this study compared focus attention (self-focused attention and other focused attention) in social phobia patients and normal subjects. in this study with causal–comparative method, 100 subjects with social phobia and 100 normal individuals have been compared. subjects were selected through cluster sampling among tabriz university students. data scale of social phobia and focus attention of the...

conclusions due to the high rate of self-immolations in this area, solutions for improvement of life quality and social norms should be reviewed and implemented. results 350 self-immolations resulting in death were reported in this study; these subjects were 16-25 years old, 67.25% female, 63.55% elementary school education, 74.20% married, 69.10% housewife, 61.05% resident of saravan, 93.35% o...

introduction: women are facing inequalities including health, thus their health deserves attention. investigating people’s health status from their viewpoints is an important measure in terms of public health of society and an indicator to determine the efficiency of health system.  this study aimed at evaluating the self-assessed health of older women living in shiraz and yasuj. methods: this ...

Background: As a chronic disease, heart failure (HF) is a growing problem that not only impacts patients but also their family members and friends. Self-care is the main part of HF treatment. Despite the significance of determining variables involved in self-care, the relationships of self-efficacy, illness perception, and social support with self-care and the predictive roles of these variable...

objective: psychological hardiness is a protective personality structure against life stresses that plays a major role in resisting stressful events. thus, the present research aimed to predict the psychological hardiness based on mental health and emotional intelligence in students. methods: the method applied in the research was a descriptive-correlation type. a total of 348 students of payam...

food security has a dynamic notion during the time and may be affected by various domestic and global factors.nevertheless, iranian policy makers consider food security as same as self-sufficiency in agricultural food products, particularly wheat production. however, self-sufficiency can contribute to food security only if it is in coincidences with comparative advantage and sustainable resourc...

objective: considering the effects of the level of social support and self-esteem as risk factors in the onset and continuation of depression, the purpose of the current study (in addition to studying the demographic items of depression) was to investigate the correlation between depression and level of social support and self-esteem in iranian university students studying non medical majors. m...

in recent years, natural disasters and the accompanying health risks have become more frequent, and rehabilitation work has become an important part of government performance. on one hand, social networks play an important role in participants' therapeutic community participation and physical & mental recovery. on the other hand, therapeutic communities with widespread participation can also co...