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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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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
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Fatemeh Sendi; P. Ehteshamzadeh; Parviz Asgari; Mosa Kafie
Volume 6, Issue 23 , December 2017, , Pages 74-91
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Introduction:The purpose of this study investigated the relationship between Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS), anxiety and depression attention to the mediating role of coping styles in burned patients. Method: 170 patients from Rasht Burn Center entered the research through random sampling and surveys ...
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Introduction:The purpose of this study investigated the relationship between Cognitive Attentional Syndrome (CAS), anxiety and depression attention to the mediating role of coping styles in burned patients. Method: 170 patients from Rasht Burn Center entered the research through random sampling and surveys of mental disorders SCL-90- R, CAS-1 scale, coping styles scal CISS (Endler & Parker, 1990), was completed. The research method was correlation and the proposed model through structural equation modeling (SEM) were analyzed. To test the mediating effects bootstrap method was used. Results:The results showed positive and significant impact CAS on depression and anxiety symptoms. The findings revealed a significant negative impact problem-focused coping style on anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients. Emotion-focused coping had positive significant effect on symptoms of anxiety and depression.The mediating role of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping styles in the relationship between CAS with anxiety and depression were also confirmed. Conclusion: According to results, Meta-cognitive structures like CAS & coping style structure are very important In the area of rehabilitation and Psychological well-being in burn patients That should be considered.
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Masoume Azizi
Volume 6, Issue 22 , September 2017, , Pages 88-100
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Aim: This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analysis of psychological risk factors migraines. Methods: This study was a meta-analysis. To this aim, the Iranian research’s in the field of psychological risk factors of migraine has criteria for a systematic review and was performed by ...
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Aim: This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analysis of psychological risk factors migraines. Methods: This study was a meta-analysis. To this aim, the Iranian research’s in the field of psychological risk factors of migraine has criteria for a systematic review and was performed by software. The 240 study was a systematic review, 29 studies were selected to review and 21 studies that had all the required criteria, were selected for meta-analysis. Results: The results showed that the psychological beliefs, emotions and mood disorders, personality, stress and coping strategies, social support and quality of sleep were associated with migraine. Somehow that effect size of belief with average 1.95; mood disorders 1.86, personality 3.45, stress and coping strategies 2.76, social support 1.10 and sleep quality 1.17 were considered psychological risk factors for migraine. The average size of the overall impact studies for the fixed effects model was Z = 17.43 and significant (P =0.000) and the random effects was Z = 1.85 and significant (P =0.049). Conclusion: Considering the results as a prelude to starting, is recommended a treatment protocol based on the psychological variables to improve the health of migraine treatment.
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anis khoshlahjeh sedgh
Volume 6, Issue 21 , May 2017, , Pages 116-128
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with constipation in Tehran who were referred to medical centers in Tehran and diagnosis of depression and severe anxiety was about them. Method: In this semi-experimental ...
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with constipation in Tehran who were referred to medical centers in Tehran and diagnosis of depression and severe anxiety was about them. Method: In this semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design was used. 30 people who were given a diagnosis of depression and severe anxiety about them, were assigned to two experimental and control groups. Both groups received drug treatment and testing by the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition and Spielberg were the pretest and posttest.After 3 months were followed. In this study was used to analyze the data from the test MANCOVA. Results: Results showed that cognitive therapy in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety were significantly effective.. Conclusion: The results suggest that cognitive therapy focuses on cognitive attentional syndrome and challenge the beliefs can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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Seyfullah Aghajani; HAMIDREZA SAMADIFARD; Mohammad Narimani
Volume 6, Issue 21 , May 2017, , Pages 142-156
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in Iran and the world. It is chronic, progressive and expensive and creates many complications. This study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief in the prediction of quality of life in diabetic patients. ...
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Objective: Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in Iran and the world. It is chronic, progressive and expensive and creates many complications. This study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief in the prediction of quality of life in diabetic patients. Methods: The study was based on a descriptive correlational method. Statistical population consisted of all patients with type 2 diabetes in Ardabil city in 2015. 124 diabetic patients were selected as the statistical sample using the convenience sampling. Data were collected through Dugas and Sextons cognitive avoidance scale (2008), Wells metacognitive belief scale (2004) and the world health organization quality of Life Scale (1996). Research data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression methods. Results: The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief with quality of life in diabetic patients (p < 0.05). Beta coefficients for predictor variables indicated that thoughts repression -0.16, thoughts succession -0.20, avoidance of threatening stimuli -0.22, changing image to thought -0.24 and metacognitive belief -0.12 have significantly predictive capability of Quality of Life in Diabetic Patients (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Thus, it can be concluded that cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief are considered the predicting variables related to quality of life in diabetic patients.
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Nooshin Pishva; Azam Bayanlou; hamid poursharifi; Tahereh Yavari
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2016, , Pages 57-68
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and quality of life in patients with clinical pain complain and healthy people. Method: The study sample consists of 200 participants (100 patients with pain complain and 100 healthy people between 18-60 years ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and quality of life in patients with clinical pain complain and healthy people. Method: The study sample consists of 200 participants (100 patients with pain complain and 100 healthy people between 18-60 years old) which were selected at convenience. Data were collected by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF36) and analyzed by independent samples t test, Pearson moment correlation method and Enter regression. Findings: Based on the findings, the two groups of patients and healthy participants were significantly different both in alexithymia scale and quality of life. Also correlation between alexithymia and quality of life in patients was stronger, particularly in difficulties describing emotions and external-oriented thinking subscales. Conclusion Results showed that pain causes strong relationship between alexithymia and quality of life; and the mental aspect of quality of life is more affected by alexithymia than others
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Zoha Saeedi; Hadi Bahrami; Ahmad Alipour
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2016, , Pages 85-98
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Objective: Many health problems arise directly from people`s behavioral choices, but people often do not behave in ways that could improve their health and extend their lives. The purpose of this study is to explore how self-compassion may play a role in relationship between self-control and health. ...
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Objective: Many health problems arise directly from people`s behavioral choices, but people often do not behave in ways that could improve their health and extend their lives. The purpose of this study is to explore how self-compassion may play a role in relationship between self-control and health. Methods: To do so, 127 students (45 males and 82 females) of the university of Tehran filled four-dimensional measure of health questionnaire and short form of self-compassion and self-control scales. Findings: The results revealed that self-compassion and self-control were correlated positively with health and the result of hierarchical regression analysis showed the moderating effect of self-compassion on the relationship between self-control and health. So that, in the higher level of self-compassion, self-control was a better predictor of health. Conclusion: These results are discussed in terms of the role of self-compassion in the stages of self-control (setting goals, taking action, evaluation and emotion regulation).
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Bahram Maleki; ahmad alipor; hosein zare; farhad shaghaghi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, , Pages 5-20
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AbstractBackground : the study of self esteem is one of the most common methods for studying individual differences in psychology.Acording the theory of the relationship between self-esteem and cardiovascular function ( Martinz , Greenberg, and Alan, 2008 ) self-esteem it can be related with feelings ...
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AbstractBackground : the study of self esteem is one of the most common methods for studying individual differences in psychology.Acording the theory of the relationship between self-esteem and cardiovascular function ( Martinz , Greenberg, and Alan, 2008 ) self-esteem it can be related with feelings of safety in the encounter with threat and stress Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between explicit and implicit self-esteem levels, with heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure as index of cardiovascular Methods: This study was a correlative study on a sample of 320 subjects of university with random sampling. Explicit and implicit self-esteem of subjects measured entering to laboratory of university and then blood pressure and heart rate were measured. Results: The results of Spearman's correlation coefficient and regression analysis showed that btween explicit self-esteem and cardiovascular function parameters were significant negative (p>0/01) correlation in all three cases. Regression analysis of data showed that explicit and implicit self-esteem could significantly predict systolic blood pressure and heart rate. In both cases, implicit self -esteem are more predictive power than explicit self-esteem. Conclusion: In overall results showed that low self-esteem significantly can be predictive of high heart rate and blood pressure and otherwise, high self-esteem can be predictive of low heart rate and blood pressure.
