introduction: the old age is one of the inevitable period of each person's life that correct cognition and reaction toward it can improve (alter) the life's quality. the good life's quality is related to happiness and stress decreasing therefore, the aim of the present study was the determining of the efficacy of stress inoculation training upon the happiness rate and life's...

Background & Aims: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of Stress Inoculation Training [SIT] on patients with dysfunctional attitudes and primary hypertension. Methods: The study sample included 60 subjects with primary hypertension (32 females & 28 males) referred to special clinics in Ahwaz. Those who had primary hypertension and dysfunctional attitudes based on Bec...

OBJECTIVE The present pilot study examined the effects of a 4-week-long self-administered self-compassion training on trauma-related guilt and compared it to a stress inoculation control group. METHOD A total of 47 homeless male veterans who were living in transitional housing facilities volunteered to participate in this study. Participants were randomly assigned to either a self-compassion ...

This study arose as a result of two squash players, one male one female, seeking advice on how to improve their mental approach to playing. They both felt that their game suffered badly through too much anxiety. After preliminary interviews it was decided to use a programme of stress inoculation training to help them learn to control their anxiety. In order to obtain baseline measures of anxiet...

There is nowadays no single fully satisfactory method for VOC removal from indoor air due to the difficulties linked to the very low concentration (microg m(-3) range), diversity, and variability at which VOCs are typically found in the indoor environment. Although biological methods have shown a certain potential for this purpose, the specific characteristic of indoor air and the indoor air en...

A young female gymnast of regional squad potential had ceased to make progress when she resumed training after a series of injuries and was given stress inoculation training to help her to regain her form. Preliminary interviews revealed that she had developed a number of negative self-statements and images which, it was hypothesised, may have been contributing towards her lack of progress. In ...

Rahman, l.r.c p. and lf.p s. (Glas.), Civil Surgeon, Burma. This Manual 1ms been compiled by Dr. Rahman to explain the methods of vaccination and its superiority to the dangerous practice of inoculation against small-pox. We entirely agree with him that a systematic training is necessary in the method of vaccination. The first chapter deala with the mortality from small-pox, its infectivity, it...