Background & Aim: Given the importance of the physical and mental health of pregnant women and the negative effects of worry on maternal and fetal health, identifying the factors affecting the reduction of worries is necessary. Therefore, the present study was performed to determine maternal worries and their relationship with coping strategies. Methods & Materials: This analytical, cross-sect...

Introduction: Social relationship play an important role in improving the quality of life and promoting mental health and affects physical health and psychological well-being so that people through it, establish their identity and integrate themselves into society. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explain emotional schemas (ESs) on social relationship in students with physical disability...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the rate of personality disorders and coping strategies in female sex-workers. Method: In this observational cross-sectional study 30 female sex-workers who were selected using convenience sampling, completed the Structured Clinical Interview DSM-IV axis II disorders (SCID-II) and Billings Coping Style Questionnaire. Data were analyzed usin...

Introduction: Chronic hemodialysis patients are subjected to different stressors (physiological ‎and psychosocial) and use emotion – focused and problem – focused coping mechanisms that ‎can affect their quality of life.‎  Objective: This study has been performed in order to determine relationdship between ‎severity of stressors, coping mechanisms and quality...

introduction: Hospitalizing in Intensive Care Units (ICU) is stressful for patients and their relatives. Basically, people in stress use coping strategies therefore determining the type and amount of it can be useful for nurses' decisions to help them. Method:  This descriptive-analytical study carried out in 2014-2015. Convenience sampling was used for the main members of the family of patient...

Background & aim: Treatment adherence is one of the main factors in achieving maximum clinical efficacy. It seems that self-compassion and coping strategies of patients, can be effective on improving treatment adherence. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between self-compassion with treatment adherence in cardiovascular patients...