objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of expressive arts therapy on decreasing anxiety of orphaned girls living in family-like centers of mashhad, iran.  methods: one week prior to final examinations, participants were randomly assigned to either an expressive art-making group or a control group. the state-trait anxiety inventory was administered before and after...

abstract background: people working in professions such as nursing have a lot of stress and are at risk for anxiety disorders. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of applied relaxation educational program based on precede model on decreasing anxiety of nurses. methods: in this interventional study with a control group, 40 nurses of vali-asr hospital as intervention group and...

ABST.RACT: Recent research has shown that user satisfaction and productivity are affected by system response time. Our purpose is to provide the results of empirical research on system response time and its effect on state anxietly. Test subjects were classified as Type A or Type B personality in order to determine if personality type had any affect on the relationship between system response t...

The term anxiety state attained notoriety in the recent war, as shell shock did in days gone by. Each came to be used casually as a label for practically every form of mental disability and for other conditions as well. This had serious results in the I9I4-I8 war, as many patients, being wrongly diagnosed, were wrongly treated. The aftermath was seen in the heavy burden of pensions with its ine...

Background. Anxiety plays a major role when it comes to sports performance, not only mentally, but physically as well. Objectives. The study aimed to examine the effect of a soccer tournament on baseline anxiety [Spielberger State-trait anxiety inventory questionnaire (STAI), mood [Incredible Short POMS questionnaire (ISP)] and cortisol (saliva sampling) states. Methods. Eight sportswomen’s (...