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Objective: Divorce is one of the stressful experiences of the family that can lead to conflict and incompatibility between couples. The aim of this research was to Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance, commitment therapy and schema therapy on alexithymia of divorced women referring to welfare.Methods: The method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre- post-test design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all women who referred to welfare organization of Tabriz in the second half of 2022-2023, from which 60 people were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (20 people in each group). Before and after acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy interventions, questionnaire Toronto alexithymia (TAS-20) by Taylor et al. (1997) were used to collect data, and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) test was used for hypothese analysis.Results: The results of the analysis of covariance showed that the significance level in all comparisons was less than 0.05, except for the difficulty in identifying emotions, that both interventions were effective on the variable of alexithymia and its two components (p<0.05).Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, there was a difference between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy in all dependent variable components, except difficulty identifying emotions, and the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy was more than schema therapy.

Purpose: This research aimed at presenting the consumers’ compulsive buying pattern through internet advertisements of digital content in Iran's TV shopping industry.Method: Research Methodology was practical in terms of purpose and conducted using mixed method (qualitative-quantitative). The research community was based on the purposeful sampling method, and consisted of ten marketing experts. The research tool was interview. MAXQDA software was used to analyze data through database theory. The statistical population in the quantitative section included TV buyers in Mashhad. Based on Morgan table and random sampling, 384 samples were selected. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, and the Structural Equation Method (SEM) in SmartPLS software was used for data analysis. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by using face, content, divergent and convergent validities, and its reliability was also confirmed using Cronbach's alpha. Both of Composite and homogeneous reliability were evaluated.Findings: "appropriate digital marketing mix design for TV sales, digital marketing capabilities, individual demographic characteristics, lifestyle, family " constitute the causal conditions in the consumer’s compulsive buying pattern in the TV shopping. According to the findings, “quick and transient purchase and irrational and emotional purchase” were identified as a central phenomenon. “TV's attractiveness from the audience's point of view, broadcasting policies, sales companies' policies, national TV belief and trust, individual awareness and knowledge about buying products and society's culture” acted as intervening conditions. In the field of buying, “intellectual structures of society and executive structures of society” identified as background conditions. Human strategies and structural and organizational strategies” acted as strategies and “Consumers outcomes; families and society outcomes” were identified as outcomes. According to the results of structural modeling, the relationships of the identified pattern were significant.Conclusion: The issue of compulsive buying is one of the most important and common issues, and buying from TV has fueled this issue, and has become the basis for its expansion and, following that, its negative consequences. In this scientific research, efforts were made to reduce the consequences of this phenomenon. The results of this study showed that although the phenomenon of compulsive purchase from TV is negative, but with proper management, useful results can be obtained from it.

Using Kane's interpretive argument model and Messick's validity argument approach, this study rigorously examined faculty and PhD candidate’s perspectives on PhD admission interviews in Iranian universities. We interviewed 10 professors and PhD interviewees which provided comprehensive insight into nuanced perspectives. We conducted rigorous content analysis to identify prevalent themes, forming a strong foundation for our analysis. This study emphasizes the vital requirement for standardized evaluation criteria, robust support systems, and an enhanced interview process to ensure fair and inclusive admission systems. Additionally, our development of guidelines based on Toulmin's reasoning model underscores the originality of our contribution and its potential to benefit stakeholders and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (MSRT) in Iran. The findings highlighted the importance of standardized criteria, support, and a stronger interview process for fairness and inclusivity in selecting PhD candidates. Faculty stressed clear guidelines to remove subjectivity, while candidates voiced concerns about unclear expectations and proposed added support like mentoring and preparation programs. Based on Toulmin's reasoning model, the study crafted validity argument guidelines for this context. As a result, these proposed changes will impact stakeholders and the MSRT by enhancing the PhD candidate evaluation process and ensuring a fairness and inclusivity. This study provides valuable insights to improve PhD admission procedures at Iranian universities by integrating standardized criteria, enhancing support mechanisms, and fostering fairness in decision-making.