background nurses are at risk for symptoms of secondary traumatic stress (sts). the role of social support and mindfulness in predicting sts is important among nurses. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of the symptoms of sts and the role of mindfulness and social support in predicting the sts in iranian nurses in malayer. methods using a cross-sectional analytic research desi...

background: this study sought the relationship between social support, mental health and demographic factors in new students of tehran university (2005-06). methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study enrolled 2916 university students. subjects were evaluated using demographic questionnaire, general health questionnaire-12 and social support scale. statistical analysis was performed by anov...

conclusions perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients. given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain. results based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart f...

background emotional conditions governing the family and patients’ perceived social support play important roles in the treatment or relapse process of the chronic disease. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in prediction of addiction relapse. patients and methods the descriptive-correlation method was used in the ...

objectives: chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus have negative effects on physical and mental health. depression is the most common psychological problems in this group of patients. the purpose of this study was to predict depression symptoms based on self-efficacy and social support. materials and methods: a total of 130 patients with diabetes recruited from several clinics in shiraz. th...

A measure of social support, the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ), is described, and four empirical studies employing it are presented. The SSQ yields scores for (a) perceived number of social supports and (b) satisfaction with social support that is available. Three of the studies deal with the SSQ's psychometric properties, its correlations with measures of personality and adjustment, and t...

results the data revealed that self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and social support (p < 0.001) are indicators than can significantly anticipate levels of adjustment in diabetic patients. moreover, it has been revealed that self-efficiency plays a significant and, indeed, fundamental role in adjustment anticipation. conclusions it can be concluded that self-efficacy and social support are important in ...