The Relationship of Self-Rated Health with Perceived Social Support and Trust in Health Care System in Residents of Shiraz City   Movahed Majid1, Shahiri Mahdi2, Asadi Sarvestani Khadijeh3* 1. Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Planning, School of Economics, Management & Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 2. MS Student, Department of Sociology and Social Planning, ...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the cancer coping and its relationship with symptom management self-efficacy, perceived social support, uncertainty about life, and life orientation in Iranian breast cancer female survivors.  Methods: This study was carried out through a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional method .The data were collected from 150 breast cancer...

Aims: Diabetes is considered as a chronic and complex disease that, if not addressed, will turn into a serious problem for countries. On the other hand, life expectancy as a multidimensional, dynamic and powerful healing factor plays an important role in adapting to the disease. The present study aimed at predicting life expectancy among the diabetic patients based on self-efficacy, self-esteem...

Identifying factors which contribute to young adults’ temptation for substance use is a significant step toward prevention of this social harm. The current study aimed to examine the role of a set of personal and social factors and their interaction in shaping temptation for cigarette smoking and substance use among university students. Participants were 766 students at Shahid Beheshti Univers...

AbstractObjectives: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and coping strategies in stressful situations. Method: This study was conducted using survey and cross-sectional method. Data were collected from 373 students of seven educational groups of Yazd University, between 22 June and 22 July 2006. The subjects were selected through cluster-rand...

Introduction: Life satisfaction with several factors such as self-esteem and perceived social support has a strong and significant relationship in different groups. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived social support and self-esteem with life satisfaction in Iranian students. Materials and Methods: This correlation study was performed in the populat...

Introduction: Social Support is defined as a mechanism of interpersonal communication that protects people from negative impact of stress. The high level of social support is attributed to the increase of academic self-efficacy and decrease of educational stress. Also, it   A reverse relationship between social support and test anxiety has been found. The present study aimed to identi...