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Sedigheh Khoshbavar Rostami; majid baradaran; Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system that affects various aspects of a person's life. Evidence suggests that patients with more disabilities have lower levels of participation in social, home, work, and educational domains. Therefore, people ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system that affects various aspects of a person's life. Evidence suggests that patients with more disabilities have lower levels of participation in social, home, work, and educational domains. Therefore, people with MS may be at risk of loneliness due to the changes in the social network that occur during the course of the chronic disease. Loneliness is the most painful experience of all human experiences that leads to severe psychological and physical problems. Considering the extensive physical, psychological and social consequences of this disease and the high cost of MS treatment and control, which can be aggravated by the psychological disturbance of patients, it will be important to examine psychological variables in people suffering from this disease. Based on this, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of pain catastrophizing, perceived tension and experiential avoidance in the loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The method of the present research was a descriptive-correlation study. The studied population included all patients with multiple sclerosis living in Rasht in 2022 who 120 people were selected as a sample group by available sampling method. In order to collect data, pain catastrophizing questionnaire (Sullivan et al., 1995), perceived stress scale (Cohen et al., 1983), acceptance and action questionnaire (Bond et al., 2011) and loneliness scale (DiTomaso et al., 2004) was used, all of which were valid and reliable. Participating in this research was optional and all participants were free to quit any time. The identities of the participants in this research were ethically confidential. The research data collected using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and step-by-step regression using SPSS-27 software. Results: The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between loneliness and pain catastrophizing (r= 0.22, p< 0.05), perceived tension (r= 0.42, p<0.01) and experiential avoidance (r=0.51, p<0.01). In other words, the greater the pain catastrophizing, the perceived tension and the experienced avoidance it is more in patients with multiple sclerosis, loneliness is more. Also, the findings showed that among the predictor variables of this study, only experiential avoidance with a beta coefficient of 0.405 at the error level of 0.05 can predict social loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be acknowledged that pain catastrophizing, perceived tension and experiential avoidance through non-acceptance of feelings and thoughts have increased the loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Therefore, considering the high levels of injuries and mental disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis, it seems necessary to identify the causal and underlying factors in maintaining and improving the mental health and well-being of this group of chronic patients. The findings of this study can strengthen theoretical models related to health and especially health psychology.
majid baradaran
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Objective: The psychological variables are one of the important factors in people's tendency to cosmetic surgery. The current research has aimed at investigating the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulationstrategiesand defense mechanisms in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity ...
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Objective: The psychological variables are one of the important factors in people's tendency to cosmetic surgery. The current research has aimed at investigating the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulationstrategiesand defense mechanisms in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity in cosmetic surgery applicants students. Method: This study was a correlational study. The statistical populationincluded all undergraduate students of Payame Noor University of Rasht in the academic year 1397-98 who were seeking cosmetic surgery. The sample consisted of 335 people (308 female and 27 male) who were selected by available sampling method. Instruments used in this study included the positive and negative perfectionism scale (PNPS), anxiety sensitivity index (ASI), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ) and defense style questionnaire (DSQ). Findings: Path analysis method showed that the anxiety sensitivity in cosmetic surgery applicants is influenced by perfectionism, cognitive emotion regulation and defense mechanisms. Also, cognitive emotion regulation and defense mechanisms played a mediating role in the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety sensitivity. To evaluate the model, CFI (0.91), NFI (0.93), GFI (0.94) and RMSEA (0.07) indices were used and the results indicated that the proposed model fits well with the data. Conclusion: In the formation of anxiety sensitivity, psychological factors such as perfectionism, cognitive emotion regulation, and defense mechanisms are involved. Therefore, the findings of this study have important implications for the rooting of psychological problems in these individuals.
maryam rahnmai; Seyad mousa Kafi masoule; Majid Baradaran; Babak Bakhshayesh
Volume 4, Issue 15 , October 2015, , Pages 7-20
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Objective: According to frequency of headache and its impact on performances temperament and its increasing effect on physical heath and psychological and social losses, the purpose of this study is comparing irrational beliefs, D personality type and quality of life in patients with migraine and healthy. ...
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Objective: According to frequency of headache and its impact on performances temperament and its increasing effect on physical heath and psychological and social losses, the purpose of this study is comparing irrational beliefs, D personality type and quality of life in patients with migraine and healthy. Method: In the casual – comparative study, sample consisted of 200 people (100 people with migraines and 100 healthy people) that people with migraine visted neurologist in Rasht city 1391 that were selected by available sampling method. To collecting data was used from irrational beliefs scales, D personality type and quality of life questionnaire. Research data using Multivariate variance analysis were analyzed. Findings: The results showed that under irrational beliefs scales and D personality type and quality of life, there is a significant different between two groups. Conclusion: These findings showed that irrational beliefs, D personality type and quality of life are almost effective structures on migraine headaches. These results have important implications about irrational beliefs and importance of therapeutic interventions to improving the quality of life for people with migraine headaches that has been considered in the article.