فصلنامه مددکاری اجتماعی
سال چهارم شماره 13 (پاییز 1394)

well-being defines as the assessment of the one’s relationship with others, fellows and his/her community around and as such it can be considered as an important measure of life quality.This study tries it assess the social well-being of youth women and men to explore the role of family social capital in the form of this deal.
This study, basedona validsamplepopulation of384individualsyouth18-29 years oldin Tabrizby surveyquestionnaire andcluster samplingtechniquewas conducted.
The results indicate that social well-being of participants with an average 58/65,(0-100 range),percent is above average. The results show that there is a meaningful and direct relation between family social capital and its dimensions (social capital within and beyond the family) whit youth’s social well-being.Also, among field variables, there is a meaningful relation between one’s education and social well-being. Finally, According to the regression analysis, the variables of this dissertation specify 35/9 percent of the youth’s social well-being variance.
As predicted , family social capital improves youth’s social wellbeing.

Stress is among the most problems in front of societies in the present time and affects physical, mental and social health of people. Stress according to Selye is “any non–specific response of the body to any demand for change.” Stress coping methods are behavioral, cognitive and psychological efforts to deal with stress.
This study is conducted in review method. Data collected based on Persian and English data bases, according to 16 Persian keywords and 9 Latin keywords in the period of 2000 to 2011. Sixty two documents remained in the assessment of the study after approving the quality by three members of the research team was approved and entered into the final analysis process
Biofeedback, Guided Imagery, Diaphragmatic Breathing, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Progressive Muscle Relaxation are among the most effective techniques of reducing stress and have different effectiveness in various groups.
Using stress management techniques which are easy to learn and practice in health or disease population by health practitioners such as social workers are led to enhance public health in society.

This research aimed to investigate the effect of life skills training on self-efficacy and family function in women headed households.
This research was a queasy-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with an experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all women headed households of Varamin city in 2015. Forty women were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups (each group contain 20 person). The experimental group received 10 sessions of 70 minutes educated by life skills training and control group don’t receive any training. The groups completed the questionnaire of self-efficacy and family function as a pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance method with using of SPSS-19 software.
The results showed there was significant difference between life skills training group and control group on variables of self-efficacy and family function. On the other hand life skills training led to significant increase self-efficacy and family function of women headed households (P Regarded to results of this research suggest that counselors, therapists and clinical psychologist can use life skills training method for improving self-efficacy and family function of women headed households.

Several studies examined the mental health of athletes and non-athletes, However, There are limited information on the mental health of athletes and non-athletes with sensory disabilities. So, the aim of this study was to compare the mental health of athletes and non-athletes with sensory disabilities.
The sample population was 120 (30 blind athlete, 30 blind non-athletes, 30 deaf athlete and 30 deaf non-athletes) male sensory disabled people from the city of Tehran, who were selected by Convenience sampling.The measuring instrument of the study was GHQ-28 Questionnaire (MHQ) which includes 4 sub-scales of mental health. The collected data were analyzed using Manvitney U test and T-student test.
The results of the study indicated that there is a significant difference between mental health and sub-scales of somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia and severe depression in athletes and non-athletes sensory disabled people (p The results of this study indicated that the mental health of the sensory disabled athletes people were better than those of the sensory disabled non-athletes. Therefore it seems necessary that sports and physical activities be more attended in the daily schedule of disabled people.