psychological correlates of cancer: worry, life style, self-eficacy   ranjbar noushari f[1]*, mohadesi h [2], asadi majareh s [3], hashemi ss[4]   received: 6 jul , 2013 accepted: 16 sep , 2013 abstract background & aims: cancer, as one of the most current century diseases, is determined by the unnatural deformation of cells and by the loss of cellar distinction. some research show that psychol...

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  Background: Although upper-extremity disability correlates with psychosocial aspects of illness the association with sleep disturbance in upper extremity disability is less certain. To evaluate whether sleep disturbance is associated with upper-extremity disability among patients with upper extremity illness, accounting for sociodemographic, condition-related, and psychosocial factors. Method...

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although the internet has become one of the most important information resources for university students, excessive internet use can be defined as uncontrolled and harmful use of the internet, in other words, internet addiction. internet addiction (ia) can be described as a maladaptive preoccupation with internet use impairing social, occupational and other areas of a person’s functioning. rece...

conclusions these findings suggest that temperament and character dimensions are associated with impulsivity. the findings also have important implications for prevention, pathology, and treatment in the morphine addicts. objectives the aim of this study was to determine and verify the association of temperament and character dimensions with impulsivity in morphine addicts. patients and methods...

Cancer patients experience several stressors and emotional upheavals. Fear of death, interruption of life plans, changes in body image and self-esteem, changes in social role and lifestyle are all important issues to be faced. Moreover, depressive disorders may impact the course of the disease and compliance. The cost and prevalence, the impairment caused and the diagnostic and therapeutic unce...

For decades it has been assumed that sustained, elevated neural activity--the so-called active trace--is the neural correlate of the short-term retention of information. However, a recent fMRI study has suggested that this activity may be more related to attention than to retention. Specifically, a multivariate pattern analysis failed to find evidence that information that was outside the focus...