menopause is one of the steps in women’s life which is accompanied by reducing physical and psychological abilities. because estrogen and other hormonal influences during menopause affect the brain's regulation of mood, hormonal changes can cause some women to experience anxiety during menopause. anxiety is a psychological state characterized by excessive and persistent worry, tension and ...

conclusions the present study showed that life skills training program did not affect self-efficacy of nursing students. perhaps, the methods used in education were influencing and then, more effective techniques such as role-play and group discussion should be substituted in life skills training. results in the untrained and trained groups, 23% and 8% of the students had very high self-efficac...

a b s t r a c t abstract- methamphetamine has rapidly become more prominent in iran, which is now second most common drug behind heroin. moreover, initiation of methamphetamine abuse is a major cause of failure of opioid treatment programs such as methadone maintenance treatment. this calls for development of more effective treatment methods for methamphetamine addiction, and especially develop...

conclusions nursing management and custodians of nursing trainings can break through the barriers to self-efficacy by knowing these factors and making changes in the educational programs and providing supporting policies. this can be an important step toward improving nurses’ inefficacy and ultimately improving the provision of quality healthcare services. objectives the present paper attempts ...

abstract aim and background: the purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of multiple sclerosis self-efficacy scale (msss) in a sample population of iranian patients. methods and materials: this research is a descriptive-correlational study with a population of patients afflicted with ms from north khorasan and hamedan provinces. a number of 120 patients, who had ...

abstract   background: academic burnout is the state of negative emotions and low motivation in one’s education. understanding the status of academic burnout is the primary step to make proper decisions. the present study, therefore, was conducted to investigate comparative degrees of academic burnout among medical students in their first five semesters of medical education at shahid beheshti u...

conclusions based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that self-efficacy beliefs and social support play effective roles in preventing patients from addiction relapse. results findings revealed significant differences between participants without relapse and participants with relapse in terms of “self-efficacy beliefs” and “social support”. the two variables of self-efficacy belie...

objective: the present study aimed to review the relationships between procrastination and two self-factors self-efficacy and self-esteem. methods: participants were 140 undergraduates psychology students enrolled in mohagheg ardabili university, ardabil, iran. instruments used for collecting the required data were the student-version of the general procrastination scale (gp-s), general self-ef...

background personal, behavioral, psychological, social and psychological factors disorders can influence the outbreak of psychological disorders. the study aimed to examine the prevalence and severity of depression and relationship with self-efficacy in diabetic patients of fereydan and chadegan cities. methods: the research was a descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional, which studies 403 pati...

biological efficacy of trichoderma species may differ due to variations in ecosystems. this study was conducted to assess the biocontrol efficacy of some native trichoderma isolates against fusarium oxysporum, an important causal agent of potato wilt disease under laboratory and greenhouse conditions in shahrood agricultural research center, shahrood, iran during 2006-2007. fourteen isolates we...