فصلنامه روانشناسی سلامت
پیاپی 10 (تابستان 1393)

Gender Identity Disorder (GID) or transsexualism is characterized by a strong and persistent sense of inappropriateness of biological sex in given individuals. Understanding, preventing and treating of this psychological disorder provides a serious challenge for clinicians. In order to better understanding of GIDs, the aim of the present study was to compare interpersonal problems between three groups including transsexuals after sex reassignment surgery (SRS), transsexuals before SRS and normal individuals. Thirty five Male-to-Female (MF) transsexuals (20 transsexuals before SRS, 15 transsexuals after SRS) and also twenty normal females participated in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-60). The results revealed that the higher average scores in dimensions of interpersonal problems belonged to transsexuals before SRS, transsexuals after SRS and normal individuals, respectively. The difference between transsexuals after SRS and normal individuals was not significant in interpersonal problems scales. Based on these results, one can conclude that sex reassignment surgery might reduce interpersonal problems of transsexuals.

Result showed emotional intelligence can be consider as an obstacle in front of life's negative events like cancer. Therefore the role of coping process in cancerous patients is so important for their health condition The method of study is descriptive and correlation. approximately statistic cancer patients of Tehran is approximately 10000 to 12000, therefore, 400 patient (269 woman and 131man) recourse to therapeutic centers of Tehran including Imam Hossein Hospital and Dr. PayamAzadeh clinic were randomly selected and completed the Scuttle emotional intelligence inventory and coping style scales (CISS). The result of t-test showed there is no significant deference between emotional intelligence and coping styles in man-woman and single- marital group of cancerous patients. The result of Pearson correlation coefficient showed there is positive relationship between emotional intelligence and its subscales and taskoriented coping style. In addition there is positive relationship between emotional intelligence and subscales and avoidance-oriented coping style. This data can be useful for creating and clinical approaches and with attention to important role of emotional intelligence and efficient coping styles because of more healthy consequence and increase of patients resistance capacity in front of difficult conditions and better capability with designing and performance of efficient learning programs it can be help strong then and support this elements.

Since attention of the elderly is progressing rapidly in developing countries in recent years, special attention to wisdom as an effective ability is necessary. The relationships between wisdom and mental health in Iranian elderly were examined in this study. In a descriptive-analytic study, 114 older adults (61 males and 53 females) were selected by available sampling method and completed the Three- Dimensional Wisdom Scale(3D-WS) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and regression analysis. Results confirmed significant relationship between components of wisdom and mental health in sample group. Results indicate that Wisdom is a reliable predictor for mental health in elderly population. Among the three wisdom dimensions (cognitive dimension, Reflective dimension, affective dimension) were predictors of general health.

This research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of LEARN stress management program on reduction of perceived stress and worry among female students of Payame Noor University in Tehran. For this reason, among volunteers who their scores in perceived stress scale were one standard deviation more than average (M=27.26, SD=8.32) and so they were realized stressful, twenty- six participants, regarding to exclude- include criteria were selected and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. All participants filled out all of the items of perceived stress scale and Pennsylvania state worry questionnaire prior to and after LEARN program to experimental group. Data analysis by using repeated measures method revealed that perceived stress and worry significantly improved among participants of experimental group in comparison to control group (p<0.05). Therefore, LEARN program by its components could affect the stress cycle in different aspects, and led to stress and worry reduction.

Unfortunately one of the diseases in the present century, which affects the youths particularly the young girls and women, is the multiple sclerosis (MS). Given numerous numbers of MS patients and importance of identifying effective acts to promote their Mental Health, this study accomplished to review the association between the five factors of personality, Alexithymia and the Mental Health of MS patients.

This descriptive study selected 218 MS patients with simple random sampling method (157 females and 61 males). In Lorestan Province, Iran. The measurement tools were employed included: 1. Demographic Questionnaire; 2. the NEO Five-Factor Inventory- Revised (NEO-FFI-R) 3. the alexithymia Inventory, and 4. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). In this study, Multiple Regression Analysis and Pearson Correlation Test have been adapted for data analysis.

The results indicated that some variables such as neuroticism, conscientiousness, difficulty describing feelings and difficulty identifying feelings are significant predicators for Mental Health in those who suffered from MS.

These findings indicate that, personality and Alexithymia are almost influential factors on MS patients’ mental health. Findings also has important implications on the education and mental health’s improvment of MS patients.

Current study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship of religious orientation and death attitudes with quality of life and somatization symptoms in women. Whole women, lived in Urmia in spring 2012, comprised statistical society of this study. 140 women, who had been selected randomly by multistage cluster sampling method, responded orderly to the questionnaires of religious orientation, attitudes toward death, quality of life and somatization symptoms. Collected data were analyzed by Pearson correlation and regression tests. The results showed that quality of life has a positive correlation with internal religious orientation and the attitudes of approach acceptance toward death. Somatization symptoms also related positively to the attitudes of avoidance of death and escape acceptance. Furthermore results of regression analyze showed that 14 percent of women’s life quality variance was explained by internal religious orientation and the attitudes of avoidance of death. Regression of somatization symptoms based on religious orientation and attitudes about death was not significant. This results reveal religious and spiritual bases and consequently the death attitudes as one of the effective variables on the women quality of life and their health.

The aim of article was to study the coping strategies and attachment styles in individuals with gender identity disorder and without it. The research was a causal-comparative study. The society of the study included all individuals with or without Gender identity disorder in Tehran. 60 individuals were selected through available sampling method, 30 individuals with sexual identity disorder and 30 individuals without it; which had been matched by age, educational and social levels. They were handed to fill the coping strategies inventory of Carver, Scheier and Weintraub (1989) and Revised Adult Attachment Scale. In analysis of data analysis and t test are applied. Results indicated that insecure attachment style is more common among individuals with gender identity disorder than others without it, and they use emotion focused coping strategies than others without it. According to the results, attachment styles affect adult relationships, mental health and coping strategies.