Introduction: Wives of veterans, due to close relationship and taking care of them, are identified as secondary or hidden victims of trauma. This indirect exposure to a stressful event brings psychological consequences for them. Objective: The current study aimed at determining the relationship and predicting role of sleep quality and sexual self-esteem in secondary post-traumatic stress disord...

Introduction: One of main challenges for people involved in war is post-traumatic stress disorder, associated with unpredictable or destructive and long-term consequences for the injured person, his family and the community.  Post-traumatic stress disorder has been recognized as a stressful topic in the veteranschr('39') family; thus, it can affect childrenchr('39')s academic motivation. Object...

Background & Aims: Secondary traumatic stress could be described as an occupational hazard for those providing care to victims of trauma. Nurses in psychiatric wards are faced with severe and complicated challenges in the workplace to provide mental health care. Resilience and the associated behaviors help overcome negative experiences and turn them into positive experiences. The present study ...

Introduction: Since the World Health Organization has introduced mental health something beyond the mere absence of mental illness, Researches increasingly focus on positive personality traits and individuals’ internal resources in the coping of psychological distress. Objective: The present study was aimed to investigate the role of self-compassion and ego strength on secondary post-traumati...

Introduction: The earthquake is a natural disaster that has many psychological effects on the survivors and nurses that are associated with them. The purpose of this study was to predict secondary traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth based on cognitive emotion regulation in nurses providing services to earthquake victims in Kermanshah. Methods: The present study is a descriptive-correlat...