Seyedeh Midya Khosravi, Morteza Azizi, Hajar Aghaei, Hajar Aghaei,
Volume 27, Issue 2 (5-2024)
Abstract
Introduction: Postpartum depression is a type of mood disorder that can affect pregnant women who have given birth and is affected by various factors, so the present study aims to predict postpartum depression based on marital satisfaction, satisfied body, and dysfunctional beliefs in women of Bukan City.
Methods: The present study is descriptive-correlational. The population consisted of all women with pregnancy in the last month in the first half of 2022 in the city of Bukan in the number of 2980 according to Morgan's table and with informed written consent, 340 pregnant women referring to Shahid Qolipur Hospital in Bukan were selected by available sampling method and filled in the questionnaire. Beck-2 depression, Edinburgh postpartum depression, Enrich's marital satisfaction, Body image satisfaction, and Weisman and Beck's dysfunctional beliefs responded. The analysis was done using a stepwise regression method.
Results: Marital satisfaction, physical satisfaction, and dysfunctional beliefs have a significant ability to predict postpartum depression at P < 0.01 level. This effect is inverse in marital and physical satisfaction and positive in dysfunctional beliefs. Also, marital satisfaction, with an effect size of 0.324, physical satisfaction, with an effect size of 0.497, and ineffective beliefs, with an effect size of 0.652, explain the postpartum depression variable. Also, the prevalence of postpartum depression among women in Bukan City is 30.6%, which is higher than the average of the articles recorded in this field.
Conclusions: According to the results of the research, Marital satisfaction, physical satisfaction inversely, and dysfunctional beliefs directly and positively predict postpartum depression in pregnant women.
Javad Rahmani, Ghodratollah Abbasi,
Volume 29, Issue 1 (3-2026)
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural relationships between body image and dating anxiety in adolescents with acne vulgaris with the mediating role of self-compassion and interpersonal cognitive distortion.
Methods: The present research method was applied in terms of purpose and was conducted using the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of the study included all individuals referring to the skin clinic of ValiAsr and Razi hospitals in Ghaemshahr at 2023. Considering the volume obtained from the G*Power software, the sample size of 100 individuals was selected non-randomly and purposively from among individuals with acne vulgaris. The data collection tools included the Souto and Garcia Body Image Questionnaire (2002), the Neff Self-Compassion Questionnaire (2003), the Hamamci C Interpersonal Cognitive Distortion Questionnaire (2004), and the Glickman and La greca Adolescent Dating Anxiety (2004). Data analysis was also performed using SPSS version 26 and PLS version 4.
Results: The results of this study, the proposed model has an acceptable fit. In general, in the proposed model of the study, the results showed that body image is related to dating anxiety both directly and indirectly through self-compassion and interpersonal cognitive distortion.
Conclusion: Since acne vulgaris can disrupt a person's perception of their body and these people experience less self-compassion and more cognitive distortions; they may experience anxiety in their relationships, especially at the beginning of their romantic or potential romantic relationships.
