Khadije Aerab sheibani; Nila Akhondi; Mojgan Javedani Masru; Marziye Riahi Madvar
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, , Pages 35-51
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Objective: Psychological capital is a new concept which has been raised since the third millennium and entered in organizational field since 2006. Given the unique role of this concept in the production of corporate wealth it has been changed into a research basis for researchers and scholars. Therefore, ...
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Objective: Psychological capital is a new concept which has been raised since the third millennium and entered in organizational field since 2006. Given the unique role of this concept in the production of corporate wealth it has been changed into a research basis for researchers and scholars. Therefore, the present study aims to design a model for promotion of psychological capital with an emphasis on illness perception. Method: Statistical population includes all employed patients who suffer diabetes type2 and who are members of Mashhad Diabetes Research Centre. Of this group 80 participants were selected according to available sample method. Data was collected by questionnaires of Illness Perception(IPQ), luthans capital of psychology and Quality Of Life Questionnair for Diabetes and was analyzed using structural equations and regression model with the help of Amos software. Results: The results showed that there is a positive relationship between illness perception and psychological capital, but this relation is not significant. However, when quality of life intervenes in this relationship, the coefficient and severity of correlation increases. Conclusion: Eventually, fitness test of the model confirms its appropriateness for diabetes patients
MohammadMahdi Babaei Menghari; Ali khaleghkhah
Volume 5, Issue 17 , July 2016, , Pages 119-134
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between quality of life and spiritual Health and depression in thalasemia major patients in Amol city. Method: The research Method was correlation. The population was 497 of thalasemia patients. According to the Cochrane formula 100 thalasemia ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between quality of life and spiritual Health and depression in thalasemia major patients in Amol city. Method: The research Method was correlation. The population was 497 of thalasemia patients. According to the Cochrane formula 100 thalasemia patients were selected by random sampling method. The research instruments were quality of life questionnaire, spiritual Health questionnaire and depression Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, multiple regression and path analysis. Findings: There is relationship between quality of life and spiritual Health and depression. Regression analysis showed that quality of life and spiritual Health predict thalasemia patients depression. The results of path analysis showed that physical domain quality of life, religious Health and existential Health through mental domain quality of life indirect effect on depression affects thalasemia patients But mental domain quality of life directly affects the impact on thalasemia patients depression. Conclusion: According to the results Quality of life, depression and spiritual well-being of patients with thalassemia can be scheduled to take appropriate measures to prevent depression and improve quality of life and lead to spiritual health.
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.
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mehrdad akbari
Volume 4, Issue 15 , October 2015, , Pages 21-36
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Objective: Breast cancer can cause of many problems in physical, mental and social performance, including pain and can cause reduced quality of life. The aim of this study is the effect of coping skills training program on pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients residing in the city of Dezful. ...
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Objective: Breast cancer can cause of many problems in physical, mental and social performance, including pain and can cause reduced quality of life. The aim of this study is the effect of coping skills training program on pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients residing in the city of Dezful. Method: Method of this study is a quasi-experimental research design with pretest - posttest control group. During an informal invitation 34 patients were enrolled in the study were eligible. The patients were randomly divided into experiment and control groups (each group include 17 subjects). Experiment group were received 8 sessions 1.5 h weekly of coping skills program (Lazaruss, Folkman, 1984). Participants completed brief pain questionnaire (BPI) and quality of life questionnaire (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)) before and after starting the program. Findings: The results of the descriptive analysis showed that experimental group have better in global quality of life and its dimensions, also experiment group reduced in both severity pain and interference in daily functioning than the control group. Conclusion: MANCOVA analysis demonstrates that coping training caused enhancement of quality of life and diminish the pain in experiment group.
sajad pasarpoor; babak vojodi; nastaran atarod
Volume 3, Issue 10 , September 2014, , Pages 80-97
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Objective: Current study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship ofreligious orientation and death attitudes with quality of life and somatizationsymptoms in women.Method: Whole women, lived in Urmia in spring 2012, comprised statistical societyof this study. 140 women, who had been selected ...
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Objective: Current study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship ofreligious orientation and death attitudes with quality of life and somatizationsymptoms in women.Method: Whole women, lived in Urmia in spring 2012, comprised statistical societyof this study. 140 women, who had been selected randomly by multistage clustersampling method, responded orderly to the questionnaires of religious orientation,attitudes toward death, quality of life and somatization symptoms .Collected datawere analyzed by Pearson correlation and regression tests.Results: The results showed that quality of life has a positive correlation with internalreligious orientation and the attitudes of approach acceptance toward death.Somatization symptoms also related positively to the attitudes of avoidance ofdeath and escape acceptance. Furthermore results of regression analyze showedthat 14 percent of women’s life quality variance was explained by internalreligious orientation and the attitudes of avoidance of death. Regression ofsomatization symptoms based on religious orientation and attitudes about deathwas not significant.Conclusion: This results reveal religious and spiritual bases and consequently thedeath attitudes as one of the effective variables on the women quality of life andtheir health.
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Volume 2, Issue 6 , February 2014, , Pages 79-94
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Objective: Cancer is one of the most important diseases in present century, and the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. The negative impact of the disease on various aspects of life and interpersonal relations cause the reduction of quality of life and marital satisfaction in families ...
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Objective: Cancer is one of the most important diseases in present century, and the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. The negative impact of the disease on various aspects of life and interpersonal relations cause the reduction of quality of life and marital satisfaction in families deal with this illness. Thus, the purpose of this research was the study of the efficacy of "focused on emotion therapy" group training on quality of life improvement and marital satisfaction of mothers of children with cancer.
Method: This research was conducted experimentally, designing pre-test and post-test with the control group. The statistical universe of this study included all mothers of children with cancer referred to treatment centers (Blood Specialist) in Kermanshah city in 2013, 1391(A.H.). The subjects consisted of 30 mothers of children with cancer selected from among the health centers using the convenience sampling method, and randomly divided into two 15-people test and control groups. To gather the data, the quality of life and marital satisfaction questionnaires were used.
Results: The results of Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) showed that group training of "focused on emotion" therapy has been effective on enhancing the quality of life and marital satisfaction (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the effect of "focused on emotion" therapy training on the improvement of life quality and marital satisfaction, we could make use of this treatment to improve the quality of life and greater solidarity in the family structure in terms of psychological, mental, and social aspects.
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Volume 2, Issue 7 , November 2013, , Pages 32-43
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Objective: The body dimorphic concern is The objective: purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between personality, emotion regulation and recognition of with quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain. Method: This is a correlation study. The sample consisted ...
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Objective: The body dimorphic concern is The objective: purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between personality, emotion regulation and recognition of with quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain. Method: This is a correlation study. The sample consisted of 80 patients with chronic low back pain among patients who were admitted to the clinic of Ardabil. To collect data was used Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale, Facial Recognition Questionnaire, Neo’s Personality Questionnaire (short form) and Quality of Life Questionnaire (short form) (SF -36). Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results: The results of Pearson correlation coefficient show that where are relation between positive emotional regulation (r= 0.459), negative emotional regulation (r= 0.374), extraversion (r= 0.251), openness (r= 0.226), and conscientiousness (r= 221) and emotion recognition (r= 240) and quality of life (pConclusion: These findings suggest that personality and emotional factors have an important role in predicting quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain.
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mojtaba habibi; S Imani; S Pashaei; M Zahiri Sorori; J Mirzaee; M Zare
Volume 2, Issue 5 , June 2013, , Pages 63-81
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Objective: The effectiveness of mindfulness on quality of life, especially improvement in the psychological and physical health of opium abusers was evaluated. Method: The sixty opium abuser cases were randomly selected from the Andishe Rahaee clinic and assigned into control and experimental groups ...
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Objective: The effectiveness of mindfulness on quality of life, especially improvement in the psychological and physical health of opium abusers was evaluated. Method: The sixty opium abuser cases were randomly selected from the Andishe Rahaee clinic and assigned into control and experimental groups with pretest and posttest design method. The experimental group under take 8 sessions Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, while the control group received no intervention. The assessment of the Quality of Life Scale (sf-36) was done in pre-test and post-test on the physical functioning, physical role, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role emotional and emotional well-being subscales and data were analyzed by MANCOVA. Results: The MANCOVA showed that experimental and control group was paired in pretest point, and Mindfulness training increased the psychological and physical health scores significantly in the experimental group. Conclusion: Mindfulness-Based Treatment Program could be as selective intervention program in addicts’ population to improving quality of life.
