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The present study applied a causal-comparative research method with the aim of comparing conflict resolution tactics and stress coping strategies utilized by married working women and housewives. The statistical population comprised all married housewives and working women (ages 20 to 65, with a minimum of pre-high school education level, and no children or up to 6 children) in the city of Isfahan, Iran during 2023–2024. The sample was made up of 300 participants, comprising 150 married working women and 150 housewives, which were selected through convenience sampling method. The instruments used for gathering data included the Coping Responses Inventory (CRI) and the Conflict Resolution Strategies Questionnaire (CTS). The results performing MANOVA showed a significant difference between the two groups of married working women and housewives in all components of conflict resolution tactics ( p <0.01). Working women had a moderately higher mean in negotiation-aggression and negotiation-victim compared to housewives ( p <0.01). Conversely, housewives reported significantly higher mean scores than working women in several domains, including psychological aggression (as aggressors), psychological violence (as victims), physical aggression (as aggressors), and physical assault (as victims) directed toward working women ( p <0.01). The findings suggested that support efforts are essential to decrease violence and enhance women's quality of life safety within the community.

This study aimed to understand the predictive role of mindfulness and cognitive emotion regulation in perfectionism among adolescent girls. The present study employed a descriptive-correlational research design. The statistical population comprised all female adolescents in Zahedan in 2024. As the study sample, 159 individuals were selected by a two-stage cluster design. The research tools were the Perfectionism Inventory (PI), the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between aware actions (r = 0.227, p = 0.004), non-judgmental inner experience (r = 0.174, p = 0.029), and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (r = 0.335, p < 0.001) with perfectionism. Moreover, maladaptive strategies predicted 11.2% of the variance of perfectionism. Overall, the findings indicated that none of the mindfulness facets significantly predicted perfectionism. In contrast, the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies was significantly associated with perfectionism and served as an effective predictor of it. Therefore, based on the findings, in designing educational and therapeutic programs for adolescents with perfectionistic tendencies, it is important to consider the theoretical foundation of the approaches, whether they are based on mindfulness or on cognitive emotion regulation.