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mehdi sheikhi; Abolghasem Yaghoobi; Tooraj Sepahvand; reyhane sheykhan
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Objective: With the global increase in risk factors and the increasing prevalence of the most stressful human disease, cancer, the need to pay attention to the psychological problems and quality of life of these patients is felt more than ever. this study was to create a causal model of the sense of ...
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Objective: With the global increase in risk factors and the increasing prevalence of the most stressful human disease, cancer, the need to pay attention to the psychological problems and quality of life of these patients is felt more than ever. this study was to create a causal model of the sense of coherence based on psychological capital mediated by perfectionism and coherent self-knowledge in cancer patients. And is the proposed theoretical model consistent with the empirical model? Method: This study was descriptive in terms of its fundamental purpose and data collection. Its statistical population was all cancer patients referred to medical centers in Markazi province, from which 200 people were selected purposefully. In order to validate the proposed model and determine the relationship between variables, structural equation modeling and data analysis were also performed using PLS software. One of the most important reasons for using this method is the purposive sampling method in this study. This method does not rely on sample size and the assumption of normality of the population. The measurement tools were Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (1993), Felt's Identity and Perfectionism Questionnaire (1999), Victim Consciousness Coherence Questionnaire (2008), and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans 2008). The data analysis method was structural equation modeling with Smart-PLS4 and SPSSv26 software. The bootstrap method was also used to measure the indirect effect. Results: In this study, the direct and causal effect of psychological capital on coherent self-knowledge was positive (β=0.155) and negative perfectionism (β=-0.225) at the P<0.01 level. The direct effect of perfectionism on sense of coherence was negative (β=-0.360) and the effect of coherent self-knowledge on sense of coherence was also positive (β=0.428) at the P<0.01 level. The indirect effect of psychological capital through coherent self-knowledge (0.066) and perfectionism on sense of coherence was also significant (0.08). Conclusion: The model obtained from this study draws the attention of health researchers to the fact that psychological capital is not directly able to predict sense of coherence, but it can be improved by reducing perfectionism or increasing coherent self-knowledge. Since there is not much research on this topic, there are probably many factors that need to be considered in this model. And not all of them can be studied in this model. It should be emphasized that the causality of these relationships, although it seems obvious from a theoretical perspective, requires more longitudinal and experimental designs.
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reyhane sheykhan; mohammadali sepahvandi; firoozeh ghazanfari
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Objective: Among the common cancers, breast cancer is one of the important health issues that many people are involved with. Therefore, regular mammograms are a method for early diagnosis of the disease. Given the low rate of mammography in Iran, the aim of this study was to investigate the Role of breast ...
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Objective: Among the common cancers, breast cancer is one of the important health issues that many people are involved with. Therefore, regular mammograms are a method for early diagnosis of the disease. Given the low rate of mammography in Iran, the aim of this study was to investigate the Role of breast cancer worry and mammography self efficacy in intention and mammography screening behavior. Method: participants in this study were all women with aged 40 - 60 years in 1 and 2 area in Arak . The study sample consisted of 305 women, aged 40- 60. Participation answered Breast Cancer Worry Scale (BCWS, champion, 2005), Mammography Self-Efficacy Scale (MSS, Lerman, 1991) and planned behavior theory questioner (PBTQ, Sargezi and etal, 1393) (parts of intention an act). Data were analyzed using SPSS23 software. Result: A significant was observed between breast cancer worry and mammography screening. According to data analysis, relationship between high and moderate level of breast cancer worry and mammograms intention was significant, and high concern was associated with mammography screening behavior (p≤0/01). The findings also showed that the relationship between high level of self-efficacy and intention and behavior of mammography screening is positive and meaningful (p≤0/01(. Conclusion: High levels of breast cancer worry can be a motivating factor for mammography screening. Also, higher mammography self-efficacy predicts a higher rate of mammography screening intent and action.
