background: researchers have mentioned that safety climate may predict occupational accidents and psychological distresses in the workplace. the present study examined degree of safety climate related to occupational stress and its dimensions among workers’ isfahan steel company. methods: a self-administered anonymous was distributed to 189 workers. the survey included demographic factors, occu...

This study tested a parallel two-mediator model in which the relationship between dimensions of emotional intelligence and online gaming addiction are mediated by perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy, respectively. The sample included 931 male adolescents (mean age = 16.18 years, SD = 0.95) from southern China. Data on emotional intelligence (four dimensions, including self-manage...

This study investigates the factors predicting positive self-disclosure on social networking sites (SNSs). There is a formidable body of empirical research relating to online self-disclosure, but very few studies have assessed the antecedents of positive self-disclosure. To address this literature gap, the current study tests the effects of self-esteem, life satisfaction, social anxiety, privac...

background: cancer diagnosis is an important event in an individual’s life which has considerable outcomes and implications for patient and his/her family. meanwhile, receiving assistance and support from family and friends has a significant impact on patients to help them to cope with disease-related stress and its treatment. this study aimed to assess the received social support and its corre...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify health knowledge, health promoting behavior and factors influencing health promoting behavior of North Korean defectors in South Korea. METHODS Participants in this study were 410 North Korean defectors, over 20 years of age residing in Seoul. They were recruited by snowball sampling. Data were collected from April to June, 2010. Health knowle...

PURPOSE This study is to analyze the effects of medical students' social support and career barriers on career exploration behavior mediated by career decision-making self-efficacy. METHODS We applied the t-test to investigate the difference among the variables based on gender and admission types. Also, we performed path analysis to verify the effect of perceived career barriers and social su...

BACKGROUND Rehospitalization of heart failure patients is often considered the result of inadequate self-care yet only one study documents superior outcomes with better self-care. AIMS If inadequate self-care is related to hospitalizations, then hospitalized heart failure patients should have lower self-care skills than non-hospitalized patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate perc...