objectives: the purpose of the study is to predict the psychological well-being of nurses based on personality traits and defense mechanisms. methods: the research method was correlational and the statistical population consisted of all married female nurses in hospitals of the qom city. the sample size estimated by tabachnik and fidel method 114 and with overestimate attain to 120 people. thes...

background: to date, few results on well-being in individuals  with neurological disease have been published, while several  studies in other groups have indicated that well-being may not be the only absence of psychological distress, but also positive  psychological function. the aim of the present study was to  compare the psychological well-being (pwb) between the people with multiple sclero...

abstract background: this study aims to explore the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being of caregivers of stroke survivors in shiraz, iran. materials and methods: a purposive sample of 96 family members, which included 34 daughters-in-law and 62 daughters, who were caring for severe impaired stroke survivors were enrolled in the study. results: the results showed a sign...

A theoretical model of psychological well-being that encompasses 6 distinct dimensions of wellness (Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth, Positive Relations with Others, Purpose in Life, Self-Acceptance) was tested with data from a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 1,108), aged 25 and older, who participated in telephone interviews. Confirmatory factor analyses provide...

Many people have concealable stigmatized identities: Identities that can be hidden from others and that are socially devalued and negatively stereotyped. Understanding how these concealable stigmatized identities affect psychological well-being is critical. We present our model of the components of concealable stigmatized identities including valenced content - internalized stigma, experienced ...