Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness skills on psychological well-being and life satisfaction in girl students with divorced parents. This study was a quasi-experimental clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of this study was all-girl high school students in districts 1 and 2 of Rasht. Thirty students with divorced parents were selected using the purposeful method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Mindfulness techniques were taught weekly in eight 60-minute sessions and its effect was evaluated using Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire (Ryff, 1995) and Student Life Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 2001). analysis covariance was used to analyze data. The results showed that mindfulness training increases students' psychological well-being and life satisfaction (p <0.05). According to the results of the present study, mindfulness techniques can be used to improve psychological well-being and life satisfaction in students with divorced parents.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Ego strengths and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation with Non- Suicidal Self Injury behaviors in high school students. This study is a cross-sectional descriptive correlational and its statistical population was all high school students in Ardabil, which 197 students (102 boys and 95 girls) from four high schools selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method. In order to collect data, psychosocial inventory of  Ego strengths by Markstrom et al (1997), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale by Gratz and Roemer (2004), and self-injury questionnaire by Sansone, Wiederman, and Sansone (1998) were used. After data collection, data were analyzed using, Pearson correlation test and stepwise regression. The results showed that self-injury behaviors have a significant negative relationship with components of hope, will, competence, and purpose of Ego strengths and have a significant positive relationship with components of rejection, difficulty in controlling, and lack of emotional awareness of difficulty in regulating emotion (p<0.01). Also, components of hope, competence, and purpose of Ego strengths and the component of difficulty in controlling Difficulties in Emotion Regulation were able to predict self-injury behaviors. Therefore, according to this result, ego strengths and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation are related to the possibility of self-injury behaviors and It is necessary to be considered in the development of intervention and prevention programs.

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Autism spectrum disorders are a subset of neurodevelopmental disorders, and one of the most important of its symptoms is the existence of deficiencies in social communication and interaction, interests, behaviors, and limited and repetitive activities. Art therapy is one of the intervention approaches for this disorder, which according to research has a good effect on helping autistic children. The aim of this article was to investigate the application of art therapy for autism spectrum disorders and the therapeutic features and logic of this approach. This study was a systematic review. Based on a search in Databases including Scholar, Science Direct, Sage, Magiran, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Noormags, numerous articles were obtained according to the keywords of autism spectrum disorders, therapeutic approaches, and art therapy. Finally, the findings were categorized under the main headings of the role of art therapy in early interventions and the development of basic skills. The results showed that this approach has a great ability to help autistic children in solving their problems in sensory, communication, and motor skills. According to the obtained results, therapists and specialists can use the findings of this study to adopt a new perspective in order to use art therapy for children with autism.