QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Year:2015 | Volume:4 | Issue:14 |Papers Count:9

Objective: Marital satisfaction is one of important consequences of a good couple relationships and it is a main indicator for evaluation of its functionality. This study was conducted to evaluate effect of diagnosis and medical treatments of breast cancer on marital satisfaction of women by comparing breast cancer patients to the general population.Method: In this descriptive-comparative study, 50 women with breast cancer who had referred to the department of Radiotherapy in Imam Hussein Hospital for complementary therapies and 50 women of general population were selected based on using purposive sampling, and then answered to the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spaneir1976). The data were processed through Sciences Statistical Package for the Social (SPSS 19) to calculate independent T test.Findings: Findings indicate significant deference (sig=0.001) between marital satisfaction of two groups and lower marital satisfaction of breast cancer.Conclusion: According to finding of this study and with regarding of finding reported by other related studies, it seems that considering marital satisfaction during early stages of diagnosis and medical treatments is a mental health necessity.

Objective: This research is aimed to study the abnormal schema and social anxiety in a group of women who had applied for cosmetic surgery as compared to a non- applicant group.Method: For this purpose, 60 applicants and 60 non- applicants were selected as in accessible sample in the city of Tehran. Both groups were asked to complete two questionnaires: Yang Schema Scale (Third short version, 2005), and Social Anxiety Scale (Davidson, 1997). These tests are valid and reliable. The Data were analyzed by MANOVA and in case there was a significant difference, Bonferoni post hoc test was taken.Results: Result indicated that there are significant differences between two groups in subjugation and self- sacrifice, indeed women who had applied for cosmetic surgery significantly experienced higher degrees of social anxiety.Conclution: According to result can recognize that women who had applied for cosmetic surgery experiencing higher level of social anxiety. However, the high level of social anxiety will associate with applying cosmetic surgery.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two non-medical treatment methods (progressive muscular relaxation and music therapy) on the degree of fatigue in breast cancer patients.Method: Research method of this study was experimental and its’ design was pre-test and post-test on multi groups. The population of this study were the total number of females who suffer from breast cancer and were introduced themselves to Shafa Partov Clinic in Ardabil province in order to radiotherapy from 2011 September until 2012April. The samples (n=45, 16-45 years-old) were selected using accessible sampling (because of the lack of total list of patients), and the Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) was used for data collection. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics plus chi square and multiple analyses of variance.Findings: Both treatment methods were effective in reducing of the degree of fatigue in cancer patients (p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of these two treatment methods.Conclusion: It is advised that the therapists used the progressive muscles relaxation and music technique in order to decrease fatigue in cancer patients.

Objective: One of the main concerns of health–social policymakers in nowadays societies is the increasing prevalence of addictive behaviors, particularly cigarette smoking and smoking in younger age groups. This study aimed to compare the attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health between smokers and non-smokers of dormitory students.Method: using the ex-post facto design for studying all Shahid Beheshti University students in the 91-92 school years. The sample consisted of 50 smokers and 50 nonsmokers, which selected by convenient sampling. And the demographic questionnaires of attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health answered. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used for data analysis.Results: findings of study showed, there are significant difference between smokers and non-smokers students in attachment style, perceived loneliness and mental health scales and. People who have smoked had more insecure attachment style, loneliness feeling and less mental health.Conclusion: The results of the present study indicate that smoking is influenced by personal factors, and attachment style, loneliness feeling and mental health are associated with smoking.

Objective: The purpose of this research is to determine check the scale of mindfulness training based on cognitive therapy (MBCT) on enhancing optimism in pregnant women with diabetes.Method: Research way is experimental and research sample contains 30 peregnant women with diabetes who live in sanandaj and who have been choosed by random and are set in 2 groups (experimental and control). in the experimental group, they presented mindfulness training (MBCT) but they presented no training in control group. Both groups were evaluated by pre -test and after training by past -test. in this research data were gathered by oxford optimism questionnaire. For data analysis co -variance was used.Results: The findings of this study, has shows significant differences between control and experimental groups. the Mindfulness training based on cognitive therapy (MBCT) has a significant effect on increased optimism.Conclusion: The Mindfulness training based on cognitive therapy (MBCT) can of the interventions program in a population of pregnant diabetes women and their optimism increase.

Objective: The main objective of this study was the role of rumination on psychological well-being and anxiety the spouses' cancer patients in the Qom province.Method: The research method was causal-comparative, 147 persons of spouses' cancer patients using random sampling method selected. Collected in this study three questionnaires: rumination Nolen-Hoksema and psychological well-being (Mc Cummins, 2006) and anxiety beck. Data were calculated from the correlation matrix then relationship between these variables derived through series of multiple regression analysis(Using SPSS software).Results: The results showed that there was a Significant negative relation between rumination and psychological well-being a Significant positive relationship exists between rumination and anxiety, and predictor Variable (rumination) are able to predict feed changes of psychological well-being and anxiety Variable.Conclusion: Study results suggest that low psychological well-being of spouses of patients with cancer. Therefore the mental needs of cancer patients Essential component in the successful treatment of patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the general health and Self-esteem Status Of the aged women trained in Iran Alzheimer's Association and Other.Method: Forty aged women were selected and divided into 2 groups via matched pair design. One group (n=20) was trained in Iran Alzheimer's Association and (n=20) was not trained and not association. The research method was causal-comparative and the data were collected via Goldberg's general health questionnaire and Cooper Smite self-esteem inventory.Findings: First Result of one-sample t-test showed that general health and self-esteem were high in aged women population. Second Result of independent t-test showed that both variables in the trained group were higher than the ones in the untrained group (Sig. 0.001). Third result with the same linear regression model indicated the relationship between general health and self-esteem of aged women. Fourth result based on matched chi square test, no relationship was seen between self-esteem and general health of aged women with their personal characteristics (education level, marital status, job position, economic situation, health conditions).Conclusion: Aged women training affects their general health and self-esteem.

Objective: Acceptance-based therapies increase psychological flexibility and improve mental health in people with chronic pains. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acceptance and commitment based therapy (ACT) on increasing the psychological capital of esophageal cancer patients.Method: This study used quasi-experimental method and a pretest-posttest plan with a control group. Participants consisted of 32 women with esophageal cancer who were selected using convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Our measuring tool was Psychological Capital Questionnaire which was completed by the participants. Then, the participants in the experimental group participated in 8 sessions of 45 min of acceptance and commitment based therapy. Analysis of variance method was used to analyze data.Results: Data analysis showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy had significantly increased the psychological capital and its subscales in the experimental group, compared to the control group. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, acceptance and commitment based therapy increases psychological capitals of esophageal cancer patients and represents new horizons in clinical interventions and thus could be used as an effective interventional method.

Objective: Anxiety of pregnancy influences the childbirth factors and pregnancy outcomes. Mindfulness is an approach that can be used to control this anxiety. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mindfulness-based Islamic- spiritual schemas on pregnancy anxiety in pregnant women and their infants' physiological parameters.Method: This study was a pre- experimental study by pretest- posttest design with a control group. Thirty women pregnant had 16 to 32 weeks were selected with the high score in anxiety of pregnancy questionnaire. The study participants were placed in two groups (one experimental with mindfulness-based Islamic spiritual schema and another control) by chance selection. The Dareshori anxiety of pregnancy Questionnaire was used for collecting the data in pre-test and post-test stages. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance was used for analyzing the data.Results: mindfulness-based Islamic –spiritual schemas training reduced indicators of pregnancy anxiety (fear of emotions and interpersonal relationships, fear of appearance changes and fear of childbirth) and increased the physiological characteristics of newborns (eg, weight, head circumference and score at the first minute and the fifth minute Apgar).Conclusion: Mindfulness-based Islamic spiritual schema training is effective in reducing pregnancy anxiety and improving physiological parameters of their infants