Ahmad Valikhani; Ali Firouzabadi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, , Pages 119-140
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological ...
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological factors on death anxiety in cancer patients could us help to substantial contribute in understanding and managing this kind of existential anxiety. Methods: In order to comparing and examining the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles, 210 people, including 70 members of three groups of cancer patients under chemotherapy, hospital staff, and ordinary people who were matched the demographic variables were recruited and completed Templer Death Anxiety scale and Attachment Styles questionnaire. For analyzing Data series of variance analyses and Pearson correlation coefficients was used. Results: Results showed that death anxiety was positively and significantly linked with insecure attachment styles and was negatively and significantly correlated with secure attachment style in cancer group. Comparison of attachment styles among groups showed that there were significantly differences between the styles of relationship as secondary, preoccupation with relationship, and need for approval. So that, cancer patients had higher scores in insecure attachment styles (relationship as secondary and preoccupation with relationship) than hospital staff. Furthermore, there was significantly difference in the style of need for approval between hospital staff and cancer patients, also hospital staff and ordinary people. Hospital staff had less mean score than cancer patients group and ordinary people. Conclusion: Since the results demonstrated that death anxiety is more common in cancer patients, and according to the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles especially in the cancer group it can be said that we can use the issue for managing death anxiety of cancer patients.
mahshid jafarzadeh; ahmad alipour; mohamad oraki; aziz reza ghasemzadeh
Volume 3, Issue 10 , September 2014, , Pages 97-115
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Objective: The aim of article was to study the coping strategies and attachment stylesin individuals with gender identity disorder and without it.Method: The research was a causal-comparative study. The society of the studyincluded all individuals with or without Gender identity disorder in Tehran. 60individuals ...
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Objective: The aim of article was to study the coping strategies and attachment stylesin individuals with gender identity disorder and without it.Method: The research was a causal-comparative study. The society of the studyincluded all individuals with or without Gender identity disorder in Tehran. 60individuals were selected through available sampling method, 30 individuals withsexual identity disorder and 30 individuals without it; which had been matched byage, educational and social levels. They were handed to fill the coping strategiesinventory of Carver, Scheier and Weintraub (1989) and Revised AdultAttachment Scale. In analysis of data analysis and t test are applied.Results: Results indicated that insecure attachment style is more common amongindividuals with gender identity disorder than others without it, and they useemotion focused coping strategies than others without it.Conclusion: According to the results, attachment styles affect adult relationships,mental health and coping strategies.
