A quasi-experimental trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of Psychological Resources Program, an intervention foster psychological resources for adults, on self-reported psychological...

Court-mandated male batterers (n = 192) attending an intervention program completed measures examining adult attachment orientations (anxious and avoidant), personality disorders (borderline and antisocial), type of violence (psychological and physical), and social desirability. Structural equation modeling was used to determine whether there were significant relationships between anxious attac...

Objective We investigated the influencing factors of the psychological resilience and self-efficacy of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and the relationships of psychological resilience and self-efficacy with negative emotion. Methods Eighty-eight participants were enrolled. Psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and negative emotion ...

BACKGROUND Long-term conditions may negatively impact multiple aspects of quality of life including physical functioning and mental wellbeing. The rapid systematic review aimed to examine the effectiveness of psychological interventions to improve quality of life in people with long-term conditions to inform future healthcare provision and research. METHODS EBSCOhost and OVID were used to sea...

BACKGROUND This preliminary study examined the effectiveness of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention at improving the quality of life among cancer patients. It was hypothesised that over the course of the intervention, patients would report increased psychological flexibility through acceptance of unpleasant thoughts and feelings, and that increased psychological flexibility ...

purpose: the aim of our current research was to study the effect of group reality therapy on psychological well-being of female headed household. the research method was semi-experimental of in equivalent type along with pretest and posttest. method: hence, 30 women among female headed household under the coverage of varamin city welfare organization were non-randomly selected, and randomly ass...

The Effects of Positive Psychology Intervention on Self-Efficacy and Psychological Hardiness of Female Students   S.A.A. Mortazavi Emami [1] Gh. Ahghar, Ph.D. [2] Z. Pirani, Ph.D. [3] H. Heidari, Ph.D. [4] R. HamidiPour, Ph.D. [5]   This study was carried out to determine the effects of positive psychology intervention on self-efficacy and psychological hardiness of female students. The...