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        1 - The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect in the Relationship between Meaning in Life and Mental Health
        Leila Mohammadi Mohammad Ali Besharat Mohammad Reza Rezazade Masoud Gholamali Lavasani
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between meaning in life and mental health. The sample consisted of 337 students (153 males and 184 females) from University of Tehran at three levels: BA, More
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between meaning in life and mental health. The sample consisted of 337 students (153 males and 184 females) from University of Tehran at three levels: BA, MA and PHD. Participants are chosen by available sampling. The students answered the Crumbaugh Maholick (1964) Meaning of Life Questionnaire, Veit and Ware (1983) Mental Health Inventory and Watson et al (1988) Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. For analyzing data, we used some indexes such as Frequency, Percent, Standard deviation, Pearson correlation test and for proving the mediating role, we used Pathway analysis. The results showed a significant positive and negative relationship between meaning in life and psychological well-being as well as psychological distress. The Pathway analysis showed that positive and negative affect has mediating role in the relationship between meaning in life and mental health. According to the result, it can be concluded that, attention to meaning in life and improve it in students life lead to increasing positive affect and as a result can influence mental health and decrease expression of negative affect and psychological distress level. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) in Iranian Students
        fateme jafari arezoo zarebi Abbas  Abdollahi Simin  Hosseinian
        The aim of the present study was to prepare a Persian version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) of O’Connor & Casey (2015) and to examine its psychometric properties. In order to 346 people of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students of Shahroud University More
        The aim of the present study was to prepare a Persian version of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) of O’Connor & Casey (2015) and to examine its psychometric properties. In order to 346 people of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students of Shahroud University in 1998 were selected through available sampling And completed the Persian version of the MHLS (2015), the Psychological Assistant Attitude Scale - Fischer and Farina (1995) -Short Form, Health Anxiety inventory - Salkovskis & Warwick -Short Form (2002), and Beck Depression Questionnaire. CVR was more than 0.62 percent and the CVI was more than 0.75 percent, indicating the appropriate content validity of the scale. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor load of the items is more than 0.15 and all the routes from the items to the variable hidden at the level. 0.5 were significant and the scale had a good construct validity. An examination of the validity of the structure using CFA showed that the scale has a factor structure consisting of 6 subscales. The study of validity at the same time as calculating the correlation of this scale with the scale of attitude with the help of psychological psychologists - Fisher and Farina (1995) short form, Health Anxiety Questionnaire - Salkoskis and Varvik short form (2002), indicates a positive relationship between mental health scale scores It was questionnaires. The results indicate that the mental health literacy scale is a valid and appropriate tool for use in Iranian society. Manuscript profile
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        3 - The relationship between helicopter parenting and psychological well-being and mental health in emerging adulthood
        Mahdi Abdollahzadeh Rafi mohammadreza alishahi
        The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between helicopter parenting and psychological well-being and mental health in emerging adulthood. Method: The method of the present study was correlation. The research population consisted of all undergraduate s More
        The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between helicopter parenting and psychological well-being and mental health in emerging adulthood. Method: The method of the present study was correlation. The research population consisted of all undergraduate students at Torbat Heydariyeh University, of whom 219 were selected by cluster sampling. In order to collect data, a helicopter parenting questionnaire psychological well-being questionnaire and mental health questionnaire were used. Results: The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between helicopter parenting with psychological well-being and mental health of students (<0.05p). Conclusion: Helicopter parenting seems to affect students' psychological well-being and mental health by disrupting the normal developmental process in early adulthood. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Relationship between Adult Attachment and God to Attachment with Mental Health Mediation Resilience
        Jalil Babapour Kheiroddin Hamid Pour Sharifi Bagher Ghobari Bonab Zeinab  Khanjani Mohsen Bahrami
        This study aimed to determine the relationship between adult attachment and attachment to God with mental health with of resiliency. In this study 260 university students were selected by means of cluster sampling method. To check the Adult Attachment Styles Hazan and S More
        This study aimed to determine the relationship between adult attachment and attachment to God with mental health with of resiliency. In this study 260 university students were selected by means of cluster sampling method. To check the Adult Attachment Styles Hazan and Shaver Questionnare and Rowat and Kirkpatrick's Attachment to God Test, to check resilience, the Vinson and Connor`s Resilience Questionnaire and GH Questionnaire used for check mental health. Results of the analysis showed the adult attachment styles (avoidant and ambivalent) and style of attachment to God (secure, avoidant and ambivalent) have significant contribution in predict, mental health and can affects the direct and indirect on mental health through resilience. Resiliency has the role of mediation in the relationship between insecure attachment ambivalent and insecure attachment avoidance adult and insecure Attachment to God. It can be concluded that secure attachment style in adulthood and secure significant positive predictor of God's resiliency. Of course, secure attachment to God, positively explain most of the variance of resiliency that shows people who have a secure attachment to God, In dealing with psychological problems, have greater resiliency and the relationship ability to rebuild better. Manuscript profile