Background and Purpose: Social support is considered as a facilitator of health behaviors in women. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the status of social support and its associated dimensions in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Methods: This analytical study was conducted on 310 pregnant and non-pregnant women referring to the health-care centers of Zarqan city in Shiraz, Ira...

Background and Objective: Given that the elderly population has been increasing in recent years in Iran, studying their life expectancy and its related factors is necessary. Thus, we aimed to examine the relationship of perceived social support and self-actualization with life expectancy in the elderly of Tehran city. Materials and Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on...

Background and purpose: Social support is an important feature that can play a major role in creating, maintaining, and promoting health in addition to neutralizing and influencing stressors. Therefore, social factors affecting health are of great importance. This study aimed at investigating the correlation between social support and lifestyle components in patients with myocardial infarction....

Objective: Social protection is one of the most important predictors of people’s health. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between social support and life quality, among disableds of Raad’s educational institutes. Materials & Methods: In this cross-correlation research 195 disableds that aged between 18-35 were selected with stratified random sampling method from Raad’s...

Background & Aim: Chronic diseases are one of the most prevalent health problems affecting the quality of an adolescent's interaction with others. Social support can be important particularly during adolescence due to the many internal and external changes that happen to a person. This study aimed to determine the levels of perceived social support and its correlated factors in adolescents with...

The research aimed to study the mediating role of perceived social support in the relation between adult attachment styles and social media addiction of Instagram users The statistical population of the study consisted of adult Instagram users in Tehran. The sample comprised 50 adults aged 18-60 who completed the measures adult attachment styles scale. perceived social support inquiry and socia...

Background and Objective: The number and proportion of elderly people are increasing in the world. The present century is not concerned with survival, but the increase in the quality of life and psychological well-being of people. The most important indicator of psychological well-being in the old age is the morale. One of the parameters affecting compatibility with the aging process an...

Background and Objective: Smoking has various socio-economic consequences and is related with social support. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the association between smoking and social support from families, friends, and significant others in adults. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between 2014 and 2016 in the framework of Tehran Lipid and...

According to positive effects of social support and resiliency on positive adjustment and individual's development in problematic positions, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of predicting resiliency and social support in general mental health in parents of deaf and blind children. The sample population was all of the parents of deaf and blind children in Shiraz in t...