Abstract The aim of the present study is to compare personality characteristics and social support of successful and unsuccessful addicts in quitting addiction. In this causal-comparative research 50 successful addicts in quitting addiction, and 50 unsuccessful addicts were selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected using NEO personality questionnaire and Procidano and Heller p...

Background: Concerning the role of psychological factors and lifestyle in etiology of cardiac diseases, this research aims to study and compare the personality type D, social support and cognitive flexibility in normal and cardiac patients in Khoramabad. Materials and Methods: the present research is a causal – comparative study. The studied sample was selected from all coronary artery c...

The main goal of the present research was to compare, personality factors, stressful life events and social support in coronary heart diseease (CHD) patients and non-patients. In this ressearch, 300 individuals (n =150 male, 150 female) are divided in two groups of patient (n=150) and non-patients (n=150) at Rajaee Heart Hospital of Tehran. They completed the NEO-FFI (short form), Life Event In...

abstract previous studies on willingness to communicate (wtc) have shown the influence of many individual or situational factors on students’ tendency to engage in classroom communication, in which wtc has been viewed either at the trait-level or situational level. however, due to the complexity of the notion of willingness to communicate, the present study suggests that these two strands are ...

Objective: The present study was an attempt to assess a model of important antecedents of attitude towards drug addiction in order to gain a more complete understanding of this construct. This model examines the role of family cohesion, personality traits, peer attachment, altruism, and social support in attitudes towards drug addiction. Method: The study sample included 570 people from Tehran ...

Introduction: work engagement is a stable and positive state of mind associated with work, which protects against job burnout. This study was conducted to determine the contribution of goal orientation, perceived organizational support and Big Five personality traits in predicting job motivation of female teachers in Shahrekord, Iran. Methods: The design of the study was correlational-survey...

as far as bandura’s (1977) conceptualization of the sense of self-efficacy is concerned, it is argued to be context- and even task-specific, compared to other concepts like self-esteem (brown, 2000); therefore, upon the previous research studies, related theories and definitions, and the ideas and views obtained from the interviews conducted with the scholars, the current research study aimed a...

Background and purpose: Stress results from a specific event, situation, or transition that directly or indirectly threatens every one and prompts coping responses. The aim of this study was to investigate the variables of social support and personality traits as predictors of vulnerability to stress in university students. Material and Methods: A descriptive–correlational study was designed i...