Background: Neuroticism is one of the serious mental health problems of people. No study has been conducted on the impact of identity issues in the treatment of neurotic people. Objectives: This study aims to formulate, design, and investigate the effect of identity-based psychodrama educational program on identity styles and neuroticism. Materials & Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test design using a control group. The study participants were 40 people aged 15-30 years referred to Pendare Nik Counseling Center in Najafabad City, Isfahan Province, Iran, in 2020. They were selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into the intervention (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The data collection instruments were Berzonsky Identity Style Inventory (1992) and McCrae and Costa 5-factor inventory (1992). A Researcher-made Identity-Based Psychodrama Program (2020) was used for the intervention. The collected data were analyzed using ANCOVA in SPSS v. 23. Results: The educational-therapeutic program significantly affected identity styles and neuroticism (P<0.001). It significantly reduced the neuroticism level of people in the intervention group (F=200.71, η2=0.84). Conclusion: The identity-based psychodrama program reduced diffuse-avoidant, normative, and informational identity styles and neuroticism and promoted the achieved identity style.

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Introduction:The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and metacognitive therapy on psychological well-being, mental agility and resilience of mothers of children with cerebral palsy. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of children with cerebral palsy in North Khorasan Province in 2017 and 2018. Methods: Samples were selected by simple random sampling method (39 people) Then, they were randomly divided into two experimental groups (13 in the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy group and 13 in the metacognitive therapy group) and one in the control group (13 people).The pre-test was used from Reef Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire, Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale, Ryan's and Friedrich's mental regression scales. In the next step, the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Metacognition Therapy in 8 sessions and once a week For two hours was performed on examination Group and control group didn't received any intervention. Then, the post-test was completed for all three groups. Eventually, after two months, all three groups were evaluated And the necessary data were collected And analyzed by repeated measures of variance analysis. Results:The results showed a significant difference between the two groups of metacognitive therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy whit control group on the Variables of subjective well-being and Mental vitality. However, this difference was not significant in the resilient variable. Also, comparing Between the two treatments of mindfulness and metacognition on the present research variables, showed no significant difference between the two groups. Conclusions: According to the findings, in order to increase the level of psychological well-being and mental vitality of mothers of children with cerebral palsy, meta-cognitive and mindfulness training should be paid more attention.

Objective: Most studies have focused only on the neuroticism superstructure and the reduction of its symptoms, while there is no comprehensive model on the treatment of neuroticism infrastructurally. This research aimed to develop an identity-based psychodrama package and compare the effect of this therapy with psychodrama on neuroticism. Methods: This research consists of five studies. The first study was qualitative research with Attride-Stirling’s thematic analysis method. The research community in this stage for analyzing themes affecting identity achievement included all papers related to identity aspects. The second study was a qualitative content analysis based on an inductive approach through a semi-structured interview with neurotic individuals. The third study was a quantitative analysis, and an educational-therapeutic package was developed. The fourth study was of validation type with Lawshe’s method. The population in this stage included all specialized psychologists in identity issues. The last study was a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest type with a control group and a follow-up period of 60 days. The population in this stage included all people referred to Pendar Nik Counseling Center in Najafabad City, Isfahan Province, Iran, in 2020. Finally, 60 people were selected and randomly assigned into 2 experimental groups and 1 control group. To collect data, the 5-factor inventory was used. Results: The first study’s results suggested 8 general themes, and with additional information in the second study, the identity-based psychodrama package was developed in the third study. The results of the fourth study indicated the validity of the package by the evaluators. The results of the previous study showed that the mean scores of neuroticism in the two experimental groups significantly differed from the control group scores. Besides, identity-based psychodrama was more effective in reducing neuroticism than psychodrama (P<0.001). Conclusion: Compared with psychodrama, the identity-based psychodrama package is more effective in reducing neuroticism.

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