conclusions it seems that implementation of an appropriate interventional program related to adaptive ways of coping in order to deal with stress is effective in mental health and quality of life promotion. results the most and the least used ways in coping with stress were planful problem solving and confronting coping. considering the quality of life, the most and the least scores were relate...

the aim of this study was to compare the quality of life, depression, anxiety and stress in farmers exposed to organophosphate pesticides with those in a control group. this cross-sectional study was conducted on 67 farmers of gheinarje village in arak, central iran in 2012. the case group included 35 farmers exposed to organophosphate pesticides, the control group consisted of 32 subjects who ...

  Background: It has been prover that the prevalence of experiencing job related stress is very high among the dentists. This stress can be the result of factors such as poor lightening of dental office and noise. This stress can cause emotional distress and threaten dentists’ physical health and affect the quality of their life. This study is conducted to determine dentists’ p...

Objective: Life stress is hypothesized to alter the dynamic regulation of the autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune systems. This study examined the effects of antecedent chronic life stress on psychological and physiological responsivity after acute challenge with a psychological stressor. Method: Using a within-subject mixed design, male volunteers with [N = 12) and without chronic life stres...

background & aim : quality of life indicates individual’s level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with different aspects of life. one of the aspects that could affect aspects of life is mental distress. the aim of this study was to study the relation between quality of life and mental distresses kurd seniors living in saghez. methods & materials : this research was a correlation study conducte...

In his book on behavioural endocrinology, Randy Nelson describes 'stress' as a 'notoriously ethereal concept'. Yet, despite this lack of clarity, studies of the consequences of stress across different time scales, life history stages, taxa and levels of biological enquiry form a large part of modern biology and biomedicine. Organisms need to recognise and respond to environmental challenges. Be...