Nasrin Fazel; Hamide Yazdi Moghadam; Fateme Elhani; Akbar Pejhan; Mohse Koshan; Mohammad Reza Ghasemi; Fahime Ravadideh
Volume 24, Issue 2 , May and June 2017, , Pages 97-106
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Background: Clinical education is the most costly element of nursing programs. One of the importantbasics of nursing education comes into account. The clinical education course is important landmark in nursing education, the first professional capabilities of students to be established. This qualitative ...
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Background: Clinical education is the most costly element of nursing programs. One of the importantbasics of nursing education comes into account. The clinical education course is important landmark in nursing education, the first professional capabilities of students to be established. This qualitative study was conducted in the emergency department . Materials and Methods: This study is qualitative research with content analysis. The process of data collection consists of 20 semi-structured interviews and in-depth with the nurses in the emergency department (six nursing students and two nursing directors of wards, four nursing educators, eight nursing personnel) with notes field. By interview with actual experiences of nurses in clinical response, four open questions were collected. Data were analyzed with the using qualitative content analysis. Results: Data analysis resulted in the extraction of nine classes and three represent the experiences and perceptions of emergency roomnurses from clinical education and include the environment (Communications, safety environmental, environmental equipment), education (patient education, personnel training and training students) and performance of the director of sector (the role of management in the emergency department of education, the role of the matron of education, the role of the service provider's staff, communications, safety environmental, environmental equipment), education (patient education, personnel training and training students) and the performance of the sector (the role of management of the emergency department in education, the role and function of the mananger in education, the role and function of the service provider's staff). Conclusion: Research findings based on the experiences of students, staff and educator showed some effective factors such as the patient's face to face training, to gain positive experience and some negative experiences such as lack of useable techniques that have been taught the students in the learning environment at the university like that quality in clinic, lack of equipment, and workload of personnel. Considering all the ideas, authorities will be able to identify the clinical education problems, plan appropriate training programs, and promote the quality of their clinical training.
Maryam Moradi; Hoda Azizi; Seyyed Ehsan Saffari; Mohsen Koushan
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 765-772
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Background: Patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis are affected by psychological stresses, besides many physiological changes. Nowadays, complementary medicine is one of the methods to control these stresses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of acupressure on anxiety ...
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Background: Patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis are affected by psychological stresses, besides many physiological changes. Nowadays, complementary medicine is one of the methods to control these stresses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of acupressure on anxiety in patients with hemodialysis in TorbatHeidarie city. Methods and Materials: This is a randomized clinical trial with control group. 81 patients with hemodialysis were recruited into acupressure at true points group (27 patients), acupressure at false points group (27 patients), and control group (27 patients) using permutation block in NohomDey educational hospital and Dialysis Clinic of TorbatHeidarie city in 2014. Anxiety of patients of all groups was measured using Spielberger anxiety questionnaire before intervention and from the end of first week till the end of fourth week after intervention. The acupressure at true points group received the acupressure on the true points applied two times a week for four weeks. The acupressure at false points group received the acupressure on 2-3cm far from the true points. Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal Wallis and Friedman tests with SPSS version 16 at 0.05 significance level. Results: The acupressure at true points group and acupressure at false points group had significantly different mean levels of apparent and hidden anxiety at “before intervention” stage and “first to fourth week” (p=0.005, p=0.027). The average level of apparent anxiety of “before intervention” and “first-fourth week” was statistically significantly different at acupressure at false points group, but the hidden anxiety was not different at this scenario. The average level of apparent and hidden anxiety of “before intervention” and “first-fourth week” was not statistically significantly different in control group. Conclusion: Findings from this study indicates that the acupressure therapy at true points is able to reduce apparent and hidden anxiety of patients with hemodialysis.
Ali Vahidi Sabzevar; Mohsen Koushan; Raziyeh Khosrorad; Yaser Tabarraee; Mohammadreza Shegerf Nakhaee
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 805-814
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Background & Objectives: Nurses are the individuals who have been exposed to damage caused by improper anxiety. This stress can affect the mental health and nursing performance. So the present study aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on the anxiety levels of nurses working ...
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Background & Objectives: Nurses are the individuals who have been exposed to damage caused by improper anxiety. This stress can affect the mental health and nursing performance. So the present study aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on the anxiety levels of nurses working in hospitals of Sabzevar. Materials & Methods: In this randomized trial, 135 nurses working in Sabzevar hospitals were enrolled and then randomly were assigned to intervention and control groups. The samples were completed demographic questionnaire, questionnaire of emotional intelligence (Bar-One), and Spiel-Berger’s Situational and Characteristic anxiety questionnaires. Then the components of emotional intelligence were trained for intervention group. In termination of training questionnaires were completed and analyzed by T-test and non-parametrical tests and pResults: Totally, 80% of samples were female and average age was 32.11±6.68 years. Before intervention the deference between groups was not significant (p<0.05). After intervention a negative relationship was found for emotional intelligence between tow groups. Also the relation between Situational and Characteristic anxiety in studied groups was significant (p<0.003). After intervention the emotional intelligence has a higher score than before intervention and anxiety status showed a lower status than before intervention in intervention group (p<0.001). Conclusion: Our results show an inverse significant relation between emotional intelligence score and anxiety status, so that nurses with training of emotional intelligence components have a lower anxiety status.
Mehdi Jamali Nik; Kazem Maskani; Mohsen Koushan; MohammadHasan Rakhshani
Volume 22, Issue 4 , September and October 2015, , Pages 708-715
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Background and purpose: cardiac catheterization is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic methods of heart disease, Teaching methods such as group training creates the feeling of comfort and make the patients more relax, as well as it changes their psychological and physiological responses. ...
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Background and purpose: cardiac catheterization is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic methods of heart disease, Teaching methods such as group training creates the feeling of comfort and make the patients more relax, as well as it changes their psychological and physiological responses. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of group emotional expressions, on stress level of patients awaiting for cardiac catheterization. Materials and Methods: This interventional study (randomized trial) was carried out on 80 patients undergoing coronary angiography for the first time, in Vasee Hospital of Sabzevar in 2014. The samples were selected according to patients available on random days. In the intervention group, emotional expression method was performed. Data were collected via State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and standard anxiety questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using Chi-square, Fisher exact and analysis of covariance. (Significant level=0.05) Results: The average age of participants in this study was about 54.11±10.67 years. Among all patients, 39 participants (48.8%) were male and 41 participants (51.2%) were females. In the intervention group, mean score of STAI decreased significantly in comparision to the control group (p‹0.010). Conclusion: Group expression of emotions affect patient’s anxiety undergoing first time coronary angiography. Therefor it's recommended to use this method befor cardiac catheterization performance.
Zahra Nava Noorafshar; Mohsen Kooshan
Volume 22, Issue 3 , May and June 2015, , Pages 220-224
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Introduction: Suicide is one of the social and health problems. Epidemiological studies of suicide can provide the basis for effective preventive actions. The present study has conducted with the aim of epidemiological investigation of people who commit suicide among people who refer to Sabzevar hospitals ...
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Introduction: Suicide is one of the social and health problems. Epidemiological studies of suicide can provide the basis for effective preventive actions. The present study has conducted with the aim of epidemiological investigation of people who commit suicide among people who refer to Sabzevar hospitals in 2010.
Material and Methods: This study has been a cross-sectional study. Documents of patients have been used for gathering required data. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis.
Findings: In this study, the prevalence of attempted suicide, has been calculated 1 per thousand. During a year, 471 cases of attempted suicide was recorded in the city of Sabzevar. 305 cases were in the age group of 15 to 24 years old which have been formed the highest prevalence of cases. In this study, women were 288 cases that make 61% of cases. Singles were 289 that make 61/4 % of cases. Most cases of committing suicide have been among housewives with 125 cases that include 26/5 % of cases
Conclusion: The prevalence of committing suicide in the Sabzevar city was calculated 1 per thousand. According to the suicide recording system of health ministry, Sabzevar with regard to committing suicide prevalence, is one of the cities with moderate risk.
Mohsen Koushan; Zeynab Mollashahi; Ahmad Delbari; Mohammad Hasan Rakhshani
Volume 21, Issue 4 , September and October 2014, , Pages 569-577
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Background: loneliness is one of the most widespread complaints of elders that has serious consequences on their mental health, so present study is done in Sabzevar to examaine the effects of group reminiscence on loneliness in elders.
Materials and Methods: the present experimental study is examined ...
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Background: loneliness is one of the most widespread complaints of elders that has serious consequences on their mental health, so present study is done in Sabzevar to examaine the effects of group reminiscence on loneliness in elders.
Materials and Methods: the present experimental study is examined 73 of male elders who visited sabzevar rehabilitation clinic of elders and retirement centers. These people was selected according to input criterions and devided to interval group (36 persons) and control group (37 persons) by random. To control the effect of pretest on post test results, every group was devided into two groups, one with pretest and the other without it. First of all, loneliness was held for interval groups (8 sessions, 1 session perweek for an hour), at the end loneliness was measured in all groups and data analyzed by spss 20. Loneliness was measured by standard lonliness questionnaire. Here the statistical testes was included analyzed of variance; ANOVA, analyzed of covariance; ANCOVA, Independent Samples Test, Paired Samples Test.
Results: the mean of loneliness after intervention in groups with pretest was: interval group: 10/15 ± 1/63, control group: 13/84± 3/30 Independent Samples Test shows meaningful difference. The mean of loneliness after intervention in groups without pretest was: interval group: 12±3/09, control group: 13/56 ± 3/92 Independent Samples Test shows meaningful difference.
Conclusion: according to the present study 8 session of group reminiscence had posetive effects on reducing loneliness in.
MohammadHasan Rakhshani; Roya Akbarzadeh; Mohsen Koshan; Seyyed Morteza Hashemi Nik
Volume 21, Issue 3 , July and August 2014, , Pages 492-450
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Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases are major factor in reducing the amount of sleep and increased nighttime wakefulness. Due to the many complications resulting from medication, non-pharmacological methods that can improve the quality of sleep in patients with chronic heart disease, seems to ...
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Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases are major factor in reducing the amount of sleep and increased nighttime wakefulness. Due to the many complications resulting from medication, non-pharmacological methods that can improve the quality of sleep in patients with chronic heart disease, seems to be reasonable. This study aimed to assess the effect of the Benson relaxation technique on quality of sleep in patients with chronic heart disease.
Materials and Methods: The study design is a randomized clinical trial. The study population comprised 60 patients with chronic heart disease referring to Vasei hospital in Sabzevar that randomly divided into control group (n =30) and intervention group (n =30). The intervention Group did Benson relaxation exercises for 20 minutes twice a day over a month. Tools for data collection Consists of; demographic form and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index that in two times before and after the intervention were completed. Data with Mann-Whitney test, Chi-square, Fisher exact, Wilcoxon tests and Analysis of Covariance and using SPSS statistical software version 11.5 and with significance level p˂0/05 were analyzed.
Results: The mean± SD quality of sleep in the intervention group before making a gentle Benson relaxation was; 10/33±4/41 that after the intervention was decreased to 7/5±4/01. Analysis of the data in average sleep quality of participants in the intervention group before and after the intervention showed significant differences (P< 0/001).
Conclusion: Benson relaxation has desired effect on sleep quality of patients with chronic heart diseases, so it can be used as a complementary therapy to improve sleep quality in these patients.
Mohsen Koushan; MohammadHasan Rakhshani; Mahbobeh Mohebbi; Mossareza Tayyonfar
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 681-688
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Background: Many patients who are undergoing anesthesia and surgical have untreated stress and anxiety in day of surgery that will effect on the psychological and physiological levels. Reduction anxiety accepted as part of pre-operative nursing care. The present study investigated the effects of Guided ...
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Background: Many patients who are undergoing anesthesia and surgical have untreated stress and anxiety in day of surgery that will effect on the psychological and physiological levels. Reduction anxiety accepted as part of pre-operative nursing care. The present study investigated the effects of Guided Imagery on Anxiety level of the patients undergoing appendectomy.
Materials and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 60 patients undergoing appendectomy, admitted Beheshti hospital,Sabzevar in 2013, were randomly allocated into two intervention and control groups. Intervention was performed in 18 minutes Audio CD Guided Imagery for an hour before the operation. Data were analyzed bySPSS software version 20, using Chi-square,paired t test and analysis of covariance. 95% confidence level was considered.
Results: The average of state and trait anxiety level in Guided Image regroup before of intervention were 51/90 ± 7/88 and 42/76 ± 8/34 respectively which decreased to 38/53 ± 6/48 and 40/70 ± 7/88 after intervention. On the other side the average of state and trait anxiety level incontrol group were 52/03 ± 6/49 and 43/86 ± 8/29 respectively that increased to 60 ± 7/97 44/36 ± 8/18 in the end of the study. Statistically, the paired t test showed significant difference between the levels of anxiety before and afterof study in two groups (p
Mohsen Koushan; MohammadHasan Rakhshani; Mohaddeseh Mohsenpour; Narjes Heshmatifar
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 757-765
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Background and aims: Many patients with chronic renal failure are fatigue due to disease process and long-term treatment with hemodialysis. Because of very different side effects of medication, using complementary methods seems to be reasonable way to reduce fatigue in hemodialysis patients. This study ...
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Background and aims: Many patients with chronic renal failure are fatigue due to disease process and long-term treatment with hemodialysis. Because of very different side effects of medication, using complementary methods seems to be reasonable way to reduce fatigue in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to effect of Benson relaxation on fatigue in hemodialysis patients.
Materials and methods: The present research is an experimental controlled trial study conducted on 65 hemodialysis patients selected from Vasei Sabzevar Educational hospital in 2013. Patients were selected using convenience sampling method according to inclusion and exclusion criteria and then were divided randomly into two groups( 33 patients) in experimental and (32 patients) in control group. The experimental group received Benson relaxation for 15 minute, twice a day during one month. control group received no intervention. Data-collecting instruments included demographic information form and Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) questionnaire were completed before, 2 and 4 weeks after intervention. Data were analyzed by means of SPSS-11/5 and SAS 9.1 statistical software using descriptive statistics, T test, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney Test and generalized estimation equations.
Results: Mean score of fatigue in the experimental group was 6/97± 0/84, 5/25± 1/07and 3/92 ± 1/11 before intervention, after two weeks and four weeks later, respectively. Analysis of the data revealed a significant difference between the mean score of fatigue of before and after intervention in the experimental group(P
MohammadHasn Shirsavar; Ali Mohammad Amirtash; Shahin Jalali; Mohsen Koshan; Fahimeh Keyvanloo; Mohammad SeyyedAhmadi
Volume 20, Issue 3 , September and October 2013, , Pages 292-301
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Background and purpose: Addiction is a dependence on the drug that makes him the physical and psychological dependence on drugs and will affect all his personal and social behavior and has been attacked as an important social pathology of human society. Therefore, the aim of this study was Effect of ...
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Background and purpose: Addiction is a dependence on the drug that makes him the physical and psychological dependence on drugs and will affect all his personal and social behavior and has been attacked as an important social pathology of human society. Therefore, the aim of this study was Effect of a given exercise program on quality of life and self steam of addicts.
Methods and materials: The study was quasi-experimental. Between drug addiction in the center of the 60 Congress, 60 of whom were purposefully selected and divided into two groups. The first group, There were 30 people after detoxification and drug treatments did not participate in exercise programs and advice received, the second Group, There were 30 people on drug treatment and counseling after detoxification were involved in sports programs. In two pre-test and post test subjects responded to questionnaires about quality of life and self steam. Data analysis was performed using the dependent and independent T test whit Using software SPSS16 at significant level (p
Fahimeh Keyvanloo; Shahin Jalali; Mohsen Koushan; Mohammad Seyyed Ahmadi; Mohsen Ghofrani; Masoomeh Shojaei; Naeemeh Taheri
Volume 19, Issue 2 , May and June 2012, , Pages 181-189
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Background and purpose: In recent years, psychological and physiological effects of music on athletic performance have become an attractive field of research. The present study investigates the effect of various kinds of music on mood characteristics and performance accuracy in skilled and semi-skilled ...
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Background and purpose: In recent years, psychological and physiological effects of music on athletic performance have become an attractive field of research. The present study investigates the effect of various kinds of music on mood characteristics and performance accuracy in skilled and semi-skilled female basketball players. Methods: The population for this quasi-experimental study consisted of skilled players (League) and semi-skilled players (PE students). Seventy-two female basketball players (36 skilled and 36 semi-skilled) were selected randomly and assigned to different groups (exciting music, relaxation music, and favorite music). Data was collected in two days using Brunel mood scale and 5-value Zachary scale for measuring the accuracy of basketball free-throw. Results: ANOVA results show that listening to music improved mood characteristics of participants significantly regardless of their skill level (p=0.012). The interaction of test and type of music was significant on mood variables (p=0.01). Favorite music was more effective than exciting music in improving mood properties (p
Fahimeh Keayvanlou; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Zeynab Farrokh; Hossein Samadi; Mohsen koshan; Mehdi khalil arjmandi
Volume 18, Issue 4 , January and February 2012, , Pages 272-279
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Background and Purpose: Many factors affect the learning of motor skills، one of which is the arrangement pattern of exercises، which can affect the stability and development of a generalized practice schedules and parameterizing the movements. The current research was performed to monitor the effect ...
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Background and Purpose: Many factors affect the learning of motor skills، one of which is the arrangement pattern of exercises، which can affect the stability and development of a generalized practice schedules and parameterizing the movements. The current research was performed to monitor the effect of different practice schedules on learning and transfer of generalized motor program in a serial task.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study involved the population of male right-handed university students at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman، Iran. Therefore، 80 participants (age range of 19-23 years old) were randomly allocated into four groups: blocked، random، blocked-random and random-blocked. The test included performance of serial tasks with different generalized motor schedules (spatial dimension variance) and variable timing parameter. The participants took part after pre-test phase and accomplishing 108 trial exercises according to practice group in retention and transfer tests. When different tests were performed، amount of relative timing errors (measure of consistency and proficiency of generalized motor program) were calculated. For data analysis، descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey test) were used in SPSS 16 (p0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed that the blocked exercises caused a better performance at the acquisition level. However، different patterns caused a similar effect on the performance of participants at the levels of learning and transfer in a serial task.
Mohsen Koushan; Fereshteh Golestaneh; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Mehdi Mogharnasi; Fahimeh Keavanlou
Volume 18, Issue 2 , July and August 2011, , Pages 91-97
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Background and Purpose: Addict women face more mental problems than healthy women، and the issue is less attended. Applying inexpensive، easily accessible preventive measures like aerobic training can improve their mental health. The present study was to investigate the effect of aerobic training on ...
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Background and Purpose: Addict women face more mental problems than healthy women، and the issue is less attended. Applying inexpensive، easily accessible preventive measures like aerobic training can improve their mental health. The present study was to investigate the effect of aerobic training on the mental health of addict women in the central prison of Zahedan، Iran.
Methods and Materials: This experimental study involved the addict women in the central prison of Zahedan، Iran in 2008. Thirty addict women were randomly selected and assigned into two equal groups (15 controls and 15 experimental). The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28) and Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire were used for Data collection. The experimental group was trained for 8 weeks، three weekly sessions of 45 minutes. Both groups completed the questionnaires before and after the 8-week training for the evaluation of their mental health status. The data were analyzed in SPSS 15 using descriptive statistics (frequency، mean and standard deviation) as well as the dependent and independent t-test.
Results: Results showed that after eight weeks of aerobic training program، symptoms significantly improved: physical symptoms (from 12.20±6.37 to 4/±53±2/83)، anxiety (from 14.47±4.50 to 4.33±2.13)، depression (from 11.67±6.78 to 3.60±3.25) and mental health (from 48.20±15.50 to 18.87±6.71) (p≤0.05). However، the social functioning of the participants did not significantly change (from 10.33±4.43 to 7.70±3.80).
Conclusion: The results indicated aerobic training had an effective role in improving the mental health of addict women.
Mohsen Koushan; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Fahimeh Keavanloo
Volume 18, Issue 1 , March and April 2011, , Pages 47-54
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Background and Purpose: The emotional intelligence (EQ) includes understanding and control of emotions. The purpose of the present study was investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership styles (transformation and transaction) in the coaches of sports teams of Region 9 ...
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Background and Purpose: The emotional intelligence (EQ) includes understanding and control of emotions. The purpose of the present study was investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership styles (transformation and transaction) in the coaches of sports teams of Region 9 of the Islamic Azad University.
Methods and Materials: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive analytical research. The study population included male coaches of the sports teams of the Islamic Azad University Region 9، from among who 240 participants were randomly selected. Data collection was done through emotional intelligence questionnaire (Shoot، validity 0.84)، leadership style questionnaire (Varner Bourk، validity 0.79) and a demographic questionnaire. The obtained data were statistically analyzed in SPSS 13 using descriptive statistics (frequency، mean and standard deviation) and Pearson Correlation coefficient.
Results: Mean emotional intelligence of the participants was 116.25±20.21; mean transformation and transaction leadership styles scores were 50.60±5.41 and 24.42±5.41، respectively. There was a positive significant correlation between emotional intelligence and transformation leadership style (p=0.001، r=0.404). Also، there was a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and transactional leadership style (p=0.001، r=-0.404). Investigating the effect of age، experience and educational major on the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership style showed that older age and experience of the coach highlights this relationship (r=0.475، p=0.000). However، this correlation was significant only in coaches with non-physical-training education (p=0.000، r=0.559).
Conclusion: According to the results، it can be stated the higher the emotional intelligence in coaches، the stronger their willingness to transformation leadership style will be.
Saeed Vaghei; Omolbanin Mirzaee; Mohsen Koushan
Volume 17, Issue 2 , July and August 2010, , Pages 88-95
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Background and Purpose: Many studies suggest that nursing students experience high levels of stress in clinical settings. It seems that training of communicative skills can enhance the potentialities of nursing students cope with stress. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect ...
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Background and Purpose: Many studies suggest that nursing students experience high levels of stress in clinical settings. It seems that training of communicative skills can enhance the potentialities of nursing students cope with stress. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of communicative skills on the perceived stress of nursing students. Methods and Materials: This experimental study involved 26 cases and 30 controls from the population of nursing freshman participants from Mashad Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in 2009-2010 (confidence interval 95%). Group allocation was conducted randomly. For the experimental group, a 10-hour workshop on communicative skills was provided. Data collection was done through a researcher-made questionnaire of stressors (r=0.834). The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square, Kruskall-Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests. Results: Mean perceived stress before training in the experimental and control groups were 43.69±22.24 and 47.03±14.36 respectively, which suggests no significant difference. However, after training, the corresponding figures came out to be 28±19.66 and 43.47±16.64 respectively, with a statistically significant difference (p=0.002). Conclusion: The results indicated that training of communicative skills reduced the perceived stress of nursing students.
Fahimeh Keyvanlou; Mohsen Koushan; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Mostafa Mohammadi Raoof
Volume 17, Issue 2 , July and August 2010, , Pages 116-122
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Background and Purpose: According to the World Health Organization report, mental disorders are among the major causes of disabilities worldwide, which can decrease the success rate of educational progress in students and prevent their further achievements. Physicians believe that physical fitness is ...
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Background and Purpose: According to the World Health Organization report, mental disorders are among the major causes of disabilities worldwide, which can decrease the success rate of educational progress in students and prevent their further achievements. Physicians believe that physical fitness is a suitable field to access good mental status. This study intended to compare the mental health of athlete and non-athlete students. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study involved 74 university students who were randomly selected. The Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28) and Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire were used for data collection. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) as well as the independent t-test in SPSS. 13. Results: The total prevalence of mental disorders was 61.76%; but it was 9.4% among athlete students and 30.2 among non-athletes; the observed difference was significant (p
Abbas Heidari; Tahereh Tofighian; Ali Rabbanizadeh; MohmmadReza Shegarf Nakhaee; Mohsen Koushan; Kazem Maskani
Volume 15, Issue 2 , July and August 2008, , Pages 123-128
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Background and purpose: Research findings suggest a day-to-day increase in the rate of suicide particularly among the youth. Recognizing the risk factors and taking measures to control them seem essential and this study was conducted to this purpose among patients admitted to Sabzevar Hospital who attempted ...
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Background and purpose: Research findings suggest a day-to-day increase in the rate of suicide particularly among the youth. Recognizing the risk factors and taking measures to control them seem essential and this study was conducted to this purpose among patients admitted to Sabzevar Hospital who attempted to commit suicide. Methods and materials: The study is a deh1ive study and the study population was cases of suicide at Vase'ee Emergency clinic in Sabzevar Iran from which 106 cases were selected through convenient non-probability sampling. Clinical interviews were done by a psychiatrist; interviews were conducted with other family members of the cases in order to shape a clear picture of cases' personal social and economic characteristics. Throughout the interviews a checklist of intended variables was filled out. The study data were analyzed using Chi-square in SPSS. Results: In the present study 106 cases (49.1% male and 50.9% female) with a mean age of 24.88.4 years were studied. The prevalence of suicide risk factors were 63.2% singleness mental disorders (41.5%) with depression being the most prevalent (28.3%) conjugal conflicts (15%) drug-dependence (14.2%) family problems (12.3%) physical disorders (8.5%) unemployment (6.6%) stressful events such as loss of a close relative (6.86%) educational problems (3.8%) and divorce (2.8%). Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study the risk factors contributing to suicide in Sabzevar Iran may include adolescence and beginning of adulthood mental disorders conjugal conflicts family problems unemployment educational failure marital disagreement having lost a close kinsman and disappointment.
M KOUSHAN; N SHOMOOSSI; MH RAKHSHANI
Volume 13, Issue 4 , January and February 2007, , Pages 158-165
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Background and purpose: The role of learner’s strategies and skills in learning a foreign language has been investigated in the three last decades. However, the part it plays in ESP achievement tests is not seriously treated. Therefore, it seemed a good reason to conduct a study on the role of study ...
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Background and purpose: The role of learner’s strategies and skills in learning a foreign language has been investigated in the three last decades. However, the part it plays in ESP achievement tests is not seriously treated. Therefore, it seemed a good reason to conduct a study on the role of study strategies in successfully taking the final exam.
Methods and Materials: In this quasi-experimental interventionist study, the SILL questionnaire was given to 253 students taking an ESP course (1384-85 / 2005-2006) to identify their use of language learning strategies. A few moments prior to taking their finals, they took Spielberger's anxiety test to estimate their test anxiety.
Results: According to the findings, mean anxiety scores in boys and girls before the final exam were 146.72 and 120.46 respectively, which did not show any significant difference. However, a negative linear relationship was found to exist between SILL score (meta-cognitive strategies in particular) and test anxiety.
Conclusion: Among many other outcomes, test anxiety is attributable to inappropriate study habits in adult ESP learners, which requires consideration by both instructors and textbook compilers.
M KOUSHAN; A HEYDARI
Volume 13, Issue 4 , January and February 2007, , Pages 185-189
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Background and Purpose: The quality and quantity of learning are influenced by such factors as IQ, mental and physical health, motivation, environmental facilities, educational aids and technology and cognitive capabilities; however, psychologists have observed that, at least for university students, ...
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Background and Purpose: The quality and quantity of learning are influenced by such factors as IQ, mental and physical health, motivation, environmental facilities, educational aids and technology and cognitive capabilities; however, psychologists have observed that, at least for university students, what affects educational performance for the most part are general study skills, learning and recall. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the students, study habits and to diagnose possible deficits in their skills.
Methods and Materials: The present study is a cross- sectional descriptive research. 297 students were selected through converient non- probability sampling, out of the whole study population of students studying in Sabzevar school of Medical Sciences in Sabzevar, Iran in 2004 (1383). PSSHI inventory of study skills was used for data collection. The inventory contains 45 questions in eight areas divided in to time allotment, physical conditions of studying reading ability, note taking, learning motivation, memory, examinations and health. The likert- type responses were "always or often, "sometimes", "Rarely or never". Test- retest and split- half methods rendered the reliability of the questionnaire as 0.88 and 0.65 respectively. Descriptive statistics in spss were used for data analysis.
Results: Mean study habit in male and female students were 50.87 and 51.48, respectively, out of 90, with no significant difference. Results for eight respective areas were as follows: time allotment 5.36 (out of 10), physical conditions 6.9 (out of 12), reading ability 8.29, (out of 16), note taking 3.2 (out of 6), learning motivation 8.55 (out of 12), memory 4.6 (out of 8), examinations 10.26 (out of18), and general health 2.94 (out of 6). Significant differences were observed across gender in reading ability, learning motivation and examinations.
Conclusion: University students do not have high quality study skills and this problem should be attended by the university officials in charge of students, education. It is necessary to plan for the improvement of their study habits.