objectives: multiple sclerosis is an incurable and chronic disease of the central nervous system. the main purpose of this survey is to compare the character types and life expectancy of patients suffering from m. s as compared with normal people. this survey was conducted using the persian translation of neo-ffi (neo-five factor inventory) and herth life expectancy. methods:thirty nine people ...

BACKGROUND Hope has been identified as a key psychosocial resource among family caregivers to manage and deal with the caregiver experience. The Living with Hope Program is a self-administered intervention that consists of watching an international award winning Living with Hope film and participating in a two week hope activity ("Stories of the Present"). The purpose of this study was to exami...

Objectives: Multiple Sclerosis is an incurable and chronic disease of the central nervous system. The main purpose of this survey is to compare the character types and life expectancy of patients suffering from M. S as compared with normal people. This survey was conducted using the Persian translation of NEO-FFI (NEO-Five Factor Inventory) and Herth Life Expectancy. Methods:Thirty nine peop...

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...

Aim To investigate the meaning of hope, identify strategies that terminally ill patients use in maintaining and fostering hope during the final stage of life, explore changes in hope during the dying trajectory and investigate whether the results of a North American study by Herth ( 1990a ), that explored the meaning of hope and identified strategies to promote it, could be replicated in Englan...

The present study aimed to test the incremental validity of Time Perspective (TP) scales in predicting satisfaction with life and mood, over and above the Big Five personality traits. It also investigated whether the new TP construct of Future Negative perspective contributed to prediction of these outcomes. Participants (N = 265) completed four measures: Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), UW...

Positive psychology is gaining credence within dementia research but currently there is a lack of outcome measures within this area developed specifically for people with dementia. Authors have begun adopting positive psychology measures developed with other populations but there is no consensus around which are more appropriate or psychometrically robust. A systematic search identified measure...

Resilience refers to an individual’s ability to thrive despite adversity. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in the Indian context. The sample comprised of 256 students (age M =22.75, SD = 1.36 years) who completed questionnaire measures of trait resilience (CD-RISC), Big Five Inventory (BFI), Positive and Negative Affect Sch...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the self-care behavior, hope, and social support in patients awaiting heart transplantation and to explore all the correlative and related factors. METHODS In total, 45 participants who met the selection criteria were selected by purposive sampling from four medical centers in Taiwan. The three instruments Self-Care Behavior Scale, Herth Hope...