https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/ Journal of Modern Psychology en daily 1 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0330 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0330 https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_250308.html Objective: The present study aimed to investigate whether a group‑based schema therapy program is effective in improving self‑compassion and reducing cognitive distortions among adolescents who have experienced a recent romantic breakup.Methods: In 2025, thirty male adolescents from District 1 of Tehran who had recently undergone a romantic breakup were recruited using purposive sampling and randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 15) and a control group (n = 15). All participants completed the Self‑Compassion Scale (SCS), the Cognitive Distortion Questionnaire (CDQ), and the Ross Love Trauma Questionnaire (RLTQ) at pretest and posttest. The experimental group received ten weekly 90‑minute sessions of schema therapy based on Young et al. (2003), while the control group received no intervention during the study period. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) in SPSS 27 with a significance level of p < 0.05.Results: After controlling for pretest scores, schema therapy led to significantly higher self‑compassion (F = 10.933, p = 0.003) and significantly lower cognitive distortions (F = 9.976, p = 0.004) compared with the control group, with effect sizes indicating that 28.8% and 27.0% of the variance in these outcomes, respectively, were attributable to the intervention.Conclusion: The findings suggest that schema therapy is an effective intervention for enhancing self‑compassion and reducing cognitive distortions in male adolescents following romantic breakup. Further research with larger and more diverse samples is warranted https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_244808.html Objective: This study aimed to examine the mediating role of online fear of missing out in the relationship between nomophobia and aviator gambling symptoms severity.Methods: The study’s methodology was associative and cross-sectional in nature. Its population included all university students who resided in the Senga suburb of Gweru, Zimbabwe, during semester time (academic year 2025). 253 students were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling methods. Students completed the Nomophobia Questionnaire, Online Fear of Missing Out Inventory and the adapted Online Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation and structural equation modelling were used to analyse data at p < .05 level of significance in the JASP software (version 0.18.3). Results: Nomophobia was positively correlated with online fear of missing out (p < .001). Online fear of missing out was positively correlated with aviator gambling symptom severity (p < .001). Nomophobia’s correlation with aviator gambling symptom severity was non-significant (p = .057). The direct effect of nomophobia on aviator gambling symptom severity was not statistically significant (95% CI [-0.071, 0.026]) while its total effect was marginally significant (95% CI [0.002, 0.097]). Nomophobia’s indirect effect on aviator gambling symptom severity through online fear of missing out was significant (95% CI [0.037, 0.115]). Conclusion: This study demonstrates that nomophobia predicts aviator gambling symptom severity through online fear of missing out. Interventions to reduce students’ vulnerability to aviator gambling should target the cognitive-emotional experience of fear of missing out. https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_246471.html Objective: The present study aimed to predict students’ speech anxiety based on social intelligence and resilience.Methods: A descriptive-correlational research design was employed. The study population consisted of students at Islamic Azad University, Bandar Anzali International Branch, during the 2025-2026 academic year. Using convenience sampling, 150 participants were selected. Data were collected via the Public Speaking Anxiety Scale (PSAS), the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS-27, utilizing correlation and simultaneous regression analyses at a significance level of α=0.05. Results: The findings revealed a significant negative correlation between social intelligence and speech anxiety, as well as between resilience and speech anxiety. Furthermore, the regression model indicated that social intelligence and resilience accounted for 35% of the variance in speech anxiety.Conclusion: The results suggest that enhancing social intelligence and resilience may effectively reduce speech anxiety among students. https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_246814.html Objective: Self-blame, rumination, and emotional suppression are among the cognitive and emotional processes associated with depressive symptoms. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between Self-blame, rumination, and emotional suppression in students experiencing depressive symptoms. Methods: A descriptive-correlational research design was employed. The study population consisted of graduate students at Afaq University, Urmia, during the 2023-2024 academic year. A sample of 60 participants was selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (WAI), and The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-26, and Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated at a significance level of p<0.05. Results: The findings revealed significant correlations between Self-blame, rumination, and emotional suppression among students with depressive symptoms (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on these results, it is suggested that implementing emotion regulation training through educational workshops could effectively reduce Self-blame and rumination in students exhibiting depressive symptoms. https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_250319.html Objective: The emotional experience of internet shutdown may increase psychological distress and contribute to maladaptive responses. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Emotional Experience of Internet Shutdown Scale (EEISS) among Iranian university students during the 2025–2026 academic year.Methods: This scale-development study used a descriptive–analytical survey design with correlational psychometric analyses. Students of Payame Noor University of Yazd (N = 420) were recruited Convenience Sampling. Data were collected using the researcher-developed EEISS, the Wartime Anxiety Scale to assess convergent validity, and Snyder’s Hope Scale () to examine divergent validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and Pearson correlations were conducted in SPSS 26 and AMOS 24.Results: EFA showed that the EEISS consists of 10 items loading on three latent factors, jointly accounting for 80.967% of the total variance. CFA further supported the satisfactory fit of the three-factor model (RMSEA = 0.043, CFI = 0.991, GFI = 0.976). Convergent validity was evidenced by a positive, significant correlation with war anxiety (r = 0.275), whereas divergent validity was supported by a negative, significant correlation with hope (r = −0.331). The overall reliability of the scale, as indicated by Cronbach’s alpha (α = 0.875), reflected desirable internal consistency. Conclusion: Overall, these findings suggest that the EEISS possesses sound psychometric properties and can be employed as a valid and reliable instrument for the targeted assessment of the emotional experience of internet shutdown among university students. https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_252972.html Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional expression, bodily awareness, and social problem-solving skills with social anxiety among students.Methods: This study employed a descriptive-correlational research design. The statistical population comprised all male high school students in Marand during the 2024-2025 academic year, from which 331 participants were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Adolescent Social Anxiety Scale (SAS-A), the Emotional Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ-30), and the Social Problem-Solving Inventory (SPSI). The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients via SPSS version 26 at a significance level of p < .05.Results: The results indicated a significant negative correlation between emotional expression, bodily awareness, and constructive social problem-solving skills with social anxiety (p < .05). Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was observed between dysfunctional social problem-solving skills and social anxiety (p < .05).Conclusion: The findings suggest that possessing the ability to appropriately express emotions, having higher levels of bodily awareness, and employing constructive social problem-solving strategies are associated with lower levels of social anxiety in students. In contrast, the use of dysfunctional problem-solving strategies increases the risk of social anxiety. Consequently, designing and implementing educational programs focused on emotional expression, enhancing bodily awareness, and strengthening social problem-solving skills in schools can be an effective step in preventing and reducing social anxiety among adolescents. https://modernpsy.rahman.ac.ir/article_253850.html Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the role of distress tolerance and Experiential avoidance in predicting symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in psychiatric patients.Methods: This 2025 study employed a descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population included all patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who referred to neuropsychiatric centers in Babol, Iran. A sample of 120 patients was selected using purposive sampling. The research instruments included the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (EAQ), and Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis in SPSS version 26, with a significance level of 0. 05.Results: The results showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between distress tolerance and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, such that with increasing distress tolerance, the severity of symptoms decreased. Also, a positive and significant relationship was observed between experiential avoidance and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, such that an increase in experiential avoidance was associated with an increase in symptoms. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that the model was significant (F = 79.34, p < 0.001). The predictor variables explained 58% of the variance in obsessive-compulsive symptom severity (R² = 0.58; Adjusted R² = 0.57).Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that distress tolerance and experiential avoidance play an important role in explaining the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and, as modifiable psychological factors, can be considered in the prevention and improvement of this disorder.