جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "mental competency" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

This study was conducted with the aim of identifying indicators of social and emotional health competence of managers of education departments, as a case study of Bandar Abbas city.

This study wasapplied research conducted by descriptive-correlational method. In the first section, using content analysis method (interview with experts), 20 expertsattendin the field of educational sciencesand educational management.In the second, to design a structural-interpretive model, 15 experts were used to answer the questionnaire. Data collection was performed by a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, composite reliability coefficient and factor loads. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by content and construct validity.Analysis of descriptive indices and correlation matrix between them were performed with SPSS and model fit was examined with Smart PLS software.

Factors affecting social and emotional competencies have high influence. Professional competencies, especially basic and teaching-related competencies have a significant effect on teachers' educational performance. Themes include 8 main variables about quality of work life, protectionism, realism, trust building, social commitment, job competence, individual and social competence.Weak, medium and strong value of the structural part of the model is determined by criterion of R2were 0.19, 0.33 and 0.33.

Emotional and social functioning and concurrent conditions among education and referral managers for the implementation of evidence-based interventions may be useful for the overall performance. The results of studyare useful for improving the emotional and social skills of education managers.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is one of the techniques for shaping behavior and procedure for changing non-adaptive beliefs by using cognitive-behavioral theory to treat addiction disorders. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on mental well-being of opioid users.

The present study was conducted in a pretest-posttest experimental design that was conducted among addicted drug users in Sanandaj City, Iran, in 2016. To conduct the research, 20 subjects were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control (each one: 10 subjects). The experimental group received knowledge about cognitive therapy for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, but no training was provided for the control group. The data gathering tool in both groups was used before and after mindfulness training, and the Mental Well-being Questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using independent t-test.

Mindfulness therapy had a significant effect on subjective well-being of opium users. Thus, the mean scores of the variable of the overall index of mental well-being in the experimental group were significantly lower than the control group in the post-test with the control of the effect of the pre-test (P < 0.001).

Findings of the present study suggest that cognitive therapy based on mind-awareness strategies helps people to replace reasonable beliefs with irrational beliefs in order to achieve new insights that seek to communicate with others and improve subjective well-being.

Healthcare organizations in terms of providing and maintaining community health have many challenges throughout the world and their proper functioning depends on how well they are managed. Also, the study of the state of Iran healthcare system shows that Iran does not have the proper clinical leadership and needs to made some modifications. The aim of this study was to identify and explain the competence of clinical leadership among the managers of Guilan University of Medical Sciences.

This research is a qualitative research that was done by using content analysis approach. The statistical population was the managers of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2019, which selected with the approach of purposeful sampling of 18 senior managers as participants. To obtain reliability and validity of the data, two methods used by reviewing participants and reviewing non-participating experts.

After analyzing and combining the data in the form of 264 basic concepts, 5 main categories (specifications, importance, barriers, executive tactics and achievements) and 28 sub-categories classified.

Given the importance of leadership competence and the complexity of professional work, the role of the Ministry of Health in determining the management perspective, its implementation and monitoring throughout the country for determining the comprehensive road-map for health is very key and important. At the individual level, educating individuals and equipping Iran health managers with management tools, also to purely specialized generation training, is very key and vital.

When women’s’ lives enter a new phase after childbirth, they need to adapt to it in order to accept their motherhood role. Maternal competency depends on the mother’s perception of her maternal role and the ability to attain and fulfill it. The aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal sense of competence and self-efficacy in the postpartum period.
In this cross-sectional study, 305 Iranian women were selected randomly via a two-stage cluster sampling method at the end of the 4th postpartum month. Data were collected from August 2016 to January 2017 and by using the socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, parenting sense of competence scale, and maternal self-efficacy questionnaire. The statistical tests including Pearson correlation, Independent sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, and General linear model were used for data analysis.
The mean (SD) score of self-efficacy was 33.8 (5.1) and mean (SD) score of maternal sense of competence was 79.2 (13.8). Between maternal competency and self-efficacy a significantly positive correlation (P = 0.000, r = 0.364) was found. According to the adjusted general linear model, mother’s age, income, spouse’s occupation, type of pregnancy, and self-efficacy have statistically significant relationships with the maternal sense of competence and explains 34.9% of the variation in the maternal sense of competence score.
The findings of the present study showed that increased postpartum self-efficacy is associated with improved maternal competency, which requires health providers to evaluate postpartum maternal self-efficacy and make the necessary interventions if it is low.

Context: The aim of this study was to determine the experimental evidence of treatment/intervention programs for deficits in social skills, attention, and behavioral disorder in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Evidence Acquisition: Meta-analysis procedures were employed to investigate whether children and adolescents with ADHD exhibit deficits in attention and social skills. A total of 17 empirical research studies published between 2000 and 2013 met our inclusion criteria. Attention and social skills measures were categorized according to both modality and type of processing required. Children with ADHD exhibited deficits in multiple components of attention and social skills that were not related to language-learning disorders and weaknesses in general intellectual abilities. The overall percentage effect for attention and social skills in students with ADHD was calculated (effect size = 0. 79, confidence interval = 0.57 - 1.08). This meta-analysis study showed that treatment programs reduced attention deficit and social skills in ADHD children and adolescents. The evidence of attention and social skills deficits in children with ADHD supports recent studies in ADHD deficits. Further research is required to explain in detail the nature, severity, and specificity of the deficits in individuals with ADHD.

Critical thinking is one of the most important concepts in the field of education. Despite studies published on nursing students’ critical thinking skills (CTS), some suggest that there is not enough evidence supporting the relationship between content of nursing education programs and nursing students’ CTS.. Given the existing discrepancies, this study aimed to compare the critical thinking skills of freshmen and senior nursing students..Patients and This comparative study was conducted on 150 undergraduate freshmen and senior nursing students in Kashan University of Medical Sciences, during 2012. The students in the first and the last semesters of their study in nursing were entered in the study using the census method. Data were collected using a questionnaire including questions on demographic data and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test, form B. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS v.13 software. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Moreover, independent sample t-test and Spearman and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used in the data analysis.. Both the freshmen and senior nursing students had low CTS. The mean critical thinking scores were 11.79 ± 4.80 and 11.21 ± 3.17 for the freshmen and the senior students, respectively (P = 0.511). Moreover, no significant correlation was found between the students’ score in CTS and their age, gender, high school grade point average (GPA), rank in university entrance examination (RUEE) and interest in the nursing profession.. The students were low skilled in critical thinking and their CTS did not significantly change during their nursing degree. Thus it may be concluded that the nursing education program did not affect the CTS of its students. Longitudinal studies are suggested for assessing nursing students’ critical thinking over time. Moreover, revising the curriculum and preparing nursing educators for implementing innovative and active teaching strategies are suggested.