Background and Objectives: The decreased level of self-esteem and life satisfaction is prevalent among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an Islamic approach to hope therapy on the promotion of self-esteem and life satisfaction in comparison with its conventional approach in patients with CAD. Methods: The study was conducte...

This study examined a process model linking psychological need satisfaction to unhealthy weight control behaviors. Female University students (N = 220; M age = 20.47; SD = 5.07) completed questionnaires measuring need satisfaction, appearance-contingent self-worth, weightrelated appearance anxiety and unhealthy weight control behaviors. Structural equation modeling revealed that need satisfacti...

BACKGROUND We examined adolescents' differentiation of their self-reported physical and mental health status, the relative importance of these variables and five important life domains (satisfaction with family, friends, living environment, school and self) with respect to adolescents' global quality of life (QOL), and the extent to which the five life domains mediate the relationships between ...

Abstract The purpose of the study was to test a model factors predicting teachers’ job and life satisfaction, burnout, dispositional optimism, social support, perceived workload, self-efficacy. extends Lent Brown’s (J Voc Behav 69(2):236–247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2006.02.006 , 2006; J Career Assess 16(1):6–21, https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072707305769 2008) cognitive interaction sources...

BACKGROUND Findings from quality of life studies are often inconclusive for reasons such as: i) estimates may address different aspects of quality of life and thus produce different outcomes; ii) quality of life is largely determined by self-factors; and iii) people with a long-term condition rate their quality of life better than those who have had their condition for a short duration. This ma...

Core self-evaluations (CSE) have been proposed as a static personality trait that influences individuals' work experiences. However, CSE can also be influenced by work experiences. Based on the corresponsive principle of personality development, this study incorporated both dispositional and contextual perspectives to examine longitudinal reciprocal relationships between CSE and job satisfactio...

In two studies, we examined the role of perceived fulfillment of parental expectations in the subjective well-being of college students. In Study 1, we found that American college students reported having higher levels of life satisfaction and self-esteem than did Japanese college students. American college students also reported having fulfilled parental expectations to a greater degree than d...

background: job satisfaction among nurses has consequences on the quality of nursing care and accompanying organizational commitments. nursing procedure measurement (npm) is one of the essential parts of the performance‑oriented system. this research was performed in order to determining the job satisfaction rate in selected wards of baqiyatallah (a. s.) hospital prior and following the npm. ma...