The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of stress-based group therapy based on awareness-based strategies for emotion regulation and cognitive avoidance in female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with control group and quarterly follow-up. The statistical population included all female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who in 1400 had referred to counseling and help centers in Kermanshah. Among them, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to the same experimental and control groups. The experimental group received stress-based treatment intervention based on awareness attention as a group, once a week in 8 sessions of 90 minutes; the control group was placed on a waiting list. Gross and John emotion regulation questionnaires and Sexton and Dougas cognitive avoidance questionnaires were used to collect data. Findings from one-way analysis of variance in Mankova text showed that stress-based therapy based on awareness attention significantly reduces the scores of suppression and cognitive avoidance and significantly increases the scores of the cognitive reassessment component of the experimental group in the post-test phase. And has been followed up. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that in order to manage emotion regulation strategies and reduce cognitive avoidance of obsessive-compulsive patients, the results of group therapy based on stress reduction based on mindfulness as a modern psychotherapy in counseling centers and Benefited therapy.

One of the most common and practical psychological interventions in the field of managing emotional states is mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mindfulness-acceptance-commitment-based intervention on anger rumination, competitive anxiety, emotion dysregulation and sports performance in bodybuilding sportsman. The study was semi-experimental research that implemented in the form of a multiple baseline single-case design. The statistical population included all the athletes who went to the bodybuilding sport clubs in the city of Selseleh in Lorestan province in 2021. Among them 10 sportsmen who met the inclusion criteria were selected using convenience sampling method. The subjects participated individually in a 8 sessions of mindfulness and acceptance-based program. Data were interpreted using the visual inspection, reliable change index (RCI), non-overlapping data indices (PND, PAND, PEM), recovery rate index, and Cohen's D effect size. The results showed that mindfulness-acceptance-commitment-based intervention has led to a reduction in anger rumination, competitive anxiety, emotional dysregulation and an increase in sports performance in athletes. Findings of the present study show that mindfulness-acceptance-commitment-based interventions could be effective in improving the cognitive-emotional functions and sports performance of athletes, and its application along with physical exercises can improve their sports performance.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to check the psychometric properties of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ).Method: The sample consisted of 409 higher school students with a mean and SD age 14.5 and 4.5 respectively. The cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS) were used in this study.Results: Principle component factor analysis revealed that there is a seventh factor structure for CERQ. Alpha coefficients and tester test reliability showed a good internal consistency and reliability for subscales of the CERQ. Also the correlation coefficient between DASS score and the subscales of the CERQ present an acceptable convergent and divergent validity for the subscales of the CERQ.Conclusion: In sum the results showed the properties of the psychometric indexes for the Persian version of the CERQ for research job.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new challenges to the global health sector, causing significant psychological distress in different societies. Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the correlation of personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted on 200 individuals, who were selected via convenience sampling among all residents of Babol (capital of Babol County, Iran) from March to September 2020. The data collection tools included the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2006), Personality Traits Questionnaire (1985), and Health Anxiety Inventory (2002). For data analysis, Pearson's correlation test and stepwise regression analysis were performed in SPSS version 26. Results: The multiple correlation coefficients of variables, as well as the regression coefficients of health anxiety, were significant for emotion regulation strategies and personality traits (P<0. 01). The standardized beta coefficients revealed that rumination (β, =0. 260), catastrophizing (β, =0. 234), and refocus on planning (β, =-0. 192) could significantly predict health anxiety, respectively. Conclusion: According to the present results, personality traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies had significant effects on the health anxiety of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is recommended to implement psychological training to reinforce positive strategies for cognitive emotion regulation.

Aims: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies training on difficulties in emotion regulation.Methods: This research was an experimental study. To this end, 20 university students (9 males and 11 females) from the Kharazmi University voluntarily participated in this study. The volunteers were trained emotion regulation strategies for 10 sessions in a group. In all the three stages of training (prior to training, while receiving the training and subsequent to the training) individuals were tested using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The obtained data were entered into SPSS 18 and were analyzed using Repeated Measures ANOVA and Bonferroni tests.Results: Results indicated that, process emotion regulation training meaningfully decreases the scores of difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior (P<0.001), lack of emotional awareness (P<0.001), impulse control difficulties (P<0.01), limited access to emotion regulation strategies (P<0.01), lack of emotional clarity (P<0.01) and non-acceptance of emotional responses (P<0.05) in the participants.Conclusion: With regards to the results of the present research, it can be concluded that modifying maladaptive emotion regulation strategies can be a good solution to prevent emotion problems.

Introduction: In the successful treatment of addicted people, in addition to drug therapy, serious attention should be paid to psychological interventions. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive emotion regulation training (CERT) on psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of addicted men in Isfahan city. Materials and Methods: This study was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test control group design. The population of this study consisted of all men addicted to narcotics in Isfahan referred to addiction treatment clinics in the first six months of 2019-2020 for methadone maintenance treatment. In total, 60 men were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups. Members of the experimental group received their groupspecific training in 8 sessions of 1. 5 hours,however, the control group received their routine training. Results: Mean and standard deviation of psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of the experimental group in the pre-test were 49. 77±, 7. 59 and 78. 67±, 6. 09, respectively. Also, the mean and standard deviation of psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of the control group were 49. 43±, 7. 21 and 79. 07±, 6. 00 respectively. According to the results, in the post-test, the psychological well-being score was 84. 23±, 7. 61, and the cognitive emotion regulation of the experiment was 86. 07±, 6. 10 compared to the control group (49. 27±, 6. 90 (F=357. 263) and 78. 87±, 6. 11 (F=387. 054), respectively) (p<0. 001). Conclusion: The results showed that CERT is effective in the psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of addicted people. Therefore, it can be used to increase their psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation.

Introduction: Tension- type headache is a common psychosomatic disease with physical and psychological symptoms causes impairment in different lives. As stress and emotional distress are the start-up factors in different headaches, emotion regulation can be considered as an important factor in effective control and adaptation of this disorder. The present research is trying to investigate the effect of the training of emotion regulation on the level of distress tolerance and reduction of emotion regulation difficulties on female patients with tension headache disorders.Methods: This is a semi experimental study with pretest- posttest design with a control and experimental groups. The statistical random sampling in this research were taken in Isfahan in the year 91 including female patients effected with tension- type headaches in two groups. 30 patients were selected and randomly assign to experimental and control groups. Before treatment, the patients received questionaires regarding the difficulties of emotion regulations (DERS) and tention tolerance (DTS). Finally, post-test and follow-up activities along with evaluation and measurment of the results were implemented. The duration of the treatment for the research group was 8 sessions (one session each week) and follow-up activities were effected 30 days after post-test. The data was analyzed by spss-20 software with covariance method.Results: Findings after analysis showed that emotion regulations led to the decrease of the level of the strict difficulties of emotion regulation and also enhancement of distress tolerance of the patients bearing headache tensions. (P<0.001).Conclusion: Based on these findings, it can be claimed that giving the trainings regarding emotion regulations, while helping patients through giving awareness about their positive and negative emotions, especially by helping them to have access to and put forward their difficulties in due course, can reduce drastically the difficulties of emotion regulation and can enhance tension tolerance level in female patients.