objective: although the etiology of schizophrenia is unknown, it has a significant genetic component. ‎a number of studies have indicated that neuregulin-1 (nrg1) gene may play a role in the ‎pathogenesis of schizophrenia. in this study, we examined whether the rs2439272 of nrg1 ‎is associated with schizophrenia and its negative symptoms in an iranian population.‎ method: rs2439272 was genotype...

the purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric features (construct reliability and validity) of baker’s  (2008) 13 - item work  related fondness questionnaire. so  260  employees of  iran air craft construction company were selected to respond to the questionnaire through multiple clustered random sampling. the exploring factor structure via varimax   rotation  in work  relate...

objective: to compare resilience, positive/negative effect, and psychological vulnerability between fertile and infertile men. methods: the research sample consisted of 40 fertile and 40 infertile men who were selected among men who presented to an infertility clinic. to collect data, connor–davidson resilience scale, positive/negative affect schedule, and brief symptoms inventory were used. re...

objective: the present study aimed to clarify dissociative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and its association with negative and positive symptom of schizophrenia. methods: based on the 4th edition of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv) criteria, 80 schizophrenic subjects were randomly selected from patients who referred to the clinics of psychiatry hospital i...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between positive affect, negative affect, rumination and depression, and to explore the mediating role of rumination between positive and negative affect and depression.  Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 249 students, selected by convenience sampling method. All the participants completed positive...

objective: an important concept for understanding emotional disorders is emotion regulation. the present study focuses on effectiveness of transdiagnostic therapy on emotion regulation strategies of patients with emotional disorders in comparison with cognitive-behavior therapy. methods: this study was a pretest/posttest randomized control trial. a diagnostically heterogeneous clinical sample o...

The affective component of Subjective Well Being refers to the emotional evaluations people make regarding day-to-day life events. These responses can be categorized into two: Positive affect and Negative affect. usually indicate that is going well, everything as expected; negative indicates opposite. Despite immense number instruments scales currently exist around this topic, there’s still roo...