aim and background: development of human societies sometimes leads in negative consequences such as stress. this research was conducted to assess the effects of religious commitment and self-efficacy in predicting the amount and type of perceived stress in university students. methods and materials: this was a correlational-descriptive study including 200 undergraduate and postgraduate students...

aim and background: perfectionism is known as a potential maladaptive personality trait with significant psychological consequences. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between stress and positive and negative perfectionism in normal subjects. methods and materials: using convenience sampling method, 162 adults who aged 18-50 years old and did not have a history of any sp...

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objective: to compare the effectiveness of group training of stress management with cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) in reducing depression, anxiety and stress perceived among hiv-positive men. methods:inthis semi-experimental study, three groups of hiv-positive men (cbt group, stress management group, and control group) including 15 patients in each group were compared regarding depression, ...

Positive affect can help to dampen the impact of adverse life events, facilitating healthy cognitive and emotional functioning after stress. The present review highlights recent findings on stress buffering effects these pleasant feeling states, focusing studies utilizing acute chronic in daily life, manipulations lab, examinations affective adaptations during tasks involving difficult or risky...

the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job stress with personality characteristics and organizational commitment. this study is descriptive and correlational. the study population comprised all nurses in 13-aban hospital of ghods city. the sample group consisted of 120 nurses who were selected through convenience sampling. research instruments were hse job stress ques...