Iran Journal of Nursing
Year:2016 | Volume:29 | Issue:102|Papers Count:8

Background & Aim: Emotional intelligence can be considered as one of the leading factors influencing different aspects of one's life that leads individuals to percept their feelings for appropriate decision making and fields for future accomplishments. Because of controversies in the studies about the role of emotional intelligence in academic achievement, the aim of this study has been done to determine the correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement on nursing and midwifery students.Material & Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study conducted on 350 nursing and midwifery students who are studying at Islamic Azad University of Rasht in 2013-2014 years. The emotional intelligence questionnaire by Sibria Shiring has been used to determine the level of emotional intelligence among the students. The academic success was measured by the prior semester grade point average. Data analysis was performed by descriptive and inferential statistics (Independent t-test, chi-square and Pearson correlation test) using SPSS (v/16).Results: The mean score of emotional intelligence among nursing and midwifery students was 82.01±13.56 and 76.06±16.11, respectively. The results has been showed significant difference between mean scores of emotional intelligence in different age groups of students (P<0.05). Also, there was a significant relationship between average scores of nursing students' emotional intelligence and their academic achievements (P<0.05). There is also a significant relationship between average social skill and academic achievement of midwifery students (P<0.05).Conclusion: The results obtained indicate correlation between emotional intelligence and academic achievement of students. The concept of emotional intelligence should be included in educational planning of students. It will be help them to use better strategies when faced with social and academic problems, as a result will be reduced the academic failure.

Background & Aim: High blood pressure is very important risk factor for cardiovascular disease but more symptoms of this disease are not evident in the adolescent period. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between blood pressure and mean arterial pressure, body mass index, as well as their prevalence at a younger age.Material & Method: This study is a descriptive correlational research. The study population includes Mahabad Azad University students who were selected by non-randomized method. Data were collected by demographic questionnaire, pressure gauge, digital scales and meters. SPSS (v/16) software and Pearson, Spearman and Chisquare test were used for data analysis.Results: In this study, 1050 students between the ages of 18 and 30 years were participated.32 percent of men and 27% of women have a body mass index between 25 and 30, respectively.38% of people who had a body mass index between 25 and 30 pre-hypertension stage and five percent of people who had a body mass index greater than 30 degrees had high blood pressure. Chi-square test showed no significant difference between genders in terms of body mass index (p=0.106). Spearman test showed a significant relationship between BMI and blood pressure (p<0.001). Also Pearson test showed a significant correlation between mean arterial pressure and body mass index.Conclusion: The results showed that body mass index among young people and blood pressure in young men is high and this can be a serious warning for the authorities to identify risk factors and applying preventive measures for this age group.

Background& aim: Emotion regulation strategies are so important in the job burnout and marital satisfaction. Here we investigate the relationships between cognitive emotion regulation strategies, job burnout and marital satisfaction among female nurses.Material & Methods: In this descriptive-correlation study, participants included 140 female nurses were practitioner in hospitals in Ardabil (including nurses, nursing technicians and nursing assistants and were selected through convenience sampling and respect to inclusion and exclusion criteria. To gather the data, the short form of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies questionnaire, Job Burnout and Mslesh Marital Adjustment questionnaires were applied. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including correlation and stepwise regression.Results: The results of data analysis indicated that acceptance strategies, positive reappraisal and rumination strategies are able to significantly predict marital satisfaction and blaming others. Acceptance and rumination strategies have significant ability to predict job burnout in women in nursing. Also, between marital satisfaction, job burnout and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies was a significant inverse relationship, and between marital satisfaction, job burnout and adaptive emotion regulation strategies was a significant direct relationship.Conclusion: The results of this study revealed the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies, marital satisfaction and job burnout among nurses. It is suggested that emotion regulation strategies should be used in educational and prevention programs for nurses as an effective factor associated with marital satisfaction and job burnout.

Background & Aim: One of the most important factors that lead to maladjustment and conflict in marital life is relationship problem of couples, which is the result of lacking appropriate and necessary skills for establishing healthy and intimate relationships. The present research was conducted by the aim of investigating the effect of relationship enhancement program on reducing marital conflicts of dual-career couples.Materials & Methods: The current study uses quasi-experimental method; where-in pretest-posttest design with control group has been used. The population of the present research comprised of all married women employed in the department of education of Shahryar city in 2013, who demanded to participate in the training sessions. By using available sampling method, 20 of the female teachers who showed highest levels of conflict with their spouses in marital conflicts questionnaire of Barati and Sanaei were selected and they were placed in two groups of control and experiment by random assignment method. The sessions of relationship enhancement program were held in 8 sessions in groups for the experiment group, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed through methods of descriptive statistics and multivariate covariance analysis in SPSS v.16 software.Results: The results showed that the training of relationship enhancement program (REP) has led to significant decrease in marital conflicts among the women of the experiment group in the posttest stage (F=13.92 & P<0.01), and it has led to significant decrease in all the components of this variable, as well; including reduction of cooperation, reduction of sexual relationship, increased emotional reactions, increase in drawing child’s support, increased personal relationship with relatives, reduction of family relationship with relatives of spouse and friends, and separating financial matters from each other.Conclusion: Findings of the present research suggested that relationship enhancement program has been effective in reducing marital conflicts among dual-career couples. It is recommended that future studies examine the effectiveness of marriage enrichment program on marital variables.

Background & Aim: Different physical and social contexts can be affecting the various aspects of life in elderly people. The aim of present study was to investigate and compare of depression and death anxiety among nursing home resident and non-resident elderlies.Material & Method: The research was a descriptive comparative study and 250 nursing home resident and non-resident elderlies were participated. The sampling was done by available sampling method. The research instruments were Geriatric Depression Scale and Collet& Lester death anxiety test. Data gathering was based solely on self-reports. Data were analyzed via SPSS (V.16) using independent t-test.Result: Depression and death anxiety were significantly greater in nursing home resident elderlies respect to non-resident elderlies (P=0.05).Conclusion: According to our results, it is necessary to improve quality of life in elderly by attention to living conditions of nursing home resident elderlies, periodic psychiatric examinations and using psychological interventions in depression and anxiety.

Background & Aim: Anxiety plays an important and sensitive role in nurses. Mindfulness-based therapy is the third generation of anxiety disorders treatments that attracted many practitioners attention. The aim of present research was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on cognitive failure and emotional processing in the anxious nurses.Materials & Methods: This study was pre-test and post-test with control group. For this purpose, 40 nurses were randomly selected from nurses with anxiety in Ardabil and they assigned to intervention (mind fullness based cognitive therapy) and the control groups. The intervention was 8 sessions (1.5 h per weeks) of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy courses. Our instruments were the State-Trait anxiety, mindfulness, cognitive failure, emotional processing and anxious thoughts scales.Results: The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the intervention group significantly improved cognitive failure, emotional processing and anxiety in the nurses (p<0.05).Conclusion: Based on our research findings, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is an important effective factor in cognitive failure, emotional processing improvement and reduces anxiety in nurses. Also, this method can be used as one of the effective and useful method for nurses.