background and objectives: nowadays, the use of educational models to determine the causes of rejection of health-related behaviors has been on theincrease. health belief model is one of the models during the past years has been considered. therefore, the aim of this study was to measure health belief model constructs in preventive behavior about self-medication in pregnant women in the city of...

in this study, coping strategies, perceived self efficacy , and attitude of two groups of normal and neurotic persons toward stressful lfe events were investigated, the normal group included 104 individuals and the neurotic group consisted of 40 patients. copuyning streategies, perceived self-efficacy, and attitude toward life events questionnaired were used inthis study.the findings indicated ...

UK Armed Forces (AF) personnel deployed to Afghanistan are frequently exposed to intense combat and yet little is known about the short-term mental health consequences of this exposure and the potential mitigating effects of military factors such as cohesion, morale, and leadership. To assess the possible modulating influence of cohesion, morale, and leadership on post-traumatic stress disorder...

BACKGROUND Negative trends in adolescent mental and subjective health are a challenge to public health work in Sweden and worldwide. Self-reported mental and subjective health complaints such as pain, sleeping problems, anxiety, and various stress-related problems seem to have increased over time among older adolescents, especially girls. The aim of this study has therefore been to investigate ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that the well-known effect of multisensory stimulation on body-awareness can be extended to self-recognition. Seeing someone else's face being touched at the same time as one's own face elicits changes in the mental representation of the self-face. We sought to further elucidate the underlying mechanisms and the effects of interpersonal multisensory stimulat...

background: gestational diabetes (ga) is a common complication, associated with adverse prenatal outcomes and perceived stress. the effects of education on perceived stress have been widely investigated, whereas the role of self-care in ga has been less noted. aim: to determine the effects of self-care education on perceived stress in women with ga under insulin treatment. methods: in this rand...

OBJECTIVES The goals of the present study are to explore the association between perceived sexism and self-perceived health, health-related behaviors, and unmet medical care needs among women in Spain; to analyze whether higher levels of discrimination are associated with higher prevalence of poor health indicators and to examine whether these relationships are modified by country of origin and...

Abstract To examine the factors influencing mental health and sociality of overseas Chinese left-behind children, to identify protective mechanisms their health, current study investigated 568 children. The age distribution sample ranges from 10 16 years, with an average 13.51 years a standard deviation 1.11. Using Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist, Perceived Social Support Scale, Ge...

BACKGROUND Adolescents and young adults frequently experience mental disorders, yet tend not to seek help. This systematic review aims to summarise reported barriers and facilitators of help-seeking in young people using both qualitative research from surveys, focus groups, and interviews and quantitative data from published surveys. It extends previous reviews through its systematic research m...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether self-stigma mediates the relationship between perceived stigma and quality of life, self-esteem and general functioning among outpatients with depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Outpatient clinics at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Singapore. PARTICIPANTS 280 outpatients with a...