Background and Objective: Depression is one of the most common psychological problems that can increase addiction potential and decrease psychological well-being. There are different methods to improve the psychological status of people and logotherapy is one of them. As a result, present research aims to determine effectiveness of Frankl's logotherapy on addiction potential and psychological well-being of girl students with depression. Methods: This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design. The research population included girl students with depression in Farhangian University of Birjand Pardis in the 2017-18 academic years. 30 people were selected via available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two equal groups. The experimental group was trained for 8 sessions of 90 minutes (twice a week) using Frankl's logotherapy method. The instruments included the questionnaires of depression, addiction potential, and psychological well-being. The data were analyzed using t-test and MANCOVA methods. Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of addiction potential and psychological well-being. In the other words, the Frankl's logotherapy significantly led to decreased addiction potential (F=57/10, P<0/001) and increased psychological well-being (F=73/36, P<0/001) of girl students with depression. Conclusion: The results indicated the effectiveness of Frankl's logotherapy on decreasing addiction potential and increasing psychological well-being. Therefore, counselors and therapists can use Frankl's logotherapy method to decrease addiction potential and increase psychological well-being of girl students with depression.

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Background: During pregnancy, due to special hormonal and physiological changes that occur in the body, sleep disorders are very prevalent; therefore, positive psychological states and emotions can have major impacts on overall sleep quality among pregnant women. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of 15 positive psychological states (trust in God, optimism, a sense of efficacy, accepting responsibilities, a sense of control, purposefulness, hope, meaningfulness in life, life satisfaction, positive mood and happiness, being social, self-esteem and self-worth, a sense of peace, appreciation, and forgiveness) on predicting sleep quality among pregnant women. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study followed a correlational-predictive design. The statistical population of this study included all pregnant women referred to health care centers in Khash in the first half of 2015, which included 890 individuals. The sampling method was multistage cluster sampling. Overall, 268 questionnaires were distributed among pregnant women, who had the inclusion criteria of the current study, in order to be answer freely and voluntarily. Moreover, to collect data, two questionnaires including positive psychological states (PPS) and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) were used. Results:The results of the correlation coefficient indicated that optimism, purposefulness, hope, meaningfulness in life, life satisfaction, positive mood and happiness, a sense of peace, trust in God and forgiveness were significantly related to high sleep quality

Background: Addiction as one of the crises in the current century has affected all societies and is one of the most harmful and common phenomena in the family system. Addiction is the cause of many social, familial, and personal disabilities. Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the psychological flexibility of drug-dependent women. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population included female drug addicts attending addiction treatment camps in Zahedan, who had undergone detoxification. Using a single stage cluster sampling method, 27 drug-dependent women were selected and allocated randomly in either experimental (13 subjects) or control (n = 14) groups. The Dennis cognitive flexibility inventory (CFI) was used in the pre-test and post-test and the data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis in the SPSS version 23 software. Results: The results of the study showed that acceptance and commitment therapy increased psychological flexibility and its dimensions (alternatives, control, and perceived ability) in the experimental group when compared to the control group at the post-test stage (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Group-based acceptance and commitment treatment is effective in increasing the psychological flexibility of drugdependent women. This method can be effective in reducing the psychological problems of addicts and decrease their tendency to return to substance use. Therefore, the use of this therapeutic approach is recommended to improve the health status of addicted women.