and adherence to treatment, except for responsibility, are predictors of stress, among which the predictive flexibility is stronger (p = 0.001, β = 0.354, R2 = 0.041).
Conclusion: Considering the effect of personality traits of addicted people in the occurrence of psychological problems such as depression, stress, anxiety, and adherence to their treatment, it is recommended to pay attention to the personality component and psychological problems of these people in education and treatment.
 
 

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Introduction: Mindfulness may be considered as a state of promoting self-awareness to improve cognitive fusion, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal thoughts. Therefore this study was done aimed to evaluate the effect of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in cognitive fusion, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder.
Methods: The research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all people with major depressive disorder who referred to the zhuan Clinic in Tehran in 2021. 30 patients with major depression were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly in two experimental groups (15 subjects) and control subjects (15 subjects) were included. During eight 90-minute sessions, the experimental group was subjected to mindfulness-based therapy group 2 days a week, but no intervention was performed on the control group. Both before and after the intervention, answered standard Guilford et al.'s cognitive fusion questionnaires (2010), Gratz and Romer (2004) emotion difficulty scale, and Beck's (1979) suicidal ideation scale.To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of covariance was used using SPSS software version 23.
Results: There was a significant difference between the average post-test scores of the intervention group and the control group. In this way, the cognitive therapy training based on mindfulness significantly led to a decrease in the mean post-test score of cognitive fusion variables, emotional dysregulation and suicidal thoughts compared to the pre-test scores in the intervention group (P<0.01).
Conclusions: According to the obtained results, the use of group therapies such as mindfulness has positive effects on reducing on cognitive fusion, emotional dysregulation, and suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder. Therefore, in different stages of treatment or after, it is possible to help reduce Cognitive and emotional variables by providing this type of training.
 
 

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Introduction: Some cognitive and emotional reactions in depressed people have been suggested as predictors of depression. Therefore, it is necessary to identify, evaluate and treat the factors that can contribute to these cognitive and emotional reactions. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on autobiographical memories, cognitive avoidance and cognitive emotion regulation in patients with major depression.
Methods: The present research was conducted in the form of a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. Among the people with major depressive disorder referring to zhuan clinic in Tehran, 40 people were selected using convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, while the control group did not receive any specific intervention. Williams and Broadbent Autobiographical memory test, Sexton and Dugas cognitive avoidance questionnaire, Garnefsky et al.'s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire were administered in the pre-test and post-test stages on two groups and the obtained findings were analyzed using multivariate covariance in SPSS-21.
Results: There is a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups in the components of autobiographical memories, cognitive avoidance and cognitive emotion regulation, in the post-test stage (P<0.01), which means that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training significantly improves autobiographical memories (F=11.409, P=0.002), reduces cognitive avoidance (F=10.575, sig=0.003), reducing maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (F=9.272, P=0.010), and increasing adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (F=8.202, P=0.025) has an effect in the post-test stage.
Conclusions: These preliminary findings support the role of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in improving the recall of autobiographical memories, reducing cognitive avoidance, reducing maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and increasing adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. It is suggested that future research should pay more attention to the role of MBCT in improving these components in depressed patients.
 
 

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Introduction: Emotional dysregulation has been identified as an important meta-diagnostic factor for the etiology and treatment of various psychological problems. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the structural relationships of childhood trauma with positive memory and depressive symptoms with regard to the mediating role of positive emotional dysregulation in adults.
Methods: The statistical population included all people referring to clinics and psychological service centers in Tehran in 2023. Among the statistical population, 240 people were selected by available sampling method. Research tools were: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Difficulties Emotion Regulation Scale‐Positive (DERS-P), Memory Experiences Questionnaire-Short Form (MEQ-SF). For data analysis, Pearson correlation, structural equation modeling and SPSS -22 and AMOS-26 software were used.
Results: The results showed that the research model has a good fit. The direct effect of childhood trauma on positive memory was not significant. The direct effect of childhood trauma on symptoms of depression (T = 0.80, β = 0.80, T = 13.08) and positive emotion dysregulation (T = 0.80, 16.48), and the direct effect of the positive emotion dysregulation on positive memory (40 T = 0.76, β = 0.5) and depressive symptoms (T = 2.05, β = 0.12) were significant. Also, positive emotion dysregulation had a mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and positive memory and depressive symptoms.
Conclusions: According to the findings of the present research, positive emotional dysregulation should be a target for treatment in childhood trauma victims, to prevent mood disorders and make positive memories special. Therefore, it is suggested to use treatments such as emotion regulation based treatments, memory specificity training to reduce depression symptoms and increase memory specificity in people with childhood trauma experience.
 

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Introduction: Although previous studies have shown that there is a strong relationship between childhood trauma and depression, the mediating mechanisms of this relationship have not been well studied. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the structural relationships between childhood trauma experience and depressive symptoms in adults with the mediating role of dissociative experiences and attachment styles.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the people who referred to the clinics and psychological service centers of Tehran in 2023. Among the statistical population, 320 people were selected by convenience sampling method. The research tools were: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Dissociative Experiences Scale, and Attachment Styles Questionnaire. Pearson correlation, structural equation modeling and SPSS version 23 and AMOS version 23 software were used for data analysis.
Results: The results showed that the research model has a good fit. Direct path coefficients of childhood trauma experience (T = 0.28, β = 2.52), dissociative experiences (T = 0.27, β = 2.63), secure attachment (T = 0.27, -2.31) β=-0) and insecure attachment (T=2.21, β=0.23) were significant on depression symptoms. Also, the indirect coefficients of childhood trauma experience through dissociative experiences (p < 0.05, b = 0.52), secure (p < 0.05, b = -0.60) and insecure attachment styles (b = 0.05) p>0, b=0.39) were significant on depression symptoms. The results also showed that the research variables explained a total of 75% of the variance of depression symptoms.
Conclusions: These findings may provide indications for the development of measures to reduce dissociative experiences and teachings based on attachment styles to reduce depressive symptoms in adults with traumatic childhood experiences. It is suggested that trauma and depression psychotherapists pay special attention to the two components of dissociation and attachment styles in their interventions.