Psychology
Faramarz Sohrabi; Mehdi khanjani; Yoosef Aazami; Esmail Khanjani; Payman Mam Sharifi; Elahe Froghi Neghad
Volume 26, Issue 4 , November and December 2019, , Pages 431-444
Abstract
Background: How to cope with life stressors affects the quality of life of female headed households. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Stress immunization program on coping with stress, emotion regulation and mental health in female-headed households were covered by welfare ...
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Background: How to cope with life stressors affects the quality of life of female headed households. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Stress immunization program on coping with stress, emotion regulation and mental health in female-headed households were covered by welfare organization. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental research with pretest – posttest and control group design. 48 women covered city Khomeini Welfare Organization, which of these, randomly into two experimental and control groups were replaced. Data collected using of coping strategies, emotion regulation and General Health (GHQ-28) questionnaires, and the results were analyzed using Multivariate and analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed that Stress immunization program makes greater use of positive coping strategies such as problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping is used less as a short-term strategies. Also, reassessment strategy at posttest in the experimental group was significantly higher than the scores of the control group and the strategy of repression in the posttest in the experimental group showed negative, also, results showing reduce symptoms of somatic, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and depression in household women. Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that Stress immunization program is a multi-dimensional program and affect thoughts, emotions and behaviors in people and with factors such as cognitive restructuring, search for meaning, relaxation exercises and positive thinking, can have a significant impact on improving people mental health.
Psychology
Mozhgan Lotfi; Yoosef Azami; Shiva Danaei; Mahdi Amini
Volume 26, Issue 3 , September and October 2019, , Pages 355-363
Abstract
Background: Self-efficacy is one of the personal resources that plays an important role in social assessment and coping resources. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional inhibition and fear of social evaluation with self-efficacy in men and women.Materials ...
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Background: Self-efficacy is one of the personal resources that plays an important role in social assessment and coping resources. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional inhibition and fear of social evaluation with self-efficacy in men and women.Materials and Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The study population included all women and men in the 6th district of Tehran in 2017. Via convenient sampling method two-hundred people (100 women and 100 men) were selected. To collect the data, Roger & Nesshoever, emotion control Questionnaire, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNES-B), and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE-17) were used. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test by SPSS-20.Results: The results showed that there is no significant relationship between emotional inhibition and self-efficacy in two gender. Also, there is a negative and significant relationship between the fear of negative evaluation of others and self-efficacy in men (-0.54), women (-0.43) and total (-49.4). The results of t-test indicated that there was no significant difference between the two sexes in the variables of emotional inhibition and fear of evaluation of others and the difference in self-efficacy in men and women.Conclusion: Based on the results, one of the variables that affect the self-efficacy of fear is the negative evaluation of others and the amount of self-efficacy varies according to gender and is higher in men than in women due to educational and cultural factors.