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Investigating the relationship between mindfulness, cancer self-efficacy, and death anxiety in patients with cancer is crucial for understanding how these factors influence emotional well-being. Insights from such research can guide the development of psychological interventions aimed at enhancing quality of life for cancer patients.

The primary objective of this study was to explore the relationship between mindfulness and death anxiety in cancer patients, focusing on the mediating role of cancer self-efficacy.

This study employed a descriptive correlational design and utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships. A convenience sample of 302 cancer patients from Tehran (2023) completed three questionnaires: The Death Anxiety Scale, the Mindfulness Questionnaire, and the Cancer Behavior Inventory. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the proposed model, while the bootstrap method assessed the indirect effects.

The study found a significant negative relationship between mindfulness and cancer self-efficacy, and between cancer self-efficacy and death anxiety (P < 0.001). There was no direct relationship between mindfulness and death anxiety; however, cancer self-efficacy was found to mediate this relationship (P < 0.001). The model demonstrated a good fit with indices: RMSEA = 0.065, CFI = 0.96, and TLI = 0.95.

These findings suggest that mindfulness indirectly reduces death anxiety in cancer patients by enhancing cancer self-efficacy. This highlights the potential effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in improving the emotional and psychological health of individuals diagnosed with cancer

Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent and debilitating anxiety disorders. Students with social anxiety are faced with countless problems, e.g., dropping out of school at a young age, showing avoidance behavior in social situations, and experiencing lower levels of social support and mental health. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and emotional schema therapy on rumination and anxiety sensitivity in students with social anxiety disorder (SAD).

This quasi-experimental research adopted a pretest-posttest control group design with a follow-up stage. The statistical population included the female senior high school students of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province (Iran) in 2022–2023. Random sampling was employed to select 75 out of 120 listed students, randomly assigned to three 25-member groups (i.e., two experimental groups and a control group). The research instruments included the Rumination Response Scale (RRS), and Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI). The ANCOVA was then used for data analysis.

According to the results, both therapies affected rumination and anxiety sensitivity in students with SAD (P-value<0.001). However, MBSR had greater effects than emotional schema therapy on anxiety sensitivity. In addition, two therapies had no significant differences regarding effects on rumination.

The MBSR and EST can alleviate rumination and anxiety in female students with social anxiety. Given the positive effects of MBSR and emotional schema therapy, it is recommended that they be used in schools, psychotherapy centers, and counseling clinics to help students with SAD.

Students with a social anxiety disorder (SAD) face a variety of problems such as early dropout, academic failure, and avoidance of social situations. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on cognitive avoidance and emotion regulation strategies in female students with SAD through an emotional schema therapy (EST) approach. In this semi-experimental study, a Pretest-Posttest Control Group design was used. The study population included female high school students with SAD in Ahvaz, Iran, in 2023. Out of 120 students with SAD who met the inclusion criteria, 75 were randomly selected as the study participants and were then assigned to three groups of 25 (two experimental groups and one control group). Training sessions for mindfulness-based stress management and EST were conducted in eight 90-minute sessions twice a week. For data collection, the Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used. Data analysis was done using the ANCOVA test and SPSS version 23. P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. In the posttest, mean±SD for cognitive avoidance, reappraisal, and suppression in the mindfulness-based stress reduction training group was 50.71±6.78, 32.87±2.65, and 14.08±5.68, respectively; suggesting a significant difference as compared with the control group (82.91±2.18, 12.53±6.75, and 20.81±2.74) (P<0.001). In addition, mean±SD for cognitive avoidance, reappraisal, and suppression in the EST group and the post-test phase was 61.52±5.71, 38.91±1.15, and 10.36±7.32, respectively; suggesting a significant difference as compared with the control group. The mindfulness-based stress management training was more effective than EST in reducing cognitive avoidance (P<0.001). By contrast, EST was more effective than mindfulness-based training in improving emotion regulation strategies (P<0.001). The study results suggested that mindfulness-based stress management training and EST can effectively reduce cognitive avoidance and improve emotion regulation strategies in students with SAD.

The aim of the current research is to test the causal model of public health based on trust in God and social support with the mediation of personality traits in women. The research method of this study is structural equation correlation. The studied population included all female heads of families covered by Izeh city between May and July 1401 in the number of 1300 cases. 230 female heads of the family were selected based on JPower software as a purposeful sampling. To collect data, Beck and McDonald (2004) Trust in God questionnaires, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (1988), McCree and Costa (1989) five-factor personality scale, and Goldberg's General Health (1972) were used. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (path analysis). The analysis results confirmed the fit of the hypothetical research model. Path analysis coefficients showed that trust in God and social support have a direct effect on public health. Among the personality traits: neuroticism has a negative effect on public health, and extroversion, adaptability, responsibility, and empiricism have a direct and significant effect on public health. Also, trust in God and social support through personality traits have an indirect effect on general health. Therefore, it can be said that there is a relationship between trust in God and social support with general health, and this relationship can be moderated by the role of personality traits.

University staff, as the creators of the required conditions for education in any society, should be equipped with moral literacy and desirable job satisfaction. Therefore, they need continuous training in order to be aware of the effectiveness of training results by using comprehensive assessment. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of positive thinking on professional ethics and job satisfaction of the staff of Islamic Azad University, Susangard Branch. The research design is quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included 55 employees of the Islamic Azad University, Susangard Branch in 2018.Among them are people who are in the pre-test stage of professional ethics and job satisfaction; A standard deviation was lower than the mean. In simple random sampling, 24 subjects were selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups, with 12 subjects in each group. Data were collected using the Kadozir (2002) Professional Ethics Questionnaire and the Spector (1997) Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 90 minutes and only one session of positive thinking skills training as an intervention each week. While the control group did not receive any training. Data analysis was performed by univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. Statistical analysis of data in two stages of post-test and follow-up showed that positive thinking skills training has a positive and significant effect on professional ethics and job satisfaction of the staff of the Islamic Azad University, Susangard Branch. According to these results, faculty and university administrators can use positive thinking skills training to increase professional ethics and job satisfaction of university staff.

The aim of this study was to develop a structural model of latent aggression based on personality traits and perception of fairness mediated by communication skills in women seeking divorce. The research method of this study is correlation of structural equations. The study population included all women seeking divorce in Masjed-e-Soleiman city justice in the period from April to July 2021 with 300 divorce applications, from which 230 women were selected by purposive sampling. The measurement tools in this study were Neo-McCray and Costa Personality Questionnaire (1985), Perry Fairness Perception Questionnaire (2004), Jarabak Communication Skills Questionnaire (2004) and Nelson and Carroll (2006) Latent Aggression Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (path analysis). The results of the analysis confirmed the fit of the hypothetical research model. Path analysis coefficients showed that personality traits and perception of fairness mediate communication skills affect latent aggression. Among personality traits: Neuroticism, extroversion, agreeability, conscientiousness and fairness have a direct and significant effect on communication skills. The direct effect of extraversion, openness to experience, agreeability, conscientiousness, perception of fairness with communication skills on latent aggression is significant. Also among the personality traits; Neuroticism, extraversion, agreement, conscientiousness and perception of fairness mediate communication skills have an indirect effect on latent aggression. Therefore, it can be said that there is a relationship between personality traits and perceptions of fairness with latent aggression, and this relationship can be adjusted by the role of communicative skills.

Emotion  regulation  is  a  basic  principle  in  initiating,  evaluating  and  organizing adaptive  behavior,  as  well  as  preventing  the  occurrence  of  unhealthy  emotions and maladaptive behaviors,  and  body image is a  multidimensional structure  that refers  to  a  person's  perception  of  their  body  shape  and  body.  The  aim  of  the present study  was to  compare  the effectiveness of  Mindfulness-based  Cognitive Therapy  (MBCT)  and  Acceptance  and  Commitment  Therapy  (ACT)  on  body image anxiety and emotional self-regulation among housewives. For this purpose, in  a  quasi-experimental  study  with  pre-test,  post-test  and  control  group,  36 housewives were selected by  available  sampling  method  and  randomly  assigned to two  experimental  groups  and  one  control.  The  MBCT  group  and  the  ACT group  participated  in  8  sessions  of  90-minute  treatment.  The groups were evaluated before and after treatment for body image concerns and emotional self-regulation.  Analysis of covariance and Benfroni Post Hoc test showed that MBCT and  ACT  both  reduced  body  image  anxiety  and  increased  emotional  selfregulation   in  housewives.  Of the two therapies, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was more effective than acceptance and commitment therapy.

The purpose of this study was to predicting of self-resilience couples on the verge of divorce Based on the Components Lifestyle and Defense Styles of Ahwaz in 2017. The research sample consisted of 130 people (65 couples at the threshold of divorce) who were selected by simple random sampling The data collection of health-promoting lifestyle Walker & Polerrcky questionnaire (1996), defensive styles of Andrews and Et al (1993) and Mowbary self-Resiliency Scale (2012) was used. Analysis of the data showed that there is a direct relation between components life style with self-resilience couple on the verge of divorce. There was a direct relation growth style defense with self-resilience and negative correlation between the unpicked defense style and neurotic defense style with self-resilience. Also, the results of regression analysis revealed that among the components of lifestyle (the "sport" component, β = 0/342; "stress management" β = 0/314) and among defense styles ("growth defense style," β = 0/354; unpicked defense style, β=-0/172) are predictors of self-resilience.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on professional ethics and job satisfaction of university employees.

This research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population consisted of all employees of the Islamic Azad University of Sousangerd Branch in 2018. From this population, 30 employees who had the lower scores on professional ethics and job satisfaction were selected. From this sample, 24 employees randomly selected and then randomly assgined into two experimental and control groups, each one 12 participants. The 8 session positive thinking training was provided for the experimental group. At each session, the experimental group was given the opportunity to discuss successes and failures in the implementation of the assignments. Both groups were evaluated in three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. ANCOVA was used for data analysis.

The ANCOVA’s results showed that positive thinking training increased  both professional ethics and job satisfaction of employees.

According to the findings, positive thinking training was effective in increasing the professional ethics and job satisfaction of employees. Professional ethics has a significant effect on the activities and outcomes of the organization. Professional ethics increases productivity, and improves communication. Therefore, in such conditions, the organization can expect to improve job satisfaction, because job satisfaction is a psychological factor that provides the person with emotional adjustment to the job and work conditions. According to the results of this study, it is recommended that managers should pay particular attention to the positive thinking training so that professional ethics and job satisfaction in the organizational environment could be realized.

The purpose of this study was to test the causal model of suicidal tendency based on lifestyle with mediating of attachment to God. The statistical population consisted of all female students of the eleventh and twelfth grade students of Izeh city. Among them, 250 individuals were selected as subjects through multistage random sampling.The research was a fundamental research in the framework of correlation plan. For data collection Health Promotion Lifestyle Questionnaire (1996), Beck and McDonald's (2004) Attachment to God Scale, and Suicide Questionnaire in Adolescents (1984) were implemented.The data analysis method was based on the path analysis method. The results showed that the path analysis results confirmed the data goodness of fit to the model. The path analysis showed that: lifestyle had a direct impact on suicidal tendency.Attachment to god had a direct impact on suicidal tendency. Also, attachment to god had an indirect effect on the relationship between lifestyle and suicidal tendency.

Recently, especially in developed countries, the relationship between lifestyle and various diseases has attracted the attention of many professionals. One of the pillars of the community health assessment is, psychological and social health of the community. The purpose of this study was to test causal model of depression on lifestyle with social health and quality of life and has been fitted. The study population consisted of all adults in Ahvaz. People in a multistage random cluster sampling, 383 were selected. Research data in this study were collected by using a health promoting lifestyle questionnaire Walker and Polerrcky (1987), Keynesian social health (2004), the World Health Organization quality of life (1989) and beck depression (1996). Research hypotheses were confirmed by using Pearson correlation path analysis and modeling. The results confirmed the model's hypotheses, Lifestyle has a direct effect on depression and lifestyle through the mediation of social health and quality of life had an indirect effect on depression. According to the results of research to explain the depression can be used from lifestyles and social health and quality of life.

Recently, especially in developed countries, the relationship between lifestyle and various diseases has attracted the attention of many professionals. One of the pillars of the community health assessment is, psychological and social health of the community.
The purpose of this study was to clarify of depression on lifestyle with social health and quality of life and has been fitted.
The study population consisted of all adults in Ahvaz. People in a multistage random cluster sampling, 383 were selected. Research data in this study were collected by using a health promoting lifestyle questionnaire Walker and Plyrky (1987), Keynesian social health (2004), the World Health Organization quality of life (1989) and beck depression (1996). Research hypotheses were confirmed by using Pearson correlation path analysis and modeling.
Findings: The results confirmed the model's hypotheses, Lifestyle has a direct effect on depression and lifestyle through the mediation of social health and quality of life had an indirect effect on depression.
According to the results of research to explain the depression can be used from lifestyles and social health and quality of life.

The aim of this study was to test the causal model of depression based on lifestyle with mediation role of social health. The study sample was consisted of all individuals over 18 years old who was selected by multistage random cluster sampling method. Based on the estimated Cochran of the sample, 383 individuals were selected. Instruments for gathering data were health promoting lifestyle questionnaire (Walker and polerrcky, 1996), Keyes social health (2004) and the Beck Depression Inventory II. The prevalence of depression have been estimated 15% in this population. There have associations between life style, social health and depression. Social health has a mediator role in the relationship between life style and depression. Findings of the path analysis also showed that nutrition, responsibility for the health, exercise and spiritual growth had significant direct and indirect effect on depression.

This study aims to explain the depression level based on life style through the mediation of social health and quality of life. Statistical population was all persons over 18 years of Ahwaz random sampling Stage sample size were selected 383 people.
Research data in this study were collected by using a health promoting lifestyle questionnaire Walker and Plyrky, Keynesian public health, the World Health Organization quality of life and beck depression. 330 people had the ability to analyze the data. Research hypotheses were confirmed by using Pearson correlation path analysis and modeling.
The results of the hypothetical model were confirmed. The outcome of the coefficients and path analysis showed that: Lifestyle has a direct effect on depression, lifestyle through the mediation of social health and quality of life effects on depression.
Lifestyle with mediator role of social health has an indirect role in the prevalence of depression. And lifestyle with mediator role of quality of life has an indirect role in the prevalence of depression.