objectives: with considering the increasing prevalence of obesity and its effect on people’s body image, women’s higher vulnerability, and the unquestionable role of women’s health on the society and future generations’ health, the effects of having a negative body image on women’s eating habits and mental health, and the lack of a successful long-term treatment protocol, the aim of  present re...

Background: Clients visiting methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics frequently relapse during the course of treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between family communication patterns and resiliency and craving for drugs through the mediatory role of difficulty in cognitive emotion regulation among clients being treated by methadone. Methods: It was a descri...

BACKGROUND Alexithymia, or "no words for feelings", is a personality trait which is associated with difficulties in emotion recognition and regulation. It is unknown whether this deficit is due primarily to regulation, perception, or mentalizing of emotions. In order to shed light on the core deficit, we tested our subjects on a wide range of emotional tasks. We expected the high alexithymics t...

Objectives: Those suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD) often develop a qualitatively certain depression that may be accompanied by “mental pain”. Mental pain is characterized by negative self-concept, aversive chronic emotions, and feeling pervasive helplessness. This research aimed to understand the pathology of BPD symptomatology using a non-clinical sample: the role of mental...

Background: Adolescence is a developmental period when adverse childhood experiences have a significant impact due to the changes in brain structure and functioning during this period. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between maltreatment and emotion regulation with moderating role of cognitive flexibility in adolescence with childhood trauma. Methods: This study was a desc...