Physical Education
Hossein Samadi; Mohammad Seyedahmadi; Mohammadreza Sadeghian shahi; Jalil Moradi
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Background: The use of anabolic steroids is increasing in athletes due to body beauty and performance enhancement and is one of the major public health problems. The aim of study was to compare the characteristics of five major personality factors in male bodybuilding and fitness athletes with and without ...
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Background: The use of anabolic steroids is increasing in athletes due to body beauty and performance enhancement and is one of the major public health problems. The aim of study was to compare the characteristics of five major personality factors in male bodybuilding and fitness athletes with and without the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids.Materials and Methods: The research was practical in terms of purpose and in terms of strategy, it is a descriptive causal-comparative description. The statistical population of the present study included all male bodybuilding and fitness athletes in Yazd province. 105 athletes (50 with a history of use and 55 with no history of steroid use) with an age range of 18 to 48 years and at least two years of sports experience were selected as availabe. The instrument used was the personality questionnaire NEO-FFI. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and independent t-test were used for statistical analysis.Results: The results showed athletes who use steroids have a higher score in the dimension of neuroticism and a lower score in the dimensions of extraversion, openness, adaptation and conscientiousness score than athletes who didnot use steroids. The results showed significant differences in the components of neuroticism (P=0/013), extraversion (P=0/02), adaptation (P=0/04) and conscientiousness (P=0/01). however, the difference between the components of openness to experience was not significant (P=0/26).Conclusion: The results showed that there is a significant difference between bodybuilding and fitness athletes with and without the use of anabolic steroids in the personality dimensions of neuroticism, extroversion, adaptability and conscientiousness.
Seyyedeh Solmaz Mousavi; MohammadHasan Rakhshani; Fariba Borhani; Abbas Abbaszadeh; Mahadeseh Mohsenpour
Volume 21, Issue 5 , September and October 2014, , Pages 849-855
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Background: Personality compatibility of individuals with profession that provides services to others is one of important issues that have received less attention while there is a great impact on the quality of services provided and to professional success. This study aimed to assessment of personality ...
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Background: Personality compatibility of individuals with profession that provides services to others is one of important issues that have received less attention while there is a great impact on the quality of services provided and to professional success. This study aimed to assessment of personality compatibility of nurses with nursing profession in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2013.
Materials and Methods: 62 nurses were worked in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2013 were selected by simple random sampling participated in this cross-sectional study. This survey Instrument was standardized questionnaire of Holland personality-job compatibility that by means of it compatibility of nurses’ personality with the nursing profession is determined at three levels: non-compatible, relatively compatible and absolutely compatible. Data was analyzed by SPSS.
Results: 46% of nurses participating in this study had non-compatible personality and 33/4% of them had relatively compatible personality and only 20/6% had absolutely compatible personality whit nursing profession. Compatibility of personality whit nursing profession according to demographic characteristics had no meaningful differences.
Conclusion: this study showed large percentage of nurses working in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences had non-compatible personality whit nursing profession, and this results shows attention to this important issue by health managers and correction of selection of more compatible nursing student are necessary.
Z KHALAJINIA; H HASANABADI; Z ABEDIAN; H ESMAEILI
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September and October 2007, , Pages 185-191
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Background and Purpose: Dysmenorrhea is one of the common problems of women at the childbearing age and has social, psychological, physical and economic consequences. As emotional factors influence physical conditions and the perception of pain, this study was conducted at the University of Mashad, Iran ...
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Background and Purpose: Dysmenorrhea is one of the common problems of women at the childbearing age and has social, psychological, physical and economic consequences. As emotional factors influence physical conditions and the perception of pain, this study was conducted at the University of Mashad, Iran to compare the personality features of medical students with and without early dysmenorrheal.
Methods and Materials: This is a descriptive analytical and cross-sectional study and the study population was the female medical students at Mashad University of Medical Sciences in 2004. 200 students were proportionately sampled using a subject selection form. They also filled out the interview checklist, the lifestyle questionnaire and the Cassidy Social Support Form. On specific days, the menses pain intensity form, history of menses form and Eysenk Personality Questionnaire were completed. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using Chi square, Fischer’s Exact Test, t-test, Mann Whitney and Regression model.
Results: Significant differences were found between the two groups as for the frequency of introversion: in the group with dysmenorrhea 67% and the other group only 12% were introverts. In addition, the frequency of neurosis was statistically different across the two groups (52% in the group with dysmenorrhea and 10% in the other group). Also the two groups were statistically different in the prevalence of psychosis (72% versus 32% for the group with and without dysmenorrheal respectively).
Conclusion: Introversion, psychosis and neurosis were more prevalent in women with dysmenorrhea than in women without dysmenorrhea.