psychological health

The present study was conducted with the aim of building and validating a local educational-therapeutic intervention that promotes psychological health on the psychological well-being of women freed from addiction. The present research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research in developing the program included all the women freed from addiction in the 7th district of Tehran in 2022, of which 30 people (15 in the control group and 15 in the experimental group) were selected through the purposeful sampling method and They were randomly placed in two groups. To collect data, the Ryff Scales of Psychological Wellbeing-Short Form (RSPWB-SF, 1989) was used. Repeated measurement analysis of variance test was used to analyze the data. The research findings showed that there was a significant difference of 0.01 between the post-test mean of psychological well-being in the experimental and control groups. In addition, the results showed that this intervention was able to significantly maintain its effect over time (P<0.0001). As a result, skill enhancement program training can be used as an effective approach to improve psychological well-being.

This study aims to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion and mindfulness in the relationship between perceived stress and psychological and physical health. This paper is applied in terms of purpose and is correlational in terms of method. Two hundred forty-nine senior undergraduate students were selected via convenience sampling and filled in The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS, Cohen et al, 1997), The Anxiety and Depression scale (CCAS, Costello, & Comrey, 1967), The Physical Symptom Checklist of Bartone (1989), The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ, Baer et al, 2006), and the Self-compassion Scale (Neff, 2003). The data were analyzed by path analysis model and Amos software. Results showed that perceived stress predicted self-compassion and mindfulness negatively and both of them predicted physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression negatively (p<0.01).  Besides, two separate models indicated that self-compassion and mindfulness have a mediating role in the relationship between perceived stress, physical symptoms, anxiety, and depression (p<0.01).  However, Entering these two mediating variables into the path analysis model indicated that self-compassion keeps its mediator variable role in all the three criterion variables, while mindfulness only has a mediator variable role in anxiety. It can be concluded that in order to reduce the effect of perceived stress on students' mental and physical health, we can focus on strengthening self-compassion.

The purpose of this study was to predict students' psychological health based on wisdom. The research method is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study is students of Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran. In order to distribute the sample uniformly, among the units of Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran, two units of Mallard and Research and Sciences were selected and in each unit, 100 students were randomly selected and examined. The tools used in this study were the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (1988) and the Ardlett wisdom questionnaire (2003). Depending on the level of data measurement and statistical assumptions, multiple linear regressions has been used to test the hypotheses. The results of statistical analysis showed that deepening and emotional factors have a significant negative relationship with students psychological health at 5%, and the negative coefficients actually show that by increasing these factors, students' mental health (psychological disorders) decrease.

The main objective of this research is to identify effective drivers for creating psychological health in the workplace, with emphasizing the role of social capital. The approach of this study is mixed and applied in terms of purpose and it is a descriptive-survey method. At first, a conceptual framework was developed using exploratory interview and theme analysis, then, using PSQ, HWO and PCQ questionnaires by structural equation modeling the test was made. In the exploratory interview phase, 18 experts in the field of human resources have been used. At the stage of model analysis, the statistical population consisted of 126 managers, deputies and experts in the field of human resources of 10 government agencies and 14 private companies in Qom province, which according to Morgan Table 97 people were selected as samples. In the first step, the theme analysis, 156 codes of interviews were counted and in the following step 45 selective codes were obtained, which in the next steps included 9 sub themes and 3 main themes of "psychological capacity building", "psychology culture" and "psychological co-operation". The results showed that the effect of the mediating variable of social capital, through psychological co-operation, creates psychological health in the organization and work environment.

Spirituality as one of the main dimensions of health has an influential role in spiritual health. Spiritual/religious perfectionism, recently has conceptualized as a type of perfectionism by Besharat (2017, 2018), is one of the determinants of spiritual health. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of spiritual/religious perfectionism in psychological health and disorder. Two hundred and thirty four individuals (126 men, 108 women) living in Tehran participated in this study, voluntarily. All participants were asked to complete Spiritual/Religious Perfectionism Scale (SRPS), Ego Strength Scale (ESS), Mental Health Inventory (MHI-28), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). The results revealed a significant positive correlation with measures of ego strength and psychological well-being, as well as a significant negative correlation with psychological distress, and measures of depression and anxiety symptoms. Results of regression analyses revealed that 70% of variance of the research variables explained by spiritual/religious perfectionism with largest portion for the ego strength. It can be concluded that spiritual/religious perfectionism is one of the determinants of psychological health, meanwhile playing a preventive role in psychological disorder.

Adolescents’ mental health is important in any society and protecting their mental health help them to be mentally and physically healthy adult who can play their social role as they should. The present study aimed to develop a self-report scale for high school student’s mental health. A pool item of 200 items was developed and after the first edition, 119 items were selected for preliminary scale. The target population of the present study was high school students of Alborz, Kermanshah, Eastern Azerbaijan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi in 2016-17. The sample includes 642 students who were selected by random sampling. Explanatory Factor analysis with varimax rotation indicated six-factor structure as the simplest factorial solution which consisted with theoretical background. In addition, all the subscale had good reliability which ranged between 0.63 (for disruptive behavior) to 0.85 (for academic achievement deficit, self-regulation, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and self-harm). In general, results showed good psychometric properties for this mental health scale among high school students. This scale could be used for assessing behavioral and emotional problems for clinical, or research aims among adolescents in Iran.

Intoduction: The desire of having a child is one of the most important functions of family and is also a base for human survival. Infertility is considered as a failure that is accompanied by physical and psychological tensions in family and society as well. Different psychological methods have been already utilized to help infertile people. The holistic-oriented psychological intervention (HPI) is a new therapeutic plan with bio-psycho-social pattern that has been designed according to psychological problems and needs of infertile people. After determining tension factors this therapeutic plan chooses techniques with high effectiveness rate in solving the mentioned problems, using eclectic techniques. The aim of present study is to examine the effectiveness of HPT on psychological health and fertility rate in women with unexplainable infertility undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment (IVF). The design of this study was a quasi- experimental one with pretest-posttest of experimental and control group. Thirty infertile women, undergoing IVF treatment, were selected, using available sampling. The sample was selected from among patients who referred to Moatazedi Infertility Center, Kermanshah, Iran. They completed two subscales of three subscales of DASS-21 scale who got the above average score. They were randomly assigned to two groups (each group 15 subjects). The experimental group was treated by the holistic-oriented psychological intervention for 11 sessions of 120-minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention. Participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale before and after intervention and after one month later. The pregnancy rate was measured in two groups based on the β-HCG test result. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21). The results of multivariate covariance analysis indicated that depression, anxiety and stress levels in the experimental group (p = 0.0001), significantly decreased in posttest group after holistic-oriented psychological intervention and this effect was observed and lasted in the one month follow up (p = 0.0001). The pregnancy rate in the experimental group was 46.7% and in the control group was 13.3% which were statistically significant (p <0.05). The results of this study showed that the holistic-oriented psychological intervention is effective in decreasing anxiety, depression and stress and increasing the psychological health and pregnancy rate of women with unexplainable infertility under In-Vitro Fertilization treatment.

This paper aims to discover the link between religious beliefs and people’s organizational health levels in Tehran’s state universities while focusing on the mediatory role of psychological health. The research population included all of the faculty members, administrators and the staffs of Tehran state universities which 635 members were randomly selected through multistage cluster sampling. Allport religious orientation scale, Goldberg and Williams (1980) general health questionnaire and Lowe (2010) organizational health questionnaire were used in order to collect the research data. The research is of descriptive-correlational type and has been carried out through structural equation modeling and the data were analyzed using the software AMOS. The result illustrates that not only there is a significant positive relationship between religious beliefs and organizational health estimated with 99 percent of confidence, but also the religious beliefs have an indirect effect on organizational health through psychological health. It is recommended, based on empirical results of this research, that religious counseling service for university faculty members and staffs are more considered by administrators in order to promote mental health and university health.

The aim of the present study was to predict students’ psychological health based on their gender role conflict. The type of study was descriptive- correlation. Participants were 200 male students of Mohaghegh Ardabili University which were selected by multi stage cluster sampling method. The Scale of Gender Role Conflict (Wester et al.، 2012) and Psychological Health Scale (Goldberg and Hillier، 1979) were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis. The results showed that components of success، power، competition، limited affectivity، and conflict between work and family relationship were effective on anxiety and insomnia components، social dysfunction and depression (P< 0. 01)، but not on somatization. Also، 64% of the variance in students general health is explained by gender role conflict. Based on these results، individuals with less gender role conflict have better and greater psychological health.

The purpose of this research was to design and to test a model of some outcomes of challenge stressors and hindrance stressors. Outcome variables include turnover intention, psychological health, organizational citizenship behaviors, task performance and organization-based self-esteem. The participants consisted of 257 employees of INSIG who were selected by stratified random sampling method. Of these employees, 91.8% were male and average age was 32 years. The instruments which used in this study were challenge/hindrance stress scale (LePine, LePine, & Jackson, 2004), depression anxiety stress scales (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995), turnover intention scale (Camman, Fichman, Jenkins, & Klesh, 1979), short form of health survey (Ware, Kosinski, & Keller, 1996), job performance scale (Williams & Anderson, 1991) and organizational-based selfesteem scale (Pierce, Gardner, & Dunham, 1989). Fitness of the proposed model was examined through structural equation modeling (SEM), using AMOS-21 software package. The indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure. Findings indicated that the proposed model fit the data properly. Better fit and more meaningful results obtained by omitting 3 nonsignificant paths and using AMOS modification indices. The results confirmed 14 research direct hypotheses and 4 indirect hypotheses. The results also showed that challenge stressors have positive significant effect and hindrance stressors have negative significant effect on organizational citizenship behaviors, task performance and organization-based self-esteem. Positive significant effect of hindrance stressors on turnover intention and anxiety and negative significant effect of these stressors on psychological health also confirmed. In addition, findings showed that anxiety has positive significant effect on turnover intention and negative significant effect on psychological health, organizational citizenship behaviors, task performance and organization-based self-esteem. The results of indirect effects showed that hindrance stressors have indirect effect on psychological health, organizational citizenship behaviors, task performance and organization-based self-esteem through anxiety.

This study was administered with the purpose of studying the relationship between task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors considering the moderating role of psychological health in work setting. Research method was correlation and research sample were 381 employees of Melli bank in Tehran province. Research instruments were consisted of task performance questionnaire (Paterson, 1963), organizational citizenship behaviors questionnaire (Lee & Allen, 2002), and psychological health in work setting questionnaire (Mahdad, 2010). Data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. Results showed that, there is a significant relationship between task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors. Also results showed that environmental diversity of psychological health in work setting components moderates the relationship between job performance and organizational citizenship behaviors. That is, when environmental diversity is high, there is a positive significant relationship between job performance and organizational citizenship behaviors.

Whit regard to that searching for meaning is the entity of existence, this research performed with the aim of studying the meaning on Psychological health from psychology and Religion viewpoints. The method of research was descriptive- analytic approach that, at first historical respect to meaning in different philosophical approaches has been offered. Then, Religion and the viewpoints of holly Islam psychology viewpoints have been discussed. The result of various studies showed that lack of meaning in life can create neurosis, hopelessness and mental disorders. In holly versus of Quran-e- Karim and discourses this matter has also certified. It can be said that human being in his/her life needs to meaning and it can be searched and discovered but he/she cannot create meaning by himself/herself and make it in his thought but that needs to training and if it to be obtained he/she will feel healthy and relaxed. As it has been said in holly Quran that reminding of god is relaxing of hearts.

The aim of the current meta-analysis was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive treatments in reducing addiction and improve general health in addicted. Totally 10 studies with accepted methodology were selected and meta- analysis was done on them. The data were gathered using meta- analysis check list. The effect size of each study was calculated separately. The findings showed that the rate of effect size of cognitive on reducing addiction and improve general health was 0.47 to 0.83 which according to Cohen’s table was high and good. According to some empirical study, CBT interventions are suitable treatment for reducing addiction and improve anxiety and depression on addicted persons.

The present study aimed to predict the teachers’ occupational satisfaction based on their religious believes and psychological health. Therefore, using a random cluster method, 100 teachers were selected from five areas of Tabriz Education District. They were assessed by occupational satisfaction inventory, religious and psychological health questionnaires. Data wee analyzed by multiple regression method. Findings demonstrated that psychological health and religious belief could predict 40% of the changes observed in teachers’ occupational satisfaction. In addition, the results revealed that both psychological health and religious belief share 27% and 13% the obtained changes, respectively. In sum, the target paper suggests that psychological health and religious play a substantial role in the prediction of teachers’ occupational satisfaction.

Addiction is a fisical and mental disease, which because of its advance nature in all aspects endanger the health of the individual and community life. This research offers “The comparison of personality characteristics and mental health of improved addicted individuals as well as drug addict`s relapse in narcotic abuse”. It is an Ex Post Facto (Causal-Comparative) research that its statistical community comprises from 100 addicted individuals returned to the addiction withdrawal centers of Welfare Organization and also comprises from 100 individuals improved. This research has been done for 4 months from July to October 2011. The Temperament and Character Inventory, Cloninger TCI (1991) questionnaire is used for evaluating personality traits and the Psychological health questionnaire SCL-90-R (Derogatis; 1976) is used for evaluating Psychological health of people. The results of research showed that there is a meaningful diffrence between mental health of improved addicted individuals and drug addict`s relapse in narcotic abuse. Also, the results showed that between mental healt’s factors, some factors were able to predict recurrence of drug abus, such as hypochondriasis, depression, obsession (p

SUMMERY: 

This survey has been carried out with the aim of studying the relationship between self-efficiency social support and exam anxiety and the psychological health of men and women students in Allameh-Tabatabaee University.

This survey is a correlative one. Being selected by cluster sampling, the participants were 300 undergraduate students (210 women and 90 men) of Allameh-Tobatabaee University in 2006 academic year. They were evaluated by Sherer self-efficiency questionnaire (1982), social support § questionnaire (1986), exam anxiety questionnaire (1996) and Goldberg general health questionnaire (1979). Research data was analyzed via the statistic test of Correlation coefficient and independent.

These studies showed that there is a relation not only between self-efficiency and psychological health but also between social support and psychological health. Moreover, it reveled that there is no difference between sexes when it comes to self-efficiency average, social support and exam anxiety. Nevertheless, the average of men's' psychological health was significantly lower then that of women.

The results generally revealed that self-efficiency and social support are influential in promoting psychological health and also that exam anxiety decreases psychological health