the relationships between forgiveness and d-type personality with hope in patient with coronary heart disease in urmia city

the relationships between forgiveness and d-type personality with hope in patient with coronary heart disease in urmia city     issazadegan a [1] , shykhi s [2] , banehasmishishevan sr [3] , salmanpour h [4]     received: 12 oct, 2011 accepted: 15 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims : many studies have demonstrated the role of psychological and behavioral risk factors in the etiology and pathogenesis of cardiovascular disorders. the present research aimed to examine the relationship between psychological factors d- type personality and forgiveness with hope level among individual suffering from coronary heart disease.   materials & methods : 132 patients from three hospital of urmia city and private offices were selected by available sampling method. the d-type personality scale (denollet), heartland forgiveness scale (hfs), and snyder hope scale (hs) were used as analyzing tools. data was analyzed using correlation and stepwise regression analysis method.   result : the results showed that there was significant positive relationship between hope and forgiveness (r=/038,p<0/01). and there was significant negative relationship between type d personality and forgiveness( r=-0/22,p<0/01). also there was significant negative relationship between type d personality and hope(r=-0/48,p<0/01). the regression analysis showed that forgiveness and type d personality were able to predict 31/1 percent of the variance of hope between patients with coronary heart disease.   conclusion: the result of this research emphasizes the need to recognize the role of forgiveness and type d personality in patients with coronary heart disease.   keywords: forgiveness, d-type personality, hope, coronary heart disease    address: urmia, faculty of literature and humanities urmia university, p.o.box : 57198-48375   tel: (+98) 4413362008   email: [email protected]   [1] assistant professor of psychology faculty of literature and humanities urmia university   [2] assistant professor of clinical psychology, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran (corresponding autor)  [3] m.a in clinical psychology  [4] m.a in educational psychology