Introduction: Emotional intelligence is a social skill thatcontrols stress and affects one’s ability to cope with the demandsand environmental pressures; it so can improve professionalcompetence in health care providers such as nursing students.Training on emotional intelligence increases the mental healthand influences the mutual relationships, stress, depression ...

Purpose Law enforcement ranks as one of the most stressful occupations in the world. Police Academy training does not prepare recruits to handle chronic occupational stress, which is known to lead to adverse health outcomes, such as depression and maladaptive behaviors. Yoga is a mind-body practice composed of postures, breathing, and meditation techniques and is known for its beneficial effect...

Introduction: Myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced antioxidants. Some studies have shown that exercise training increases the serum level antioxidants. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of rehabilitation training on antioxidant status in patients with myocardial infarction. Materials and methods: In this study, 20 patients with my...

the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of paaryaad training program on the development of motor skills of children aged between 6 and 8 who suffered from high function autism (hfa). for this purpose, 30 girls with hfa (mean age 7.1 ± 0.6 yr) were randomly selected from special schools of sanandaj city. then, according to the pretest scores, were assigned to control and exper...

Background: Staffs may suffer from high job stress and low quality of the marital relationship. Constructive skills can have a positive impact on them. Thus, the aim of the current research was to investigate the effectiveness of relationship enhancement (RE) approach training on job stress and quality of marital relationship among staffs of the Municipality of Karaj, Iran. Materials and Metho...

The purpose of this study was to a) determine the heart rate variability (HRV) and saliva markers of immunity (salivary immunoglobulin A; sIgA) and stress (salivary alpha-amylase; sAA) responses to chronic training in elite swimmers with a disability; and b) identify the relationships between HRV, sIgA, sAA and training volume. Eight members of a high performance Paralympic swimming program wer...

objectives: to investigate the effectiveness of resiliency training in improving the mother-child relationship between mothers and their children with mental retardation.  methods: this study employed an experimental design (pre-test, post-test) with the control group. the statistical population consisted of 52 mothers and their educable and mentally retarded children (3-12 years old) who were ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of stress management training on quality of life, functional capacity, and heart rate variability in elderly patients with New York Heart Association class I-III congestive heart failure (CHF). While substantial research exists on stress management training for patients with coronary heart disease, there are few data on the value of psychosoc...