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.
Somayyeh Kāzemiyān; Ali Delāvar
Volume 2, Issue 5 , February 2012, , Pages 75-90
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The aim of this research is to improve the general health in addicts who voluntarily seek treatment. The study is semi-experimental with pre-test and post test design. After applying the general health questionnaire (GHQ) on the participants, 20 clients with scores over the standard level (23 ...
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The aim of this research is to improve the general health in addicts who voluntarily seek treatment. The study is semi-experimental with pre-test and post test design. After applying the general health questionnaire (GHQ) on the participants, 20 clients with scores over the standard level (23 or more) were chosen randomly as the subjects, and were divided into experimental and control groups. Both groups underwent pre- and post-tested. The results showed that life review therapy can reduce depression, anxiety and physical symptoms, and enhance the rate of general health and social performance of the subjects.
hamid golkar; parviz azad fallah
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Today mental health of staff is one of the concerns of the concerns of researchers and managers of departments and agencies. In this way it seems coping skills as ine of cognitive strategies bring healthy habits and prevent psychological and physical damage caused by stress. Research suggests that a ...
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Today mental health of staff is one of the concerns of the concerns of researchers and managers of departments and agencies. In this way it seems coping skills as ine of cognitive strategies bring healthy habits and prevent psychological and physical damage caused by stress. Research suggests that a person who knows of coping strategies and applys them properly his mental health will be guaranteed. Therefor the present study investigated the effectiveness of coping skills training on geraral health and self esteem of women employees in NAJA. Research methodology is pre experimental single group with pre test and post test. 15 female NAJA employees in Tehran who were available sample were trained in 10 session for coping skills. General health questionnaire and self esteem inventory of cooper smith were used to collect data. Also dependent test was used for analysis.
