Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

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The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between marital commitment and differentiation. The research method is descriptive-correlation and specifically modeling structural equations. The statistical population included all couples referring to counseling centers in Chalous city that 500 persons were selected by convenience sampling method. Research instruments included Marital Commitment Questionnaire (Adam and Jones, 1997), Self-Differentiation Test (Skowron & Friedlander, 1998), and Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (Dennis, Vander Wal, 2010). The obtained data were analyzed by the structural equation method. The results showed that that the fit indices of the research model are in the acceptable range and cognitive flexibility played a mediating role in the relationship between marital commitment and Self-Differentiation. Based on the results of the present study, self-differentiation and cognitive flexibility can be considered as effective factors in the marital commitment of couples in prevention and counseling programs.

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame in predicting the tendency to suicidal thoughts in teenagers who refer to transitional harm reduction centers in Tehran. This research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the current study included adolescents aged 14 to 18 years who were referred to the Transitional Injury Reduction Centers (DIC) in Tehran, District 12 (Shosh-Harandi neighborhood) in the first four months of 2011, using a simple random sampling method. 300 people were selected for these centers. Research tools include the Suicidal Ideation Scale (BSSI) (Beck, 1961), the Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11) (Bart et al., 2004), the Rumination Scale (RRS) (Hoeksema & Morrow 1991) and the Internalized Shame Scale ( ISS) (Cook, 1993). In order to analyze the data, Pearson's correlation test and multiple linear regression were used simultaneously. The results have shown that there is a positive and significant relationship between impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame with the tendency to suicidal thoughts (P<0.01). Also, the results of the regression analysis showed that impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame explain a total of 0.78 of the tendency to suicidal thoughts.

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Given that psychological factors play an important role in the decision to perform cosmetic surgery. The aim of this study was to explain the model of ego strength based on object relations, and the mediating role of personality organization in people applying cosmetic head and face surgery. Applying a descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population included all people who were referred to Vanak Cosmetic Surgery Center in Tehran in the spring and summer of 2020, a sample of 350 subjects was selected by the available sampling method, and inclusion/exclusion criteria were controlled for. Data were collected through the Psychosocial Inventory of Ego-strengths (PIES, 1997), Bell's Object Relations Inventory (BORI, 1986), and Kernberg’s Inventory of Personality (IPO, 2002). Data were analyzed by path analysis. The structural relationships between the variables showed that object relationships had a positive and direct effect on personality organization (β=0.119, P<0.01) and ego strength (β=0.228, P<0.01). Also, personality organization had a positive and direct effect on ego strength (β = 0.400, P < 0.01). In addition, the indirect effect of object relationships on ego strength was equal to 0.027 and significant(P < 0.01). It can be concluded that Injury in object relationships by affecting personality organization can create a weak ego among people seeking cosmetic surgery.