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Objective: The aim of the present study was to introduce and validate a tool for measuring students' individual agency. Method: The research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included 1364 student-teachers at Farhangian University, Kurdistan Province. A sample of 271 students was selected using systematic random sampling. Data was collected using the Individual Resources subscale of the Student Agency Scale (Jääskelä et al., 2017). The subscale has 28 items spread across four dimensions: participation activity, interest and motivation, self-efficacy, and competence beliefs. The questionnaire was translated into Persian, and semantic consistency with the original version was confirmed using the back-translation method. Subsequently, the face validity of tool was verified based on expert evaluations. Data analysis involved first- and second-order confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity, Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability, and a one-sample t-test. Data analysis software included SPSS19 and Amos23. Results: The first-order factor analysis results indicated that the questionnaire items (after removing three items) could appropriately describe the latent variables. The second-order factor analysis results also revealed that the questionnaire items could be reduced to four components: activity engagement, interest and motivation, self-efficacy, and competence beliefs (RMSEA: .047; CFI: .93). The average variance extracted was 0.55, confirming convergent validity. The overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.87, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the subscales ranged from 0.64 to 0.82. The composite reliability was 0.82. Results also indicated a high level of individual agency among student-teachers at Farhangian University (p < .05).

Objective: The current study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) on intimacy, marital adjustment, and forgiveness among couples with a history of extramarital affairs. Methods: The research design was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The study population included all women in Tehran who were affected by their husbands' extramarital relationships in 2022. A sample of 30 women affected by such relationships and visiting counseling centers in District 2 of Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group in equal numbers. The research instruments included the Thompson and Walker (1983) Intimacy Scale, the Spanier (1976) Marital Adjustment Questionnaire, and the Rye et al. (2001) Forgiveness Questionnaire. The experimental group received EFCT in eight 60-minute sessions over a month; the control group was placed on a waiting list. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance with the aid of SPSS version 23 software. Findings: The findings indicated that EFCT significantly improved intimacy (p < 0.01), marital adjustment (p < 0.01), and marital forgiveness (p < 0.01). Conclusion: It can be concluded that Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy effectively enhances intimacy, adjustment, and forgiveness in couples with a history of extramarital affairs.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy-based skills training on distress tolerance, cognitive emotion regulation, and marital quality of life in women with recurrent miscarriages. Methods: The statistical population consisted of all women who visited infertility clinics in Tehran in 2019-2020. A sample of 30 women was selected using convenience and purposive sampling methods, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and was randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 women in each group). The questionnaires used in this study were the Distress Tolerance Questionnaire by Simons and Gaher (2005), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven (2006), and the Marital Quality of Life Questionnaire by Fletcher, Simpson, and Thomas (2000). The statistical method used was repeated measures, with a significance level of 0.05. Findings: According to the results, the differences in means between the two groups in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages were significant. There were significant differences in distress tolerance, cognitive emotion regulation, and marital quality of life between the two groups. The dialectical behavior therapy-based skills training had an impact on the variables of distress tolerance, cognitive emotion regulation, and marital quality of life, with effect sizes of 0.885, 0.910, and 0.983, respectively. Conclusion: Given the confirmed effectiveness of this therapy, it is recommended that these women receive appropriate psychological treatments alongside medical treatments.