Psychology
Sima Boroon; Mahboubeh Fooladchang
Abstract
Introduction: Moral decision making and moral behavior are important and influential activities in adolescents' lives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Core self-evaluation training on adolescents' moral decision making and moral behavior.Materials and Methods: The method of the ...
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Introduction: Moral decision making and moral behavior are important and influential activities in adolescents' lives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Core self-evaluation training on adolescents' moral decision making and moral behavior.Materials and Methods: The method of the present study is quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The population of this study was female high school students in Tehran, 32 of whom were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 16 randomly. The instruments used included the moral decision making and moral behavior scale. The participants of the experimental group underwent a Core self-evaluation approach for 6 sessions. data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test.Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the Core self-evaluation group and the control group in the variables of moral decision making and moral behavior (P<0.0001). Due to the difference in means, the Core self-evaluation group performed better than the control group.Conclusion: In a general conclusion, it can be stated that Core self-evaluation training as a direct psychological intervention can affect the cognitive function of moral decision making and moral behavior of ninth grade girls and increase the quality of their decision making and moral behavior.
Nursing
fateme biabani; Gholamhossein MahmudiRad; Hadi hassanhkani; Azad Rahmani
Volume 29, Issue 6 , January and February 2023, , Pages 769-784
Abstract
Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis is a convenient and cost-effective way to replace kidney function in patients with kidney failure. Nevertheless, in Iran, a very small percentage of patients with kidney failure use peritoneal dialysis, the reasons for which are less known. This study is to explain the ...
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Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis is a convenient and cost-effective way to replace kidney function in patients with kidney failure. Nevertheless, in Iran, a very small percentage of patients with kidney failure use peritoneal dialysis, the reasons for which are less known. This study is to explain the experiences of Iranian patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis regarding the decision to choose a kidney replacement treatment method.
Materials and Methods: 18 peritoneal dialysis patients living in four provinces of Iran participated in this qualitative study.
Results: The analysis of the text of the interviews led to the emergence of four main categories: the first category, under the title "Compulsion to choose", includes two sub-categories: "Lack of alternatives" and "Indifference to the patient's preferences", the second category is titled "Insufficient health literacy". It includes two subcategories of information poverty and limited access to reliable information, the "culture ruling the treatment system" category, which itself includes two subgroups of preference for the physician’s opinion and disregard for the patient's bill of rights, and finally the social support category, which includes family support, treatment staff assistance and the support was procedural.
Conclusion: Considering all the factors, the culture of the region and the treatment of the patient and if needed by his family, considering the chronic nature of the disease and the constant involvement of the patient's family in this process, providing sufficient and reliable information and creating access.
Mahin Delara; Fazlollah Ghofranipour; Parviz Azad Fallah
Volume 19, Issue 1 , March and April 2012, , Pages 59-68
Abstract
Background: Decision making for adopting a health behavior is a process involving passing through different stages. This study was conducted to determine the decision making stages based on Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) in female students with premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
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Background: Decision making for adopting a health behavior is a process involving passing through different stages. This study was conducted to determine the decision making stages based on Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) in female students with premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Material and Methods: In this quasi-experimental within-subjects study, the PAPM stages were assessed in 317 high school students with PMS, who were exposed to an educational intervention based on PMS concepts. Decision making stages before and after the educational intervention were assessed based on PAPM.
Results: All the participants in pretest assessment were at the stage 0 of decision making. None of them had changed her decision making stage during a one-week posttest assessment. After exposure to educational intervention, about 10.1% were assessed as stage two, 26.8% were in stage three, 1.9% reached stage four, and 61.2% were at stage five. In a regression model, PMS scores could predict 2% of variance in decision making stages. PMS severity and sign interference with social and school performance had a significant correlation with the individual’s decision making stage (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Adolescent girls with PMS are not in the same stage of decision making after exposure to educational intervention and obtaining the necessary knowledge about PMS. Based on this finding, the design of educational interventions for PMS students must be stage-based. Perceived severity of PMS symptoms and PMS sign interference with school and social activities are among the variables that can be considered as PAPM constructs.