Introduction: The current study is performed to identify the parents with an autistic child's lived experience of social suffering. Method: The current study applies qualitative method with the thematic analysis approach. Purposive sampling is performed on parents of the children with autism spectrum. Thirteen parent were interviewed about 45 to 70 minutes. Participants include four fathers and nine mothers with a child who has diagnosed with autism. The data collection method was a semi-structured in depth interview. Data analysis process was started from the first interview via MAXQDA software and coding is perfumed after each interview. Following that, Thematic analysis is used to study the data. Finally, the lived experience findings were categorized in main and sub themes. In this study, four criteria of Guba and Lincoln were used to increase scientific accuracy. Findings: 155 codes were extracted from interviews and those codes were categorized in five main themes and six sub themes. Main themes include: diagnosis process، parents' everyday problems، family's presence in the community، support services and financial problems. Discussion: the results have shown that parents of a child which is in autism spectrum facing excessive suffering and difficulties in various aspects of their life. The challenges begin in early stages of diagnosis procedure and extend to every aspect of their life.

Objectives The current research investigated the mediating role of self-compassion in the connection between object relations and the severity of depression symptoms. Methods This was a descriptive and correlational study. The study sample consisted of 245 male and female students residing in the dormitories of Iran University of Medical Sciences in the academic year of 2017-18. They were selected based on the two-step cluster sampling method. The subjects answered the Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory (BORRTI), Self Compassion Scale-Long Form (SCS-LF) and Beck's Depression Inventory-Short form (BDI-S). The gathered data were analyzed in LISREL, SPSS, and Mplus. Results The structural equation analysis results suggested that self-compassion plays a mediating role in the connection between object relations and the severity of depression symptoms. Conclusion The study findings revealed that the connection between object relations and the severity of depression symptoms is partly explained by a reduction in self-compassion. These findings help therapists to have a more correct understanding of the etiology of depression.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the emotional, behavioral problems, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in siblings of children with cancer and a control group. Methods: This study is a causal-comparative study. The sample consisted of 30 siblings aged 11 to 18 years old in children with cancer, 30 controls, who were matched for age and sex. The data was collected through availability sampling. In this study, a self-report questionnaire of adolescents and symptom scales of post-traumatic stress disorder-self-report form was used to assess the internalization, externalization, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between internalization problems, extraversion problems, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents with cancer and the control group. Conclusion: According to the results, the siblings of children with cancer had more behavioral emotional behaviors than the control group that these findings revealed a greater vulnerability in this group and a guide for appropriate interventions.