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Mohammad Ali Besharat; Fariba Zarani; Golnaz Mazaheri Nejad Fard; Gholamreza Sarrami foroushani; Maryam Haji SeyedSadeghi
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Objective: Given the importance of screening as one of the health behaviors in cervical cancer, this study aims to develop and evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior Scale (CCSBS).Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 376 women referred to Javaheri Health ...
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Objective: Given the importance of screening as one of the health behaviors in cervical cancer, this study aims to develop and evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior Scale (CCSBS).Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 376 women referred to Javaheri Health Center during the study period were selected through convenience sampling. Then, the scale was developed, and its content and face validities were examined. To ensure divergent and convergent validity, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used. The internal consistency method (Cronbach's alpha) was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Finally, confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess the construct validity of the CCSBS, and SPSS and LISREL software were applied to analyze the data.Results: The findings of this study provided strong support, which confirmed the content and face validities. Regarding the convergent and divergent validity, perceived vulnerability, perceived severity and deterioration, and perceived barriers have a direct and significant relationship with the three variables of depression, anxiety, and stress. On the other hand, perceived motivation had a significant inverse correlation with all three variables of depression, anxiety, and stress. Additionally, perceived self-efficacy had a significant inverse correlation with depression. The results of Cronbach's alpha indicated the appropriate internal consistency of the whole questionnaire and its components. Cronbach's alpha for the whole questionnaire was 0.78. According to confirmatory factor analysis, the goodness of fit indicators of the proposed model was confirmed and the paths were significant.Conclusion: CCSBS is a reliable and valid tool for measuring the screening behavior of cervical cancer in Iranian women and it appears to be a comprehensive and useful tool for assessing women's beliefs related to cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening.
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Hanieh Shahrabi Farahani; Mansoureh Sadat . Sadeghi; Fereshte Mootabi; Fazlollah Ahmadi; zahra Bigham
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Researchers believe that separation and divorce are the most important stressful events that can happen in life. Therefore, divorce is a complex and painful process that leads to changes in different areas of life and requires coping strategies. This is despite the fact that more studies have focused ...
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Researchers believe that separation and divorce are the most important stressful events that can happen in life. Therefore, divorce is a complex and painful process that leads to changes in different areas of life and requires coping strategies. This is despite the fact that more studies have focused on women and children after divorce, and men's divorce has been neglected. The present scoping review seeks to investigate, identify, and plot the main concepts relating to men's divorce and its dimensions, domains, impacts and factors based on the main references and evidence. The scoping review method was used to search electronic databases for relevant articles. Of the 3025 abstracts initially identified, after screening both abstracts and full texts, 26 studies were selected for inclusion in this review. After abstracting key information from each study, a content analysis was conducted. Five themes were identified from the content analysis: 1) Demographic, 2) child custody, 3) Psychological factors, 4) attachment style and 5) Coping strategies. This study explained and identified the men's divorce components, its results can reduce the negative effects of divorce on men.
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fatemeh (sousan) jabbari; Sedigheh Gohari; Mahboobeh Alborzi
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of spiritual intervention on quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments.
Method: A semi-experimental, pre-test, and post-test design was conducted on 32 visually impaired students of Shoorideh Shirazi School ...
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of spiritual intervention on quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments.
Method: A semi-experimental, pre-test, and post-test design was conducted on 32 visually impaired students of Shoorideh Shirazi School for the Blind in 2019-2020 through convenience and purposive sampling. 12 sessions of the spiritual intervention were presented to the experimental group for two months as two sessions per week, while the control group received only the same daily school educational program offered to the experimental group. Using the Quality of Life Questionnaire (1992) and the King Spiritual Intelligence Scale (2008), the level of the individual’s quality of life and spiritual intelligence before and after the intervention was evaluated. After the posttest, SPSS software was used to analyze data; mean and standard deviation were used in the descriptive statistics section, and univariate analysis of covariance in the inferential statistics section.
Result: In total, 32 students participated in the study. There was a significant difference between visually impaired students’ levels of quality of life (F=4.833, p>0.05) and the level of spiritual intelligence (F=178.943, p>0.05) in the experimental and control groups.
Conclusion: After the spiritual intervention, the level of students’ quality of life and level of spiritual intelligence increased significantly. Based on the results, it can be concluded that spiritual intervention can help enhance the quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments.
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Kioumars Beshlideh; Raziyeh Abedini velamdehy; Fariba pahlevani; fatemeh alhabib; vahid sadeghi-firoozabadi
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Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the causal pattern of the relationship between personality variables and coronavirus-related health attitudes mediated by the internal locus of control and the moderating role of self-esteem in students.
Method: The sample participants comprised 150 ...
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Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the causal pattern of the relationship between personality variables and coronavirus-related health attitudes mediated by the internal locus of control and the moderating role of self-esteem in students.
Method: The sample participants comprised 150 students of varying educational levels who completed the Health Behavior, Health Attitude, Internal Locus of Control, risk-taking, self-esteem, and conscientiousness and neuroticism questionnaires online and through messaging applications (Telegram & WhatsApp). To analyze data, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to measure the fitness of the model and examine direct relationships. The mediator relationship was measured via Bootstrap, and the moderator relations were analyzed with hierarchical regression.
Results: The results showed that the model fit well with the data, and all direct relationships, except the relationship between risk-taking and health attitudes, were confirmed. The findings also confirmed the mediating role of the internal locus of control in the relationship between personality traits and health attitudes. The results further indicated the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between the internal locus of control and students' health attitudes. In other words, the relationship between the internal locus of control and health attitudes in students with higher self-esteem is stronger than the relationship in which students reported lower self-esteem.
Conclusion: The results also confirmed the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between neuroticism and students' health attitudes. In other words, the relationship between neuroticism and health attitudes in students with lower self-esteem is stronger than the relationship in which students reported higher self-esteem.
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Payam Varaee; Roghayeh Taghipoor; Ferdous kazemi delivand; Najmeh Darroudi
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Objective:The purpose of this study was to compare the methods of coping with coronavirus anxiety and the mental health of female athletes aged 30-50 years participating in aerobics and non-athletes in Tehran.
Method:This study was descriptive and causal-comparative. The study's statistical population ...
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Objective:The purpose of this study was to compare the methods of coping with coronavirus anxiety and the mental health of female athletes aged 30-50 years participating in aerobics and non-athletes in Tehran.
Method:This study was descriptive and causal-comparative. The study's statistical population consisted of all female athletes aged 30 to 50 years in the field of aerobics and non-athletes in Tehran in the year 2021-2022. In this study, 50 female athletes from Tehran's 2nd district were selected through a voluntary sampling, while 50 non-athletic women voluntarily participated. Data were collected using the 12-GHQ Mental Health Scale (Goldberg & Williams, 1988) and the Stress Coping Styles Scale (Endler & Parker, 1990). Data analysis was performed using SPSS24 software, employing multivariate statistical analysis of variance.
Results:The research findings indicate a significant difference in coping styles between athlete and non-athlete females. Specifically, the score for problem-oriented coping style in female athletes was higher than non-athletes (P<0.05). The score for emotion-oriented coping style was also higher in female athletes compared to non-athletic women (P<0.05). However, the score for avoidance coping style in female athletes was lower than in non-athletic women (P<0.05). Regarding mental health, the average score for mental health in female aerobics participants was lower than that in non-athletes (P<0.05). A lower score in mental health is considered indicative of better mental health. Therefore, it can be concluded that female athletes have better mental health compared to non-athletic females.
Conclusion:The study's results suggest that female athletes and non-athletes have different coping styles when dealing with coronavirus anxiety. Female athletes tend to employ problem-oriented and emotion-oriented coping styles more frequently, while non-athletes are inclined toward avoidance coping styles. Furthermore, female athletes demonstrate better mental health than their non-athletic counterparts.
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Arezou asghari; parvin rafieinia
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Objective: Eating disorders are one of the most problematic psychological issues that are highly associated with mental health disorders such as anxiety and mood disorders, substance abuse disorders, and personality disorders.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify the canonical analysis of relationships ...
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Objective: Eating disorders are one of the most problematic psychological issues that are highly associated with mental health disorders such as anxiety and mood disorders, substance abuse disorders, and personality disorders.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify the canonical analysis of relationships between coping strategies and parental bonding with eating disorders in students.
Methods: The method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all female undergraduate students of Kosar University of Bojnord in the academic year 2019. The research sample consisted of 250 students who were selected by convenience sampling from all female students of Kosar University of Bojnord. To collect data, the eating attitude test (EAT-26, 1982), coping with stressful situation questionnaire (CISS, 1994), and parent bonding instrument (PBI, 1979) were used. The collected data were analyzed using canonical correlation.
Results: The Results showed that components of parental banding, care (0.43, 0.42, and 0.43), and overprotection (0.39, 0.29, and 0.22) were positively related to eating disorders subscales (P<0.01); additionally, from coping strategies’ components emotion-oriented (0.12, 0.14, and 0.14) and avoidance-oriented coping (0.24, 0.22, and 0.16) had positive significant relationship with eating disorders (P<0.05). Canonical correlation also indicated the predictive role of parental bonding on eating disorders (P<0.001).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that teaching adaptive coping strategies and parental involvement in treatment interventions can prevent and reduce eating disorders in students.
