OBJECTIVE To investigate perceived exertion at work in women with fibromyalgia. DESIGN A controlled cross-sectional multi-centre study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy-three women with fibromyalgia and 73 healthy women matched by occupation and physical workload were compared in terms of perceived exertion at work (0-14), muscle strength, 6-min walk test, symptoms rated by Fibromyalgia Impact ...

the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between epistemological and motivational beliefs about mathematics among gifted students. to this end , 334 first year high school gifted students were selected through applying the otis intelligence test. epistemological beliefs questionnaire (ebq) and motivational beliefs about mathematics scale (mbms) were also used as measurement inst...

The purpose of this study was to test the predictions of an integrated cognitive and behavioral model of agoraphobic avoidance in patients with chronic panic disorder and agoraphobia during the process of observed therapeutic change. Treatment was residential with the majority (n=165, 88%) receiving cognitive therapy, while the remaining 23 (12%) received guided mastery therapy. The results of ...

In this article, we provide an evidence-based review of pain beliefs and their influence on pain perception and response to treatment. We examine the nature of pain perception and the role of cognitive and emotional processes in the interpretation of pain signals, giving meaning to pain and shaping our response to it. We highlight three types of beliefs that have a particularly strong influence...

worry is considered as one of the shared cognitive components in generalized anxiety disorder (gad) and obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd). the study of cognitive factors influencing worry simultaneously has important implications for psychopathology. these factors have been discussed separately in different theoretical models. the aim of the present study was to investigate the simple and mul...

high comorbidity between psychological disorders causes attention to the mechanisms responsible for this comorbidity and common cognitive factors involved in these disorders. these are known as transdiagniostic factors. similarity evidence and high comorbidity between generalized anxiety disorder (gad) and obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) introduce them as neighboring disorders. the purpose ...

This study examined the relationships between attachment styles, drama viewing, parasocial interaction, and romantic beliefs. A survey of students revealed that drama viewing was weakly but negatively related to romantic beliefs, controlling for parasocial interaction and attachment styles. Instead, parasocial interaction mediated the effect of drama viewing on romantic beliefs: Those who viewe...

The aim of this study was to prepare a model for computer anxiety through investigating the relationship of achievement goals and epistemological beliefs with computer anxiety. In order to fulfill this, 375 undergraduate students (218 female and 157 male) from the University of Tehran were chosen through relative class sampling. They completed a questionnaire composed of an achievement goals sc...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) are a devastating concern to the working population globally. WRMSD can result in disability, especially cases where diagnosis and treatment delayed. The primary objective of this study was determine proportions flower farm workers exhibiting Fear Avoidance work beliefs among reporting work-related at Kenya. secondary relationship between Beliefs ...

While increasing scholarly attention has been devoted to news avoidance, there are only few studies taking the distinction between intentional and unintentional avoidance into consideration, none that investigated linkage two types of knowledge about politics society. To fill this void, study explores relationship while distinguishing related uncontested issues have subject public controversies...