objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between defense mechanisms and adaptation strategies on psychological well-being of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in shiraz.   method: the design  was  a correlative study. samples of 80 patients aged 18 to 40 years, at least primary school level and also in the final stages of life were selected. this study...

The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes adaptation strategies. This study aims analyse the impact of this coping emotion regulation strategies, their levels work-related outcomes, such as burnout, trauma post-traumatic growth. Additionally, contribution emplo...

BACKGROUND Knowledge about important factors in reduction of burnout is needed, but there is a dearth of burnout intervention program studies and their effects among physicians. The present three-year follow-up study aimed to investigate the roles of coping strategies, job stress and personality traits in burnout reduction after a counselling intervention for distressed physicians. METHODS 22...

OBJECTIVE Cancer patients and survivors need to cope with various stressful situations and problems even after treatment. In this study, we sought to investigate psychological stress and coping in recently discharged postsurgical cancer patients. METHODS A mail-in questionnaire survey about stress response, perceived illness-related demands, and coping strategies and styles was administered t...

This article addresses the process by which children and adolescents cope with severe acute stress of parental loss from causes other than divorce or death. Participants were 60 children and adolescents from a residential treatment facility. Most had experienced neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and their parents had their parential rights terminated. Measures of symptomatology indicat...

This paper examines existing research on the impact of terrorism on expatriate coping strategies. We consider pre-assignment fear of terrorism, in-country coping strategies, and anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with repatriation. The extant research is small but growing. Our model for expatriate coping at the pre-departure, in-country, and repatriation stages includes...