background: hemodialysis patients are exposed to different stressful factors and have to use coping strategies as supportive processes. the goal of the present study is to investigate coping styles of hemodialysis patients. materials and methods: this is a descriptive analytical study conducted on 96 patients referring to hemodialysis centers affiliated to isfahan university of medical sciences...

background: cardiovascular disease (cvd) is one of the leading causes of death in the world. one of its most insidious forms is coronary heart disease (chd) which decreases patient's quality of life. research indicates that psychological factors are interrelated with coronary heart disease patients' quality of life. in the present study, the role of type d personality and emotional intelligence...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of coping processes on psychophysiological and psychological responses in stressful settings. In particular, we focused on the effects of a combination of active and avoidant coping processes. Subjects were 40 healthy undergraduate male students (mean=19.80, S.D.=0.97) who were randomly divided into four groups: (a) an effort coping group...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group coping skills training on reducing stress of mothers with mentally retarded children's. methods: the research method was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. population of the study was all of the mothers of mentally retarded children's that referred to welfare or...

background: studies have shown that individuals with fertility problems experience psychosocial problems. the use of various coping strategies seems to have different impacts on women with infertility stress. the aim of this study was to examine the role of coping strategies (active-avoidance, passive-avoidance, active-confronting and meaning based) in predicting infertility stress among a grou...

OBJECTIVE According to the dual-process theory, coping flexibility is defined as the ability to produce and implement a new coping strategy in place of an ineffective coping strategy. Specifically, coping flexibility includes two processes: evaluation coping and adaptive coping. Evaluation coping refers to sensitivity to feedback about the efficacy of a coping strategy, and adaptive coping invo...

introduction: nowadays, it has been known that individuals handle coping strategies when faced with stressful events. these strategies play an important role in individuals. nurses are exposed to high  stress, which directly affects their job satisfaction and the quality of their services. therefore, the present study tried to investigate the effect of yoga on stress coping strategies among nur...

abstract objective: this study was carried out for investigating the religion orientation relationship with coping with diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients in yazd, iran. the present study is a kind of scientific-comparative description. the research subjects comprised of all type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the hospitals in yazd. materials and methods: the study sample was consisted of 16...

OBJECTIVE Examine longitudinal relationships between spiritual coping and psychological adjustment among adolescents with chronic illness. METHODS Adolescents (N = 128; M = 14.7 years) with cystic fibrosis or diabetes completed measures of spiritual coping and adjustment at 2 time points ∼2 years apart; parents also reported on adolescent adjustment. Prospective relationships between spiritua...

PURPOSE This study examined the role of assimilative and accommodative coping dimensions for the mental health of people with visual impairment, with the aim of informing rehabilitation planning. RESEARCH METHOD Telephone interviews were conducted with 216 middle-aged adults with vision loss. Assimilative and accommodative coping were assessed both in terms of general coping tendencies and go...