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Susan Alizadeh Fard, Ahmad Alipour,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (6-2020)
Abstract
The corona disease epidemic have had different effects on the social and psychological aspects of individuals. Studies show that with spread of disease, the fear of this is also increasing. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and health anxiety with corona phobia in Tehran society. For this purpose, a sample of 430 adult men and women evaluated by health anxiety questionnaire (Salkovskis, 2002), intolerance of uncertainty (Freeston, 1994), and fear of corona (Griffiths & pakpour, 2020) through online recall and via social network. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation and path analysis were used. The results showed health anxiety and intolerance were positively and directly correlated with fear of corona. Also, intolerance to uncertainty was indirectly correlated with fear of corona through mediating of health anxiety. These results will have practical implications for controlling and reducing fear of corona and corona phobia. It is suggested that according to these personality and cognitive variables, they should be used to design psychological interventions to maintain and promote the mental health of the community in pandemic corona disease.
Setare Hajili, Fatemeh Gholami, Akbar Mohammadi,
Volume 19, Issue 4 (3-2025)
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prediction of empathy impairment based on childhood trauma, mediated by theory of mind deficits, among female university students. This study is applied in purpose and descriptive-correlational in methodology. The statistical population consisted of all female students at Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, in Khordad 1404. The sample size was 210 individuals, determined using Cochran's formula (2023) and selected via convenience sampling.To measure the research variables, the short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire by Bernstein et al. (2003), the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test by Baron-Cohen et al. (2001), and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index by Davis (1991, note: corrected from "Batson") were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 28 and Amos version 24 software, employing Pearson correlation and path analysis. Results indicated that the research model had good fit (p<0.05). Childhood trauma predicted theory of mind deficits (β=0.484) and empathy impairment (β=0.435). Theory of mind deficits also predicted empathy impairment (β=0.299). Additionally, theory of mind deficits mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and empathy impairment among female students (β=0.145).Thus, it can be concluded that childhood trauma predicted empathy impairment in female students through the mediation of theory of mind deficits.
