Since menopausal women spend almost one-third of their long life in this situation, it can be useful to recognize the causes of these disorders in women and their influences on their families. We can also increase their motivation and self-efficacy in order to improve their quality of life.

Introduction Menopause as an important event during women’s life has serious effects on their mental health. This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and psychological well-being in postmenopausal and premenopausal women. Material and methods The research method was descriptive-correlative. The population of this study included menopausal and premenopausal women who were referred to five community centers in district 9 in Tehran in the spring of 2018. The statistical sample comprised 282 (45-55 years old) women who were divided into 142 postmenopausal and 140 premenopausal women selected through accessible sampling. In this study two questionnaires were filled out by sample groups: the Young Schema Questionnaire (2003) and Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-being (1989) were applied. Spearman correlation test and multiple regression analysis were employed in order to analyze hypotheses of this study. Results The results indicated that the collection of schemas which were aimed at predicting psychological well-being in menopausal and premenopausal women were different ( p ≤ 0.01). In premenopausal women isolationism, vulnerability, and subjugation schemas, and in postmenopausal women defectiveness/shame, isolationism, dependency, self-control, and approval-seeking schemas predicted psychological well-being. Conclusions Menopause can activate some passive schemas, and psychologists through making women aware of these change and using appropriate interventions can prevent a decrease well-being in them.

Introduction: Self-compassion helps adolescents to accept themselves unconditionally and Future Time Perspective (FTP) can make them motivated to do their meaningful tasks in the future. Method: Method was semi experimental method (pre-test -post-test research) with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of 6,232 male students (14-16 years of age) at the 13th district of Tehran (Iran), the sample size was 30 people who were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Two questionnaires include self-compassion of Neff ( 2003) and FTP of Brothers, Chui& Diehl (2014) these will be administered three times, a pre-test, a post-test and a follow-up test. Group counseling held in twelve sessions for experimental group for three months, the collected data from pretest, posttest and follow up were analyzed by SPSS software with the help of factorial mixed design with repeated measure. Result: The results show the effectiveness of strength-based group counseling on self-compassion (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness and over-identification) and FTP (opportunities, limitations and ambiguities) after three months of group counseling. Conclusion: Finding signature strengths (five highest strengths) through analyzing life's experiences helps students to be aware of what they can do well, to learn how they can make decisions about their future, based on character strengths and to accept their limitations without self-censure.

Aim: The present research aimed at investigating the relationship between parenting styles and children's happiness with the mediating role of parents' self-compassion among junior high school students in city of Tehran in the school year of 2018-2019. Methods: The study employed descriptive-correlational methodology. The population included junior high-school students with their mothers living in Tehran. Sample included 384 students along with their mothers who were selected through multistage clustering method. Three questionnaires were used in this study: Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Baumrind's Parenting Style Questionnaire, and Neff's Self-compassion Questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed through Path Analysis and Lisrel. Findings: The results showed that the mediating role of parenting style was not significant with respect to the relationship between self-compassion and children's happiness (p>0/05). However, the direct effects of three variables of self-compassion, authoritarian parenting, and strict parenting were found to be meaningful (p<0/05). The direction effect of dictatorial style on happiness was negative. The direction effect of self-compassion and strict style on happiness was positive. The aforementioned variables predict 49% of the score variance in happiness. Conclusion: The presence of self-love in parents and the use of authoritative parenting style can lead to the formation of positive behaviors in parents in a way that makes the conditions of family life favorable for children and increases happiness in children.

The aim of this study was to predict Predicting flourish in female adolescents by maternal character strengths: the mediating role of emotional regulation. Methodology: This was an applied study conducted based on a descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population consisted of 3996 secondary high school students from Rey city during the academic year of 2018-2019. For sample size, a total of 350 students were chosen according to Kerjcie and Morgan's table and using multi-stage cluster sampling. Research tools included an actualization questionnaire developed by Soleymani et al. (2015), Seligman and Peterson's character strengths questionnaire ( 2004), and emotion regulation questionnaire (Gross and Jhon, 2003). The reliability of questionnaires was confirmed by professors and their credibility by Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.85). Data were analyzed through correlational tests and structural equations in Spss24 and Amos20. Findings: From the results, maternal character strengths directly (by a path coefficient of 0.65) and indirectly (through emotion regulation; with a Path coefficient of 0.21) influences girl's actualization (p<0.001). Also, emotion regulation affects actualization with a Path coefficient of 0.58. Research variables predicted 51 % of the variance of secondary high school girl's actualization (R 2 =0.51). Conclusion: Education and empowering character strengths, as well as regulating maternal emotions, improves girl's actualization.