The purpose of this study was to test a 2-factor model of affective health in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA; n = 82) or osteoarthritis (OA; n = 88). Positive and negative social interactions and affect were assessed for 11 consecutive weeks. For each participant, Vulnerability and Resilience factors were created from factor analyses of positive and negative personal characteristics, respe...

Objective: In any society, attention to physical, mental, social, and cultural health status as well as spiritual interests and providing opportunities for realization of a dynamic and healthy life is considered as the guarantee for the community health in the coming years. One of the issues that troubles the mental health of some people is infertility. In this regard, this study aims to determ...

This paper discusses seven propositions: • climate change and poverty are linked by the issue of vulnerability, • the hardest equity issues arise because of qualitative differences in the nature of climate change and policy impacts on the poor and those who are better off, • poverty cannot be understood in terms of lack of goods or income, or even basic needs, but must rather be understood in t...

A specific psychotherapeutic strategy for increasing psychological well-being and resilience, well-being therapy, has been developed and validated in a number of randomized controlled trials. The findings indicate that flourishing and resilience can be promoted by specific interventions leading to a positive evaluation of one's self, a sense of continued growth and development, the belief that ...

objective: this study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (ptg). this study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth . method: participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the university of shiraz. participants were recruited in two stage...

Background & aim: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health issue leading to the death of many people every year. Experience of infertility profoundly affects the personal well-being of women. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and contributing factors of psychological IPV in infertile women referring to the infertility centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University o...

objective: in geriatric practice, the impact of psychological distress on health status has been undermined due to ageism, atypical presentation and less tendency to report negative affect among elderly people. few studies have examined the impact of psychological stressors on medical burden in older adults. the current study has investigated the correlation of psychological distress and burden...

conclusions the overall results of this study reveal that positive thinking training courses can be used to increase the quality of life and resiliency of cancer patients. results to analyze the data, t-test and analysis of covariance (ancova) was used. the result of this study showed that the positive thinking training course has a significant effect on resiliency (p = 0.00) and quality of lif...

background and aim: marital conflicts are unavoidable in family life, especially between a couple employed in a stressful job such as nursing. therefore, identification and improvement of individualistic skills that can affect marital conflicts are important. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between resilience, psychological hardiness, and marital conflicts among nur...