abstract: background and purpose: an open-book exam permits the examinees to consult some selected reference sources or materials while answering the exam questions. this study focused on students' perspectives of open-book examinations in histology/ embryology courses, zahedan university of medical sciences (zums), zahedan, iran. methods: the survey was conducted via a questionnaire after open...

aim and background: recently, “third wave” behavioral and cognitive interventions have received extensive attention between researchers.to evaluation of the efficacy of one of these treatments, acceptance and commitment therapy (act), this study compares this treatment with cognitive - behavioral therapy (cbt) in obsessive- compulsive disorder (ocd).   methods and materials: in this study a qua...

abstract aim and background: the research purpose is to assess the efficacy of emotion regulation on the well-being of epileptic girls (14-20) in isfahan. methods and materials: in order to administer this study, 30 epileptic adolescence girls were selected from 14-20 years population of epileptic adolescence girls isfahan city in 2012 via sampling available method and assigned randomly to expe...

objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of psychological wellbeing with variables of mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies, and then to identify which one predicts better psychological well-being. methods: we used a descriptive-analytical design for this study. a total of 243 students from 3 tehran universities were selected using the convenience samplin...

a virtual absence of palliative, preventive and restorative care characterizes juvenile oral health care in most of the developing and underdeveloped countries. consequently, carious cavities remain untreated, which leads to pain, discomfort and functional limitation. it further, impacts negatively upon general health and cognitive development apart from causing decreased masticatory efficiency...

Psychological distress is viewed as an emotional condition that involves negative views of the self, others and the environment and is characterized by unpleasant subjective states such as feeling tense, worried, worthless and irritable [3]. These subjective states can reduce the emotional resilience of individuals and impact on their ability to enjoy life and to cope with pain, disappointment ...

objective: this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of maladaptive schemas between childhood emotional maltreatment and psychological distress among college students. methods: this was a descriptive-correlative and after the fact study. a total of 315 students were selected with multistage cluster sampling from students of tehran universities. the participants completed the lifetime o...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : work-related stress has increased during recent years throughout the world as well as in developing countries. studies demonstrate that work-related stress can have a negative effect on the quality of life, productivity, and as a result lead to considerable socioeconomic consequences. the purpose of the curren...