Mohsen Shokoohi-Yekta; Gholamreza Sohrabpoor
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of psychological intervention on dysfunctional attitude, general health and psychological well-being of bus drivers. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest. In order to carry out this research, 158 bus drivers of the ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of psychological intervention on dysfunctional attitude, general health and psychological well-being of bus drivers. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest. In order to carry out this research, 158 bus drivers of the bus company in Tehran who were introduced by this company to participate in a training course "psycho-social interventions for drivers", were selected according to the convenience sampling procedure, and were then randomly assigned to four groups recieving the trainings of anger, effective communication, and stress management. The instruments were Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, General Health Questionnaire and Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being. In order to collect the data, the participants were asked to answer both pre and post-test research scales. The data were analysed by multivariate analysis of variance. Findings show that the psychological intervention affected significantly on the reduction of dysfunctional attitude (F=4/47, P=0/03), promotion of general health (F=6/85, P=0/01) and psychological well-being (F=5/21, P=0/02) among bus drivers.
Reza Kormi-Nouri
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This review article consists of two studies about well-being and positive and negative emotions in two different cultures of Iran and Sweden as markers of collectivistic and individualistic cultures, respectively. Study 1 compared Iranian and Swedish undergraduate students with new measurements of well-being ...
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This review article consists of two studies about well-being and positive and negative emotions in two different cultures of Iran and Sweden as markers of collectivistic and individualistic cultures, respectively. Study 1 compared Iranian and Swedish undergraduate students with new measurements of well-being distinguishing between cognitive and emotional components (Diener et al., 2010). Whereas there was no difference between the two cultures in cognitive component of well-being, there were significant differences between the two cultures in emotional components. Iranian students reported more negative emotions while Swedish students reported more positive emotions. Furthermore, whereas, in Iranian population, negative emotions more strongly predicted their well-being, positive emotions more strongly predicted well-being in the Swedish population. In Study 2, the same measurements of well-being and positive and negative emotions were used among Iranian and Swedish infertile women who were in an unpleasant situation and experience a significant amount of stress and negative emotions. The results of this study also showed no difference between the two cultures with respect to cognitive component of well-being. There were again cultural differences in emotional component. Infertile Swedish women reported higher levels of positive and negative emotions than infertile Iranian women. In both infertile populations, the most predictive affect with regard to flourishing was the balance affect. It was concluded that, under a stressful and unpleasant situation like infertility compared to a normal situation (such as university student populations), the same pattern of distinction between cognitive and emotional components of well-being can be still observable. However, negative emotions can act differently at cultural level: they become more noticeable in the Swedish population than in the Iranian population. The results are discussed with respect to individualistic-collectivistic dimension.
Kamran Sheivandi; Ebarhim Naeimi; Mohamad reza Farshad
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Wellbeing of the population is the main goal of each country. This study aimed to the structural model of self-compassion and psychological well-being, self-esteem and body image among female students of Shiraz University with mediator. The study population consisted girl students of Shiraz University. ...
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Wellbeing of the population is the main goal of each country. This study aimed to the structural model of self-compassion and psychological well-being, self-esteem and body image among female students of Shiraz University with mediator. The study population consisted girl students of Shiraz University. For this purpose, a sample of 280 student were selected using a one-step cluster sampling. The scale body image, well-being, self-compassion and self-esteem was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using path analysis by AMOS software. The proposed model is based on the hypothesis was tested. The results show that the model is a good fit. Based on the results of the structural model, "self-compassion is a predictor of body image and self-esteem", "body image is a predictor of well-being” and so "self-esteem is a predictor of body image". Indirect influences are consisting of "self-compassion influences on self-esteem on body image" and "influences self-compassion on body image on well-being ". Study the importance of self-esteem, body image and self-pity in well-being shows
