In recent years there has been a steadily growing interest of religious/spiritual issues in several areas of psychology; a variety of reliable and valid means of assessing the different facets of religiosity/spirituality have been developed. However, there is still some need for multidimensional approaches. With respect to the positive experience with the German version of the Multidimensional ...

Over 40,000 people are now living with diagnosed HIV in the UK. There is, however, uncertainty about how people with HIV use religion or spirituality to cope with their infection. Adopting a modified grounded theory approach, we analysed individual and group interviews with the people most affected by HIV in the UK: black African heterosexual men and women and gay men (mostly white). For the ma...

OBJECTIVE Comparing the quality of caregivers' lives when they are related to child and adult patients suffering from chronic diseases (Cartagena, Colombia). METHOD This cross-sectional study was carried out on 91 child and 97 adult patient caregivers in three hospitals located in Cartagena, Colombia. Ferrell et al.'s psychometric test was used for ascertaining social well-being. Student's t-...

The focus of the research project presented in this article is on the structure of the life stories of elderly people living in old age homes and its relationship to wellbeing or quality of life and the quality of the caring relationship. In an experimental design, we are testing the hypothesis that intervention with narrative methods has a positive effect on existential well-being and quality ...

life style is a blend of behavioral and personal habits and encompasses different aspects like nutrition, physical activity, stress, tobacco consumption and sleeping quality which is resulted from socialization process. regarding performed investigations, people with appropriate lifestyle are healthier, and this issue is more important for military forces which must have a higher level of physi...

This dissertation consists of two articles written to address the context of type 2 diabetes care in African American women. In addition, the proposal and required Institutional Review Board (IRB) documentation are included as Appendices. The first article is a review of the existing literature regarding the psychosocial and spiritual aspects of type 2 diabetes management and outcomes in Africa...

BACKGROUND The role of psycosocial factors in the disease progression of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to prospectively evaluate the prognostic value of behavioral patterns and the quality of life (QOL) of patients with CHC. METHODS Two hundred and forty Japanese CHC patients (mean age 62.4 years) were assessed for behavioral patterns (St...

After Christians, Muslims represent the largest religious grouping in the UK. According to census statistics, there are approximately 1.6 million Muslims in the UK, approximately 54% of who were born outside of the UK. There has been emerging interest in the use of traditional healers by South Asians in the UK. Early studies by Aslam3 and Healey & Aslam4 focused upon health seeking behaviour am...

Nurses play a pivotal role in providing quality healthcare to patients. Their caring behavior contributes significantly to the satisfaction, wellbeing of patients, and performance of healthcare organizations [2]. Poor quality of care exhibited by the nurses can have a telling effect on the sustainability of healthcare organizations [3]. Therefore, it is imperative that nurses with right charact...

Background and Objectives: Divorce is a stressful life event both for parents and children. Nowadays, an increase in the divorce rate is one of the major problems and concerns in many countries of the world, especially in Iran. Divorce can be a deterrent factor in the personal growth and development of the children from broken families. This study aimed to develop a group-counseling model based...