The present study tested and extended Lane and Terry (2000) conceptual model of mood-performance relationships using a large dataset from an online experiment. Methodological and theoretical advances included testing a more balanced model of pleasant and unpleasant emotions, and evaluating relationships among emotion regulation traits, states and beliefs, psychological skills use, perceptions o...

conclusions this study showed that 36% of the patients with mild tbi symptoms had mental health problems. given the high rates of psychologic disorders among patients with mild tbi, it is necessary to reduce the factors that caused the disorder. results a total of 286 patients, 79.7% males and 20.3% females with male to female ratio of 4:1, completed the study. female had significantly higher g...

OBJECTIVES Studies suggest that having a child with autism has a negative impact on maternal psychological functioning, but no large-scale, population-based studies are available. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe the psychological functioning, physical and mental health, family communication, and parenting support of mothers of a child with autism compared with other mothers on...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between performance- and informant-based measures of activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients with early dementia and burden or psychological distress experienced by the patients' caregivers. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Ambulatory center. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-four patient-caregiver dyads in which the patient had mild dementia (Mini-Mental St...

background: many countries make many of their governmental sectors private. this transition, however, may affect their employees in numerous ways. objective: to determine the level of occupational stress and mental health of employees of a petrochemical company in isfahan, central iran, before and 3 months after privatization. methods: out of the 700 employees of the studied company, using a st...

Mental health plays an important role in ensuring the dynamism and efficiency of every community. Since human resources have crucial role in the cultural, social and economical developments of communities, students also are the brilliant segments of society and creators of future of each country therefore, assessing of their mental health is of utmost importance. The aim of the present study is...

Virtual part-task trainers (VPTTs) are employed in the acquisition and retention of a range of procedural and psychomotor skills. Taking the position that all tasks involve a level of cognitive engagement, this paper discusses cognitive theories of skill acquisition, learning, and multimodal learning and their application to the design of VPTTs and similar learning technologies. The inclusion o...

conclusions children use variable methods to cope with their stress. therefore, parents, health trainers and school authorities should distinguish non-adaptive methods of children and teach them the adaptive coping strategies. results all coping methods inserted in the questionnaire were used by students. more than 70% of students mentioned “pray”, “say i’m sorry or tell the truth”, and “try to...