background : adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by complex transitions. the purpose of study was to assess school adolescents’ pwb, examine the relationship of pa and socio-demographic factors with pwb. methods : a cross sectional study conducted in five randomly selected schools with 345 adolescents (aged 12-18) from grade 6th-10th. a self-administered well-being index was ad...

background: health locus of control (hlc) has been associated with a variety of ailments and health outcomes and de­signed to predict behaviors and cognitive processes relevant to mental and physical health. this study investigated the relation­ships between perceived health locus of control, self-esteem, and mental health status among iranian students. methods: in this analytical study the sub...

investigating the relationship between coping skills and career exhaustion with psychological health of urmia doctors     soleimannejad a [1] , hamdami p [2] , soudi h [3]     received: 30 aug, 2011 accepted: 23 oct, 2011     abstract   background & aims : this research was conducted to study the relationship between the coping skills and career exhaustion with psychological health of urmia doc...

emotional freedom technique (eft) as a new therapeutic technique in energy psychology has positive effects on psychological and physiological symptoms, and quality of life. in this research we studied the effect of this treatment on immunological factors. this study tested whether 8-week group sessions of eft (compared to a wait-list control group) with emphasis on patient's respiratory, psycho...

objective: examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. method: the samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belongi...

objective: the main goal of this study is to compare stressful life events and mental health in coronary heart disease (chd) patients and non-patients. method: in this research, 120 participants (n=68 male, n= 52 female) were divided into two groups of patients (n=60) and non-patients (n=60). they were selected from vali asr hospital of meshginshahr (iran) and completed the general health quest...

objective: psychological hardiness is a protective personality structure against life stresses that plays a major role in resisting stressful events. thus, the present research aimed to predict the psychological hardiness based on mental health and emotional intelligence in students. methods: the method applied in the research was a descriptive-correlation type. a total of 348 students of payam...