جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "health anxiety" در نشریات گروه "روانشناسی"

The aim of reaserch to determine of effect the commitment and acceptance therapy on health anxiety, emotional exhaustion and psychological flexibility of male doctors of Forensic Medicine Organization of Isfahan city. The research method was semi-experimental and its design was pre-test-post-test with a control group and a follow-up period of one month. The statistical population included all the men of the Forensic Medicine Organization of Isfahan, 220 people in the winter of 1400, who were randomly assigned to two groups (15 experimental people) and (15 control people) using the purposeful sampling method. The research tools included health anxiety questionnaire (Salkovskis, Varoek, 2002) emotional fatigue (chenet al, 2019), psychological flexibility (Dennis,Vander Wal, 2010). The experimental group was trained in commitment and acceptance therapy during 8 sessions of 90 minutes. While the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was done using mixed analysis of variance. The findings showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment has an effect on health anxiety (illness, disease consequences and general health concerns), emotional exhaustion (depersonalization and personal inadequacy) and psychological flexibility (components of alternatives, control and alternatives to human behavior). Has it. As a result, the results showed that according to the problems caused by the medical profession in the doctors of the medical organization, the treatment law is based on commitment and acceptance of a suitable treatment approach to improve the mental conditions of people in order to reduce the level of health anxiety, emotional fatigue and increase psychological flexibility.

The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management training on anxiety, cognitive avoidance, and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic pain. This semi-experimental study used a pre-test-post-test design with follow-up and a control group. The statistical population consisted of patients with chronic pain in Tehran during the second half of 2023. Thirty patients were selected using purposive sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of cognitive-behavioral stress management training (Hajilu et al., 2018). To evaluate the impact of the intervention, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (1990), the Sexton and Dugas Cognitive Avoidance Scale (2004), and the Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (2003) were administered at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. Multivariate analysis of covariance revealed that the intervention significantly reduced anxiety and cognitive avoidance while improving health-related quality of life (P<0.05). The results suggest that cognitive-behavioral stress management training can be an effective intervention for improving the mental health and quality of life of patients with chronic pain.

The aim of this study was to analyze the role of mental health in relation to health anxiety and sports performance of female trainers in Qom province against the epidemic of Covid-19 disease.

The research method was correlation and its statistical population consisted of all female sports coaches in Qom. Among these individuals, a sample of 150 people was selected according to the formula of Myers et al. (2006) by available sampling method and were evaluated using general health questionnaires (1979), health anxiety (2002), and coach performance evaluation (2013). Research data were analyzed using one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling using SPSS-26 and Smart PLS software.

The results of the present study showed that the level of mental health, health anxiety and sports performance of female coaches in Qom province is the expected range. The results of correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of mental health and all dimensions of health anxiety and a negative and significant relationship with the dimensions of sports performance. There is also a negative and significant relationship between the dimensions of health anxiety and the dimensions of sports performance. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the research model has a perfect fit and health anxiety has a mediating role in the relationship between mental health and sports performance.

The results of the present study showed that health anxiety has an effect on mental health and sports performance of female coaches in Qom province.

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and health anxiety with mediating neuroticism, behavioral inhibitory system and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies.

In regard to the purpose, this research was applicable and in regard to procedure, descriptive and it was a correlation study. The study population consisted of all adults aged 18 to 60 in Mashhad city in 2020-2021, among which 450 were selected as samples by available sampling and blocking method. Research instruments included: fear of Covid-19 questionnaire (2020), health anxiety questionnaire (1989), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (2010), behavioral activation and inhabition systems scale (1994) and NEO Five Factor Inventory (1992). Analysis method of this study was path analysis which was used to examine the Forecast path of study variables.

Findings showed that the relationship of fear of Covid-19 could predict health anxiety, both directly and indirectly through neuroticism, behavioral inhibition system and the use of negative strategies of cognitive emotion regulation. It can be concluded that during the Covid-19 pandemic, neuroticism, behavioral inhibition system and consequently, cognitive emotion regulation skill plays a key role in the scale of health anxiety in individuals.

This research tries to study the intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on depression, health anxiety, and physical symptoms in patients that recovered from Coronavirus.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test post-test design and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all people that recovered from Coronavirus with psychological symptoms that visited a psychoneurological specialized clinic at Behbahan in 1400. Between them, 30 persons by sampling method were selected and randomly divided into two groups, 15 as the experimental group and 15 as the control group. The experimental group received intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for 12 sessions in 90 minutes. While, the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups were evaluated by using questionnaires of depression by Goldberg, health anxiety ”SHAI”, physical symptoms ”PHQ-15” in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and mock tests were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between post-test and pre-test scores (p <0.05), and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy could significantly reduce depressive symptoms, health anxiety, and physical symptoms in patients that recovered from Coronavirus in the experimental group.

According to the obtained results, psychologists and counselors can use intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy to reduce and treat symptoms of depression, health anxiety and physical symptoms in patients who have recovered from Corona.

Pregnancy is associated with physical and emotional changes, and the special conditions of Covid-19 can increase the level of health anxiety. The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of short-term solution-oriented treatment on vaccine injection attitude and health anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic. The design of the current research was a quasi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test. The statistical sample consisted of 30 pregnant women referring to the Center Integratedated HealthcServicesices in Siahkal County, who were selected purposefully and non-randomly, and was placed in groups of 15 people, the experimental and the control, by random allocation, signed to health anxiety questionnaires (Salkosix and Warwick, 1989) and vaccine attitude (Rahmanian et al., 2019) answered voluntarily. The experimental group received short-term solution-oriented therapy (De Sahzer et al., 2006) in 5 sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The findings showed that short-term solution-oriented treatment has an effect on vaccine injection attitude and health anxiety in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic (P<0.05). So that the average vaccine injection attitude in the experimental group increased from 27 to 48 in the post-test phase and the average health anxiety decreased from 52 to 32 in pregnant women. Based on the results presented about the descriptive indicators and the difference between the two test and control groups in the post-test of these indicators, it can be said that the short-term solution-oriented treatment reduces health anxiety (49%) and improves vaccine injection attitude (71%) has a significant effect in pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Based on the educational content in this approach, instead of focusing on the problems that will arise from the hypothetical consequences of the Covid-19 vaccine, pregnant women should find a way by examining the evidence and the percentage of benefits and losses of inappropriate solutions such as avoiding the injection of the vaccine. They looked carefully for a solution to cure and eradicate this viral disease and in this way they have changed their attitude towards the Covid-19 vaccine. Therefore, the solution-oriented treatment was guided based on the solution of the elimination of covid-19 and the immunization of people through the change of attitude and hope for the health of the mother and the fetus. This approach in pregnant women focused on highlighting the capabilities and successes of vaccination and creating health in mothers and fetuses during the treatment process..Based on the obtained results, it can be said that in critical situations, with the use of solution-oriented and short-term interventions, it is possible to increase the attitude of health promotion through the injection of the Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women and reduce their health anxiety.

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of health anxiety on the relationship between health literacy, death anxiety and quality of life. The research method was descriptive-correlation and structural equation modeling. The statistical population was all the students of Ardakan University in the academic year of 2013-2014, and 334 of them were selected using available sampling method. To collect data, Health Literacy Questionnaire of the Urban Population of Iran, Health Anxiety Questionnaire, Death Anxiety Questionnaire and World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire SF-36 were used. The findings showed that health literacy and death anxiety have a direct and significant effect on quality of life, health literacy on health anxiety, and death anxiety on health anxiety. Health literacy and death anxiety influence quality of life through the mediation of health anxiety. From the findings of the present research, we can understand the necessity of improving the level of health literacy to improve the quality of life and mental health.

In today's world, the Internet has become a very important and vital part of our lives. One of the harmful effects of excessive use of the Internet in relation to health is cyberchondria. This related to an increase in the level of anxiety or health distress, and in other words, it is a type of anxiety that leads to searching for health-related information online, and this causes an increase in the level of anxiety, worry and unnecessary expenses. The aim of this study was to investigate the Psychometric properties of the short form of Cyberchondria questionnaire.

The present study applied in terms of purpose and its method is descriptive and psychometric studies. The statistical population of the present study was students of public and private universities in Isfahan in 1398. For the present study, 566 students (344 females and 223 males) from Isfahan University students selected by stratified random sampling method using virtual self-examination questionnaires (McElroy and Shevlin, 2014) and health anxiety questionnaire. (Salkovskis and Warwick, 2002) responded. Research data analyzed using SPSS 23 and AMOS 22 software.

The findings showed that in the virtual Cyberchondria questionnaire measurement model, all factor loads including compulsion (0.714), distress (0.878), excessiveness (0.805), and reassurance (0.921) were significant. (P <0.001). In addition, the CVI coefficient for all items of the Cyberchondria questionnaire was higher than 0.9 and the intra-class correlation coefficient of the questionnaire resulting from its two implementation was equal to 0.971, which is at a safe distance and is higher than the acceptable value. The reliability obtained using Cronbach's alpha and halving coefficient for the whole questionnaire and all four dimensions is higher than 0.7. The findings also showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between Cyberchondria questionnaire and health anxiety (P <0.001) and the correlation coefficient of the two questionnaires was 0.782.

Health-related internet use, in the context of health anxiety is best conceptualized as health-related safety behavior maintained through intermittent reinforcement. In general, according to the results of validity and reliability, the virtual autopsy questionnaire can used in psychological research. Also, these results support the psychometric characteristics and validity of the virtual self-diagnosis questionnaire among the non-clinical sample, and it can be said that this questionnaire is approved in the Iranian sample and has psychometric characteristics and practical tools for diagnosis. It can also used in a short period of time due to the short length of the too

The aim of this study was to compare Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder, depressive disorder and normal people. The method of the present study was causal-comparative. For this purpose, a sample was selected from 50 eligible patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 50 patients with general anxiety disorder and 50 patients depressive disorder to 505 Army Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran and 50 hospital staff (normal group). Were selected by available sampling method Research instruments include the The IUS-12(intolerance of uncertainty The Short version)CSS-12 (Cyberchondria Severity Scale) and the health anxiety Inventory . Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance)were used to measure and to analyze the findings. Findings showed that there is a significant difference between the Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in the four groups. The mean score of people with general anxiety disorder in all components of Intolerance of uncertainty is higher than other groupe. Also All components of Cyberchondria, Health anxiety in the group of obsessive-compulsive groupe is higher than other groupe.Conclusion The results indicate the importance and necessity of paying attention to the Intolerance of uncertainty, Cyberchondria and Health anxiety in obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety disorder, depressive disorder.

The present study aims to predict COVID-19 anxiety based on irrational health beliefs, health locus of control, and health anxiety. The research is descriptive-correlative. It draws upon the fundamental methodology. The statistical population of the present study includes all female students of Orovince of Guilan's universities during the first half of the academic year of 2021-2022. Based on convenience sampling, 406 students participated through an online invitation. Data was gathered by using Covid-19 anxiety questionnaires (CAQ, Alipour et al, 1398) (1398)., irrational health beliefs (IHB, Christiansen and Warwick,1999), health locus of control (HLC, Wallston et al, 1978), and the revised edition of the health anxiety questionnaire (HAQ, Salicoskis et al, 2002). The data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and Multivariate Regression in the SPSS-21 software package. Findings suggest a significant and positive relation between COVID-19 anxiety, health anxiety, and health locus of control. The Regression results demonstrate that 25 percent of COVID-19 anxiety changes were predicted significantly by health anxiety and health locus of control. Therefore, by identifying the influencing factors of Covid-19 anxiety, effective measures, and planning can be undertaken to mitigate Covid-19 anxiety and an individual's adaptiveness.

The aim of this study was to determine relationship between Anxiety sensitivity and Health anxiety with mediating role of Intolerance of uncertainty.

This study was a descriptive-correlation type in which 197 participants were selected from Tabriz University students in the academic year 1401-1402 with a multi-stage cluster sampling method and using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI), Anxiety sensitivity Questionnaire (ASI) and Simon and Gaher's distress tolerance questionnaire to measure research variables.

Data analysis After discarding The distorted and incomplete answer sheets using the path analysis method by SPSS-24 and Amos-24 showed that distress tolerance can positively and significantly explain the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety (P<0.05). Therefore, the mediating role of Intolerance o uncertainty was confirmed.

According to the mediating role of Intolerance of uncertainty in the relationship between Anxiety sensitivity and Health anxiety, focusing on the components of anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance in interventional processes can be useful and effective in controlling health anxiety symptoms. Therefore, it can be recommended to mental health professionals to put it on the agenda in the process of assessing and evaluating anxiety sensitivity and focusing on it if necessary.

This study aimed to predict health anxiety based on attachment styles, distress tolerance, and difficulties in emotional regulation in nurses. This research was basic research and regarding procedure, it was a correlation study. The statistical population of the present study was all the nurses of Milad Hospital in Tehran in 2022, from whom 131 people were selected as a sample. Research tools included: Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI, Salkovskis & Warwick, 2002), Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI, Simpson, 1990), Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS, Simons & Gaher, 2005), and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS, Gratz & Roemer, 2004). Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression. The research results showed that there is a significant correlation (p<0.01) between health anxiety with insecure attachment style (r=0.42), distress tolerance (r=0.41), and difficulties in emotional regulation (r=0.42). Also, insecure attachment style (B=0.257 & p=0.003), distress tolerance (B=0.232 & p=0.008), and difficulties in emotional regulation (B=0.263 & p=0.002) were able to predict 30% of health anxiety changes. It can be concluded that attachment styles, distress tolerance, and difficulties in emotional regulation play a key role in nurses' health anxiety, and it is necessary to pay attention to these factors in interaction with each other in programs to reduce nurses' health anxiety.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and emotional regulation (ER) on health anxiety and cognitive-emotional representations (CER) of recovered Covid-19 patients. The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The research population included all those infected with the Covid-19 who visited health centers. By convenience sampling 75 of these people were selected, replaced randomly assignment in the experiment and control groups. The test of health anxiety and CER was performed in the pre-test and then, the ACT and ER was implemented in 8 sessions of 60 minutes (online). The obtained data were analyzed through the multivariate covariance test. The use of ACT had an effect on health anxiety in the post-test stage, but on reducing the perception of illness in the post-test stage, the test had no effect. ER had an effect on both of them.  It seems that the ER had a more effective result than the Act and it can be used in health and clinical centers to improve these patients.

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Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most expensive diseases of the digestive system that causes intestinal dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediator role of self-care in predicting self-control and outcome expectations based on health anxiety in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Research

The current research is descriptive and path analysis type. The statistical population of this research was made up of all patients with irritable bowel syndrome who referred to medical centers in Tehran. The sampling of the current research is purposeful and 200 patients with irritable bowel syndrome completed the research questionnaires. Research tools included Tobert and Glasgow's self-care questionnaire, Tanji's self-control questionnaire, Vosichki et al.'s outcome expectations questionnaire, Salkoskis and Warwick's health anxiety questionnaire. SPSS-26 and AMOS software were used for data analysis.

The results showed that health anxiety predicts both directly and through the mediation of self-care, self-restraint and expectation of outcome in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Also, self-care predicts self-control in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Self-care predicts expected outcomes in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

As a result, it is recommended that every hospital has a health psychologist as a person who can teach patients how to control anger, courage, skills in saying no, or even training to deal with stressful situations so that they can live a just life. Use these skills.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of painting therapy on health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with experimental group and control group with a follow-up test period. From the statistical population of the elderly living in nursing homes in Tehran in 2021, 30 samples were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group. Painting therapy was applied for ten sessions for the experimental group. The required findings were collected using the Health Anxiety Questionnaire (Salkovskis & Warwick, 2002), Loneliness (Dehshiri et al., 2007) and Templer Death Anxiety (1970) and were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance was analyzed.

Findings showed that the mean scores of post-tests and follow-up test of health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the experimental group decreased and the results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that painting therapy intervention to reduce health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly is effective (p <0.001).

Therefore, it is suggested that painting therapy intervention be used to reduce health anxiety, loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health anxiety, intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school with academic and social adjustment in adolescent boys in Zanjan.

The method of this research was descriptive and correlational. The The statistical population of this study consisted of all high school students in Zanjan with an age range of 15_18 years who were studying in the academic year1400-1399 and among them 260 people were selected as a statistical sample through available sampling and They answered the questionnaires of feeling belonging to school Barry Bett et al.(2004), Sinha and Singh student adjustment(1993), internal motivation McIwley et al,(1991) And Health Anxiety Salkowski et al.'s(2002).

The results showed that health anxiety(r=401), intrinsic motivation(r=-465) and sense of belonging to school(r=-690) were significantly associated with academic adjustment. Also, health anxiety(r=405), intrinsic motivation(r=-306) and sense of belonging to school(r=-358) have a significant relationship with social adjustment. The results of multiple regression also showed that predictor variables have the ability to predict respectively 53% and 24% of academic and social adjustment.

The results showed that health anxiety, intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school have the ability to predict academic and social adjustment. Therefore, it seems that by reducing health anxiety and increasing intrinsic motivation and sense of belonging to school can help increase the academic and social adjustment of adolescents.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death in women with many physical and psychological complications, and the aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment on health anxiety, psychological well-being and body image in women with mastectomy breast cancer. It is the city of Shiraz where they visited Amir Shiraz Hospital in 2022.

The current research was of semi-experimental type, pre-test, post-test with control group and follow-up test. The subject population included a sample of 45 people who were randomly measured. The research tools included Weisman and Beck, health anxiety questionnaire, Riff psychological well-being questionnaire and Kash, Mikola and Brown body image questionnaire. The research data were used to test the hypotheses using the multivariate covariance method and the Sheffe and Benferoni post hoc tests, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS software.

The findings of this research showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment had a significant effect on the research variables. health anxiety (F=77.822, p<0.05) body image (F=37.609, p<0.05) psychological well-being (F=8.637, P<0.05) 

Because the underlying principles of the treatment are based on acceptance and commitment in order to increase psychological flexibility, therefore, this treatment can be used in clinical settings along with other common treatments.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death in women with many physical and psychological complications. The increasing growth of cancer in the last few decades and its harmful effects on all dimensions of the patient's life (physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and economic) have caused attention of specialists to be more focused on this disease. Among the different types of cancer that women suffer from, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and the stress reduction program based on mindfulness on the attitude of work, health anxiety, psychological well-being, and body image in women with breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy in Shiraz city who visited Amir Hospital in 2022. 

The subjects included a sample of 45 people who were randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group (three groups of 15 people) who had the criteria for entering the research, age, education, and mastectomy surgery, and the data were collected in two stages: pre-test, post-test with the control group and follow-up. And it was recorded that the research data were used using the multivariate covariance method and post hoc tests of Sheffe and Benferoni to test the hypotheses and the data were analyzed using spss (18) software. The research tools included Weissman &, Beck's inefficient Attitudes Questionnaire (1978) attitude questionnaire, Rief's psychological well-being (1989), Salkoskis and Warwick's (2000) health anxiety questionnaire, and Kesh's body image, Mykola Braun (1990).

The results of this research showed that the therapy based on acceptance and commitment is more effective than the stress reduction program based on mindfulness because the underlying principles of the therapy based on acceptance and commitment are aimed at increasing psychological flexibility. The pairwise comparison made regarding the well-being variable in Table (4-6) shows that both treatments (ACT and MBSR) have a statistically significant effect on this variable (P<0.05). The results showed that the treatment of acceptance and commitment was more effective. Regarding the effectiveness of the treatment based on acceptance and commitment in comparison with the stress reduction program based on mindfulness in the attitude of work, health anxiety, psychological well-being, and body image in women with cancer. The mastectomy breast of Shiraz can be because the underlying principles of treatment are based on acceptance and commitment to increasing psychological flexibility.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on reducing experiential avoidance and cognitive entanglement with dysfunctional rules until it reconnects with meaningful values. Mediation analysis of the believability of negative thoughts has been identified as a partially mediating factor in the ability to predict awareness attention, experiential avoidance, and cognitive fusion in psychological distress. With stronger negative thoughts, believability was positively associated with higher levels of psychological distress.