Introduction: Mental health is affected by several variables, among which the most important ones could be considered job burnout, social support and psychological hardiness. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of job burnout, social support and psychological hardiness with mental health among nurses. Methods: This was a descriptive–analytical research from the correlation...

Background & objectives: Marital relationship is one of the significant dimensions of life. Having marital satisfaction plays an important role in professional status of nurses. Appreciation, sense of humor and social support are factors that can effect on marital relationship. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationships between appreciation, sense of humor and social su...

Introduction: The relationship between social support and depression can have implications for the outcome of breast cancer treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine social support and its relation to depression in women with breast cancer. Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study performed in Tabriz in 2018. A total of 240 patients with breast cancer who met the inclus...

  Background : Most of infertile couples experience loneliness, which is intensified with inappropriate response of others. Loneliness is not only an unpleasant feeling, but it is associated with variety of somatic complaints and psychological distress. Most studies have shown that social support reduces psychological distress and has inverse relation with loneliness.   Objective : To determine...

Abstract Introduction: Chronic pain, especially skeletal muscle pain, is very common and can affect the quality of life and health of the patient and families; Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between behavioral inhibition system and pain perception by mediating role of pain catastrophe and perceived social support in people with chronic pain syndrome....

Background: Adjustment to heart disease, as a stressful experience, is a complicated process and causes serious problems for a heart patient. The present study aimed to find the relation between adjustment to heart disease and resilience, spiritual well-being, and social support.     Methods: In this cross-sectional study a total of 327 patients with coronary artery disease (138 women and 189...

  Background and aims: Carpet knitters play an important role in economic systems of families and they are dealing with stress at work for many reasons. Therefore, they need both external and internal supporting resources for coping with these stresses. Among supporting resources, self-esteem is the most internal and social support is the most external supporting resources. This study was desig...

Background and Objectives: Research has shown that 80% of people’s success is associated with emotional intelligence-related skills. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of emotional intelligence training based on social support theory on assuaging perceived stress and promoting communication skills among male high school students of Hamadan, Iran. Materials and ...