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...

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...

The research aimed to study the mediating role of perceived social support in the relation between adult attachment styles and social media addiction of Instagram users The statistical population of the study consisted of adult Instagram users in Tehran. The sample comprised 50 adults aged 18-60 who completed the measures adult attachment styles scale. perceived social support inquiry and socia...

  Background: Adherences to diet is essential for the treatment of hemodialysis patients. Nonadherence to treatment is directly associated with worse clinical outcomes.This study was designed to determine the association between Adherences to diet with perceived social support and self-efficacy among hemodialysis patients .   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 203 hemodialysis patients wer...

Studies showed that Families of children with hearing-impairment, especially mothers, face with more physical and psychological problems. The purpose of this study is the comparison of perceived social support and mental health of mothers of children with and without hearing-impairment. The sample of this study included 100 mothers in Babol city that were selected by cluster sampling method. Da...

Abstract Background & Aims: Despite the fact that pregnancy after In Vitro Fertilization is often the end of infertility treatment and investigations, some of pregnant women experience high level of anxiety and stress. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship of perceived social support and anxiety in women conceived via Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ARTs). Material & ...

Background & objectives: Although, pregnancy and delivery are natural processes in woman's life, they are stressful experiences with emotional, physical and social changes. Woman’s response to pregnancy is affected by a variety of factors, among which pregnancy age can be considered as the most important factor with significant effects on pregnancy and delivery processes. This study was conduct...

  Background & Aims : quality of sleep could be useful in health promotion and improvement of quality of life in student. Some psychosocial factors such as social support might affect the quality of sleep. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived social support and quality of sleep in nursing students.   Material & Methods : It was a descriptive cor...

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:...