Pariya Sohrabi; heman mahmoudfakhe
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological diseases. The disease is clinically defined by the involvement of different places of the central nervous system (CNS) at different times. Its peak incidence is between the ages of 20 and 40. The experience of pain plays an important ...
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Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological diseases. The disease is clinically defined by the involvement of different places of the central nervous system (CNS) at different times. Its peak incidence is between the ages of 20 and 40. The experience of pain plays an important role in the mental health and quality of life of MS patients. Research also shows that if MS patients have high levels of self-compassion, they can more easily manage negative situations. The aim of this research is to the effectiveness of the mindfulness training programs on the perception of pain experience and self-compassion in MS patients. Method: The current research is an experiment with an available sampling methods. The sample includes 40 MS patients, 20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group. A mindfulness training programs (Kabat- Zinn), McGill Pain Experience Scale (MPQ), and NF Self-Compassion Questionnaire (SCS-LF) were used to collect data. The data were analyzed through the statistical test of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).Results: The results showed that the average difference between the groups regarding pain experience (F=49.270), and self-compassion (F=51.249) are significant. Therefore, it can be said that increasing self-compassion causes more efficiency in facing stressful situations. Conclusion: Therefore, by improving cognitive processes such as self-compassion, mindfulness training also affects people's experience of pain. It is suggested to increase this skill in people by implementing the necessary training to the family about strategies to strengthen mindfulness.
Psychological interventions in health and diseases
Ali Afshari
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will be very difficult for them to face if they do not have proper emotional control and effective coping skills. The aim of the present study is to determine the role of coping strategies as a mediator factor in the relationship between stressful events and resilience among university students.Methods: ...
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will be very difficult for them to face if they do not have proper emotional control and effective coping skills. The aim of the present study is to determine the role of coping strategies as a mediator factor in the relationship between stressful events and resilience among university students.Methods: Being of a basic-correlation kind, the population of this research is the whole students of a university in the academic year of 2017-2018. To this end, 373 students were selected based on Morgan’s table and multi-stage cluster sampling. The required data was gathered through the resilience questionnaire (CD-RSC), coping strategies questionnaire (CISS), and stressful events questionnaire (LEQ-12). In order to explore the research hypotheses, correlation, path analysis, and simultaneous multiple regression were recruited.Results: According to the obtained results, there is a negative relationship between stressful events and resilience (p < 0.01), and a positive relationship between problem-oriented strategy and resilience (p < 0.01). , there is a negative relationship between emotion oriented strategy and resilience (p < 0.01), between avoidance strategy and resilience there is a negative relationship (p < 0.01), between strategy Problem-oriented and stressful events have a negative relationship (p<0.01), positive relationship between emotion-oriented strategy and stressful events (p<0.01) and between avoidance strategy and stressful events have a positive relationship (p<0.01).Conclusions: According to the results, teaching coping strategies can lead to increased resilience.
Psychological and social aspects of disease prevention
Mohammad Hadi Yadollahpour; Danial Masoudi; Angela Hamidia; ُSoraya Khafri; Neda Ahangari; Mahbobeh Faramarzi
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Objective: Psychological defense mechanisms reflect how individuals cope with conflicts and stress. This study aimed to describes defense mechanisms in medical interns and their correlation with spiritual health.Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students of the academic ...
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Objective: Psychological defense mechanisms reflect how individuals cope with conflicts and stress. This study aimed to describes defense mechanisms in medical interns and their correlation with spiritual health.Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students of the academic year 2023. 168 medical interns meeting the study criteria completed two questionnaires including defense mechanisms (DSQ-40) by Andrews et al. (1993) and spiritual health Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) .The analysis was performed using SPSS.v25 software with Pearson, t-tests, and ANOVA tests.Results: The mean score of mature defense mechanisms (43.31±16.83) among medical interns was higher than immature (98.52±52.8) and neurotic (36.75±18.3) defense mechanisms. The immature defense mechanism was significantly higher in males compared to in females (99.43±23.41 vs 108.47±23.21, p=0.014). Also, the mean score of immature defense mechanisms in single individuals was significantly higher than in married ones (106.66±24.02 vs 93.12±19.56, p=0.001). The spiritual health of interns had a significant and direct correlation (r=0.249) with mature defense mechanisms and a significant negative correlation (r=-0.336) with immature defense mechanisms.Conclusion: Higher spiritual health in medical interns is associated with greater use of mature defense mechanisms and lesser use of immature defense mechanisms.Keywords: defense mechanisms, spiritual health, medical interns, mature defense, immature defense.
