فهرست مطالب bahram gheitarani

 Elder abuse has been extensively recognized as one of the complicated general health issues and the abused elders experience mental health problems. In this regard, this study is carried out with the aim to investigate the elderly as victims of chronic domestic violence and their mental health profile in Naziabad City, Iran.

 The current study is a cross-sectional study with the statistical population consisting of all elders living in Nazarabad. The individuals older than 60 years participated in this study were selected using the convenience sampling method and filled the Elder Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ). The subjects who were not willing to cooperate were removed from the study and the ones who were diagnosed as domestic violence victims filled out the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation method in SPSS software.

 In total, 243 elders with a mean age of 67 ± 7 years old participated in this study. Of them, 144 (59.3%) and 99 (40.7%) were women and men, respectively. The most common abuse reported was about neglect and inattention of children, emotional abuse, and physical abuse as 104 (41.6%), 69 (28.4%), and 16 (6.6%), respectively.

 Elders as domestic violence victims had lower general health and higher anxiety and depression; hence, it is essential for the health system professionals and experts to provide violence

Internet is one of available modern communicational media that has created a new world for users; so that this virtual world may have irrecoverable implications. Hence, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between internet addiction, family relations, and psychological well-being among the adolescents.

In this descriptive and correlational study, statistical population consisted of all adolescents in Urmia City, Iran. The sample size obtained to 65 adolescents, who were addicted to internet; they were enrolled using convenient sampling method in some schools in Urmia. To collect the data, Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Family Assessment Device (FAD), and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) were employed. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression tests through SPSS software.

There was a reverse significant relationship between internet addiction and family relations (-0.878) and subjective well-being among the adolescents (P < 0.050 for both).

According to obtained findings, it can be stated that internet addiction may lead to reduction in family relations and subjective well-being among the adolescents.

This study aimed at designing and studying psychometric properties of native elder abuse scale (short form) in a group of elders in Alborz Province. This was a descriptive-correlational study that was conducted within two steps using combined method including qualitative and quantitative steps. At first step, authors employed psychology and psychiatric literature and phenomenology method to conduct a deep interview with psychologists and elders then extracted measures of mistreatment toward elders. At second step, psychometric properties of questionnaire were examined among elders living in Alborz Province using content validity and internal consistency. Statistical population (N=400; 186 men and 215 women) in quantitative step included elders living in Alborz province who were selected using convenient sampling method in 2017. According to the results obtained from first step of explanatory factor analysis, 23 items out of 41 items remained in questionnaire then evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis based of structural equation modeling (SEM) or multivariate analysis with latent variables. Ultimately, 4 factors of verbal abuse (10 items), emotional abuse (6 items), neglect (4 items), and financial abuse (3 items) were selected for short form of elder abuse scale. Calculated Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.84) and retest coefficient (0.96) approved suitable internal consistency of questionnaire. Findings indicated that elder abuse scale-short form (23-item) made it possible to examine different dimensions of abuses measuring the above-mentioned 4 factors and results obtained from validity and reliability indicated optimal function of this instrument to measure mistreatment toward elders in Iranian society.

Old age is an inevitable stage of natural life cycle which has become a significant economic, social, and health challenge for most countries in 21st century due to the increasing population of the elderly. Considering the importance of mental health and its role in quality of life of the elderly, the aim of this study was to investigate depression and general health of victims of domestic violence among the elderly and compare it with their peers in Savojbolagh, Iran.
This causal-comparative descriptive study was conducted in 2017 in Savojbolagh city, located in Alborz province, Iran. The study population included elderly people who were referred to rural and urban healthcare centers to receive healthcare services within the Primary Healthcare System. Participants were selected via convenience sampling method and included 150 victims of domestic violence and 150 controls that were matched according to age range, gender, and literacy. Ghahari’s Elder Abuse Inventory, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and Elder Depression Inventory were used for data collection. Data were analyzed in SPSS-22 Software using Pearson correlation coefficient and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).
The prevalence of emotional abuse was 50 (31%), physical abuse 19 (13%), neglect 59 (40%), religious abuse 13 (9.3%), financial abuse 8 (6%), and sexual abuse 1 (0.66%). The mean (SD) general health score was significantly lower among victims of domestic violence in than the control group: 23.8 (9.8) versus 18.9 (5.6), P Study showed abused elders had lower general health and higher depression compared to nonabused elders.

Life skills are the abilities to have adaptive and positive behaviors that enable human beings to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of teaching life skills on self-efficacy and emotional intelligence among high school students.
A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 462 male high school students of Silvana area in Urmia city, selected via multi-stage cluster sampling method. These students studied in two different schools. Three classes were selected randomly from each high school and all the students of these classes completed the self-efficacy and emotional intelligence inventory. Participants who scored low on effectiveness of life skills training were selected for the study; among them 30 students were selected randomly and assigned randomly into two experimental and control groups (15 students each). The experimental group received life skills education but the control group did not receive any education. Both groups completed the Sherer's Self-Efficacy Scale and Bar-On Emotional Intelligence-Inventory in baseline and follow up phases. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (the mean and standard of deviation) and Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Statistical analysis was perfumed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0.
The results of the study indicated that teaching life skills significantly increased mean±SD scores of self-efficacy (68.2±7.35, 55.4±9.96) and emotional intelligence (106.6±15.05, 94.8±11.33) in the experimental and control group, respectively (P=0.001). there were significant correlations between self-efficacy and academic achievement (r=0.518, P=0.01)
Teaching life skills can improve student's self-efficacy and emotional intelligence and the education officials should pay attention to teaching these life skills to the students.