Objective: ACT focuses on specific processes that are not directly targeted by other treatments. ACT does not focus on the form or frequency of inner experiences but instead targets their functional effects on behavior. ACT targets the function of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations using acceptance and mindfulness procedures on the one hand, and targets behavior change using traditional behavioral procedures on the other. Methods: In this study an adult woman with chronic obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and depressive disorder who was nonresponsive to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is presented in this case study. Results: She was treated with 5sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Measurements of pt (OCD) and D (depression) were taken at pre-treatment, after Sessions 5, and at post-treatment. Results showed significant reduction on all measures throughout treatment. Conclusion: ACT helped the client to introduce the notion that struggle and control may actually interfere with the client's everyday functioning and life-goal attainment, and then explore that notion briefly in terms of clients' life experiences.

Objective: Ego defense mechanisms, defined by Freud as unconscious resources used by the ego to reduce conflict between the id and superego, are a reflection of how an individual deals with conflict and stress. This study assesses the prevalence of various ego defense mechanisms employed by Candidate patients for intensive short term dynamic psychotherapy. Methods: A questionnaire was conducted on 53 Candidate from tow Clinic in Tehran. Ego defense mechanisms were assessed using the Defense Style Questionnaire individually and as grouped under Mature, Immature, and Neurotic factors, the scale is purported to measure the conscious derivatives of 20 defense mechanisms. Results: main results showed that there is a significant different between Immature, Neurotic and mature defenses. Lower mean scores of immature defense mechanisms (5.26) were identified than those for Neurotic (7.51) and Mature (9.84) mechanisms among Candidate patients for intensive short term dynamic psychotherapy. Mature mechanisms were significantly higher in Candidate patients for intensive short term dynamic psychotherapy. Conclusions: Immature defense mechanisms were less commonly and mature mechanisms were significantly higher in Candidate patients for intensive short term dynamic psychotherapy. In this type of psychotherapy, patients should have ego grown. These results confirm that the right candidates are selected.

The purpose of this paper was to examine the correlation between interpersonal relationship and depression among children living in Tehran’s shelters. A correlational design was employed in this study and convenience sampling method was used to select respondents. A total number of 162 Iranian children, including 101 males and 61 females between the ages 7 to 15 years old, from 9 governmental shelters in Tehran were included in this research. The results revealed a negative significant correlation between various interpersonal relationship and depression. No significant difference in depression among male and female respondents. Two kinds of interpersonal relationship variables namely, relationship with roommates and guardians were potentially related to the depression after controlling for other variables.

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the reliability and validity of metacognitive skills questionnaire and achievement motivation questionnaire. The metacognitive skills questionnaire is a 42- self report to assess the dimension of metacognitive and achievement Motivation questionnaire is a 39- self report to assess the dimension of achievement Motivation. This questionnaires are completed by a sample of 1000 Tehran university student (%78.4 females, %31.6 males) mean aged 20/81. Reliability was conducted by internal consistency (alpha Coefficients). Questionnaires are reasonably reliable (alpha above .780).The validity of the questionnaires is evaluated by the exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Six factor were obtained of metacognitive skills questionnaire that explained 39.2 percent of variance and Five factor were obtained of motivation questionnaire that explained 34.6 percent of variance. Pearson correlation relationship between metacognition skills and achivement motivation were significantly

This research aims to study the relation between defense mechanisms and the quality of life of the students of the universities of Tehran. A sample of 428 students (including 202 male and 226 female ones) are selected using multistage random sampling method. The instruments used in this research are defense style and quality of life questionnaire. The results show that mature defense and neurotic mechanisms are related positively and significantly with the quality of life. Moreover, there is a significant negative relation between immature defense mechanism and quality of life. The results off multivariate regression analysis show that only immature defense mechanism from all defense mechanisms is able to predict quality of life.

Background: Identity is one of the important and challenging issues that people face it during their lifetime and a large number of the thinkers are engaged with it in a way or another. Objective: The objective of this study is to review the relation between different identity styles and the meaning of life among the students of Humanities and Engineering courses. Method : 116 people at Bachelor’s level of Islamic Azad University were selected randomly. They were assessed using questionnaires for their objective in life and identity status. Findings: The results showed that there is no meaningful relation between identity status and meaning of life in the students of Engineering courses Also there was a meaningful difference between the two groups of students of Humanities and Engineering courses as far as late and advanced identity was concerned. Conclusion some researches confirm the results.

The main objective of the present paper was to predict the organizational commitment level based on the employees' job characteristics and job roles. The research methodology was based on the correlational studies. Statistical population consisted of all the employees of central organization of the Islamic Azad University, and the sample (N=293) was selected using stratified random sampling with disproportionate size. Research tools consisted of job characteristic and roles questionnaire and organizational commitment questionnaire. Analysis showed that the variables of job characteristic and roles can predict organizational commitment (P 0.01).