This study examined the effects of religious attendance on three dimensions of psychological well-being using panel data from a three-generations study of Mexican Americans from Texas (N = 624). Well-being dimensions included life satisfaction (the 13-item LSIA), and respective seven- and four-item depressed and positive affect subscales of the CES-D. Two-wave path analyses revealed a cross-sec...

Cancer patients experience positive as well as adverse consequences from cancer diagnosis and treatment. The work reported here was part of an effort to characterize the experiences of benefit finding in breast cancer patients. A sample of 230 early-stage breast cancer patients completed a set of benefit finding items in the year post-surgery. This measure was then related to measures of concur...

conclusions this study showed that gender, education level, occupation, socioeconomic status, medical care, health condition, lifestyle, family conflict, drug abuse history, and religious attitudes are the major social factors of risky driving on the intercity roads of tehran province. background traffic accidents are the major cause of injuries that endanger the lives of many people annually. ...

UNLABELLED Some patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibit an unsatisfactory reduction in symptom severity despite being treated with all the available therapeutic alternatives. The clinical variables associated with treatment-refractoriness in OCD are inconsistently described in the literature. METHODS To investigate factors associated with treatment-refractoriness of patients...

INTRODUCTION Many international studies show that religion is an important dimension modulating the use of alcohol and drugs by adolescents. OBJECTIVES to determine which religious variables are associated to frequent or heavy use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among adolescents in intermediate and high schools in Campinas, Brazil. METHODS A cross-sectional study using a self-report anonymou...

Background: The impact of religion on psychological adjustment of infertile women has not received adequate attention in the literature. Few studies which have been conducted in this area, have shown that some infertile women with strong religious beliefs may achieve relief and comfort through prayer and viewing infertility as part of a divine plan, whereas others may interpret infertility as p...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between spiritual, religious, and sociodemographic factors and post-traumatic growth, quality of life, and spiritual well-being in outpatients undergoing bone marrow and/or stem cell transplantation (BMSCT).
. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory.
. SETTING Outpatient bone marrow transplantation clinic at the Tom Baker Cancer Centr...

farmers' attitudes play an important role in their towards sustainable agriculture behavior. factors affecting men and women cotton producers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture were investigated in the course of this worke. the research was a survey one using stratified random sampling, conducted in esfahan province. the subjects were selected from 179 cotton producing families (357...