In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology
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Psychological factors, Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Revascularization Procedures: A Pre and Post Evaluation Study

Said Pournaghash-Tehrani; Mohammad Reza Abdoli-Bidhendi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 9-18

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  The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between psychological factors , Erectile Dysfunctional ( E D ) and quality of life ( Q O L) before and after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ( C A B G ) and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ( P T C A ) procedures , in an Iranian ...  Read More

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The Effect of Coping Therapy on Immunological Indicators in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Alireza Aghayousefi; Ahmad Alipour; Nasim Sharif

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 19-28

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  The studies since the second half of the 20th century have revealed the effect of stress on the heart and vessels with mediating neurological indicators and techniques of dysfunctional coping techniques. They also have shown that stress management and the improvement of coping techniques improve the ...  Read More

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Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy on Emotional Distress and Stress Coping Strategies in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Abbas Abolghasemi; Niloofar Mikaeili; Behnam Khoshnoodnia Chomachaei; Seyedeh Haedeh Karimi Yousefi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 29-36

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  The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy on emotional distress and stress coping strategies in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. The design of study was semi-experimental with pre and post-test, with a control group. The participants were 30 patients with Multiple ...  Read More

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Questions of Self-regulation and Affect: Affectivity, Locomotion, Assessment, and Psychological Well-Being

Danilo Garcia; Ali Al Nima; Erik Lindskär; Alexander Jimmefors; Trevor Archer; Shane MacDonald

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 37-50

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  Background: The affectivity system is a complex dynamic system, thus, it needs to be seen as a whole-system unit that is best studied by analyzing four profiles: self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect), low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect), high affective (high ...  Read More

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Post coronary heart diseases depression: role of illness perception and copping strategies

Nader Monir poor

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 51-62

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  Objective: Due to unpleasant consequences of depression in patients suffering from cardiac diseases, such as increase in mortality rate during the first year, especially after undergoing a surgery; this study addresses structural relationships between cognitive and behavioral variables including illness ...  Read More

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Prediction of famaily performance of married MS patients based on psychological indexes and mediated by moral foundations and spiritual experience

Hooman Namvar; Mohammad Ali Sahraian

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 63-78

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  Objective: The purpose of this study is to create a conceptual empirical model and develop a causal model that is able to explain overall performance of MS patients’ families and provide a scientific and empirical basis to Iranian culture to identify the psychological indexes of hardiness, hope, ...  Read More

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Effectiveness of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy on Quality of Life in Elderly People with Age- Related Macular Degeneration Disease

Ziba Barghi irani; Zohreh Pirhayati; Hossein Zare

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 79-91

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  Objective: The goal of the present research is to determine the degree of the efficiency of group approach of ACT on the life quality of elderly people suffering from ARMD. Method: The research is a semi experimental study with the pre, post-test and experimental and control groups. The research population ...  Read More