OBJECTIVE To study pain coping strategies in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), and to assess the psychometric qualities of the French version of the Pain Coping Inventory (PCI). METHODS We conducted a national, cross-sectional survey in a primary care setting in France. A total of 1,811 general practitioners included 5,324 patients with hip and knee OA who completed several ques...

BACKGROUND Reduced physical activity is supposed to be associated with depressiveness and more passive coping patterns. For further evaluation of this assumed relation we studied energy expenditure due to physical activity - usually referred to as activity thermogenesis (AT) - together with depressiveness (clinical diagnosis, depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire), and coping be...

Background: One of the body image concepts is spouse image of body. It has an important role in selfesteem, relationship satisfaction and women's sexual health. That is, women with more positive spouse image of body may be more confident that their partners will continue to accept them and thus have more sexual function. This study therefore aimed to compare the relationship of spouse imag...

The efficacy of schema therapy on coping styles and body image concerns in obese people with binge-eating disorder : A single subject study

conclusions teaching effective coping skills by psychological consultants in suicide attempted people, especially for women and people with low educational level, is important materials and methods this is a analytical cross-sectional study. participants consisted of 50 suicide-attempted people admitted to shiraz faghihi hospital. instruments for data collections were a demographic checklist an...

aim and background: relationship enhancement is one of the life skill training programs and it could effect on couples coping styles with life tensions. this study aimed to investigate the effect of relationship enhancement on improving marital coping strategies of couples in isfahan. method and materials: the design of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control groups...

background and aim: hemophilia is among the most prevalent and the most serious coagulation disorders which causes different problems for both the afflicted children and their families. this study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life (qol )among the principal caregivers of children with hemophilia. methods: this correlational study was con...

background: breast cancer is the most common malignancy among iranian women and is a significant stressor in women’s life that may affect their coping strategies and quality of life. this study aimed to investigate coping strategies, quality of life and pain of women with breast cancer. materials and methods: this was a cross‑sectional study which held in seyed‑al shohada hospital and two priva...

background: all humans are searching ways to promote mental health. mental health is vital for having a healthy life. some believe that mental health means lack of mental disorders. positive psychology emphasizes on issues such as hope, wisdom, creativity, spirituality, thinking about future and having purpose in life instead of psychopathology aspects. the purpose of this study was to investig...