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Introduction: Anxiety and stress degraded the cognitive function of tasks involved in working memory and decreased working memory capacity and efficiency. Working memory is a complex, limited-capacity cognitive system that prepares information to be stored while processing it simultaneously. One of the new therapeutic approaches whose effectiveness in the reduction of stress and anxiety might be considered is cognitive rehabilitation; the efforts to repair cognitive deficits.This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) on stress and anxiety of the high school second lever female students in Tehran. Methods: The following study is a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group with a follow-up stage. The target society of this research includes female students with symptoms of anxiety and stress at the second level of high school in Tehran during the academic year of 2018-2019. The participants are 30 female students in two matched groups (15 participants within the experimental group and 15 ones in the control group) selected by the available sampling method. The experimental group received eight sessions of 90 minutes of individual CRT intervention using computer-based cognitive rehabilitation software. The control group did not have any type of intervention and recruited from the waiting list. The measurement instrument was the depression anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) distributed in three different periods of time (pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS-22. Indicators such as mean and standard deviation and multivariate analysis of covariance were used. The Levin test helped us to check the homogeneity of variances. Results: The results indicated that the CRT method of intervention effectively reduced the high school second level female students' stress and anxiety. However, just its effect on anxiety remained persistent untill the follow-up period. Conclusion: CRT method effectively affects the anxiety and stress of high school second level female student, and it might be considered as a useful way in the field.

Background: Chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) can lead to hopelessness, negative emotions and thoughts, and reduced quality of life. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of spirituality therapy and mindfulness-based training in increasing the resilience of MS patients. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study adopting a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all patients referring to the MS Association of Tehran in 2018. Using a convenience sampling method, 60 patients were selected and randomly divided into three groups. Data were collected using the Connor‐Davidson Resilience Scale (CD‐RISC) and analyzed adopting repeated measure analysis of variance. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 software. Results: The results of repeated measure analysis of variance showed that spirituality and mindfulness-based interventions exerted effect on resilience (P≥0.008). Comparing the results also revealed that spirituality therapy had more powerful effect on resilience (P≥0.001). Conclusion: It was concluded that spirituality therapy and mindfulness-based training were both effective in promoting resilience in MS patients; however, spirituality therapy was found to be more effective in increasing the MS patients’ resilience.

Introduction:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance-based therapy on psychological well-being and self-efficacy of schoolchildren with low vision in Tehran city. Methods:This applied study emploed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. The statistical population included all visually impaired male high school students of Tehran city. An available sampling approach was used to select the participants. After selection, participants were randomly assigned to two groups of treatment based on acceptance and commitment (n=15) and control (n=15). Data were collected using the Reef Psychological Well-Being and Schwarz and Jerusalem Self-Efficacy Questionnaires. Acceptance and commitment treatment (8 sessions of 45 minutes per week) was performed in the intervention group. Data were analyzed in SPSS software using multivariate analysis of variance test.Results: There was a significant difference between the two groups of intervention and control in terms of psychological well-being and self-efficacy (P-Value<0.05). Also, the mean scores of psychological well-being and self-efficacy in the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group (P-Value<0.05). Conclusion:Findings show that acceptance-based therapy is effective on psychological well-being and self-efficacy of low vision students..

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal diseases that affects a significant part of the community. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of schema therapy on the somatic symptom experience, medication adherence, and perceived stress in patients with IBS. Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up and a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all patients with IBS who referred to medical centers and neurologists between November and January 2017. The study sample included 30 patients with IBS who were randomly divided into equal schema therapy and control groups. The intervention lasted two months. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), Somatic Symptom Experience Questionnaire (BSS-FS), and Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MMAS-8) were used to collect data. In this study, means and standard deviations and analysis of variance with repeated measures were employed for descriptive statistics and the inferential analysis of results, respectively, using SPSS, version 22. Results: The results showed that schema therapy was effective on somatic symptom experience (P < 0.001), medication adherence (P < 0.001), and perceived stress (P < 0.001) in patients with IBS. Conclusion: It can be concluded that schema therapy was effective on somatic symptom experience, medication adherence, and perceived stress in patients with IBS; thus, it can be used to reduce psychological problems in patients with IBS.