OBJECTIVE To determine the relation between psychological characteristics and subsequent fatal ischaemic heart disease (IHD) events. DESIGN Prospective study of participants in the Northwick Park heart study (NPHS) recruited between 1972 and 1978 and followed up for fatal events until 1997. SETTING Three occupational groups in north west London. SUBJECTS 1408 white men without a history o...

This study aimed to investigate potential psychological distress among members of the civilian police force, based on gender differences. It analyzes data from previous research on work, health conditions, and quality of life in the civilian police using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study included and tested data from the questionnaire applied to a statistically representative...

Forty noninstitutionalized epileptics were matched with 40 physically handicapped Ss individuals. A representative battery of psychological tests was administered to both groups. The epileptics and handicapped subjects were compared on 42 variables by batteries of psychological tests, 14 of which proved significant. When the significant predictors were intercorrelated and a Wherry-Doolittle mul...

INTRODUCTION It has been generally thought that the practice of bondage-discipline, dominance-submission, sadism-masochism (BDSM) is in some form associated with psychopathology. However, several more recent studies suggest a relative good psychological health of BDSM practitioners. AIM The aim of this study was to compare scores of BDSM practitioners and a control group on various fundamenta...

The health beliefs and psychological status of 20 vegetarians were assessed with eight different psychometric tests. Although the group demonstrated elevated somatic concerns on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-90) and the Illness Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ), it did not differ from control populations on other dimensions of psychopathology. The subjects cited health concerns as the primary ...

new changes in job site which are caused by technical, technological, and also educational changes, has faced the sociologists and researchers of industrialized countries with this question that what is the modern form of organizational rationalism that can protect the enriched abilities of mankind? what characteristics it may have? where we would seek success? in centralized management or self...

Large projects often have several activities which are performed by some subcontractors with several skills. Costs and time reduction and quality improvement of the project are very important for client and subcontractors. Therefore, in real large projects, subcontractors join together and form coalitions for improving the project profit. A key question is how an extra profit of cooperation amo...

objective: substance abuse is a socio-psychological disorder. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with 12-steps narcotics anonymous on psychological well-being of opiate dependent individuals in addiction treatment centers in shiraz, iran. method: this was a randomized controlled trial. data were collected at entry into the study and at po...

a review of findings shows that persian gardens have attracted a wide area of interests between psychologists and environment designers. the main reasons behind the attraction of persian gardens are natural content and particular landscape configuration. to study these features, overall organization examination is employed according to psychological pattern. one of the impressive psychological ...