Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, which is increasing in prevalence worldwide. Parents try to find the ways to overcome their anxiety of chronic diseases such as asthma. This study was designed to determine the effect of massage therapy for children on anxiety level of mothers with asthmatic children. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of combined ma...

Converging evidence reveals significant increase in both state anxiety and trait anxiety during the past 2 decades among military servicemen and servicewomen in China. In the present study, we employed the Chinese version of the State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) to examine trait and state anxiety in Chinese military servicemen and servicewomen. We further evaluated orienting, alerting and ex...

Objective: The present study aims to investigate thought control strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and the relationship of these metacognitive strategies with trait anxiety, as a construct of emotional vulnerability. Methods: 60 patients with diagnosis of GAD and MDD and 30 control subjects (nonpatients) were selected from the university stude...

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to determine the severity of trait and state anxiety in patients treated for neurotic and personality disorders with intensive, short-term group psychotherapy and to analyse the change of anxiety intensity in the course of treatment. METHODS 116 patients (81 females and 35 males) participated in the study. The measurement of anxiety intensity was conducted with the ...

Studies advocate the role of temperament factors in development and persistence of anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the role of temperament and character dimensions in predicting the state-trait anxiety in high school students. In this study, the statistical population consisted of all high school students (N=3416). One hundred and eighty students were selected randomly from this...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of expressive arts therapy on decreasing anxiety of orphaned girls living in family-like centers of Mashhad, Iran.  Methods: One week prior to final examinations, participants were randomly assigned to either an expressive art-making group or a control group. The State-trait anxiety inventory was administered before and af...

Background: Physiological and psychological impacts of pregnancy may relate to anxiety symptoms in nulliparous women. An effective communication between couples can have protective effects against anxiety in this period. Objectives: The present study intended to assess the relationship between communication skills and the anxiety during pregnancy in nulliparous women. Methods: This study adhe...

background patients with breast cancer often have to deal with severe drug side effects and psychological distress during cancer diagnose and cancer treatment. anxiety is thepsychiatric problems encountered in breast cancer patients. alongside medical treatment, many breast cancer patients use forms of complementary and alternative medicine (cam) to manage the above side effects. this study aim...