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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.
Soheila Rahmani; Samaneh Mohammad pour; Bijan Pirnia; Eshagh Samekhanian; Abed Mahdavi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 21-34
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Objective: Attending to the psychological symptom in patient with breast cancer because of strong influence on Incidence, progression and prognosis of this disease is very important. The aim of present study was investigating the Effectiveness of Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Depression and Rumination in ...
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Objective: Attending to the psychological symptom in patient with breast cancer because of strong influence on Incidence, progression and prognosis of this disease is very important. The aim of present study was investigating the Effectiveness of Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Depression and Rumination in Women With Breast Cancer. Methods: This research was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow-up (2 & 4 Month) from February to May in 2013. In this study 24 Patient with breast cancer who attended to Imam Hosein Hospital in Tehran city were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly were assigned in 2 experimental group (n=12) and control group (n=12) and Structured Clinical Interview (SCID), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Ruminative Response Scale were administrated as pretest. In the end, post-test and 2 step follow-up (2 & 4 month) was administrated on two groups and data were analyzing with SPSS-20 software and multivariate covariance analysis. Results: The results of the present study indicated that after administrated Meta-Cognitive Therapy there were significant differences between the control and experimental groups (p. Conclotion: Considering the result of study that showed Meta-cognitive therapy in reduction of depression and rumination is effective, can be recommended that psychological screening in patient with breast cancer and attention to appropriate clinical trials for patient.
Khadije Aerab sheibani; Nila Akhondi; Mojgan Javedani Masru; Marziye Riahi Madvar
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 35-51
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Objective: Psychological capital is a new concept which has been raised since the third millennium and entered in organizational field since 2006. Given the unique role of this concept in the production of corporate wealth it has been changed into a research basis for researchers and scholars. Therefore, ...
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Objective: Psychological capital is a new concept which has been raised since the third millennium and entered in organizational field since 2006. Given the unique role of this concept in the production of corporate wealth it has been changed into a research basis for researchers and scholars. Therefore, the present study aims to design a model for promotion of psychological capital with an emphasis on illness perception. Method: Statistical population includes all employed patients who suffer diabetes type2 and who are members of Mashhad Diabetes Research Centre. Of this group 80 participants were selected according to available sample method. Data was collected by questionnaires of Illness Perception(IPQ), luthans capital of psychology and Quality Of Life Questionnair for Diabetes and was analyzed using structural equations and regression model with the help of Amos software. Results: The results showed that there is a positive relationship between illness perception and psychological capital, but this relation is not significant. However, when quality of life intervenes in this relationship, the coefficient and severity of correlation increases. Conclusion: Eventually, fitness test of the model confirms its appropriateness for diabetes patients
Alireza Aghayousefi; Maryam Zare; Hosein Zare; Farhad Shaghaghi; Mohamad Eftekhari
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 52-68
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Objective: Knowing about cognitive dissonance aspects and psychological components will be helpful not only in psychological field but also in commercial and political areas. Therefore the aim of this study was evaluation of relation between personality and physiological components of cognitive dissonance. ...
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Objective: Knowing about cognitive dissonance aspects and psychological components will be helpful not only in psychological field but also in commercial and political areas. Therefore the aim of this study was evaluation of relation between personality and physiological components of cognitive dissonance. Method: 130 students of Elmi-Karbordi University of Safadasht were invited and they were asked to complete Gray-Wilson Personality Questionnaire. Before and after distributing those questionnaires, their physiological conditions were receded. Cognitive dissonance was induced by writing about reducing amount of budget which deserved to orphans and rating the reduction of interest of lovely and popular character that ignore his or her fans. Data analysis conducted through correlation and regression analysis. Results: increasing in Flight and Approach scores was related to decreasing cognitive dissonance scores and increasing in Fight, Extinction and active avoidance was related to increasing cognitive dissonance scores. Also personality factors were able to predict physiological changes due to cognitive dissonance. Conclusion: personality traits are related to cognitive dissonance and its physiological components.
Mohamad Hatami; Mitra GHasemi; Jafar Hasani
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 69-86
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Objective: Chronic pain is a common medical illnesses . Purpose of this study is investigating the effectiveness of combination of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on mindfulness, resiliency and quality of life in patients with chronic pain in Tehran. Methods: ...
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Objective: Chronic pain is a common medical illnesses . Purpose of this study is investigating the effectiveness of combination of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on mindfulness, resiliency and quality of life in patients with chronic pain in Tehran. Methods: 2 patients with chronic pain were selected through convenience sampling and answered to these questionnaire; Connor and Davidson Resiliency Scale, Bauer and colleagues mindfulness questionnaire and quality of life questionnaire. This study was a basic, multiline, and single subject research. Results: CBT and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies has significant effects on increasing the scores of all three scales in both cases. So that the percentage of improvement in the scale of the mind awareness, resiliency and quality of life, for the first case has been respectively -71/57, -63/04 and -64/93 and for the second case was -76/66, -76 and -72/09 . Conclusion: Cognitive behavior therapy and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies is effective in increasing the mindfulness, resiliency and quality of life in patients with chronic pain.
Maryam Ajorloo; Ziba Irani; Mahnaz Aliakbari dehkordi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 87-107
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Aim:In this study we evaluated the effect of story therapy for reducing of anxiety and improving sleep habits on children with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follows up-test with the aim of continuing the story therapy in ...
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Aim:In this study we evaluated the effect of story therapy for reducing of anxiety and improving sleep habits on children with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follows up-test with the aim of continuing the story therapy in these groups. The population of this study included 7 to 10 years old children with cancer chemotherapy who were hospitalized at Children's Medical center in 1394. In this study, for each group (experimental and control), were considered 12 persons (totally 24 persons). We used available samples because of the problems for reach to these children. The questionnaires of scale multidimensional children anxiety and the children sleep habits scale were completed with help of their parents. Results: The results of Variance analysis and LSD tests shown there is a significant difference between two groups in terms of anxiety and sleep habits and in the excremental group anxiety reduced, and sleep habits improve, so we can say the story therapy has impacted(P Conclusion: so the story therapy can be used with other psychological therapies to treatment of anxiety and poor sleep habits as a useful way especially in patient’s children.
Ehsan Ghadimi; Adis Kraskian; Mehdi Fathi; Hasan Ahadi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 108-118
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Objective:Dressing change is a routine care practiced for burn patients, which due to the skin injury of patients, can be associated with severe pain. In spite of drug intervention, 75% of adult patients with burn have to tolerate severe pain in this process. The ...
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Objective:Dressing change is a routine care practiced for burn patients, which due to the skin injury of patients, can be associated with severe pain. In spite of drug intervention, 75% of adult patients with burn have to tolerate severe pain in this process. The results of studies suggest that non-pharmaceutical methods such as hypnosis can help pain management in burn patients beside drug treatments. Thus, this study seeks to explore the effectiveness of hypnosis in relieving pain associated with burn dressing change. Method: In this study, 30 patients with second-degree burn hospitalized in Imam Reza Hospital of Mashhad, were assigned to two experiment and control groups. Both groups received the same drugs, and the pain scores were estimated by a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before and after dress change. The experiment group was put under analgesic hypnosis during dressing change. The data were recorded for a week and mean and standard deviation were used for data description, and covariance analysis and significant level (p< 0/01) were used for data analysis. Findings:The findings indicate a significant difference between the results of pretest and posttest group in the experiment group. The same significant difference was also observed in the results of posttest in the experiment and control groups as well. However, there was not any significant difference between pretest results of the control and experiment groups or the pretest and posttest results of the control group. Conclusion:The results suggest the efficacy of hypnosis in reducing pain associated with burn dressing change
Ahmad Valikhani; Ali Firouzabadi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 119-140
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological ...
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological factors on death anxiety in cancer patients could us help to substantial contribute in understanding and managing this kind of existential anxiety. Methods: In order to comparing and examining the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles, 210 people, including 70 members of three groups of cancer patients under chemotherapy, hospital staff, and ordinary people who were matched the demographic variables were recruited and completed Templer Death Anxiety scale and Attachment Styles questionnaire. For analyzing Data series of variance analyses and Pearson correlation coefficients was used. Results: Results showed that death anxiety was positively and significantly linked with insecure attachment styles and was negatively and significantly correlated with secure attachment style in cancer group. Comparison of attachment styles among groups showed that there were significantly differences between the styles of relationship as secondary, preoccupation with relationship, and need for approval. So that, cancer patients had higher scores in insecure attachment styles (relationship as secondary and preoccupation with relationship) than hospital staff. Furthermore, there was significantly difference in the style of need for approval between hospital staff and cancer patients, also hospital staff and ordinary people. Hospital staff had less mean score than cancer patients group and ordinary people. Conclusion: Since the results demonstrated that death anxiety is more common in cancer patients, and according to the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles especially in the cancer group it can be said that we can use the issue for managing death anxiety of cancer patients.
Esmaeil Kheyrjoo; Mahboobe Taher; Farnaz Farshbaf; Parvane Alaei
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, Pages 141-152
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Objective: According to psycho-social factors are effective on appearance and progression of heart disease, this study performed with the purpose of comparison tolerance of ambiguity, psychological capital and coping strategies in cardiac patients and health people. Methods: The design study was descriptive-causal ...
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Objective: According to psycho-social factors are effective on appearance and progression of heart disease, this study performed with the purpose of comparison tolerance of ambiguity, psychological capital and coping strategies in cardiac patients and health people. Methods: The design study was descriptive-causal comparative. The statistical population includes all heart patients and healthy people, 20 to 80 years old from Tabriz city in 2014 year that among them, 50 patients and 50 healthy individual who were matched with respect to demographic characteristics were selected by available sampling method. They answered questionnaires of tolerance of ambiguity (Rydell & Rosen's, 1990), psychological capital (Luthans & et al, 2007) and coping strategies (Andler & Parker, 1990). Results: The results of multivariate analysis of variance have been showed mean of problem focused coping strategy (F=4/07), psychological capital (F=7/35), self-efficacy (F=5/67) and resiliency (F=4/47) in heart patient are significantly less than healthy people and mean of emotion focused coping strategy (F=4/78) and intolerance of ambiguity (F=11/17) in heart patient are significantly more than healthy people but significant different wasn't found in components of hope (F=3/68) and optimism (F=3/49). Conclusion: The results of this research intolerance of ambiguity and psychological capital in heart patient are significantly less than healthy people and this patient use emotion focused coping strategy further for coping with stress.
