جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Health Anxiety » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

Pregnancy is associated with physical and emotional changes, and the special conditions of Covid-19 can increase the level of health anxiety. The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of short-term solution-oriented treatment on vaccine injection attitude and health anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic. The design of the current research was a quasi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test. The statistical sample consisted of 30 pregnant women referring to the Center Integratedated HealthcServicesices in Siahkal County, who were selected purposefully and non-randomly, and was placed in groups of 15 people, the experimental and the control, by random allocation, signed to health anxiety questionnaires (Salkosix and Warwick, 1989) and vaccine attitude (Rahmanian et al., 2019) answered voluntarily. The experimental group received short-term solution-oriented therapy (De Sahzer et al., 2006) in 5 sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The findings showed that short-term solution-oriented treatment has an effect on vaccine injection attitude and health anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic (P<0.05). So that the average vaccine injection attitude in the experimental group increased from 27 to 48 in the post-test phase and the average health anxiety decreased from 52 to 32 in pregnant women. Based on the results presented about the descriptive indicators and the difference between the two test and control groups in the post-test of these indicators, it can be said that the short-term solution-oriented treatment reduces health anxiety (49%) and improves vaccine injection attitude (71%) has a significant effect in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Based on the educational content in this approach, instead of focusing on the problems that will arise from the hypothetical consequences of the Covid-19 vaccine, pregnant women should find a way by examining the evidence and the percentage of benefits and losses of inappropriate solutions such as avoiding the injection of the vaccine. They looked carefully for a solution to cure and eradicate this viral disease and in this way they have changed their attitude towards the Covid-19 vaccine. Therefore, the solution-oriented treatment was guided based on the solution of the elimination of covid-19 and the immunization of people through the change of attitude and hope for the health of the mother and the fetus. This approach in pregnant women focused on highlighting the capabilities and successes of vaccination and creating health in mothers and fetuses during the treatment process..Based on the obtained results, it can be said that in critical situations, with the use of solution-oriented and short-term interventions, it is possible to increase the attitude of health promotion through the injection of the Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women and reduce their health anxiety.

In today's world, the Internet has become a very important and vital part of our lives. One of the harmful effects of excessive use of the Internet in relation to health is cyberchondria. This related to an increase in the level of anxiety or health distress, and in other words, it is a type of anxiety that leads to searching for health-related information online, and this causes an increase in the level of anxiety, worry and unnecessary expenses. The aim of this study was to investigate the Psychometric properties of the short form of Cyberchondria questionnaire.

The present study applied in terms of purpose and its method is descriptive and psychometric studies. The statistical population of the present study was students of public and private universities in Isfahan in 1398. For the present study, 566 students (344 females and 223 males) from Isfahan University students selected by stratified random sampling method using virtual self-examination questionnaires (McElroy and Shevlin, 2014) and health anxiety questionnaire. (Salkovskis and Warwick, 2002) responded. Research data analyzed using SPSS 23 and AMOS 22 software.

The findings showed that in the virtual Cyberchondria questionnaire measurement model, all factor loads including compulsion (0.714), distress (0.878), excessiveness (0.805), and reassurance (0.921) were significant. (P <0.001). In addition, the CVI coefficient for all items of the Cyberchondria questionnaire was higher than 0.9 and the intra-class correlation coefficient of the questionnaire resulting from its two implementation was equal to 0.971, which is at a safe distance and is higher than the acceptable value. The reliability obtained using Cronbach's alpha and halving coefficient for the whole questionnaire and all four dimensions is higher than 0.7. The findings also showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between Cyberchondria questionnaire and health anxiety (P <0.001) and the correlation coefficient of the two questionnaires was 0.782.

Health-related internet use, in the context of health anxiety is best conceptualized as health-related safety behavior maintained through intermittent reinforcement. In general, according to the results of validity and reliability, the virtual autopsy questionnaire can used in psychological research. Also, these results support the psychometric characteristics and validity of the virtual self-diagnosis questionnaire among the non-clinical sample, and it can be said that this questionnaire is approved in the Iranian sample and has psychometric characteristics and practical tools for diagnosis. It can also used in a short period of time due to the short length of the too

The aim of this study was to compare Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder, depressive disorder and normal people. The method of the present study was causal-comparative. For this purpose, a sample was selected from 50 eligible patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 50 patients with general anxiety disorder and 50 patients depressive disorder to 505 Army Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran and 50 hospital staff (normal group). Were selected by available sampling method Research instruments include the The IUS-12(intolerance of uncertainty The Short version)CSS-12 (Cyberchondria Severity Scale) and the health anxiety Inventory . Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance)were used to measure and to analyze the findings. Findings showed that there is a significant difference between the Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in the four groups. The mean score of people with general anxiety disorder in all components of Intolerance of uncertainty is higher than other groupe. Also All components of Cyberchondria, Health anxiety in the group of obsessive-compulsive groupe is higher than other groupe.Conclusion The results indicate the importance and necessity of paying attention to the Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder, depressive disorder.

The present study aims to predict COVID-19 anxiety based on irrational health beliefs, health locus of control, and health anxiety. The research is descriptive-correlative. It draws upon the fundamental methodology. The statistical population of the present study includes all female students of Orovince of Guilan's universities during the first half of the academic year of 2021-2022. Based on convenience sampling, 406 students participated through an online invitation. Data was gathered by using Covid-19 anxiety questionnaires (CAQ, Alipour et al, 1398) (1398)., irrational health beliefs (IHB, Christiansen and Warwick,1999), health locus of control (HLC, Wallston et al, 1978), and the revised edition of the health anxiety questionnaire (HAQ, Salicoskis et al, 2002). The data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and Multivariate Regression in the SPSS-21 software package. Findings suggest a significant and positive relation between COVID-19 anxiety, health anxiety, and health locus of control. The Regression results demonstrate that 25 percent of COVID-19 anxiety changes were predicted significantly by health anxiety and health locus of control. Therefore, by identifying the influencing factors of Covid-19 anxiety, effective measures, and planning can be undertaken to mitigate Covid-19 anxiety and an individual's adaptiveness.

The aim of this study was to determine relationship between Anxiety sensitivity and Health anxiety with mediating role of Intolerance of uncertainty.

This study was a descriptive-correlation type in which 197 participants were selected from Tabriz University students in the academic year 1401-1402 with a multi-stage cluster sampling method and using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI), Anxiety sensitivity Questionnaire (ASI) and Simon and Gaher's distress tolerance questionnaire to measure research variables.

Data analysis After discarding The distorted and incomplete answer sheets using the path analysis method by SPSS-24 and Amos-24 showed that distress tolerance can positively and significantly explain the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety (P<0.05). Therefore, the mediating role of Intolerance o uncertainty was confirmed.

According to the mediating role of Intolerance of uncertainty in the relationship between Anxiety sensitivity and Health anxiety, focusing on the components of anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance in interventional processes can be useful and effective in controlling health anxiety symptoms. Therefore, it can be recommended to mental health professionals to put it on the agenda in the process of assessing and evaluating anxiety sensitivity and focusing on it if necessary.

This study aimed to predict health anxiety based on attachment styles, distress tolerance, and difficulties in emotional regulation in nurses. This research was basic research and regarding procedure, it was a correlation study. The statistical population of the present study was all the nurses of Milad Hospital in Tehran in 2022, from whom 131 people were selected as a sample. Research tools included: Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI, Salkovskis & Warwick, 2002), Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI, Simpson, 1990), Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS, Simons & Gaher, 2005), and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS, Gratz & Roemer, 2004). Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression. The research results showed that there is a significant correlation (p<0.01) between health anxiety with insecure attachment style (r=0.42), distress tolerance (r=0.41), and difficulties in emotional regulation (r=0.42). Also, insecure attachment style (B=0.257 & p=0.003), distress tolerance (B=0.232 & p=0.008), and difficulties in emotional regulation (B=0.263 & p=0.002) were able to predict 30% of health anxiety changes. It can be concluded that attachment styles, distress tolerance, and difficulties in emotional regulation play a key role in nurses' health anxiety, and it is necessary to pay attention to these factors in interaction with each other in programs to reduce nurses' health anxiety.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and emotional regulation (ER) on health anxiety and cognitive-emotional representations (CER) of recovered Covid-19 patients. The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The research population included all those infected with the Covid-19 who visited health centers. By convenience sampling 75 of these people were selected, replaced randomly assignment in the experiment and control groups. The test of health anxiety and CER was performed in the pre-test and then, the ACT and ER was implemented in 8 sessions of 60 minutes (online). The obtained data were analyzed through the multivariate covariance test. The use of ACT had an effect on health anxiety in the post-test stage, but on reducing the perception of illness in the post-test stage, the test had no effect. ER had an effect on both of them.  It seems that the ER had a more effective result than the Act and it can be used in health and clinical centers to improve these patients.

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Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most expensive diseases of the digestive system that causes intestinal dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediator role of self-care in predicting self-control and outcome expectations based on health anxiety in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Research

The current research is descriptive and path analysis type. The statistical population of this research was made up of all patients with irritable bowel syndrome who referred to medical centers in Tehran. The sampling of the current research is purposeful and 200 patients with irritable bowel syndrome completed the research questionnaires. Research tools included Tobert and Glasgow's self-care questionnaire, Tanji's self-control questionnaire, Vosichki et al.'s outcome expectations questionnaire, Salkoskis and Warwick's health anxiety questionnaire. SPSS-26 and AMOS software were used for data analysis.

The results showed that health anxiety predicts both directly and through the mediation of self-care, self-restraint and expectation of outcome in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Also, self-care predicts self-control in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Self-care predicts expected outcomes in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

As a result, it is recommended that every hospital has a health psychologist as a person who can teach patients how to control anger, courage, skills in saying no, or even training to deal with stressful situations so that they can live a just life. Use these skills.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of painting therapy on health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with experimental group and control group with a follow-up test period. From the statistical population of the elderly living in nursing homes in Tehran in 2021, 30 samples were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group. Painting therapy was applied for ten sessions for the experimental group. The required findings were collected using the Health Anxiety Questionnaire (Salkovskis & Warwick, 2002), Loneliness (Dehshiri et al., 2007) and Templer Death Anxiety (1970) and were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance was analyzed.

Findings showed that the mean scores of post-tests and follow-up test of health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the experimental group decreased and the results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that painting therapy intervention to reduce health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly is effective (p <0.001).

Therefore, it is suggested that painting therapy intervention be used to reduce health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death in women with many physical and psychological complications, and the aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment on health anxiety, psychological well-being and body image in women with mastectomy breast cancer. It is the city of Shiraz where they visited Amir Shiraz Hospital in 2022.

The current research was of semi-experimental type, pre-test, post-test with control group and follow-up test. The subject population included a sample of 45 people who were randomly measured. The research tools included Weisman and Beck, health anxiety questionnaire, Riff psychological well-being questionnaire and Kash, Mikola and Brown body image questionnaire. The research data were used to test the hypotheses using the multivariate covariance method and the Sheffe and Benferoni post hoc tests, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS software.

The findings of this research showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment had a significant effect on the research variables. health anxiety (F=77.822, p<0.05) body image (F=37.609, p<0.05) psychological well-being (F=8.637, P<0.05) 

Because the underlying principles of the treatment are based on acceptance and commitment in order to increase psychological flexibility, therefore, this treatment can be used in clinical settings along with other common treatments.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health anxiety, intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school with academic and social adjustment in adolescent boys in Zanjan.

The method of this research was descriptive and correlational. The The statistical population of this study consisted of all high school students in Zanjan with an age range of 15_18 years who were studying in the academic year1400-1399 and among them 260 people were selected as a statistical sample through available sampling and They answered the questionnaires of feeling belonging to school Barry Bett et al.(2004), Sinha and Singh student adjustment(1993), internal motivation McIwley et al,(1991) And Health Anxiety Salkowski et al.'s(2002).

The results showed that health anxiety(r=401), intrinsic motivation(r=-465) and sense of belonging to school(r=-690) were significantly associated with academic adjustment. Also, health anxiety(r=405), intrinsic motivation(r=-306) and sense of belonging to school(r=-358) have a significant relationship with social adjustment. The results of multiple regression also showed that predictor variables have the ability to predict respectively 53% and 24% of academic and social adjustment.

The results showed that health anxiety, intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school have the ability to predict academic and social adjustment. Therefore, it seems that by reducing health anxiety and increasing intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school can help increase the academic and social adjustment of adolescents.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death in women with many physical and psychological complications. The increasing growth of cancer in the last few decades and its harmful effects on all dimensions of the patient's life (physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and economic) have caused attention of specialists to be more focused on this disease. Among the different types of cancer that women suffer from, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and the stress reduction program based on mindfulness on the attitude of work, health anxiety, psychological well-being, and body image in women with breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy in Shiraz city who visited Amir Hospital in 2022. 

The subjects included a sample of 45 people who were randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group (three groups of 15 people) who had the criteria for entering the research, age, education, and mastectomy surgery, and the data were collected in two stages: pre-test, post-test with the control group and follow-up. And it was recorded that the research data were used using the multivariate covariance method and post hoc tests of Sheffe and Benferoni to test the hypotheses and the data were analyzed using spss (18) software. The research tools included Weissman &, Beck's inefficient Attitudes Questionnaire (1978) attitude questionnaire, Rief's psychological well-being (1989), Salkoskis and Warwick's (2000) health anxiety questionnaire, and Kesh's body image, Mykola Braun (1990).

The results of this research showed that the therapy based on acceptance and commitment is more effective than the stress reduction program based on mindfulness because the underlying principles of the therapy based on acceptance and commitment are aimed at increasing psychological flexibility. The pairwise comparison made regarding the well-being variable in Table (4-6) shows that both treatments (ACT and MBSR) have a statistically significant effect on this variable (P<0.05). The results showed that the treatment of acceptance and commitment was more effective. Regarding the effectiveness of the treatment based on acceptance and commitment in comparison with the stress reduction program based on mindfulness in the attitude of work, health anxiety, psychological well-being, and body image in women with cancer. The mastectomy breast of Shiraz can be because the underlying principles of treatment are based on acceptance and commitment to increasing psychological flexibility.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on reducing experiential avoidance and cognitive entanglement with dysfunctional rules until it reconnects with meaningful values. Mediation analysis of the believability of negative thoughts has been identified as a partially mediating factor in the ability to predict awareness attention, experiential avoidance, and cognitive fusion in psychological distress. With stronger negative thoughts, believability was positively associated with higher levels of psychological distress.

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and its consequences have had various effects on the psychological and social aspects of society causing considerable stress and anxiety to many people around the world. Regarding the relationship between health anxiety and psychological flexibility, the conscious self-compassion training program is one of the methods that can be effective. This research aims to study the effectiveness of the online conscious self-compassion training program on the health anxiety and psychological flexibility on society during the Corona outbreak. Therefore, according to the goal, in order to provide mental health services and reduce the risk of disease, a remote counseling network was designed.

The current research is experimental research with pre-test-post-test and control groups. The statistical population included all the people who filled out the health anxiety questionnaire on social networks; Among which 24 people were selected by available sampling whose health anxiety score was higher than 1 and a standard deviation above the mean of 40. They were randomly tested and assigned to two groups.  Salkoskis and Warwick's (2002)health anxiety scale, Dennis and Vander Wal's (2010) psychological flexibility, and Neff's (2003) self-compassion scale were used to collect data. The experimental group received self-compassion training for 8 sessions, but the control group did not receive any intervention. SPSS 2019 software was used for data analysis.

The results of covariance analysis showed that the Mindful Self-compassion Teaching Program led to a decrease in health anxiety compared to the control group in the post-test. In addition, the Mindful Self-compassion Teaching Program had a positive effect on increasing psychological flexibility and self-compassion (F=17.22, P=0.001).

According to the findings of this study, therapists can use the Mindful Self-compassion Teaching Program to help reduce health anxiety and increase psychological flexibility and self-compassion in people with health anxiety.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the structural model of health anxiety based on uncertainty intolerance and anxiety sensitivity with the mediation of rumination in students. Research

This descriptive research project was conducted with structural equation modeling and with the presence of 454 people with the online sampling method among the students of Azad University, Science and Research Unit in the academic year of 1401-1400. To measure the research variables, Salkoskis et al.'s Short List of Health Anxiety (2002), Friston et al.'s Intolerance Scale (1994), Reiss et al.'s Anxiety Sensitivity Questionnaire (1986) and Nolen-Hoeksma and Maro's (1991) rumination response scale were used. Became. Data were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equations using SPSS and AMOS software version 24.

The results showed that there is a significant relationship between uncertainty intolerance, anxiety sensitivity and rumination with health anxiety (P<0.01); Also, the results showed that the direct paths of this research were significant and the indirect paths of uncertainty intolerance and anxiety sensitivity through the mediating role of rumination on health anxiety were significant.

Based on the findings of this research, the modified model had a good fit (RMSEA=0.051 and P-value <0.05) and the final evaluated model has a good fit and is an important step towards understanding It is considered to be an effective factor on students' health anxiety.

Covid-19 pandemic causes psychological and emotional turbulence and emergence of anxiety in many people in the society. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of online unified trans-diagnostic treatment on the health anxiety and emotional self-regulation in the women with the Covid-19 pandemic anxiety.

the present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population of the present study included the women with Covid-19 pandemic anxiety in the city of Isfahan in the winter of 2020. 34 women with Covid-19 anxiety were selected through purposive sampling method and were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 17 patients). The experimental group received ten seventy-five-minute unified trans-diagnostic treatment sessions online (Barlo et.al, 2011). The applied questionnaires in this study included Covid-19 anxiety questionnaire (Ali Pour et.al, 2019), health anxiety questionnaire (Salkovskis, Warwick, 2002 and emotional self-regulation questionnaire (Gross, John, 2003). The data from the study were analyzed through ANCOVA method.

the results showed that the online unified trans-diagnostic treatment has significant effect on the health anxiety and emotional self-regulation of the women with the Covid-19 pandemic anxiety (p<0.001) and succeeded in the reduce health anxiety and improve emotional self-regulation in these women.

according to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that online unified trans-diagnostic treatment can be used as an efficient treatment to improve health anxiety and emotional self-regulation of the women with Covid 19 pandemic anxiety through employing techniques such as identifying emotions, training emotional awareness and diagnostic reevaluation.

The aim of this study was to the comparison of the effectiveness of William’s DISC model and emotion regulation intervention on academic anxiety of adolescents with the covid-19 patients. The research was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test and control groups and the statistical population included adolescents aged 13 to 18 years living in Naghadeh who had a person with Covid-19 in their family in 2021. The statistical sample size was 60 people from the statistical population who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups DISC model, emotion regulation group, and control group. In this study, an academic anxiety scale (AAS, Alpert & Haber, 1960) was used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using the analysis of MANCOVA. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between academic anxiety in the experimental groups and the control group (P <0.001). The results also showed that disk model intervention and emotion regulation training reduced adolescents' academic anxiety to some extent (P <0.001). The obtained results show that DISC model intervention and emotion regulation intervention are effective in reducing academic anxiety in adolescents with Covid-19 patients in both stages and the difference between the DISC model and emotion regulation groups is not significant (p <0.05).

The aim of this study was to compare health anxiety, Difficulties in emotion regulation, and metacognitive beliefs in people with and without skin diseases. This study was a comparative study and the statistical population of the study included all people with skin disorders who were referred to dermatologists in Urmia in the period 1997-98 and Unimportant people in Urmia. Sampling in this study was purposeful and 100 people (50 people with skin disorders and 50 Unimportant people) were selected by this method. Data were assessed using the Health Anxiety Inventory (18-HAI) (Salkovskis & Warwick, 2002), the Emotion Difficulty Questionnaire (DERS) (Gritz & Roemer, 2004), and the Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (MCQ-30) (Wells, 1997). , Was collected. The obtained data were analyzed using a multivariate analysis of variance. The results of this study showed health anxiety, difficulty in regulating emotion, and metacognitive beliefs (positive beliefs about worry, negative beliefs about thought control, cognitive uncertainty, need for thought control, and cognitive self-awareness) in people with and without diseases. There is a significant difference in skin level at the level of 0.05 (P <0.05). These findings indicate that health anxiety, difficulty in regulating emotion, and metacognitive beliefs are among the variables associated with skin diseases and are seen differently in people with skin diseases than in the non-skin group. . Accordingly, psychological training can be used to modulate vulnerable psychological characteristics in this group of people.

Nursing and midwifery staff and students of this field are exposed to many stresses due to their educational and occupational nature, including long and continuous communication with sick and dying patients, extraordinary responsibility, and personal requests from He pointed out the patient and the people around him. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on failure tolerance and health anxiety in nursing and midwifery students suffering from health anxiety. 

It is a semi-experimental research design with a pre-test-post-test design and a three-month follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all nursing and midwifery students suffering from health anxiety in the free universities of Gilan branch in 2021. Among these, 30 people were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly replaced in the experimental group (treatment based on acceptance and commitment) and control (15 people in each group). Mindfulness-based therapeutic schema was performed in 10 90-minute sessions based on Yang et al.'s (2003) educational package in the experimental group. Data were collected using failure tolerance questionnaire (Harnigton, 2005), health anxiety questionnaire (Saluskis and Warwick, 2002). The data was analyzed using SPSS-22 software and through the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements.

The results of the research showed that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective in tolerating failure (P<0.001) and health anxiety (P<0.001) in nursing and midwifery students suffering from health anxiety.

Considering the role of beliefs and thoughts in health anxiety, it is suggested that therapists consider treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy in reducing the symptoms of tolerance failure and health anxiety.