both at11th edition of the international classification of diseases (icd-11) and in fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (fifth edition-dsm-5), have pointed out that attitudes and quality of sleep can be seriously impaired by post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). the present study was conducted to compare hostility and sleep disorders among nursing student...

Healthy behaviors in pregnant women have a major effect on pregnancy outcomes; however, only few studies have explored the relationship of multiple psychosocial factors with healthy lifestyles during pregnancy. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the five psychosocial factors of anxiety, stress, depression, marital dissatisfaction, and social support are associated with six d...

Background: Health-promoting lifestyles of university students are strongly related to their current and subsequent health status. Low rates of health-promoting lifestyles among university students are still reported in literature. However, few studies in Jordan have examined health-promoting behaviors among university students. Objectives: This study was aimed to assess health-promoting lifest...

Over 300 British adults completed the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) (Hogan & Hogan, 2001), a measure of the personality disorders and the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi) (BarOn, 2004). Work associates known to the participants also completed an observers’ version of the EQi. The structures of both inventories were examined. The HDS factored into three clear factors (clusters A, B, C)...

background : nursing is one of the most stressful jobs. the present study aimed to determine the effect of a cognitive -behavioral stress management training program based on precede model on stress reduction among nurses. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, which was conducted in 2010, 58 female nurses in hamadan, northwest iran were enrolled in the study and were divided into two equa...

objective : this study compared the effectiveness of two group treatments, behavioral activation (ba) and cognitive therapy (ct), in reducing subsyndromal anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of iranian university students. method : twenty-seven iranian university students who scored 18 or higher on the depression subscale and 16 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the depression, anxie...

PURPOSE This study sought to continue research on psychosocial interventions for patients being treated with radiation therapy across multiple centers and to replicate positive findings of a single-center study of patients being treated with chemotherapy. The primary objective of this study was to determine if a stress management intervention was effective in improving quality of life and decre...

PURPOSE To determine whether the self-management skills of persons with epilepsy (PWE) vary across the different domains of the Epilepsy Self-Management Scale (ESMS). METHODS 172 PWE completed a survey questionnaire as well as the ESMS. RESULTS Using ANOVA with pairwise comparison, the mean item scores of the medication, seizure, and safety management subscales of the ESMS were significantl...

The objective of this study was to develop the Somatic Stress Response Scale (SSRS), and then to use the scale in clinical practice. A preliminary survey was conducted using 109 healthy adults to obtain somatic stress responses. Then, 215 healthy subjects completed a preliminary questionnaire. A comparison was made regarding the somatic stress responses among 191 patients (71 with anxiety disor...