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 & Aims: Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic disease. Proper management of this disease requires proper self-care behaviors. One of the most effective psychological factors that predict the self-care behavior is personality type. The aim of this study was to determine and compare levels of self-care in diabetic patients with personality types A and B. Materials & Methods: This study...

Background and Objectives: One of the reasons for fear of childbirth is the personality type. Given that fear of childbirth affects the psychological features of the mother and Since the study of the role of personality type A and type B in the fear of childbirth in Qom has not been done so far, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between fear of childbirth and personality ...

The purpose of this study was to compare A and B personality types based on the motivation of participating in sports activities in athletic and non-athlete girls. One hundred students from Alzahra University were selected randomly in two groups of physical education (50 students) and non-physical education (50 students) in the academic year 1395-96 to conduct this study. The research method wa...

Introductoin: This research has done with the purpose of analyzing the role of mother’s personality type, especially D type in the prediction of teen’s positive and negative attitude toward delinquency. Method: A sample of 100 people with their teenage children was selected with cluster sampling for this descriptive – correlation research from the mothers in Hamedan. Mothers ...

Background: Primary dysmennorrhea what is know as painful menstruation without any pelvic disease in women. This descriptive study was conducted to recognize the correlation between prevalence and intensity of primary dysmenorrhea with personality type in Rafsanjan high school female students. Methods and Material: 380 students 14-18 years old were selected randomly by clustering method. A q...

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the variance in academic achievement in two personality types, namely A and B. 100 medical students at internship level from Zahedan University of Medical Sciences were dissociated on the basis of type A and B by type A behavior questioner . In addition, intensity of anxiety and the experience of a recent stressful life events were assessed in ea...