The Effect of Training Emotion Regulation Techniques on Resilience and Psychological Well-Being among Nurses in Zahedan

Abstract Introduction: Nurses constitute the largest part of human resources in the health system and play critical roles in taking care of and improving patients' health. This study aimed to examine the effect of training emotion regulation techniques on resilience and psychological well-being among nurses. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study that was followed by a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included nurses in Zahedan. Forty nurses were selected using the convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to the two groups. During the training sessions, the subjects were reduced to 19 ones, and the pretest was conducted on both groups. Then eight 90-minute sessions of training emotion regulation techniques were carried out on the experimental group for two months. The posttest was conducted, one-month after the training. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and the Reef Psychological Well-Being Inventory were used to collect the data. The data analyses were carried out using the Analysis of Covariance. Results: The results indicated that training emotion regulation techniques were effective in increasing resilience and psychological well-being. Moreover, the results showed that .40 of the variances in resilience (P . 0.001) and .20 of the variances in psychological well-being (P . 0.001) were determined in the posttest via the independent variable. Conclusions: Therefore, holding intervention programs based on the emotion regulation techniques are recommended to improve resilience and psychological well-being among nurses

The Effect of Parenting Dimensions on College Adjustment and Academic Performance: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Self-Esteem and Academic Engagement Among University Students from International Programs in Bangkok, Thailand

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effect of parenting dimensions (warmth, rejection, structure, chaos, autonomy support, & coercion) on university students’ college adjustment and academic performance, being mediated by basic psychological need satisfaction, self-esteem and academic engagement. The participants of the study were 1224 university students (700 females and 524 males), aged between 18 and 25 years, who had attended international degree programs in Bangkok, Thailand. Data for the research were collected using a questionnaire survey that consisted of the following standardized scales, namely Parent as Social Context Questionnaire-Revised (PASCQ-R), Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the University Student Engagement (USEI), and College Adjustment Test (CAT). The proposed structural relations model was tested applying Structural Equation Modeling. The reliability and validity of the measures were established by Cronbach’s Alpha and Confirmatory Factor Analysis respectively. The results supported the proposed model’s fit in the data. Specifically, the positive parenting dimensions were found to be positively related to college adjustment and academic performance, being mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-esteem, and academic engagement. In addition, negative parenting dimensions were found to be negatively related to college adjustment and academic performance being mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction, self-esteem, and academic engagement. The study's limitations, implications, and avenues for further research are also discussed

Remarks on the rings of functions which have a finite numb er of di scontinuities

[EN] Let X be an arbitrary topological space. F(X) denotes the set of all real-valued functions on X and C(X)F denotes the set of all f ∈ F(X) such that f is discontinuous at most on a finite set. It is proved that if r is a positive real number, then for any f ∈ C(X)F which is not a unit of C(X)F there exists g ∈ C(X)F such that g ≠ 1 and f = gr f. We show that every member of C(X)F is continuous on a dense open subset of X if and only if every non-isolated point of X is nowhere dense. It is shown that C(X)F is an Artinian ring if and only if the space X is finite. We also provide examples to illustrate the results presented herein.Department of pure Mathematics Yazd university. We record our pleasure to the anonymous referee for his or her constructive report and many helpful suggestions on the main results of the earlier version of the manuscript which improved the presentation of the paper.Ahmadi Zand, MR.; Khosravi, Z. (2021). Remarks on the rings of functions which have a finite numb er of di scontinuities. Applied General Topology. 22(1):139-147. https://doi.org/10.4995/agt.2021.14332OJS139147221M. R. Ahmadi Zand, An algebraic characterization of Blumberg spaces, Quaest. Math. 33, no. 2 (2010), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073606.2010.491188A. J. Berrick and M. E. Keating, An Introduction to Rings and Modules, Cambridge University Press, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511608674W. Dunham, T1/2 -spaces, Kyungpook Math. J. 17, no. 2 (1977), 161-169.R. Engelking, General Topology, Sigma Ser. Pure Math. 6, Heldermann-Verlag, Berlin, 1989.Z. Gharabaghi, M. Ghirati. and A. Taherifar, On the rings of functions which are discontinuous on a finite set, Houston J. Math. 44, no. 2 (2018), 721-739.L. Gillman and M. Jerison, Rings of Continuous Functions, Springer-Verlag, New York-Heidelberg, 1976.N. Levine, Generalized closed sets in topology. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo. 19, no. 2 (1970), 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF0284388

Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report

Gastric diverticulum in newborn infants is the rarest (0.04%) of gastrointestinal diverticula. Most of them especially in this age group are asymptomatic or cannot be diagnosed based on examinations and symptoms. However, if it becomes symptomatic, the symptoms can range from vague abdominal pain to bleeding, perforation or torsion. The present case report discusses a preterm newborn with a perforated gastric diverticulum. &nbsp

Validity and Reliability of Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Persian Version (ASRS-V1.1-Persian)

Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder in adults. The objective of this study was to develop a valid Persian version of the 18-question ASRS-V1.1 according to WHO translation protocol and report its psychometric properties. Methods: In the first step, we translated the original 18-question ASRS-V1.1 version into Persian under the supervision of the WMH-CIDI advisory committee. The process of adaptation was consisting of forward-translation, expert panel evaluation, back translation, cross-cultural adaptation, pre-testing, and final adjustment. In the second step, we conducted a cross-sectional study with 734 students were studied in Shahroud in 2013. A sub-sample of subjects consists of 99 students were clinically interviewed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria by a well-trained physician. Results: The ASRS-V1.1-P had satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.85). Sensitivity and specificity for the first six questions of ASRS-V1.1-P were 50.0% (95% CI: 30.3-69.6) and 80.5% (95%CI: 70.7-88.3), respectively. Finally, 43 subjects (5.5%) were confirmed for adult ADHD. There was not sex predominance in the prevalence of ADHD. Conclusion: Totally, it may be concluded that adult ADHD is a common problem among students and prevention of this disorder is crucial to reduce the probable subsequent social, educational, and job problems in future. The 18-question ASRS-V1.1-P is a psychometrically reliable and valid measure for screening ADHD in adults.  Keywords:  Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Screening, Adult, Validity

The Typology of the Novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and You’re No Stranger Here

Artist’s novel is one of the major and nearly independent subtypes of the bildungsroman novel and a product of the genre’s development and modifications. The present research aims to introduce the novel’s features by focusing on the structural elements of an English novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and You’re No Stranger Here by Houshang Moradi Kermani, and using a descriptive-analytical approach. In this type of novel, the stages of the artist’s personality development, his mental concerns, and viewpoints regarding art are explained thoroughly. Also, in this novel, art tools and the titles of some prominent works of art are mentioned. The artist uses his art to serve the community and eventually, his special way of thinking (against his family’s ideals) forces him to immigrate. In the final part of the novel, we occasionally see an artist writing his own life story. Although according to these features, you’re No Stranger Here is the best match for the English novel, apparently, these features can also be observed in most of the selected examples of this subgenre. However, the description of the artist’s personality development, his mental and social concerns, and his loyalty to art originality and importance are among the prominent features of this type of novel

Pre-hypertension, pre-diabetes or both: which is best at predicting cardiovascular events in the long term?

The present study aimed to assess the value of pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension in predicting cardiovascular events. A population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted, representing a large sample of the general Iranian population aged 35 years and older from the Isfahan Province and determined using a random, multistage cluster-sampling 10-year cohort. The five end points considered as study outcome were unstable angina (UA), acute occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI), sudden cardiac death (SCD), brain stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Of the 6323 subjects scheduled for assessment of diabetes state 617 were diabetics and 712 were pre-diabetic. In addition, of these subjects, 1754 had hypertension and 2500 had pre-hypertension. Analysing only pre-hypertension, pre-diabetes and its combination and adjusted for gender and age variables, pre-hypertension and pre-diabetes status together, could only effectively predict occurrence of MI (hazard ratio (HR) = 3.21, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–9.76, P = 0.04). In the same COX regression models, pre-hypertension status could predict UA and CVD occurrence (HR = 2.94, 95% CI: 1.68–5.14, Po0.001 and HR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.23–2.47, P = 0.002, respectively). However, pre-diabetes status could not predict any of these events after adjustment for gender and age. Our data provide valuable evidence of the triggering role of pre-hypertension and pre-diabetes together, on appearance and progression of MI even in healthy individuals and the significant predicting value of pre-hypertension on the occurrence of UA and CVD. In this regard, the value of pre-hypertension and prediabetes together, and the pre-hypertension state alone, are clearly superior to pre-diabetes state alone in predicting cardiovascular event