Background & Aim: Chronic diseases are one of the most prevalent health problems affecting the quality of an adolescent's interaction with others. Social support can be important particularly during adolescence due to the many internal and external changes that happen to a person. This study aimed to determine the levels of perceived social support and its correlated factors in adolescents with...

Background and Objective: Smoking has various socio-economic consequences and is related with social support. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the association between smoking and social support from families, friends, and significant others in adults. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between 2014 and 2016 in the framework of Tehran Lipid and...

Abstract Background & Aim: Appropriate quality of life not only is determined by disease, but also is depends to psychological condition such as job burnout, perceived social support and psychological hardiness. The research aim was to investigate the role of job burnout, perceived social support and psychological hardiness in predicting nurses’ quality of life. Materials & Methods:...

Abstract Introduction: Nursing is a stressful jobs and stress causes burnout. Job burnout has a lot negative psychological consequences. Thus, the aim of this study was to predict nurse’s job burnout based on the social capital, perceived social support and organizational citizenship behavior. Methods: The current research was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study. The ...

Introduction: Body image is one of the important aspects of people's mental health, and those who suffer from amputation face many problems related to body image concerns. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of developing the structural relationship between mindfulness and body image concern in amputees with the mediating role of perceived social support. Methods: The curre...

Introduction: The current study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived social support and Academic self-efficacy with social adjustment. The research plan was correlational and predictive. Methods: The participants of the research were all of students of Jondishapour Medical University of Ahvaz among whom 200 students were selected randomly. The data was collected usin...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived stress, social support, and body image in predicting the severity of depressive symptoms in ostomy patients. Methods: In this descriptive/correlational study with a cross-sectional design, 120 ostomy patients referred to the Iranian Ostomy Society were selected using a convenience sampling technique, and responded t...

Introduction: This was a correlational prospective study which aimed to determine the relationship between perceived Affective support, Academic pleasure and Academic Achievement. Methods: The participants of this study (180) were selected randomly from students of Jondishapour University of Medical of Sciences. The data was collected using Perceived Affective Support Scale, subscale...