Investigating the Coping Relationship of Problem-Oriented and Excitement-Oriented and Cognitive Flexibility with Mental Health

The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship of coping strategies and mental health with mediation of cognitive flexibility. This study was seeking to find a structural model to investigate which one of coping strategies as predictor variables has relation with mental health as dependent variable with the mediation of cognitive flexibility. For this purpose, a sample of 262 boys and girls students of Got Talent schools of Abadan and Khorramshahr were randomly selected. This study was descriptive - correlational. The results of the correlation matrix among data showed a positive and direct relationship between problem-oriented coping strategy and mental health (r=0.38). The correlation between excitement-oriented coping strategy and mental health was negative and significant (r=-0.29) and a significant and positive correlation existed between the cognitive flexibility and mental health (r=0.39)

Comparing the personality characteristics and health concerns in married people attempting suicide with ordinary married people

The present study analyzes the comparison between personality characteristics and health concerns in married people who attempt suicide and ordinary married people. The statistical group in this study includes two groups of all the people who have attempted suicide during the years 2012 and 2013 in Khouzestan, Lorestan, Ilam and Alborz provinces, and  all the students of the Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz as the control group. Among the married people who have attempted suicide, 100 were picked as the sample. The students were selected matching the married people who attempted suicide based on age, gender and being or not being native. The tools used included the Neo personality questionnaire (NEO-FFI) and the Health Concern Questionnaire (HSQ - 54). The results from this study indicated that there is a meaningful difference between the personality characteristics of neuroticism, extroversion and conscientiousness, between mental and social concerns of health among the married people who have attempted suicide and ordinary people. No meaningful difference was found between the physical concerns of the two groups in the personality characteristics of embracing experiences and compromising. In general, the results of the study showed that there is a difference in the personality characteristics and health concerns in the married people who have attempted suicide and ordinary married people

The investigation between Emotional intelligence and job stress and quality of life among high school teachers in Khozestan province

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, job stress, and quality of life. The population studied in this research is all high school teachers in Ramshir city. Methods of collecting data in this research are descriptive and correlational. It is worth mentioning that in analyzing the data, SPSS software was applied respectively. The results indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between emotional intelligence and job stress as well as emotional intelligence and quality of life of teachers. There is a significant negative relationship between job stress and quality of life of teacher. There is also a significant and positive relationship between emotional intelligence and job stress and quality of life of teachers as well

The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

BACKGROUND: Communicable disease control has long been a focus of global health policy. There have been substantial reductions in the burden and mortality of communicable diseases among children younger than 5 years, but we know less about this burden in older children and adolescents, and it is unclear whether current programmes and policies remain aligned with targets for intervention. This knowledge is especially important for policy and programmes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to use the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 to systematically characterise the burden of communicable diseases across childhood and adolescence. METHODS: In this systematic analysis of the GBD study from 1990 to 2019, all communicable diseases and their manifestations as modelled within GBD 2019 were included, categorised as 16 subgroups of common diseases or presentations. Data were reported for absolute count, prevalence, and incidence across measures of cause-specific mortality (deaths and years of life lost), disability (years lived with disability [YLDs]), and disease burden (disability-adjusted life-years [DALYs]) for children and adolescents aged 0-24 years. Data were reported across the Socio-demographic Index (SDI) and across time (1990-2019), and for 204 countries and territories. For HIV, we reported the mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) as a measure of health system performance. FINDINGS: In 2019, there were 3·0 million deaths and 30·0 million years of healthy life lost to disability (as measured by YLDs), corresponding to 288·4 million DALYs from communicable diseases among children and adolescents globally (57·3% of total communicable disease burden across all ages). Over time, there has been a shift in communicable disease burden from young children to older children and adolescents (largely driven by the considerable reductions in children younger than 5 years and slower progress elsewhere), although children younger than 5 years still accounted for most of the communicable disease burden in 2019. Disease burden and mortality were predominantly in low-SDI settings, with high and high-middle SDI settings also having an appreciable burden of communicable disease morbidity (4·0 million YLDs in 2019 alone). Three cause groups (enteric infections, lower-respiratory-tract infections, and malaria) accounted for 59·8% of the global communicable disease burden in children and adolescents, with tuberculosis and HIV both emerging as important causes during adolescence. HIV was the only cause for which disease burden increased over time, particularly in children and adolescents older than 5 years, and especially in females. Excess MIRs for HIV were observed for males aged 15-19 years in low-SDI settings. INTERPRETATION: Our analysis supports continued policy focus on enteric infections and lower-respiratory-tract infections, with orientation to children younger than 5 years in settings of low socioeconomic development. However, efforts should also be targeted to other conditions, particularly HIV, given its increased burden in older children and adolescents. Older children and adolescents also experience a large burden of communicable disease, further highlighting the need for efforts to extend beyond the first 5 years of life. Our analysis also identified substantial morbidity caused by communicable diseases affecting child and adolescent health across the world. FUNDING: The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence for Driving Investment in Global Adolescent Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation