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Hamidreza Heidari; hajar torkan
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Objective: This research aimed to predict the quality of life of hemodialysis patients based on alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness. Methods: The current research was of a descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population of this study included all patients undergoing ...
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Objective: This research aimed to predict the quality of life of hemodialysis patients based on alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness. Methods: The current research was of a descriptive-correlational type. The statistical population of this study included all patients undergoing hemodialysis in Isfahan City in 2022. Accordingly, 294 participants (180 men, 114 women) selected using the available sampling method. Data collection tools include the alexithymia scale (Bagby and Parker, 1994), anxiety sensitivity scale (Reiss et al., 1986), psychological hardiness scale (Kiamarthi et al., 1998), and quality of life scale (World Health Organization, 1996). 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 alexithymia, anxiety sensitivity, and psychological hardiness could predict 49.5% of the variance in quality of life. Alexithymia predicted 42% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=-0.420), anxiety sensitivity predicted 25/7% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=-0/257), and psychological hardiness predicted 25/5% of the variance of quality of life (P<0.01, β=0.255). Conclusion: Based on this, it can to conclude that alexithymia and anxiety sensitivity are among the factors that play an effective role in reducing the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Alexithymia is a dysfunction in emotional processing that leads to a decrease in the ability to identify and diagnose emotions. When a person suffers from advanced kidney disease, i.e., undergoes hemodialysis, he faces problems and defects in the fields of self-esteem and independence in performing health and personal behaviors, so the high level of anxiety sensitivity and these physical worries in these people can be considered a common reaction in chronic patients. Since the quality of life defined and interpreted depending on the definition of the individual and his beliefs regarding the situation in which the individual is, these patients find their quality of life low. On the other hand, hemodialysis patients faced with an uncertain future and the inability to maintain the previous values of life, or at least the inability to follow these values as before the disease, since they find themselves unable to make changes in the said disease. Therefore, they become aroused faster and try less than healthy people to control their emotional situations, such as anxiety and physical changes. Accordingly, replanting and planning for the development and training of psychological hardiness in hemodialysis patients leads to an increase in the quality of life
nafiseh mohammad; mohammad hatami; Mojgan Niknam
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy cognitive-behavioral therapy,processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on anxiety sensitivity of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and follow-up. ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy cognitive-behavioral therapy,processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on anxiety sensitivity of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and follow-up. The population of the research includes all M.S. patients with registered medical records in M.S. Association of Tehran in2020. 30 patients were selected by available and random sampling in three experimental groups. Training groups were treated for 3 months based on cognitive behavioral therapy, emotion regulation and mixed intervention. Anxietysensitivity were measured by Reiss and Peterson anxietysensitivity questionnaire before, after, and 3 months after the intervention. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference (p≤0.05) between the effectiveness of the three treatments on patients' anxiety sensitivity. The results of the Tukey test showed that group with mixed intervention compared to the other interventions and processing emotion regulation respect to cognitive-behavioral therapy had lower mean in both post-test and follow-up stages. Conclusion: The results of this study showed the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy, processing emotion regulation and mixed intervention on decrease of anxiety sensitivity in patients with Multiple sclerosis.
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.
Mahsa Hoseini; Roghayeh kiyani
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Objective: In recent years, a new concept that has gained much attention as an effective construct in irritable bowel syndrome is anxiety sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety Sensitivity Patients with irritable bowel syndrome. ...
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Objective: In recent years, a new concept that has gained much attention as an effective construct in irritable bowel syndrome is anxiety sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy on Anxiety Sensitivity Patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Method: The present study is a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group design. The research population included women with irritable bowel syndrome who referred to khatam-ol-anbia hospital in the Miyane city during the period from september to december 2012 who received definite diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome according to a gastroenterologist. From this population, a sample of 30 people was selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Participants of the two groups completed the pre-test and post-test stages of Reiss & Peterson (1985) anxiety sensitivity index. The subjects of the experimental group were placed under the training of reality therapy during 8 sessions of 90 minutes. Findings: Data analysis showed that the use of group reality therapy significantly led to decrease in the average scores of the expremental group participants in the anxiety sensitivity (F=82/67, h2=0/75) and its components fear of physical anxiety, fear of lack of cognitive control and fear of anxiety view compared to the control group. conclusion: According to the results, Applying Group reality therapy in clinical practice will be helpful in resolving anxiety sensitivity-related problems in women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
mojgan agah haris; Nahid Ramezani
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using ...
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using casual-comparative research project and available sampling method among volunteers, 130 people with Psoriasis and 130 people without Psoriasis were selected. All subjects answered to NEO five-factor inventory items (NEO-FFI) and anxiety sensitivity indexes (ASI-3., Taylor et al., 2007) and demographic information in one session. Results: The results showed that personality traits in people with Psoriasis in scale of openness to experience are different from people without Psoriasis ,and the mean of anxiety sensitivity in people with psoriasis are significantly (p
