Publications by authors named "H Farahani"
The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) is an evidence-based intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorder (CUD). This study evaluated the effectiveness of A-CRA among Iranian adolescents with CUD. A total of 40 male adolescents aged 15 to 18 (Mean = 15.
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- This study examined the impact of the rs1801276 polymorphism in the insulin receptor substrate 1 gene on the risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
- Researchers compared 127 healthy controls and 123 patients with biopsy-confirmed NAFLD, finding significant differences in the distribution of rs1801276 genotypes and alleles between the two groups.
- The findings suggest that the "GG+GC" genotypes and "G" alleles are less common in NAFLD patients, indicating a potential protective effect, but further research is needed to clarify this gene's role in NAFLD risk.
Why is it that some find art a prickly puzzle, others a yawning expanse, while others dive into its depths with vibrant joy? Some theorists have tried to quantify this diversity of art viewership. Famously, Housen made the case for five stages of aesthetic development: (a) accountive, (b) constructive, (c) classifying, (d) interpretive, and (e) re-creative. Here, we developed and validated a 17-item measure of aesthetic development that captures these stages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Couples experience maladjustment and serious problems in establishing and maintaining intimate relationships. Therefore, therapists employ different methods for helping couples experience more intimate and compatible relationships. Nowadays, professionals are more interested in using integrative approaches than ever before.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Body perception is considered an important physiological marker in physical and mental disorders, therefore, its valid and reliable quantification is indeed necessary. Due to the lack of a Persian version of an instrument with validated psychometric properties for evaluating body perception, this study aimed to investigate the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of body perception questionnaire-Short Form (BPQ-SF) among Iranian adults.
Methods: A total of 748 participants (mean age = 31.