in islam, there is special emphesize about the effect of spirituality on humans’ physical and psychological health. one of the very new construct in spirituality is spiritual capital and other is spiritual wellbeing. current research was carried out with the aim of construction spiritual capital and well being scales. sample group was 294 people, which selected through simple random sampling.­ ...

This paper investigates associations between hazardous jobs, mental health and wellbeing among Thai adults. In 2005, 87 134 distance-learning students from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University completed a self-administered questionnaire; at the 2009 follow-up 60 569 again participated. Job characteristics were reported in 2005, psychological distress and life satisfaction were reported in bot...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the possible effect of androgen status on sexuality and mental wellbeing in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). METHODS Serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), testosterone (T), androstenedione, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and the SHBG/T ratio were measured in 21 women with pSS. Sexual life was assessed by a Swedish version of the ...

This study addresses the influences of Spanish teenagers’ usage intensity of the Spanish online social networking site Tuenti on their psychological wellbeing. Tuenti is the social networking site that is most preferred and used by Spanish adolescents. Hypothesized relationships are analyzed by structural equation analysis in a sample of 344 Spanish adolescents aged 12–17 with an online Tuenti ...

OBJECTIVES To establish the effect of an educational intervention for general practitioners on the health behaviours and wellbeing of elderly patients. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with 1 year follow up. SETTING Metropolitan general practices in Melbourne, Australia. SUBJECTS 42 general practitioners and 267 of their patients aged over 65 years. INTERVENTION Educational and clinic...

The presence of cataplexy in people with narcolepsy has a well-documented tight association with very low or non-detectable levels of the central nervous system neuropeptide, hypocretin (also termed orexin) while levels of hypocretin are normal in people with narcolepsy without cataplexy. There is evidence to suggest that hypocretin may have an association with pain, migraines and headaches in ...

The Kalasha are a marginalized ethnic and religious minority group in northern Pakistan. The Kalasha minority is known for their divergent polytheistic beliefs, and represents the outliers of the collectively monotheistic Muslim population of Pakistan. This study aimed to explore the psychological resilience beliefs and lived experiences of the Kalasha and to identify cultural protective factor...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was retrospective analysis of self-reported perception and acceptance of changes related to menopause among women 1-10 years after the occurrence of their last menstrual period. The selected aspects covered social contacts with the family level (social wellbeing), perception of own physicality and inner feelings concerning sex life (psychological wellbeing)....

OBJECTIVE Sedentary behaviour is associated with poorer mental health in adolescence but no studies have followed participants into mid-life. We investigated the association between after-school sedentary behaviours (screen time and homework) in adolescence with mental wellbeing in adulthood when participants were aged 42. METHODS Participants (n=2038, 59.2% female) were drawn from The 1970 B...

BACKGROUND An increased awareness of the health benefits of walking has emerged with the development and refinement of accelerometer equipment. Evidence is beginning to highlight the value of promoting walking, particularly focusing on the Japanese mark of obtaining 10,000 steps per day. Workplace based step challenges have become popular to engage large cohorts in increasing their daily physic...