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: Coping ways with stress in coronary heart disease patients can lead to significant changes in levels of Cardiac Biomarker Troponin I, but researchers had not explored it empirically. So, the main objective of this study was to identify the relationship between coping ways with stress and Cardiac Biomarker Troponin I and also, finding coping ways that predict changes in the concent...

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation of coping styles and attachment styles with social anxiety among high-school students. Methods: The present study was correlational research. Study population comprised all male and female students of Kashan high schools. A total of 440 students (196 males and 244 females, aged from 17 to 18 years in the third or fourt...

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the role of core self evaluations traits in the way of coping of individuals’ exposure to stressors. Two hundred and seventeen undergraduate students (81 males, 136 females) from three faculties of Islamic Azad University were selected and completed Core Self-Evaluations Scales included of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Generalized Self-Efficacy ...

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...

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...

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...