Background: Paying attention to the psychological health of pregnant women, especially during the critical time of the coronavirus outbreak, is a major global concern, especially in Iran. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between coping self-efficacy and social support with the psychological well-being of pregnant women referring to health centers during the c...

OBJECTIVE To describe the level of social support and quality of life in heart failure patients, and to examine their relationship with perceived social support and quality of life. METHODS The cross-sectional study was carried out in the cardiology outpatient units of two university hospitals in Izmir, Turkey, between January and September 2010. Using convenience sampling the study comprised...

Background: Working in a hospital involves a lot of long-term stress, which affects people who work in helping professions and are immersed in others’ problems. The present study aimed to determine the relationships of psychological capital, mental health, and health anxiety with psychological vulnerability through the mediating role of emotional processing and perceived social support in nurse...

Research on women and depression has neglected to explore how the factors that put women at risk for depression apply to lesbians. The present study examined four of the risk factors consistently cited in the women and depression literature (relationship status, relationship satisfaction, social support from friends, and social support from family), and two unique factors (outness and relations...

PURPOSE Recent studies have shown that perceived social support is associated with gratitude and sense of coherence, but evidence for this concept remains scarce. In the present study, we investigated relationships between social support, gratitude, and sense of coherence, focusing on the construct of and source of social support among young women. METHODS The study was conducted in 2014 in J...

conclusions the 11 item hausa-mspss index is valid for the assessment of perceived social support among stroke survivors in nigeria. results based on expert panel, clinicians’ review and patients’ feedback, the 12 item hausa-mspss had sufficient face, content and criterion validity. in reliability analysis, the cronbach’s alpha was 0.781. in test-retest reliability analysis, the minimum kappa v...

the purpose of this research was the the role of coping styles and social support in discriminating of students with high and low test anxiety. 387 of students in azad university of kermanshah selected by clustered sampling and filled the students coping scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support and test anxiety questionnaire. results indicated that there is meaningful correl...