Marzieh Malziri, Shahabeddin Bagheri, Aynollah Naderi,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (9-2022)
Abstract
Personality traits are one of the three categories of psychosocial variables affecting stress response in the stress-injury model and have attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. Accordingly, the current study aims to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and locus of control with the occurrence of sports injuries in soccer players. The present study was a prospective cohort study that was carried out in Khoramabad city during 1401-1399. The statistical sample consisted of 122 soccer players with ages 14 to 17 years. dispositional resilience and a sport locus of control scales were used to evaluate mental toughness and locus of control, respectively. Our study results showed that mental toughness is a personality trait that has a direct relationship with sports injuries (p<0.05), while internal and external locus of control did not show a direct relationship with sports injuries (p>0.05). According to the present study result for every point of reduction in mental toughness, the odds of sports injuries increase by 11% (p<0.05). Soccer players who have less mental toughness may be more prone to sports injuries. Coaches and sports psychology specialists, to reduce the risk of sports injuries, can work on the mental toughness of soccer players.
Omid Najafzadeh Rahaghi, Hasan Naderi,
Volume 20, Issue 1 (Volume20, Issue 1 2026)
Abstract
Sense of coherence is one of the important components in the perception and management of stressful situations and the maintenance of psychological functioning, and it is particularly important in individuals with depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on sense of coherence in individuals with depressive symptoms who referred to counseling centers in Qom. This study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design. The study population consisted of individuals with depressive symptoms who referred to counseling centers in Qom in 2025. Twenty participants were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received cognitive-behavioral group therapy in eight 60-minute sessions, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the 35-item Sense of Coherence Questionnaire developed by Flensborg-Madsen et al. and were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance. The findings showed that, after controlling for pretest scores, there were significant differences between the two groups in the comprehensibility and meaningfulness components of sense of coherence, whereas the difference in the manageability component was not significant. Based on the findings, cognitive-behavioral group therapy may be used to improve some components of sense of coherence, particularly comprehensibility and meaningfulness, in individuals with depressive symptoms.
