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In old age, people suffer from many mental and physical illnesses, which make it important for the elderly to pay attention to adapting to these diseases. So, the aim of this research was to study the role of perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and giving meaning to life in psychosocial adjustment, as well as the mediating role of self-care in the elderly.

This research was descriptive and correlational, conducted through available sampling of 200 elderly people who lived in the city of Ardabil. After the necessary assessments in terms of mental disorders and inclusion criteria, they were chosen to conduct this investigation in 2020. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Psychosocial Adjustment Scale, Self-Care Questionnaire for the Elderly, and Interpersonal Needs scale were used to gather the data. The data were analyzed using SPSS25 and Amos24 software.

The findings showed that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness have a negative and direct effect on elderly self-care [β = -0.25, P < 0.01] [β = -0.20, P < 0.05] and psychosocial adjustment [β = -0.0, P < 0.05] [β = -0.12, P < 0.05]. Also, giving meaning to life has a positive and direct effect on elderly self-care [β = 0.32, P = 0.01] and psychosocial adjustment [β = 0.033, P < 0.01]. The variable of self-care can play a mediating role in the relationship between thwarted belongingness [β = -0.174, P < 0.05], perceived burdensomeness [β = -0.140, P < 0.05], and giving meaning to life [β = 0.223, P < 0.05] with psychosocial adjustment. Moreover, among the exogenous variables, thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness by change in self-care have been able to reduce psychosocial adjustment. Giving meaning through self-care, however, has increased psychosocial adjustment.

The findings revealed that thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and giving meaning to life are important variables in health and adaptability of the elderly, which draws attention to family-centered interventions and individual therapies.

Considering the important role of psychological and family factors in the occurrence or prevention of addictive behaviors, this study aimed to determine the role of family resilience, meaning in life and differentiation in Distinction between smoking and non-smoking students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Iran. This research is a case-control study. The statistical population of the present study was students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2019, from which 80 smokers and 80 non-smokers were selected as the research sample using the available sampling method. In this study, family resilience, meaning in life and differentiation questionnaires were used to collect data. For data analysis, discriminant analysis method was used with SPSS.21 software. The results showed that 66% of the variance of family resilience, meaning in life, differentiation for the only discriminant function explained by the difference between the two groups of smokers and non-smokers. Considering the high average of family resilience, meaning in life, and differentiation in non-smoking students, we can conclude that family resilience, meaning in life, and differentiation have a significant role in distinguishing between smoking and non-smoking students.

We aimed to compare the performance of Tehran firefighting stations in the incidents of suicide attempt and threats among Tehran citizens using international standards.

  A research method was a descriptive-analytical study based on library studies. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential methods such as single group t-test and independent t-test. The statistical population of this study included all citizens in 22 districts of Tehran City that committed or threated to commit suicide in the 2018 year. They were selected in a targeted manner. All data were extracted and analyzed through the fire department in the first half of 2018 in the action and threat of suicide.

Men commit suicide more than women do. Moreover, the average time of exit from station and the average travel time are shorter than Iranian and world standards. The people saved by firefighters outnumber the people who died in suicide, which indicates the satisfactory performance of firefighters in relief and rescue operations. In suicide operations, according to the general results obtained from statistical calculations of departure time from the station and the average travel time, which are the two main factors in evaluating the performance of firefighters in suicide accidents, which in comparison with international standards. It was significantly lower and the performance of firefighters was positive.

The average duration of exit from station and the average travel time, are significantly lower than international standards, which demonstrates the good performance of firefighters.

Chronic pain is recognized as an important public health concern that leads to significant economic and social problems. Thus, identifying variables affecting the psychological adaptation of patients with chronic pain is necessary to prepare an effective intervention and treatment program.

This study investigated the mediating role of sexual self-esteem in the relationship between marital quality and psychological adaptation to disease in women with chronic pain.

This descriptive-analytic study of correlation type was conducted on 200 women with chronic pain admitted to orthopedic centers in Ardabil City, Iran. The participants were selected using the available sampling method. The Psychological Adaptation questionnaire, the Sexual Self-Esteem scale, and the Marital Relationship Quality questionnaire were used to collect data. The standard mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and multiple regressions were used for data analysis.

The findings revealed significant positive relationships between marital quality (r = 0.49) (P < 0.01) and sexual self-esteem (r = 0.60) (P < 0.01) with psychological adaptation. Moreover, significant positive relationships were found between marital quality and sexual self-esteem (r = 0.48) (P < 0.01). Sexual self-esteem also mediated the relationship between marital quality and psychological adaptation (β = 0.23) (P < 0.01).

The study revealed that sexual self-esteem served a fully mediating role between marital quality and psychological adaptation in women with chronic pain. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to pay attention to sexual self-esteem’s role in therapeutic interventions related to these women.

Adolescence is a critical period in terms of development and education, in which there are numbers of high-risk behaviors that can negative effects on personal and educational life. One of these high-risk behaviors is mobile phone addiction that is a sociopsychological phenomenon, and the lack of control in the use of this technology by students can cause damage to various aspects of their personal and educational lives. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of procrastination in the relationship between positive and negative perfectionism and addiction to mobile phone in gifted students.

This was a descriptive and correlational study in which 200 gifted students from gifted students’ high school of Meshghinshahr were selected using cluster sampling in 2020. Tri-Shot Perfectionism questionnaires, Tuckman Procrastination Scale, and Savari Mobile Phone Addiction questionnaire were applied to collect data. Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix, and path analysis (Structural Model) were used to analyze data.

The findings revealed positive and negative perfectionism was not directly related to cell phone addiction. However, positive perfectionism through procrastination meditation had a negative and indirect relationship with mobile phone addiction (β = -0.18), and negative perfectionism through procrastination meditation had a positive and indirect relationship with mobile phone addiction (β = 0.17). In other words, procrastination is a complete mediation in the relationship between negative and positive perfectionism and cell phone addiction in students (β = 0.29).

The results emphasized the effect of procrastination on the relationship between positive and negative perfectionism and mobile phone addiction in gifted students. Therefore, these findings can help school and rehabilitation counselors to prepare programs for reducing students' addictive and avoidant behaviors.

Nowadays, the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of the most stressful resources that has led to the rise of different levels of psychological crisis. In addition to the countries affected by the COVID-19, such as China, European and American countries, Iran has appeared as one of the most affected countries with high infected cases and deaths. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-talk in predicting death anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and coping strategies in the face of COVID-19.

This descriptive and correlational study was conducted on 354 adults living in Ardabil, Iran, who were selected using cluster sampling from 21 January to 19 March 2020. Self-Talk questionnaires, Coping Strategies, Death Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive questionnaires were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis.

The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between self-talk and problem-centered coping style. Also, significant negative relationships were found between self-talk and emotional coping style, death anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Furthermore, based on the results of the regression test, self-talk predicted problem-centered style, emotional-coping style, death anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The results of this study emphasize the need for psychological crisis intervention during the COVID-19 outbreak. Also, this study provides an important step in shifting attention to self-talk skills from sport psychology fields toward clinical psychology, especially about the mental impacts of COVID-19.

Single parent adolescents can affect different aspects of their psychological, social, and individual lives, and therefore requires special attention. The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of parental monitoring, self-esteem, and alexithymia in predicting coping with delinquent peers and high-risk behaviors in single-parent adolescents.

This descriptive-correlational study was performed on single parent adolescents under the supervision of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in Karaj, Iran in 2016. 224 single parent adolescents were selected by convenience sampling. Through the researcher's referring to the Adolescent Education Centers covered by the Karaj Relief Committee, all subjects completed the Parental Monitoring Questionnaire, Self-Esteem Scale, Affective Scale, Companionship with Delinquent Peers, and Iranian Adolescent Risk Scale. Pearson correlation and multiple regression were used for data analysis.

After removing the incomplete questionnaires, 200 questionnaires remained for statistical analysis. Mean parental surveillance components were 11.48±3.04, self esteem 10.66±1.63, alexithymia 72.77±4.83, associating with delinquent peers 18.78±6.09 and high risk behaviors equal to 86.45±6.33was obtained. There was a significant negative correlation between parental monitoring, self-esteem, and alexithymia adolescents' association with delinquent peers, and a significant positive relationship with high-risk behaviors (p<0.01). Parental monitoring had a significant correlation with being with peers, and predicted 20% of the variance with being with peers (p<0.001). Parental monitoring had a significant and significant correlation with high risk behaviors, which alone predicted 4% of the variance in high risk behaviors (p<0.001).

The results of this study indicate the importance of parental monitoring, self-esteem and alexithymia in reducing adolescents' association with delinquent peers and their high-risk behavior.

Because of the quick development and widespread use of mobile phones and various effects on the interaction and communication, it is important to study negative effects on the health of mobile phone users. The overall aim of the present study, investigate variable Cell-Phones over use as a predictor of Sleep Quality and Anxiety and Depression among student college. This descriptive–correlation study carried on all students of Kharazmi and Payam-e-Noor universities of Karaj in the 2014 -15 school-years and the sample consisted of 240 persons that were selected by multi stage cluster sampling. For data gathering, questionnaires such as Cell-Phones Over Use Scale (COS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used. Data analysis were performed via Pearson correlation and multiple regressions (stepwise) methods with SPSS- 21 software in 0.01 P-Value. Results of regression showed that variable of Cell-Phones over use, variance of Sleep quality, anxiety and depression, respectively, 0.31% and 0.14% predicts and positively and significantly (r=0.56, P<0.01), (r=0.38, P<0.01) correlated with sleep quality, anxiety and depression. The variable of Cell-phones over use can predict cause changes in sleep quality and anxiety and depression among students, researchers and psycho therapists can control these factors to enhance the quality of life and mental health of them.