Journal of Modern Psychology

 Objective: This research demonstrates that the practice of mindfulness training led to a notable decrease in occupational stress and an improvement in the overall quality of life for professionals working in operating rooms.Methods: The method of the present research was practical in nature and quasi-experimental in the form of pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this research included all operating room experts in Tehran hospitals. 50 people from this community were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental (25 people) and control (25 people) groups. Data was collected using standard questionnaires. T tests and ANCOVA were used to analyze data. Results: The results showed that there is no significant difference in both occupational stress and quality of life in the pretest (both P>0.05). However, it was observed that experimental group had significantly lower occupational stress and higher quality of life compared to control group in the posttest (both P=0.001). Finally, the results of ANCOVA showed significant differences between experimental and control groups in both occupational stress and quality of life (both P=0.001).Conclusion: These findings indicate that mindfulness can play a crucial role in managing work-related stress among operating room experts. Consequently, by actively participating in mindfulness activities, it is plausible to create more favorable circumstances for professionals working in operating rooms in terms of their quality of life.

 Objective: This study investigated the relationship between screen time and green time with academic engagement and academic performance of secondary school students in Tabriz city.Methods: The present study was part of cross-sectional and descriptive studies of the correlation and prediction type. Three hundred eighty-five people from Tabriz secondary school students were selected in the first semester of the 2022-2023 academic year by multi-stage cluster sampling based on Morgan's table. All sample members completed Reeve's academic engagement scale (AES) and Screen Time Questionnaire (STQ). The student's GPA was considered their academic performance and was evaluated by adding two questions to the research questionnaires of the green time variable. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient, simultaneous regression, and SPSS23 statistical software.Results: The results showed a negative and significant relationship between screen times, the dimensions of academic engagement, and the student's GPA. It was also found that there is a positive and significant relationship between green time and the dimensions of academic engagement (except the emotional involvement dimension) and students' GPA. Screen time and green time significantly contributed to explaining students' academic engagement and academic performance.Conclusion: The results highlighted the importance of screen and green time in educational variables.

 Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in reducing bullying behaviours among adolescents in Taraba State, Nigeria.Methods: This study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The population of this study was 3,222 SS1 students of the 2022/2023 Academic Session and a sample of 24 adolescents were drawn as subjects of the study using purposive sampling. The researchers used a questionnaire titled Adolescents’ Behavioural Problem Questionnaire (ABPQ) for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using paired samples and independent samples t-test to analyze the hypotheses.Results: The findings revealed that CBT was effective in reducing bullying behaviours among adolescents. The findings also revealed that there was gender difference in the effectiveness of CBT in reducing bullying behaviours among adolescents.Conclusion: The researchers concluded that CBT is effective in ameliorating bullying behaviours among adolescent students.

 Objective: Academically successful students may expect higher performance in their next projects, volunteer work, and study sessions. Consequently, the primary emphasis of educational experts has always been elements impacting academic performance. This article examined the mediating effect of learning styles in the interaction between metacognitive viewpoints and students's academic achievement.Methods: This was descriptive, correlational study. Total number of female high school students in Astaneh Ashrafieh was 1,211. Random sampling enabled a cohort of 291 students to be chosen. Data were obtained with Academic Performance Questionnaire, Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (MCQ) and Learning Style Orientation Measure (LSOM). Data analysis included structural equation modeling applied using SPSS-22 and Smart PLS 3.2.9 tools and correlation testing.Results: The findings revealed that indirectly, metacognitive views influenced academic performance by means of learning techniques. Moreover, academic performance revealed rather strong and unambiguous links between metacognitive perspectives and learning techniques (p <.05).Conclusion: Improved metacognitive views among students assist them to plan, define precise targets, track their learning activities and academic growth, and identify their strengths and flaws. Improving academic success and preventing academic failure depend on one focusing on the influence of metacognitive aspects and students' learning styles. At last, this study underlines how much learning techniques and metacognitive attitudes affect academic performance. The results reveal that by developing metacognitive abilities and appreciating various learning approaches, teachers may support their students in obtaining their academic goals quite efficiently. 

 Objective: Digital Quotient (DQ) refers to a comprehensive set of digital competencies derived from universal ethical values that aim to enhance human interaction with, control, and create technology. The present study aimed to establish norms and examine the psychometric properties of the Digital Quotient Test in children and adolescents aged 8-18 in the Iranian community.Methods: This study's statistical population included students of the First and Second Elementary Schools and the First and Second Secondary Schools of Tehran in the academic year 2020-2021. A total of 521 students (277 girls and 244 boys) were examined using a convenience sampling method. To analyze the data obtained from the test, inferential statistics to determine construct validity, Pearson correlation matrix, and test-retest reliability using SPSS software version 26.Results: The results indicated that the construct validity of the Digital Quotient Test, using the internal consistency between its eight domains and the total score as evidence for this validity, was found to be appropriate (P < 0.05). Using the test-retest method with a coefficient of 0.872, the test reliability was estimated to be appropriate (P < 0.01).Conclusion: The Digital Quotient Test has appropriate validity and reliability in children and adolescents aged 8-18 years in Iranian community.

 Objective: This study aimed to predict emotional divorce among married female teachers in Darab City by analyzing family communication patterns and examining the mediation effect of marital burnout.Methods: Descriptive and correlational analyses were used. All married female instructors employed at the Darab primary schools during the academic year 2023-2024 were the study's population. The census technique was employed to estimate the sample, estimating the population of 176 individuals. The Revised Family Communication Patterns Scale (RFCP),  Couple Burnout Measure (CBM), and Gottmanns Emotional Divorce Scale (GEDS) were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using structural equations (SEM) and Pearson's correlation test, and the findings were examined using Lisrel 9 and SPSS25 statistical software.Results: Marital boredom had a direct and significant association with emotional divorce, and it had an inverse and significant relationship with communication orientation and compliance orientation. There was a direct and significant correlation between emotional divorce and conformity orientation, and an inverse and significant correlation between emotional divorce and communication orientation. Marital boredom also acted as a mediator in the interaction between emotional divorce and family communication styles (p<0.05).Conclusion: Thus, it can be anticipated that as the family's conformance orientation increases, the rate of marital discontent will rise as well, and that as this variable rises, so too will the emotional divorce rate.