Tofangchi, Maryam

PhD Student in Psychology, Department of psychology, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

[ 1 ] - The casual relationship between self-compassion and self-criticism among female patients with tension-type headaches using structural equation modeling

Aims and background: As shown in many studies, one of the most important reasons for headaches in individuals is their tendency to self-criticism. Discovering some protective factors in order to moderate this tendency, thus, can be one of the important goals of health psychology research. Therefore, the current study aimed at investigating the relationship between self-compassion and self-criti...

[ 2 ] - The Psychometric Properties of Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) in Women with Tension-Type Headaches

Aims and background: Distress tolerance is an important psychological phenomenon which affects self-regulation processes including cognitive appraisal of emotional or physical states. Given that individuals with tension-type headaches are most likely to have low levels of distress tolerance, the evaluation of this variable is, therefore, very essential as the initial step of treatment in this p...

[ 3 ] - The validity and reliability of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale in women with tension-type headaches

Aim and Background: Examining fear of negative evaluation as one of psychological causes in headaches is important. The aim of the present study was to investigate validation and psychometric properties of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNES, Leary, 1983) in a group of women with tension-type headaches. Methods and Materials: A total of 110 women with tension-type headaches in ...

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