INTRODUCTION Coping with breast cancer is an important health issue that results in adjustments to the disease in survivors. The present systematic review aims to synthesize the evidence about the coping strategies used by women who are primary breast cancer survivors to adjust to their new situations in their lives. METHODS Searches were conducted using Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Wiley ...

BACKGROUND Mothers who have a child with intellectual disability (ID) or mental illness face a lifetime of caregiving responsibilities and challenges. The present study investigated changes over time in how mothers cope with the challenges of caring for an adult child with disabilities and the effects of changes in coping on maternal well-being. METHODS A sample of 246 ageing mothers of adult...

Background This study aimed at investigating the coping strategies with stress in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and individuals without a history of fixed MI and cardiovascular disorders. Methods This case-control crossover study was conducted from March 2015 to February 2016 on 220 patients with acute MI (MI patients) as case group and 220 patients without any history of MI ...

The current study aims at studying the relationship between the religious attitudes and the coping skills and the subjective well-being of the students of the Azad University, Gorgan branch. To do this, 357 female and male students of the Azad University of Gorgan were randomly selected using cluster sampling. Data were collected by using a questionnaire on assessing the religious attitudes (RA...

BACKGROUND Thalassemia is a chronic disease with serious clinical and psychological challenges. The incidence of thalassemia in a family member may cause a psychological crisis in all family members and in this case coping strategies are required. This clinical trial study aimed to determine the impact of training coping strategies on their use by major thalassemic adolescents referred to Dastg...

Introduction: Brain tumorr is a deadly disease but patients can have positive growth psychologically. It is important to find factors that lead psychological growth of patients. Therefore, this study was aimed to predict the post traumatic growth based on social support, coping styles and optimism in patients with brain tumor. Methods: In this correlational and descriptive study, the statistic...

BACKGROUND There are reports that some university students are using prescription stimulants for non-medical 'pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement (PCE)' to improve alertness, focus, memory, and mood in an attempt to manage the demands of study at university. Purported demand for PCEs in academic contexts have been based on incomplete understandings of student motivations, and often based on un...