BACKGROUND Stress has been shown to be a determinant of weight change and risk for obesity. To date, there is scarce evidence that stressful life events and their severity contribute to changes in body weight. We studied the association between the occurrence, impact of and adaptation to adverse life events and weight change and the role of initial weight status. METHODS Analyses were based o...

introductionthe mood disorders such as depression are the most common mental disorders among individuals. in addition to, girls’ students as a group at high risk are known for developing this disorder. the aim of this study was to investigate the role of perfectionism and stressful life events in predicting disordered depression symptoms among girls’ students. materials and methods: this cross-...

conclusions the current study showed that supporting pregnant mother moderates psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, and hence reduces preterm labor. results the final path model fit well (cfi = 0.96; rmsea = .064). the results showed that depression, anxiety, and stress (β = -0.18) directly, and stressful life events indirectly (β= -0.0396) had the most predict on ges...

Physical inactivity and related diseases are of global public health concern. In many developing countries, levels of health promoting physical activity (PA) are falling despite government initiatives. Previous work has identified that periods of transition across a life course, or 'life-change events' have implications for drop out from PA. As yet, there has been little work to understand the ...

background: borderline personality disorder (bpd) is a chronic condition that warrants further empirical investigation. the aim of this research was investigated prediction of bpd symptomatology relay on recent life experience. method and materials: data for the current study was collected from students of shiraz university. sample consisted of 120 undergraduate students. the ages of the sample...

abstract aim and background: the aims of this study were to investigate risk factors for suicide attempte and compered it’s with non attempters. methods and materials: in a case-control study, 120 individuals suiside attempeter who had presented to shahid madani in the city of azarshahr were compered with 140 control who were selected using conveniennce sampling, and were matched by a number of...

Relationships among major life events, perceived social support, and psychological disorder were assessed in a sample of older adolescents. Negative life events and satisfaction with social support were significantly and independently related to a range of psychological symptoms. Further, the relationship between negative events and disorder was moderated by gender, the types of events experien...