Introduction:Academic burnout leads to creation of a series of negative and scattered thoughts, loss of hope and emotional and physical exhaustion in carrying out activities. Two factors that affect academic burnout are sleep quality and social intimacy. This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and social intimacy, and academic burn-out in the students of Tabriz University of Medical SciencesMaterials & Methods:This study was descriptive and correlational. The population of this study consisted of the students in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and 196 medical students were selected. They completed Berso et al. Academic Burnout Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Miller Social Intimacy Scale (MSIS). The validity of the questionnaires confirmed by experts’ views. Their reliability were obtained as 77%, 64% and 85% for academic burnout, sleep quality and social intimacy questionnaires respectively by calculating the internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha). For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test, Regression, cluster analysis and t-test were used.Results:The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between sleep quality and academic burnout at the level p<0.05 (r=0.38). There was a negative and significant relationship between social intimacy and academic burnout at the level p<0.05 (r=-0.40). Also, the regression results showed that sleep quality and social intimacy were able to predict 37% and 39% of academic burnout respectively. Moreover, the students were divided into two clusters of individuals with high social intimacy and individuals with low social intimacy. No significant difference was found between the two types in terms of the variable of academic burn-out.Conclusion:Based on the research results, it can be stated that the variables of sleep quality and social intimacy are the predictor factors of academic burn-out.

Introduction: Emotions play an important role in marital life and constitute an effective factor in couples' marital intimacy. Accordingly, examining emotions is important for improving the couple's relationship. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) on the marital intimacy of couples with women with breast cancer. Methods: The study had a pretest-posttest control group design. Twenty-two persons meeting the inclusion criteria were selected by cluster sampling in Tehran. The subjects were randomly divided into the intervention (n = 11) and control (n = 11) groups. The intervention group received EFT for 6 sessions (120 min per session), but the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups were assessed before and after the intervention using the Marital Intimacy Questionnaire Bagarozzi (MIQB-44). Data were analyzed using independent t tests and analysis of covariance. Results: After receiving the educational program, the intervention group showed increases in the mean scores for all components of marital intimacy compared with the control group. The mean increase was 11.72 points for emotional intimacy, 6.23 for psychological intimacy, 6.05 for rational intimacy, 4.36 for sexual intimacy, 3.31 for physical intimacy, 3.82 for spiritual intimacy, 3.68 for aesthetic intimacy, and 4.64 for socio-recreational intimacy. Meanwhile, the control group showed declines in all components except psychological intimacy, which increased <0.5 points. Analysis of covariance showed that EFT had a significant positive effect on all components of intimacy in the experimental group as compared with the control group (P < 0.01). Conclusion: EFT improves the components of marital intimacy as well as increasing people's resilience to socio-psychosocial disorders. Therefore, EFT can be considered a novel approach to changing perceptions in translating emotion regulation processes in people dealing with chronic physical illnesses. It provides a better response to situations and prevents deep distress in life and marital relationships.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy (MBCT) on reducing suicidal thoughts and death anxiety of patients with cancer. Materials and Methods:This study was applied and semi-experimental conducted by using pre-test and post-test with a control group. The research community included all patients with cancer who referred to Shahid Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas. It contained 30 cancer patients who were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups (15 individuals per group). The members of both groups completed Templer's death anxiety questionnaire and Beck's suicidal thoughts before and after the sessions of group therapy (within three months). Findings were analyzed by SPSS software and univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) test. Results:The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) training significantly reduced the suicidal thoughts and death anxiety in the experimental group (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it is essential that medical care and support forums related to refractory patients to reduce psychological symptoms in patients use mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in their treatment programs.

Background: High-risk pregnancy, as a traumatic event, could cause postpartum disorders; thus, these women need psychological therapy. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy and resiliency training based on Islamic spirituality instructions and cognitive flexibility on postpartum depression, fear of labor pain, and quality of life. Methods: This was a semi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. It was performed among 40 pregnant women who had visited Bandar Abbas health centers. The participants were placed in two groups of control and experimental. Data collection was carried out using quality of life: SF12, postpartum depression by Edinburg, and fear of labor pain (FPQ-111) in the three stages of before, after and two months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance test. Results: We found that the effect of combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy and resiliency training based on Islamic spirituality instructions and cognitive flexibility on postpartum depression (P < 0.01), fear of labor pain (P < 0.01), and the quality of life (P < 0.01) was significant, and the difference between the two groups was significant (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Trainings based on Islamic instructions were effective on reducing postpartum traumatic symptoms.

Background and Objectives: Being away from the familiar surroundings and family supports, decline in capabilities and skills, and age-related failures can lead to mental problems in the elderly living in nursing homes. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of spiritual-religious psychotherapy on mental distress in the elderly in nursing homes. Methods: The study population of this semi-experimental study with control group and pretest-posttest, consisted of all elderly living in the nursing home of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran in 2016. Samples (n: 28) were selected by convenience sampling and then randomly divided into two groups, experimental and control. Experimental group received spiritual-religion psychotherapy. Data collection instrument was Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales. Data analysis was conducted by multivariate analysis of variance in the SPSS version 22. Results: Spiritual-religious psychotherapy had significant effect in improving depression (F=138.47, p<0.05), anxiety (F=34.57, p<0.05), and stress (F=87.30, p<0.05). Conclusion: Spiritual-religious psychotherapy can serve as an effective approach to improve mental distress in the elderly.