OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of depression on a group of Iranian older adults based on components of health locus of control. METHOD Sixty-six men and 42 women over the age of 55 were recruited from the retirement clubs in Shiraz, using convenience sampling. The participants completed the research questionnaires including the Geriatric Depression Scale (GD...

BACKGROUND Mind-body interventions are used to alleviate physical and psychological symptoms. The multidimensional assessment of interoceptive awareness (MAIA), which is used to self-report the effects of mind-body interventions, is not currently available in Chinese. PURPOSE This study aimed to translate the MAIA from English into Chinese (MAIA-C) and to examine the psychometric properties o...

BACKGROUND The present study examines the moderating role of global depression severity on the relation of melancholic versus non-melancholic depression to severe and non-severe levels of stress. METHOD A community sample of 50 women with unipolar major depressive disorder, of which 54% met Research Diagnostic Criteria for melancholic depression, were interviewed regarding stressful life even...

INTRODUCTION Men's role in HIV prevention is pivotal to changing the course of the epidemic. When men participate in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs, their knowledge of HIV increases, their behavior becomes supportive, and their receptiveness to HIV testing increases. In Cameroon, Africa, multiple efforts have been implemented that encourage men to "follow" their wiv...

It was aimed to determine the effect of technology use levels university students studying in field health on their digital reading self-efficacy and examine them according different variables, this study. The screening model determined for research data were obtained by convenience sampling method. sample group consists 461 (372 female-89 male) at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. applying "Reliabi...