Hossein Zarghami; Hossein Mahmoudian
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2016, , Pages 99-116
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Objective: Loneliness is one of the fundamental problems of old people that many factors are involved in the development or aggravation of that. Any factor, such as migration, that reduces the kinship network, can be considered as effective factor. There are many studies about migration as a common phenomenon ...
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Objective: Loneliness is one of the fundamental problems of old people that many factors are involved in the development or aggravation of that. Any factor, such as migration, that reduces the kinship network, can be considered as effective factor. There are many studies about migration as a common phenomenon in most rural of Iran, but few answered to this question: what are the effects of migration on who left behind in rural areas. Method: we choice the rural areas of Bardaskan, which there are some or most families with some or all migrate children. The method was quantitative and based on designed questionnaire with reference to related standard questionnaires such as UCLA and De Jong Gierveld scale. 357 old residents in villages that at least have a child have chosen and interviewed. The respondents have selected based on multi-stage sampling and combined of cluster and simple random sampling from 9 villages. Findings: The results showed migration of children cause interruption in family network and interaction with its members intensively. Migration have a noticeably effects on loneliness feeling in elders and this persist even when other variables controlled. Other variables consist of overall health, marriage status, financial situation, and gender; have significant effect on loneliness feeling in goal group. Conclusion: These variables, in sum, explain about half of total variances of loneliness feeling.
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farhad hoseini; mojtaba habibi; farhad radfar
Volume 4, Issue 14 , May 2015, , Pages 45-61
Abstract
Introduction: One of the main concerns of health–social policymakers in nowadays societies is the increasing prevalence of addictive behaviors, particularly cigarette smoking and smoking in younger age groups. This study aimed to compare the attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health ...
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Introduction: One of the main concerns of health–social policymakers in nowadays societies is the increasing prevalence of addictive behaviors, particularly cigarette smoking and smoking in younger age groups. This study aimed to compare the attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health between smokers and non-smokers of dormitory students. Methodology: using the ex-post facto design for studying all Shahid Beheshti University students in the 91-92 school years. The sample consisted of 50 smokers and 50 nonsmokers, which selected by convenient sampling. And the questionnaires of attachment style (scales of anxiety, dependency and proximity), perceived loneliness (scales of loneliness due to family, loneliness due to Friends and Signs of emotional loneliness) and mental health answered. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used for data analysis. Results: findings of study showed, there are significant difference between smokers and non-smokers students in attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health scales and. People who have smoked had more insecure attachment style, loneliness feeling and less mental health. Conclusion: The results of the present study indicate that smoking is influenced by personal factors, and attachment style, loneliness feeling and mental health are associated with smoking.
