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Mahmoud Mirnasab

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Associate Clinical ProfessorPsychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Research

Dr. Mirnasab completed his Ph.D. in Psychology and Special Education at the University of Tehran in 2006 and had a visiting lectureship position at the University of Newcastle, Australia. For ten years, he had been working at the University of Tabriz as an Associate Professor, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Education, and Head of the Education Department. He held clinical positions at Razi Psychiatric Hospital of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences as a Registered Child and Adolescent Psychologist, where he provided clinical assessment and intervention services, taught behaviour therapy to Ph.D. students in the department of psychiatry, and served as a consultant for the Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. He had also been working in private practice and had offered behaviour modification workshops at the Tabriz Health Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Dr. Mirnasab also received a second M.A. degree from Brock University in Child and Youth Studies. Before joining McMaster, Dr. Mirnasab served as co-founder and clinical director of the Centre for Family and Child Psychology.  He conducted psychological assessments and provided evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents, and families across private practice clinics in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, and Toronto. Dr. Mirnasab has authored several scientific articles in peer-reviewed Journals and published books in the field of child and adolescent psychopathology. He is a member of the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).

27 publications.

01

Development and Validation of a New Instrument for Screening Bullies and Victims in Classrooms

Farmani S, Azar EF, Mirnasab MM, Nemati S, Vahedi S

Journal of Interpersonal Violence2021
02

The Predictive Role of Maternal Parenting and Stress on Pupils’ Bullying involvement

Maralani FA, Mirnasab M, Hashemi T

Journal of Interpersonal Violence201919 citations
03

DAT1 Gene Polymorphism in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Tabatabaei S-M, Amiri S, Forghani N, Noorazar S-G, Fakhim SA, Barzegar H, Mirnasab M-M

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics20181 citationsSenior author
04

The Effectiveness of Integrated Training Programme (ITP) in Decreasing Female Students’ Test Anxiety: Moderating Effect of Mothers’ Perfectionism

Pourtaleb N, Mirnasab M, Hadidi Y

Educational Psychology in Practice2018
05

The Effect of Cooperative Teaching on the Development of Reading Skills among Students with Reading Disorders

Pisheh EAG, Sadeghpour N, Nejatyjahromy Y, Nasab MMM

Support for Learning201711 citations
06

The comparative study of quality of life between single-parent and two-parent adolescents.

Abedini Bonab Z, Mirnasab M, Fathi Azar E

2016
07

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Research Foundations, Diagnosis and Intervention

Mirnasab M

2016First author
08

The predictive role of mothers' perfectionism components on test anxiety among female high school students.

Pourtaleb N, Mirnasab M

2016Senior author
09

Parental and school bonding in Iranian adolescent perpetrators and victims of bullying

Mohebbi M, Mirnasab M, Wiener J

School Psychology International201619 citations
10

The effect of self-management strategies on improving task performance in students with learning disabilities

Bahri L, Mirnasab M, Noorazar G, Azar EF, Asadi S

Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine20165 citations

Roles and appointments

  • Associate Professor, Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz (2011 - 2017)
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz (2007 - 2011)
  • Psychologist, Psychiatry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (2008 - 2017)
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