objective: self-harm was classified to show forms like non-suicidal self injury and indirect risky behaviors and drug abuse. the aims of this study were to compare suicidal tendencies indexes and difficulty in emotion regulation skills in mixed groups of adolescents with direct and indirect forms of self-harm. methods: in a casual-comparative design from population of delinquent adolescents det...

herein, we described the first case of self-inoculation in a veterinarian with bovine johne’s disease(bjd) attenuated vaccine in iran that required medical attention. a needle-stick injury to the right thumb of ayoung veterinarian during vaccination of cattle with bjd vaccine resulted in an inflammation that not onlyfailed to resolve but also progressed to a lesion 2.5 cm in diameter. the usual...

objective: the purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing student’s achievement motivation. statistical population of this research consisted of agriculture ms.c students in tehran university (n=712). methods: a random sampling method was used to collect data from 175 students applying cochran's formula. the main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire. content v...

conclusions based on our findings, it is crucial to implement well-designed educational programs to improve hypertension self-care behaviors. background an assessment of an individual’s hypertension self-care behavior may provide clinicians and practitioners with important information regarding how to better control hypertension. objectives the objective of this study was to investigate the sel...

background self-efficacy is an important predicator of coping with stress. objectives this study aimed to determine the psychometric characteristics of the coping self-efficacy (cse) scale among hiv-infected iranian patients. patients and methods psychometric properties of the cse scale were examined by using a cross-sectional study design. one hundred and twenty hiv-infected iranian patients t...

background & aim : adolescence is a sensitive period and psychological health during this period is of significant importance. several studies suggest that self-esteem is a better predictor of success in studying than intelligence scores. having assertiveness is considered important in having a high self-esteem. this study has been carried out in order to determine the influence of assertivenes...

introduction: this study was conducted with aim of investigating the relationship between religious orientation and self-esteem of students. methods: the present research was of a correlational study. the research population consisted of all students (boys and girls) studying at islamic azad university, payam noor and applied science universities in darehshahr city in the academic year of 2013-...

abstract aims: the reason of selecting self-immolation as a mean to commit suicide is unclear. this study was designed to compare 2 groups of people with and without intention to suicide that had self-immolated. instrument & methods: all 227 self-immolated patients who had been admitted to the burn unit of imam khomeini hospital of kermanshah city, iran, during 2003 to 2004  participated in thi...

introduction: promoting and maintaining breastfeeding is an important part of the healthcare, nutrition and other social measures required to promote proper growth and development of infants, and a major component of primary healthcare. several factors affect onset and duration of breastfeeding. self-efficacy is one of those factors that can be modified, buthas been less studied. objective:the ...