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Rozita Goharshahi; Abdollah Mafakheri; mohammad mohammadipour
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Objective: Eating disorders are one of the common mental and psychosomatic disorders that cause many problems in the physical health and mental performance of a person. Many people with bulimia have mental rumination regarding their body type. Patients who engage in mental rumination consider it a way ...
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Objective: Eating disorders are one of the common mental and psychosomatic disorders that cause many problems in the physical health and mental performance of a person. Many people with bulimia have mental rumination regarding their body type. Patients who engage in mental rumination consider it a way to gain insight into their problem and through it they focus on themselves, the problematic situation and their feelings. In other words, they think that mental rumination helps them to solve their problems, while answering problems through mental rumination causes more tension and problems. On the other hand, self-acceptance in these people is lower than others. A person with low agreeableness tends to seek isolation and is afraid of and avoids communication with others. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of therapeutic schema training in comparison with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with self-acceptance and rumination in women with diabetes and anorexia nervosa. Method: This is a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up. The statistical population was all women with simultaneous disorder of diabetes and psychogenic anorexia in Mashhad city in the first half of 1402 who had referred to medical centers. 45 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into three groups: schema therapy (15 people), acceptance and commitment therapy (15 people) and control group (15 people). Chamberland and Haga (2001) questionnaire was used to evaluate self-efficacy, and Trinoor et al. The therapeutic schema experimental group underwent the educational package intervention of Yang et al. (2003) and the acceptance and commitment experimental group underwent the therapeutic intervention of Hizo colleagues (2012) for ten one-hour sessions. The data was analyzed by the statistical method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements. Results: The results showed that the intervention of therapeutic schema and acceptance and commitment is effective on mental rumination (P<0.01), (F=29.63) and self-acceptance (P<0.01), (F=49.83) and this The effect is stable in the follow-up phase. The results of Shefe's follow-up test showed that there is a significant difference in self-acceptance and rumination between the two groups of acceptance and commitment and therapeutic schema (P<0.05); Therefore, acceptance and commitment have had a greater effect on reducing rumination and increasing women's self-acceptance. Conclusion: According to the results, it can be said that by teaching psychological treatment approaches such as schema and acceptance and commitment therapy, women can be helped in controlling diabetes and preventing their nervous overeating. Also, by controlling binge eating, they can be protected from the side effects of physical, psychological and social damage of binge eating, and thus have healthier mothers and a healthier society.
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Fatemeh Baghereifard; Kobra Kazemiyan Moghadam; Sahar Safarzadeh; Farshad Bahari‎
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Objective: one of the most common chronic diseases afflicting a wide range of human population is diabetes. In addition to the body, it also affects psychological characteristics, as well as personal and social functioning of the person. Since type II diabetes has many physical and psychological ...
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Objective: one of the most common chronic diseases afflicting a wide range of human population is diabetes. In addition to the body, it also affects psychological characteristics, as well as personal and social functioning of the person. Since type II diabetes has many physical and psychological complications, and meanwhile the prevalence of this disease is growing based on predictions, thus development of short-term therapeutic interventions that would promote self-care activities in these patients while also helping them use less of avoidant behaviors as they cause possible harms is essential. Accordingly, increasing hope through hope therapy in these patients can underlie positive transformations in the impaired areas of life. As such, the aim of the present research is to investigate the effectiveness of hope therapy on cognitive behavioral avoidance and self-care behavior among patients with type II diabetes. Method: this quasi-experimental research was performed based on pretest posttest design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all married women and men suffering from type II diabetes in Ahwaz city, who were a member of diabetes Association of this city in 2021. Then, 40 subjects from the applicant individuals and willing to participate in the research with lower scores compared to the mean value of diabetes self-care questionnaires (Tubert et al., 2000) and cognitive behavioral avoidance (Attenberg and Dabson, 2004) were chosen purposefully. After matching the subjects based on demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and history of disease, they were randomly assigned into two groups of 20: treatment group with hope therapy method (n=20) and control group (n=20). Results: the findings indicated that there was a difference between the hope therapy treatment group and control group regarding cognitive behavioral avoidance (F=75.680, p<0.001). Furthermore, for the variable of self-care activities, there was a significant difference between the hope therapy group and control group regarding self-care activities (F=40.240 and p<0.001). Thus, hope therapy had a significant impact on cognitive behavioral avoidance and self-care activities among type II diabetes patients (p<0.05). Conclusion: based on the findings of the present research, a significant difference was found between the treatment group and control in the variables of cognitive behavioral avoidance and self-care activities. In other words, hope therapy has been effective on reducing the extent of cognitive behavioral avoidance of type II diabetes patients in Ahwaz city, and hope therapy has been influential on enhancing self-care activities of these patients in Ahwaz city. Thus, based on these findings, hope therapy can be an effective method for reducing cognitive behavioral avoidance and enhancing self-care activities among patients with type II diabetes. It is suggested that this therapeutic method be used as a complement to pharmacotherapy in governmental and private centers who deal with treating type II diabetes patients.
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MohammadReza Tamannaeifar; Azam Mansourinik; Freshteh Malekzadeh Kashani
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Objective: Chronic pain as a common problem may effect on the physical health, well-being and quality of life in patients. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of alexithymia and moderating resilience in the relationship between insecure attachment styles and the quality of life in ...
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Objective: Chronic pain as a common problem may effect on the physical health, well-being and quality of life in patients. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of alexithymia and moderating resilience in the relationship between insecure attachment styles and the quality of life in chronic pain patients. Method: This study is a structural equation modeling. Among the chronic patients referred to Kashan therapeutic clinics in 2022, 188 patients were recruited through convenience sampling. In order to collect information, Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Reid, 1989), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1992), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) and Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL- BREF) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 24 software. Results: The results of correlation coefficients showed that there are significant negative correlation between the quality of life with anxious insecure attachment, dependency insecure attachment and alexithymia, while there are significant positive correlation between resilience and quality of life (P<0.01). The results showed that the proposed model of the present study has a good fit (x2/df=2.748, p<0.001, CFI= 0.91, RMSEA=0.06). In addition, the results showed that the direct effect of anxious attachment on alexithymia (β= 0.549, P<0.05) and the direct effect of alexithymia on quality of life is significant (β= -0.632, P<0.01). When alexithymia are included as mediator in the relationship between anxious attachment and quality of life, the indirect effect of anxious attachment on quality of life is -0.347, and this indirect effect is significant (P<0.01). Also, the direct effect of dependency attachment on alexithymia is significant (β= 0.297, P<0.05). When alexithymia are included as mediator in the relationship between dependency attachment and quality of life, the indirect effect of dependency attachment on quality of life is -0.188, and this indirect effect is significant (P<0.05). Therefore, The results showed that alexithymia mediates the relationship between anxious insecure attachment and quality of life (β=-0.347, p<0.01) and dependency insecure attachment and quality of life (β=-0.188, p<0.05) in chronic pain patients. Resilience also moderates the relationship between alexithymia and quality of life (β=-0.121, p<0.05). Conclusion: The insecure attachment may effect on quality of life through alexithymia and resilience can be a protective factor against the negative impact of this effect in chronic pain patients. These results have important implications for clinicians and researcher in the field of health psychology. Psycho-educational interventions to identify emotions and describe them and reduce alexithymia can help patients manage their emotions better and improve different aspects of their quality of life. Also, interventions based on resilience can lead to improving the quality of life in chronic pain patients.
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Elham Zamirpour moghadamnia; Isaac Rahimian Boogar; Siavash Talepasand
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the structural effect of personality functioning and attachment styles on emotional eating by considering the mediating factor of defense mechanisms. Method: In the correlation design with structural equation modeling method, 800 participants were selected ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the structural effect of personality functioning and attachment styles on emotional eating by considering the mediating factor of defense mechanisms. Method: In the correlation design with structural equation modeling method, 800 participants were selected by compliance sampling method. The data collected with Eating Behavior Questionnaire, the Collins and Reed Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire, the Defense Styles Questionnaire and the short form of The Personality Function Levels Scale was completed by the sample. Results: The level of personality functioning (0.52) and the secure (0.91), anxious (0.39) and avoidant (0.51) attachment style have a direct structural effects on emotional eating (P<0.05). The level of personality functioning, considering the mediating factor of mature (0.76), immature (0.83) and neurotic (0.79) defense mechanisms, has an indirect structural effect on emotional eating (P<0.05). Secure (0.61), anxious (0.61) and avoidant (0.72) attachment styles have an indirect structural effect on emotional eating with mediating factor of mature defense mechanisms (P<0.05). Secure (0.78), anxious (0.60) and avoidant (0.79) attachment styles have an indirect structural effect on emotional eating with mediating factor of immature defense mechanisms(P<0.05). Secure (0.86), anxious (0.67) and avoidant (0.73) attachment styles have an indirect structural effect on emotional eating with mediating factor of neurotic defense mechanisms (P<0.05). The results showed that the structural model has an acceptable fit with the collected data. The fit of the structural model implies the direct and indirect role of personality functioning level and attachment styles on emotional eating, considering the mediating role of defense mechanisms. Conclusion: Personality disorders have been linked to uncontrolled and binge eating, suggesting that individuals who binge eat may have more maladaptive and less adaptive personality traits. The emotion regulation theory of eating behavior proposes that emotional eating can improve mood by reducing negative emotions. This overlap in emotion regulation between personality functioning and emotional eating may explain their relationship. Immature defense mechanisms are associated with emotional eating, which acts as a strategic defense to alleviate negative emotions, though it often leads to problems. The way mothers and children interact during stressful situations shapes a child's self-regulation, cognitive and emotional foundations, and coping strategies. Without secure attachment, individuals may struggle to regulate their emotions effectively, resorting to unhealthy strategies like binge eating. These findings could inform the development of psychological interventions and treatment protocols for binge eating and obesity.
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Sedigheh Khoshbavar Rostami; majid baradaran; Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system that affects various aspects of a person's life. Evidence suggests that patients with more disabilities have lower levels of participation in social, home, work, and educational domains. Therefore, people ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system that affects various aspects of a person's life. Evidence suggests that patients with more disabilities have lower levels of participation in social, home, work, and educational domains. Therefore, people with MS may be at risk of loneliness due to the changes in the social network that occur during the course of the chronic disease. Loneliness is the most painful experience of all human experiences that leads to severe psychological and physical problems. Considering the extensive physical, psychological and social consequences of this disease and the high cost of MS treatment and control, which can be aggravated by the psychological disturbance of patients, it will be important to examine psychological variables in people suffering from this disease. Based on this, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of pain catastrophizing, perceived tension and experiential avoidance in the loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Method: The method of the present research was a descriptive-correlation study. The studied population included all patients with multiple sclerosis living in Rasht in 2022 who 120 people were selected as a sample group by available sampling method. In order to collect data, pain catastrophizing questionnaire (Sullivan et al., 1995), perceived stress scale (Cohen et al., 1983), acceptance and action questionnaire (Bond et al., 2011) and loneliness scale (DiTomaso et al., 2004) was used, all of which were valid and reliable. Participating in this research was optional and all participants were free to quit any time. The identities of the participants in this research were ethically confidential. 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 there is a significant positive correlation between loneliness and pain catastrophizing (r= 0.22, p< 0.05), perceived tension (r= 0.42, p<0.01) and experiential avoidance (r=0.51, p<0.01). In other words, the greater the pain catastrophizing, the perceived tension and the experienced avoidance it is more in patients with multiple sclerosis, loneliness is more. Also, the findings showed that among the predictor variables of this study, only experiential avoidance with a beta coefficient of 0.405 at the error level of 0.05 can predict social loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be acknowledged that pain catastrophizing, perceived tension and experiential avoidance through non-acceptance of feelings and thoughts have increased the loneliness of patients with multiple sclerosis. Therefore, considering the high levels of injuries and mental disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis, it seems necessary to identify the causal and underlying factors in maintaining and improving the mental health and well-being of this group of chronic patients. The findings of this study can strengthen theoretical models related to health and especially health psychology.
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Hiva Mahmoodi
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Objective: Patients with breast cancer often experience symptom burden, functional deterioration, and other concerns inherent to a progressive and life-limiting disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between family resilience and symptom burden with the mediating role of functional ...
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Objective: Patients with breast cancer often experience symptom burden, functional deterioration, and other concerns inherent to a progressive and life-limiting disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between family resilience and symptom burden with the mediating role of functional exercise adherence in women with breast cancer. Method: The method of the research was fundamental in terms of its purpose and of the correlation type based on structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population included all women with breast cancer living in Saqoz city in 2022 who referred to hospitals that 150 women were selected by convenience sampling. Research tools included Family Resilience Questionnaire (FRQ), Symptom Burden Questionnaire (SBQ) and Functional Exercise Adherence Scale (FECS). Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software with path analysis method.Results: The results of correlation coefficients showed that there is a negative and significant correlation between family resilience and symptom burden subscales and a positive and significant correlation with functional exercise adherence (P<0.01). Also, there is a negative and significant relationship between functional exercise adherence and the burden of symptoms (P < 0.01). According to the results the proposed model has a good fit (x2/df=0.86, p<0.001, CFI= 0.99, RMSEA=0.06). Also, the direct effect of resilience and functional exercise adherence on symptom burden is significant (P<0.01). When functional exercise adherence is included as a mediator in the relationship between family resilience and symptom burden, the indirect effect of family resilience on symptom burden is 0.51, which is significant (P<0.01). Finally, family resilience indirectly affects symptom burden through functional exercise adherence.Conclusion: These results have important implications for clinical practice and research in the field of breast cancer patients and show the need to develop approaches and better management of these patients in self-care behaviors. Family resilience as a positive psychological factor can indirectly affect the breast cancer patients’ physical performance after chemotherapy and reduce the burden of symptoms to some extent. In fact, increasing the family resilience helps patients to increase their self-management in how to deal with cancer and control their symptoms and indirectly reduce the amount of disease symptoms. It can also be said that increasing the family resilience can be achieved through reducing negative emotions and improving the feeling of control over the disease with the help of post-surgery treatments through compliance and receiving appropriate services and as a result reducing physical limitations. So, it seems that the family resilience leads the patient's ability to make rational decisions and more cooperation with the treatment team, which in turn reduces the burden symptoms.
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Masoumeh Taghi Ahangari Khiavi; susan alizadehfard; Ahmad Alipour
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Objectives: Researches have shown that mental disorders can lead to physical diseases. On the other hand, many physical diseases also coexist with each other. This study aims to investigate the effect of mental disorders on the occurrence of physical diseases in dual comorbidities. Method: The present ...
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Objectives: Researches have shown that mental disorders can lead to physical diseases. On the other hand, many physical diseases also coexist with each other. This study aims to investigate the effect of mental disorders on the occurrence of physical diseases in dual comorbidities. Method: The present study was a survey-correlation study. The statistical population included men and women aged 18 to 80, residing in Tehran, who had visited medical centers due to illness in the first six months of 2019. Sampling conducted in a cluster form. The total number of participants in the project was 304 people that the number of dual comorbidity group (coexist of two diseases) was 110 people. Research tools included the standard physical illness checklist and the SCL-90 clinical symptom inventory. Machine learning used for data analyze. This work did with the help of Python-3.7.4 software and Scikit-learn-0.23.0 program. In order to check the hypotheses of the research, the random forest model strategy (Random Forest) used for machine learning. Results: The results showed that embodied diseases related to psychological problems and the pattern of psychological disorders in these patients could predicted. In this study, it determined that blood pressure and headache influenced by aggression, heart problems and arthritis related to depression, diabetes related to anxiety pattern, respiratory and digestive problems influenced by phobia, obesity and allergies related to obsession; and finally, skin diseases affected by interactive and interpersonal problems. In addition, a pattern of physical diseases identified by examining psychological disorders. The results showed that interpersonal interactions, obsession and anxiety have the most relationship with the incidence of obesity; depression has the greatest effect on heart diseases, phobia related to respiratory diseases, and aggression also related to diabetes. But interestingly, the highest correlation and the most significant pattern saw between obsession and obesity. Conclusion: With the help of machine learning method, this research showed that there are significant relationships between physical diseases and psychological disorders, as patterns of these relationships can inferred. The understanding and identification of these dual comorbidities will not only improve our knowledge in the boundaries of knowledge, but also have practical applications in pathology, treatment and design of special interventions for physical and psychological disorders. Also, the alignment of these results with previous research literature is a confirmation of the application of machine learning in later psychology and health studies
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Zahra Mohamadifard; Ali Fathi-Ashtiani; Abbas HajiFathali; Bita Nasrollahi; Fazlollah Ahmadi
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Objectives: Investigating the psychological factors that facilitate the recovery of bone marrow transplant patients is crucial for appropriate policymakers to identify potential problems and develop appropriate interventions for the better benefit and increasing success of bone marrow transplantation. ...
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Objectives: Investigating the psychological factors that facilitate the recovery of bone marrow transplant patients is crucial for appropriate policymakers to identify potential problems and develop appropriate interventions for the better benefit and increasing success of bone marrow transplantation. The aim of this study was to review the psychological factors facilitating the recovery of bone marrow transplant patients. Method: In this systematic review, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) utilized, along with their possible implications for risk of bias. In this regard, required information took from Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed databases for the selection of Latin articles and Persian articles databases, ISC with the selection period ranging from 1987 to 2022 for English articles and from the years 1390 to 1401 for selection of Persian articles. Based on the desired criteria, they limited. The narrative synthesis method used for combine the data. Results: In this study, the quality of 37 articles confirmed and psychological factors influencing the recovery of bone marrow transplant patients identified. Physical distress, decrease in patients' quality of life, psychosocial well-being, the possibility of increasing symptoms of anxiety and depression, are among the biggest challenges facing patient. Factors such as spirituality, health literacy, sports and psychological interventions aimed at disease acceptance the disease and increase psychological well-being and healthy coping strategies have a significant impact on improving psychological and medical health outcomes. Depression, homesick, tension, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, delusions and cognitive deficits, feelings of lack of choice, need for special attention, and isolation are inevitable consequences of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Some psychosocial variables (depression, anxiety, stress, coping strategies, social support, optimism, rationality, and need for coordination) and clinical parameters indicating immune response after bone marrow transplantation. Conclusion: Identifying psychological factors influencing the recovery of bone marrow transplant patients, including; health literacy, sports programs, optimism, gender, social support, mental health, lifestyle factors, understanding of transplant, and follow-up are influential in setting protocols to increase the mental health and survival of bone marrow transplant patients. Identifying psychological factors that facilitate the treatment process helps psychologists and the medical team to identify and strengthen these factors in patients. To moderate the negative psychological consequences of transplantation, it is desirable to perform psychological interventions and to recognize and strengthen the positive psychological structures within the psyche by the treatment staff and the psychologist. Additionally, regulating the natural day and night cycle, palliative care, antipsychotic medication, disease management, lead to better health outcomes.
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Mohammad Reza Tamannaifar; Azam Mansourinik; Shiva Ahmadpoursamani
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Objectives: Quality of life in patients with heart failure can be affected by several factors. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in heart failure patients mediated by self-care behaviors. Method: This study is a structural equation modeling. ...
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Objectives: Quality of life in patients with heart failure can be affected by several factors. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in heart failure patients mediated by self-care behaviors. Method: This study is a structural equation modeling. Among the heart failure patients referred to Tehran Heart Hospitals, 300 patients referred to Jam Hospital and Bustan Cardiovascular Clinic were recruited through convenient sampling. In order to collect information, NEO-FFI (Costa & McCrae, 1992), MOS (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992) and EHFSCB (Jarsma et al., 2003) were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 24 software. Results: The results of correlation coefficients showed that there are significant negative correlation between the personality traits of neuroticism and agreeableness with quality of life, while there are significant positive correlation between extroversion and quality of life (P<0.01). Also, there are significant negative correlation between self-care behaviors and quality of life (P<0.01). According to the results the proposed model has a good fit (x2/df=2.786, p<0.001, CFI= 0.92, RMSEA=0.07). In addition, the direct effect of neuroticism, extroversion and agreeableness on quality of life is significant (P<0.01). When self-care behaviors are included as mediators in the relationship between personality traits and quality of life, the indirect effect of neuroticism and conscientiousness on quality of life is 0.09 and 0.049 respectively, and these indirect effects are significant (P<0.01). Therefore, self-care behaviors mediate the relationship between personality traits of neuroticism and conscientiousness with quality of life.Conclusion: These results have important implications for clinical practice and research in the field of cardiac health psychology and indicate the need to develop approaches and better management of these patients in self- care behaviors. Considering the widespread prevalence of heart diseases as a chronic disease and the high costs of treatment, the results of this research have many practical implications for health psychologists, doctors and nurses. Interventions aimed at changing personality characteristics (especially reducing neuroticism and increasing conscientiousness) in order to improve the quality of life of heart patients is a complex and time-consuming task. Therefore, one of the effective interventions to increase these patients’ quality of life can be focusing on increasing self-care behaviors. Hence, educating patients about the importance of this issue can play an important role in improving these patients’ quality of life.
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Fatemeh Kazemi; Sahar Safarzadeh
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the burnout model based on physical health status and brain-behavioral system by mediation of job stress in employees of Abadan Oil Company. Method: The type of research is structural equation and the statistical population was all the employees working in Abadan ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the burnout model based on physical health status and brain-behavioral system by mediation of job stress in employees of Abadan Oil Company. Method: The type of research is structural equation and the statistical population was all the employees working in Abadan Oil Company of which 255 people were selected by purposive sampling. The participants responded to Moslesh and Jackson’s job burnout scale (1981), Spence et al.’s physical health status (1987), Carver and White’s brain-behavioral systems 1994) and Parker and Dekutis’s occupational psychological pressure (1983) questionnaires. Data analysis was done using structural equation modeling. Results: Findings showed that physical health and behavioral activating brain system have a direct and inverse effect on burnout and behavioral inhibition system and job stress have a direct and positive effect on burnout. By increasing the activity of the behavioral activator system, the feeling of job burnout and fatigue decreases and with the increase in the activity of the behavioral inhibitory system and the perceived stress in the job, the level of job burnout increases. Also physical condition and two behavioral activation / inhibitory systems can play a role in the formation of burnout by affecting job stress. It was also found that the proposed model is suitable for data. Based on this, it has been determined that the increase in job burnout can be caused by several factors, such as weak physical health or underlying diseases that are not suitable for the chosen job, as well as the increasing activity of the inhibitory behavioral brain system and impaired behavioral activation system and job stress can be one of the characteristics of any job, can mediate this relationship. Conclusion: According to the present findings, we can conclude that physical health, improvement of the behavioral activation system, and job stress reduction decrease the rate of job burnout. Since employment in industrial organizations is associated with risks and traumatic conditions, no matter how hard the organization tries, their mental and physical health is facing risks, and can lead to job burnout. So the factors such as lack of physical health disruption of the activator system and increased activity of the inhibitory-behavioral system can increase job burnout by increasing stressful conditions in the work environment.
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Elahe Aslami; Akram Malekzadeh; Fahime Rajabi
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of personality traits, mindfulness and gender role attitudes on the post-traumatic growth of infertile women in Ahvaz. Method: The research was a correlational study and the statistical population was all infertile women in Ahvaz ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of personality traits, mindfulness and gender role attitudes on the post-traumatic growth of infertile women in Ahvaz. Method: The research was a correlational study and the statistical population was all infertile women in Ahvaz who referred to the obstetrics and gynecology clinics of this city in 1400. The sample was 150 infertile women who were selected by available sampling method. The five-factor short form personality questionnaire of NEO (1992), Bem Gender Role questionnaire (1976), Baer et al (2006) Mindfulness questionnaire and Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996) post-traumatic growth questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software. Findings: The results of multiple regression analysis test showed that the neuroticism component was negative and the extroversion, agreeableness components and Mindfulness were positive and significant in predicting post-traumatic growth. In addition, the results of one-way analysis of variance test showed that women with an androgynous gender role attitude had the highest post-traumatic growth and women with a female gender role attitude had the lowest growth. Conclusion: The traumatic experience of infertility can be turned into a growth experience by training of mindfulness and reducing the attitude of the traditional female gender role.
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Razieh poorhosseini Dehkordi; ilnaz sajjadian; mohammad raza sharbafchi
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Objective: The increasing growth of breast cancer in recent decades has affected the psychological aspects of these patients' lives. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on perceived stress and psychological distress in the women suffering from breast cancer. Method: ...
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Objective: The increasing growth of breast cancer in recent decades has affected the psychological aspects of these patients' lives. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on perceived stress and psychological distress in the women suffering from breast cancer. Method: The statistical population of the present study included women with breast cancer referring to Ala' cancer prevention and control center in Isfahan in spring and summer of 2018. Research method was quasi-experimental. The sample size was 26 women with breast cancer who were selected from those referring to Ala' cancer prevention and control center through convenient method and were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight sessions of compassion-focused therapy once a week while the control group didn't receive any intervention during the study. The instruments included perceived stress questionnaire (Cohen, et.al, 2005) and psychological distress questionnaire (Kesler, et.al. (2003). Results: The results of repeated measurement analysis showed that compassion-focused therapy has significantly influenced perceived stress and psychological distress in the women with breast cancer at the posttest and follow-up stage. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, compassion -focused therapy as an effective method for reducing perceived stress and psychological distress in women with breast cancer can be used along with medical treatments.
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Seyedehzahra Mousavi; Mohammadali Goodarzi; Seyed Mohammadreza Taghavi
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Objective: Blood cancer is the fifth common cancer in adults that can be threatening. The aim of this study was to predict the Post Traumatic Growth based on gratitude and social support in women with blood cancer. Methods: The research design was correlational with a predictive aim based on regression ...
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Objective: Blood cancer is the fifth common cancer in adults that can be threatening. The aim of this study was to predict the Post Traumatic Growth based on gratitude and social support in women with blood cancer. Methods: The research design was correlational with a predictive aim based on regression method. 82 women with blood cancer were recruited from both inpatients and outpatients’ settings in Namazi hospital and Mottahari clinic using convenient sampling procedure. Measures were Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi and Calhoun, 1996), the Gratitude Questionnaire (Goodarzi, Noori & Marzooghi, 1393) and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988). Findings gratitude and social support were significantly correlated with Post Traumatic Growth and prediction was also significant. Conclusion:it can be concluded that promoting gratitude in these patients and providing social support for them might contribute to Post Traumatic Growth.
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afrooz afshari; mahboobeh mir mohammadi
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Objective: Malnutrition is one of the important effective factors on mental and physical health of children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological characteristics, attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation of mothers as predictive factors of anthropometrics indices in ...
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Objective: Malnutrition is one of the important effective factors on mental and physical health of children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological characteristics, attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation of mothers as predictive factors of anthropometrics indices in 2-7 year-old Children, in Isfahan. Method: This was a correlative study. The population was all 2-7 years old children of Isfahan and their mothers. A sample of 130 mothers of children, were selected by convenient sampling method. The instruments were used in this research were Adult Attachment Styles Questionnaire, short form of SCL-90 and cognitive-emotion regulation questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by discriminant analysis. Findings: The results showed that the psychological characteristics, attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation of mothers can predict the nutritional problems of children. Conclusion: These results revealed the importance of mother’s mental health, regulating emotional states and attachment styles in 2-7 years old children’s physical health
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Samira Jelodari; Sheida Sodagar; Maryam Bahrami Hidaji; Boyok Tajeri
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Objective: The aim of study is comparison life orientation, life quality and perceived social support in patients with acute lymphocytic and acute myeloid leukemia.Method: this research is retrospective (ex post facto). In this study, data gathered 89 patients selected during 13 months visits ...
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Objective: The aim of study is comparison life orientation, life quality and perceived social support in patients with acute lymphocytic and acute myeloid leukemia.Method: this research is retrospective (ex post facto). In this study, data gathered 89 patients selected during 13 months visits to Shariati Hospital in 2017 via census procedure by three questionnaire of life orientation, quality of life (SF-36) and Fleming & et al perceived social support.Result: as the results showed, the value of F for orientation of life was 0.01 and for quality of life and social support 0.05 were meaningful. On the other words, patients with myeloid leukemia are more optimistic in comparison with lymphocytic leukemia patients. myeloid leukemia patients are better in family support, body function, energy, tiredness, social function, pain, general health and emotional wellbeing.Conclusion: Overall, the results showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of optimism regarding life orientation and dimensions of physical function, energy/ fatigue, social function, pain, general health and emotional well-being of quality of life and perceived social support of the family. And the type of disease can be effective in psychosocial factors, therefore, should be considered.
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Mohammad Mehdi Pasandideh; Faraunak SaulekMahdee
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Objective: Gastrointestinal diseases is among the most important and common chronic non communicable diseases that imposes a lotof Economic and psychological burden on the society and health system. Regarding this the ...
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Objective: Gastrointestinal diseases is among the most important and common chronic non communicable diseases that imposes a lotof Economic and psychological burden on the society and health system. Regarding this the aim of present study was to compare perceived stress , emotion regulation strategies and Cognitive Flexibility in Gastrointestinal patients and Normal individuals. Method: The present study was a comparative study and Statistical population in this study includes all Gastrointestinal patients in the gastroenterology private clinics of Bandar Anzali during the period of April & May in 2018 and their fellows that among Them ,184 people , 92 patients & 92 fellows ,were selected in the available sample method and completed the questionnaire of personal information perceived stress of cohen and et al (1983), the emotion regulation strategies of Gross & john (2003) and Dennis & Vander Wal ( 2010) Cognitive Flexibility responde. Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between the 2 groups in perceived stress components, Cognitive Flexibility & perceived controllability (subscales of Cognitive Flexibility).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study , consideration of related psychological dimensions. Gastrointestinal diseases especially stress and Cognitive Flexibility , are of great importance.
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Hasan Abdollahzadeh; Yosef Kabirinasab
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Objective: Mastectomy surgery is basic foundation of treatment in patients with breast cancer that could cause damage to matrimony. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was the Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on internalized shame and Sexual self-esteem of women with ...
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Objective: Mastectomy surgery is basic foundation of treatment in patients with breast cancer that could cause damage to matrimony. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was the Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on internalized shame and Sexual self-esteem of women with breast cancer after mastectomy surgery. Method: This quasi-experimental study was a pretest-posttest with control group. The research population was women residing in Behshahr city with breast cancer after mastectomy surgery that had been treating in specialized clinics in Behshahr and Sari cities. 30 women under consideration entry and exit criteria to study randomly assigned into two groups of 15people experimental and control with convenience Method. The experimental group was exposed to therapy based on acceptance and commitment in ten sessions of 90 minutes but control group did not receive treatment. Standard Cook's Internalized Shame Inventory and Schwarz sexual self- esteem were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using SPSS21 software and multivariate covariance analysis.Result: The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that therapy on acceptance and commitment has had positive impact on some components of internalized shame including shyness and self-esteem also the intervention has had positive impact on some components of sexual self-esteem like experience and skill , attractiveness, control , moral judgment and adaptiveness.Conclusion: therapy based on acceptance and commitment has caused to increase sexual self-esteem and reduce internalized shame. The use of the intervention recommended improving mental health in women with breast cancer after mastectomy surgery
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zahra ghanbari; Zahra Darvizeh; Zohreh Khosravi
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Objective: Between evaluating factors of the success in Sleeve gastrectomy surgery, psychological factors are important because of the personal perception of successful treatment. In this study, the role of anxiety and depression as two common disorders in patients undergoing surgery was investigated. ...
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Objective: Between evaluating factors of the success in Sleeve gastrectomy surgery, psychological factors are important because of the personal perception of successful treatment. In this study, the role of anxiety and depression as two common disorders in patients undergoing surgery was investigated. Method: The present study is a qualitative study to investigate the phenomenological method of the lived experience of individuals who went thorough Sleeve surgery. Twenty successful or unsuccessful people in weight loss were selected using a homogeneous Sampling method from all of whom went thorough Sleeve surgery one year ago.Result: The findings show that preoperative anxiety and depression are more focused on related psychological maladaptation or the defect in social function due to obesity and overweight, but the role and importance of anxiety and depression after surgery was more due to temporary fractures or post-surgical abnormalities such as hair loss, lethargy, oversleeping, and so on.Conclusion: Anxiety and depression play important roles in the perception of surgery success so that anxiety and depression give people an emotional feedback about the surgery usefulness. If the surgery resolves obesity-related discomforts, has fewer side effects, one can follow the doctor's instructions after surgery and do not have weight gain, the feeling of anxiety and depression is reduced and the person feels positive about the surgery successful.
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Rasool Abedanzadeh; Kobra Javadian; Rezvan Kheirandish; Rouhollah Ranjbar
Volume 7, Issue 26 , September 2018, , Pages 62-74
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Objective: The motivation for various activities is strongly influenced by individual perceptions of one’s activities toward those activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between situational motivation and perceived intensity of exercise in obese women to predict ...
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Objective: The motivation for various activities is strongly influenced by individual perceptions of one’s activities toward those activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between situational motivation and perceived intensity of exercise in obese women to predict a change in positive effect from a Pilates exercise session. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 17 obese women with a mean weight of 87.4 ± 0.10, age 39.10 ± 10.0, and a body mass index of 35.9 ± 3.5 voluntarily participated. They responded to the positive affective questionnaire and situational motivation scale before the exercise program. Then performed Pilates training and immediately after the training, they again completed the positive affective questionnaire. The perceived was also measured after exercise. Data were analyzed by paired t-test and hierarchical regression. Results: The results showed a significant difference in the level of positive affect after-before exercise (P≤0.05). Predictive regression analysis was a positive effect on the interaction of internal motivation and perceived severity, as well as their interaction with the identified adjustment factor (P≤0.05). Conclusion: The current findings showed that Pilates exercises improve positive effect in obese women, also internal motivation was seen to be a strong predictor. According to the finding, strengthening the internal motivation in obese women is recommended for physical activity and attaining the positive effect of it.
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Elahe Sadeghi; Shohre ghorbanshiroudi; Morteza Tarkhan; Shahrbano Keyhanian
Volume 7, Issue 26 , September 2018, , Pages 101-116
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Objective: The present research aimed at examining the comparison the effectiveness of imagery rescripting and reprocessing therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction on insomnia and negative automatic thoughts in cancer women. Method: This research method was semi experimental with pretest-posttest ...
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Objective: The present research aimed at examining the comparison the effectiveness of imagery rescripting and reprocessing therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction on insomnia and negative automatic thoughts in cancer women. Method: This research method was semi experimental with pretest-posttest design. Using Kendal & Hollon`s negative automatic thoughts and Morien`s insomnia intensity questionnaires, 42 women of cancer who had negative automatic thoughts and insomnia were randomly selected and were voluntarily assigned in two experimental and one control group (each group was 14). The first experimental group received 7 sessions IRRT techniques based on the Smoker`s educational package (once a week) and the second experimental group received 8 sessions MBSR techniques based on the Kabat-Zinn’s educational package (once a week) and the control group did not receive any training in this field. After executing the IRRT and MBSR, negative automatic thoughts and insomnia of the members of the three groups were measured again. Results: Multivariate covariance analysis (Man Cova) was used to analyze data. Calculated F for negative automatic thoughts and insomnia showed a significant difference in all three groups, also IRRT has also been more effective in reducing negative automatic thoughts than MBSR but these two therapeutic methods have no significant difference in insomnia. Conclusion: In general, this research indicated that the IRRT and MBSR method can be considered an effective intervention in reducing negative automatic thoughts and insomnia in women with cancer.
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Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi; Reyhaneh Ramezani
Volume 7, Issue 26 , September 2018, , Pages 146-159
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Objective: The aim of this study was to study the memorial symptoms, rumination and post-traumatic growth in women with various types of cancer referred to public hospitals in Tehran. Method: The research method is descriptive and correlation. For this purpose, 189 women with various types of cancer ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to study the memorial symptoms, rumination and post-traumatic growth in women with various types of cancer referred to public hospitals in Tehran. Method: The research method is descriptive and correlation. For this purpose, 189 women with various types of cancer who referred to public hospitals of Tehran City were selected by convenient sampling and voluntarily. They completed the short form of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale and Event Related Rumination Inventory. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and regression analysis.Results: The results showed that the intensity and frequency of physical symptoms of cancer and intentional rumination have a positive and significant correlation with post-traumatic growth. Also, the physical symptoms of cancer and intentional rumination can equally predict post-traumatic growth in patients.Conclusion: Paying attention to the course of cancer in patients, and the psychological processes that result from the mental involvement of the patient on the outcomes of the disease can be effective in reducing the bad physical and mental symptoms of cancer and will make the treatment of illness easier for the patient.
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Ali Pakize; Maryam Behzadfar
Volume 7, Issue 25 , June 2018, , Pages 7-20
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Objective: The prevalence of obesity in the world is rising. Among the various influential factors, sensitivity to rewards as a psycho-biological personality trait which is rooted in dopamine pathways can be a major contributor to food habits. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between ...
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Objective: The prevalence of obesity in the world is rising. Among the various influential factors, sensitivity to rewards as a psycho-biological personality trait which is rooted in dopamine pathways can be a major contributor to food habits. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between sensitivity to reward with overweight and obesity and also the mediating role of emotional eating in their relationship. Method: the research method is descriptive correlation type. The research Statistical Society have consisted of all high schools the city of Rasht. The sample have consisted of 650 students (400 girls and 250 boys) that selected with clustered sampling and were asked to complete sensitivity to reward and emotional eating scales and also used the balance for measurement of weight. To investigate the hypothesis, regression was used. Results: The results showed the relationship between high sensitivity to reward with overweight is significantly positive and emotional eating have a mediating role in their relationship. Also, the relation between low sensitivity to reward with obesity is significantly positive. Conclusion: The results of this research confirmed the role of the brain's reward system in the body weight
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Hiva Mahmoodi
Volume 7, Issue 25 , June 2018, , Pages 21-34
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the physical and psychological state of many patients. The purpose of this study was to compare perceived social support and self-compassion among patients with multiple sclerosis and normal people. Method: The present study was a causal-comparative study. In this ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis affects the physical and psychological state of many patients. The purpose of this study was to compare perceived social support and self-compassion among patients with multiple sclerosis and normal people. Method: The present study was a causal-comparative study. In this study, 200 individuals with multiple sclerosis and 200 healthy individuals were selected by sampling method as a sample of this study in the years 1396-97. The research tools included perceived social support scale and self-compassion scale. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the group of patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy people in terms of perceived social support and self-compassion. Conclusion: People with multiple sclerosis uses perceived social support and self-compassion for more adaptation to disease.
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behnam shirini pargami; Javad KHalatbari; Marzie Tavakol; Morteza Tarkhan
Volume 7, Issue 25 , June 2018, , Pages 74-94
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Objective: This research was conducted to study The forecast of the warning signs of immune deficiency through attachment style, sense of humor, explanatory style and perceived stress with locus of control mediation and personality type in nurses. Method: This research is correlational and forecasts ...
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Objective: This research was conducted to study The forecast of the warning signs of immune deficiency through attachment style, sense of humor, explanatory style and perceived stress with locus of control mediation and personality type in nurses. Method: This research is correlational and forecasts that was performed among 281 in nurses. The subjects were selected through cluster sampling and they all answered Collins and Read attachment style questionnaire, Svebak sense of humor questionnaire, Scheier andCarver explanatory style questionnaire, Rotter locus of control questionnaire, Cohen perceived stress Scale, Friedman & Rosenman personality type questionnaire and Jeffrey Modell warning signs of immune deficiency questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by Amos software through path analysis. Results: The results showed that the proposed model is very convenient for mentioned indicators. Secure attachment style whit warning signs are negatively correlated (p≤0/01), and ambivalent attachment style is positively correlated (p≤0/01). Locus of control with warning signs are positively correlated (p≤0/01), humor with warning signs are negatively correlated (p≤0/01) and personality type with warning signs are positively correlated (p≤0/01). Conclusion: The activity of the immune system can be predicted directly or indirectly through psychological and personality traits.
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Zoha Saeedi; Nima Ghorbani; Mehdi reza Sarafraz; Atefe Zabihi
Volume 6, Issue 24 , March 2018, , Pages 69-86
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Objective: Scientists have always been interested in the mutual relationship between psychological and physical health. Besides, the emotion regulation strategies as the moderator play a great role in this relationship. The aim of the present study was to explore how repressiveness and mindfulness may ...
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Objective: Scientists have always been interested in the mutual relationship between psychological and physical health. Besides, the emotion regulation strategies as the moderator play a great role in this relationship. The aim of the present study was to explore how repressiveness and mindfulness may play a role as a moderator in the effects of psychological distress on the physical symptoms.Method: In this regard, 271 Iranian university students answered the short-form of the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory, the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale, and the Bartone Symptoms checklist. Results: The result of the hierarchical regression analysis showed the moderating effect of repressiveness and mindfulness. This means, in high distress, those with high mindfulness and those with high repressiveness, reported lower scores in physical symptoms. Whilst, in the low distress, those with high repressiveness, reported more scores in physical symptoms than those with low repressiveness. Conclusion: These results are discussed in terms of adaptivity of the mindfulness and repressors' overly positive self-evaluations in the different distress situations
