Objective: Firstly to get an impression of mental health among individuals with rheumatic diseases and to investigate factors associated with its three facets: emotional, social and psychological well-being. Secondly to explore how much variance these factors can explain in mental health. We are interested in establishing whether mental or physical factors play the bigger role. Methods: This st...

abstract background: the emotional bond that a mother feels towards her infant is critical to their social, emotional, and cognitive development. this concept has a major influence on an infant’s future health, and growth, so the assessment of parental-fetal attachment and related factors is of great importance. this study aimed to examine the effect of psychological intervention on attachment ...

internet addiction refers to excessive using of the internet (daily over 3 hours). this phenomenon as a illness, psychological or social harm, is a widespread problem with serious consequences for the students, is increasing. the present study aimed to investigate the related factors with internet addiction among female students of yazd university residing in dormitory at academic year 2012-201...

a full account of architectural science must include empirical findings about the social and psychological influences that housing have on their occupants. tall residential housing can have a myriad of such effects. this review summarizes the results of research on the influences of high-rise housing on residents’ experiences of the housing, satisfaction, preferences, social behavior, children,...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems (MHP) are the leading cause of disability worldwide. The inverse association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and MHP has been well documented. There is prospective evidence that factors from the work environment, including adverse psychosocial work factors, could contribute to the development of MHP including psychological distress. However, the contributi...

After a large-scale natural disaster, demand for social welfare services increases, and the mental health of local social welfare workers becomes a matter of great concern because of their dual role as support providers and disaster survivors. We examined whether work-related social stressors, including criticism by community people and poor workplace communication, were associated with increas...

background: one of the elements of the broadening focus of health care beyond its traditional and restricted concept has been the increasing adoption quality of life approach to health care research and practice. objectives: to investigate the qol of women in the third trimester of pregnancy and at 8 weeks postpartum and factors associated with the overall qol. materials and methods: three hund...