Mahboubeh Dadfar
Biographic Data
| ID | 131213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahboubeh Dadfar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahboubeh |
| FAMILY NAME | Dadfar |
| SIGNATURE | DADFAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iran University of Medical Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0620-2570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Effectiveness of Spirituality-Centered Cognitive Therapy on Body Image, Sexual Function, Illness Perception and Intrusive Thoughts in Iranian Women after Mastectomy
Spirituality-centered cognitive therapy refers to the way in which people search for and express the meaning and purpose of their lives, as well as experience connection with themselves, others, nature, and spirituality. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of spirituality-centered cognitive therapy on body image, sexual function, disease perception, and disturbing thoughts in women after mastectomy. This was semi-experimental research…
The development and validation of the Covid-19 Depression Scale (Covid-19DS): Association with the Perceived Health-Related Components Scale
The aims of the study were: (a) to develop, assess the psychometric properties and explore the factorial structure of the COVID-19 Depression Scale (COVID-19DS), (b) to explore correlations of the COVID-19DS scores with the Perceived Health-related Components Scale (PHCS) scores, and (c) to examine gender differences. A total sample of 313 Turkish students was selected. Cronbach's α was .92. Two factors were extracted and labeled Affective, Cogni…
An examination of culture and gender differences on the Love of Life Scale (LLS) and its psychometric properties
The present research studied 2570 college students from seven countries: Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, India and Turkey. The aims were: (a) to compare love of life mean scores between the seven samples, (b) to examine sex-related differences in love of life, and (c) to explore the principal components of the Love of Life Scale (LLS). The highest mean total LLS scores were for Kuwait, India, and Iran students, respectively. All countries …
Belief in a Day of Judgment and locus of control in university students from three nations: Iran, Turkey and the USA
The aim of the study was to explore the association between Belief in Day of Judgment (BDJ) and belief in locus of control (LCS) in samples from three nations: Iran, Turkey and the USA. A scale devised by Beshai and Lester to measure Belief in a Day of Judgment (BDJS) and Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale (MLCS) for internal, powerful others, or chance loci of control were administered to 386 students. Age was not associated with BDJ in the…
Understanding Suicidal Behavior Using a Comprehensive Approach
A comprehensive understanding of how suicidal risk factors interact with one another to increase the frequency of suicide ideation and attempted suicide is critical for improving theoretical models of suicide and prevention efforts. The aim of the present study was to explore the prediction of suicide ideation formation and its transition to suicide attempt through the interactions of the constructs suggested by the IPTS, IMV and 3ST theories, as…
Big Five Personality Factors as Predictors of Self-Rated General Physical Health
Previous research has shown significant associations between self-rated health and personality. However, these results are inconsistent. This study explored whether the Big Five (BF) personality factors would predict self-rated general physical health. A volunteer convenience sample (601 men; 720 women) of undergraduates at Alexandria University responded to a single item of Self-Rated Physical Health (SRPH) and the Arabic Big Five Personality In…
The impact of religiosity on the disability, psychological well-being, and somatic health of multiple sclerosis patients
The aim of the study was to predict disability, psychological wellbeing, and somatic health in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with the mediating variable of religiosity. A sample of 128 patients was recruited, and were administered the Expanded Disability Status Scale, the World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index, the Patient Health Questionnaire-15, and a Self-Rating Scale of Religiosity. Religiosity did not predict disability, psychologic…
An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019
Most Muslim-majority countries had lower age-standardized suicide rates than the global average, which might reflect religious belief and practice or due to Muslim laws in their judicial and social structure which may lead to underreporting. This finding needs further in-depth country and region-specific study with regard to its implication for public policy
Evaluation and Comparison of Short Form Methadone Maintenance Treatment Training Courses Among Iranian General Physician and Psychologist Participants
The evaluation of the effectiveness of education plays an important role in the improvement of training processes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the short form training courses for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Iranian general physicians (GPs) and psychologists. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with 203 participants (91 GPs and 112 psychologists) in three 10-day short form MMT training courses at …
Religious spiritual well-being: Results from Muslim Iranian clinical and non-clinical samples by age, sex and group
The aim of the present study was to compare religious spiritual well-being between three Muslim Iranian samples: old and middle-aged adults, university students and psychiatric outpatients. The sample was a convenience sample of 561 individuals in Tehran, Iran, who completed the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB 48). The psychiatric outpatients had lower General Religiosity (GR), Hope Transcendent (HT), Transc…
The Farsi version of the Belief in a Day of Judgment Scale: Development of a brief version
Dear EditorsThe Belief in a Day of Judgment is a fundamental belief of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The God will deal with all humans on a given day. In the Quran th
The Interpersonal Mattering Scale: Its reliability and validity in an Iranian sample
Mattering is a social-psychological, emotional and cognitive concept related to the sense of belonging to and with others, thereby reducing the sense of isolation and reducing the lack of communication within the social context. The aims of the present study were: (a) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Mattering Scale (IMS), (b) to explore correlations between mattering and happiness, psychological well-being and lone…
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) as a brief screening tool for depression: A study of Iranian college students
The aims of the present study were (a) to investigate the psychometric properties and to explore the factorial structure of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), (b) to explore the association of PHQ-9 scores with Loneliness Scale (LS) scores, (c) to determine the severity of symptoms of depression, and (d) to examine sex differences. The PHQ-9 and LS were administered to a convenience sample of 260 Iranian university students. Cronbach's α…
Religiosity, happiness and suicidal behaviour: A cross-sectional comparative study in Iran
A sample of 102 Iranian psychiatric outpatients was selected. For a comparison group, a sample of 72 Iranian university employees was recruited. Participants responded to the Self-Rating Scale for Religiosity and the Self-Rating Scale of Happiness, and the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised. The correlations of religiosity and happiness with suicidal behaviour for the patients were negative and significant, but the employees were negative a…
Love of Life Model: Role of psychological well-being, depression, somatic health, and spiritual health
The aims of the present study were (a) to develop a Love of Life Model for psychiatric outpatients, (b) to explore correlations for love of life with psychological well-being, depression, somatic health, and spiritual health, and (c) to explore gender-related differences. A sample of 250 Iranian psychiatric outpatients responded to the Love of Life Scale, World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Patient Hea…
A Study of Callers to a Telephone Counseling Service
Telephone counseling is an inexpensive method of providing counseling and crisis intervention in response to some of the mental health needs of the community. It can be provided at a counseling center or other unit with the purpose of providing mental health counseling for callers. The aim of this study was to investigate types of problems and interventions for callers at a telephone counseling service in Tehran, Iran. The data were collected usi…
Prediction of hope, physical health, and mental health by mediating variable of religious spiritual well-being in elderly
The Religious Spiritual Well-being (RSWB) is a new concept relevant to healthcare systems. Hope has an important role in coping with psychosocial problems in aging. Physical problems are common in aging and threaten mental health in this age group. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between RSWB with hope, physical health, and mental health in the elderly. The scales included the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spi…
The Revised Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion (Asoc): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients
The aims of the present study were (a) to develop a Farsi version of the Revised Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion (ASOC), (b) to investigate its psychometric properties, (c) to explore its correlations with another scale of obsession-compulsion, as well as scales of depression, somatic symptoms, and religiosity, (d) to explore its factorial structure, and (e) to estimate sex-related differences. A sample of 111 Iranian psychiatric outpatients…
Spirituality in Iran: From theory to clinical practice
Dear Editors Spirituality is one of the most important dimensions of human life, and can play a fundamental role in a person’s health. It refers to the perception of the surrounding world beyond it
Measuring somatic symptoms with the PHQ-15: A comparative study of three Iranian samples
Somatic symptoms are among the most common presenting concerns in the primary care. The theoretical literature has proposed that Iranians may somaticize distress. The aims of the study were (a) to compare somatic symptoms among three Iranian samples, (b) to explore gender-related differences, and (c) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15). A total of 349 Iranian participants (94 college students…
A Day of Judgment: A Study on Turkish Muslims Students
Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients
The aim of this study was to investigate the validation of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48) in a convenience sample of 250 Iranian psychiatric outpatients. In addition to the MI RSWB 48, the patients completed the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWS), the WHO-5, the PHQ-9, and the PHQ-15. Cronbach’s α for the MI RSWB 48 was .84, and for its subscales ranged from .33 (Hope Transcendent [HT] Subscale) to .8…
Validation of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-being with Iranian samples
This study was designed to investigate the validation of a Farsi version of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-being (MI RSWB 48) in a convenience sample of 442 Iranian people. Respondents completed a series of demographic questions and the MI RSWB 48. The Cronbach's α coefficient was .82. The MI RSWB 48 items identified two factors, but these factors did not match the two dimensions for which the scale was devised. The H…
Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 with Iranian students
Depression is a serious public health problem in community settings and primary care. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) is a brief screen for depression. The PHQ-2 has not had its validity examined in academic settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the PHQ-2 in a convenience sample of 157 Iranian volunteer college students selected from the Iran Univers…
Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Version of the Paranoia Checklist With Iranian Students
Paranoid thought is one of the most common symptoms in psychiatric disorders. The Paranoia Checklist is a brief screening and diagnostic tool for clinical and subclinical paranoia. It has been used in research, clinical, and non-clinical settings. The Paranoia Checklist has not had its validity examined in university settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the validation of the Farsi version of Paranoia Checklist in…
Big Five Personality Factors as Predictors of Self-Rated General Physical Health
Previous research has shown significant associations between self-rated health and personality. However, these results are inconsistent. This study explored whether the Big Five (BF) personality factors would predict self-rated general physical health. A volunteer convenience sample (601 men; 720 women) of undergraduates at Alexandria University responded to a single item of Self-Rated Physical Health (SRPH) and the Arabic Big Five Personality In…
Death Concern and Death Obsession in Iranian Nurses
The goal of the present study was to examine whether nurses had increased death concern and death obsession compared to non-nursing staff. A Death Concern Scale and a Death Obsession Scale, translated into Persian, were administered to 56 female Iranian nurses (55% in their 30s) and compared to 56 female hospital staff members (45% in their 30s). The two groups did not differ significantly in their scores on either scale. It is, therefore, recomm…
Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Love of Life Scale
A love of life is defined as an overall positive attitude toward life and a liking for life. The present study was designed to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of a Persian version of the Love of Life Scale using a convenience sample of 145 Iranian female volunteer college students (M age = 23.0 years, SD = 3.4). The mean score on the Love of Life Scale was 61.08 (SD = 11.40). A principal component analysis with a Varimax rotation yielde…
Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of the Wish to be Dead Scale
The Wish to be Dead Scale (WDS) is a new scale to measure precursors to suicidal ideation, and the aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric characteristics of a Farsi version of the WDS. The sample was a convenience sample of 145 Iranian female undergraduates and postgraduates selected from different faculties at Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Using a principal component analysis and a varimax rotation with Kaiser norm…
Reliability, Validity, and Factorial Structure of the Farsi Version of the Paranoia Checklist With Iranian Students
Paranoid thought is one of the most common symptoms in psychiatric disorders. The Paranoia Checklist is a brief screening and diagnostic tool for clinical and subclinical paranoia. It has been used in research, clinical, and non-clinical settings. The Paranoia Checklist has not had its validity examined in university settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the validation of the Farsi version of Paranoia Checklist in…
Death Anxiety in Muslim Iranians: A Comparison Between Youths, Middle Adults, and Late Adults
The study aimed to examine the levels of death anxiety between three age groups and compare gender-related differences among Iranian population. A total of 453 participants (252 college students, 55 middle-aged, and 146 old-aged) answered the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety (ASDA). Significant differences were found between youths and old-aged samples and between middle-aged and old-aged samples on the ASDA scale. Old-aged persons showed more death…
Validity and Reliability of the Farsi Version of the Death Anxiety Scale With Nurses
This study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), a scale designed by Templer to (1970) to assess the death anxiety, a scale which has been used extensively for research. A convenience sample of 106 Iranian nurses from two hospitals at Tehran city, Iran, was recruited. They completed the DAS, Death Concern Scale, the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale, the Reasons for Death Fear Scale, the Death Obse…
Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients
The aim of this study was to investigate the validation of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48) in a convenience sample of 250 Iranian psychiatric outpatients. In addition to the MI RSWB 48, the patients completed the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWS), the WHO-5, the PHQ-9, and the PHQ-15. Cronbach’s α for the MI RSWB 48 was .84, and for its subscales ranged from .33 (Hope Transcendent [HT] Subscale) to .8…
Validation of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-being with Iranian samples
This study was designed to investigate the validation of a Farsi version of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-being (MI RSWB 48) in a convenience sample of 442 Iranian people. Respondents completed a series of demographic questions and the MI RSWB 48. The Cronbach's α coefficient was .82. The MI RSWB 48 items identified two factors, but these factors did not match the two dimensions for which the scale was devised. The H…
Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 with Iranian students
Depression is a serious public health problem in community settings and primary care. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) is a brief screen for depression. The PHQ-2 has not had its validity examined in academic settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the PHQ-2 in a convenience sample of 157 Iranian volunteer college students selected from the Iran Univers…
Prediction of hope, physical health, and mental health by mediating variable of religious spiritual well-being in elderly
The Religious Spiritual Well-being (RSWB) is a new concept relevant to healthcare systems. Hope has an important role in coping with psychosocial problems in aging. Physical problems are common in aging and threaten mental health in this age group. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between RSWB with hope, physical health, and mental health in the elderly. The scales included the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spi…
The Revised Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion (Asoc): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients
The aims of the present study were (a) to develop a Farsi version of the Revised Arabic Scale of Obsession-Compulsion (ASOC), (b) to investigate its psychometric properties, (c) to explore its correlations with another scale of obsession-compulsion, as well as scales of depression, somatic symptoms, and religiosity, (d) to explore its factorial structure, and (e) to estimate sex-related differences. A sample of 111 Iranian psychiatric outpatients…
Spirituality in Iran: From theory to clinical practice
Dear Editors Spirituality is one of the most important dimensions of human life, and can play a fundamental role in a person’s health. It refers to the perception of the surrounding world beyond it
Measuring somatic symptoms with the PHQ-15: A comparative study of three Iranian samples
Somatic symptoms are among the most common presenting concerns in the primary care. The theoretical literature has proposed that Iranians may somaticize distress. The aims of the study were (a) to compare somatic symptoms among three Iranian samples, (b) to explore gender-related differences, and (c) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15). A total of 349 Iranian participants (94 college students…
A Day of Judgment: A Study on Turkish Muslims Students
Religious spiritual well-being: Results from Muslim Iranian clinical and non-clinical samples by age, sex and group
The aim of the present study was to compare religious spiritual well-being between three Muslim Iranian samples: old and middle-aged adults, university students and psychiatric outpatients. The sample was a convenience sample of 561 individuals in Tehran, Iran, who completed the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB 48). The psychiatric outpatients had lower General Religiosity (GR), Hope Transcendent (HT), Transc…
The Farsi version of the Belief in a Day of Judgment Scale: Development of a brief version
Dear EditorsThe Belief in a Day of Judgment is a fundamental belief of the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The God will deal with all humans on a given day. In the Quran th
The Interpersonal Mattering Scale: Its reliability and validity in an Iranian sample
Mattering is a social-psychological, emotional and cognitive concept related to the sense of belonging to and with others, thereby reducing the sense of isolation and reducing the lack of communication within the social context. The aims of the present study were: (a) to investigate the psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Mattering Scale (IMS), (b) to explore correlations between mattering and happiness, psychological well-being and lone…
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) as a brief screening tool for depression: A study of Iranian college students
The aims of the present study were (a) to investigate the psychometric properties and to explore the factorial structure of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), (b) to explore the association of PHQ-9 scores with Loneliness Scale (LS) scores, (c) to determine the severity of symptoms of depression, and (d) to examine sex differences. The PHQ-9 and LS were administered to a convenience sample of 260 Iranian university students. Cronbach's α…
Religiosity, happiness and suicidal behaviour: A cross-sectional comparative study in Iran
A sample of 102 Iranian psychiatric outpatients was selected. For a comparison group, a sample of 72 Iranian university employees was recruited. Participants responded to the Self-Rating Scale for Religiosity and the Self-Rating Scale of Happiness, and the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised. The correlations of religiosity and happiness with suicidal behaviour for the patients were negative and significant, but the employees were negative a…
Love of Life Model: Role of psychological well-being, depression, somatic health, and spiritual health
The aims of the present study were (a) to develop a Love of Life Model for psychiatric outpatients, (b) to explore correlations for love of life with psychological well-being, depression, somatic health, and spiritual health, and (c) to explore gender-related differences. A sample of 250 Iranian psychiatric outpatients responded to the Love of Life Scale, World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Patient Hea…
A Study of Callers to a Telephone Counseling Service
Telephone counseling is an inexpensive method of providing counseling and crisis intervention in response to some of the mental health needs of the community. It can be provided at a counseling center or other unit with the purpose of providing mental health counseling for callers. The aim of this study was to investigate types of problems and interventions for callers at a telephone counseling service in Tehran, Iran. The data were collected usi…
The impact of religiosity on the disability, psychological well-being, and somatic health of multiple sclerosis patients
The aim of the study was to predict disability, psychological wellbeing, and somatic health in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with the mediating variable of religiosity. A sample of 128 patients was recruited, and were administered the Expanded Disability Status Scale, the World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index, the Patient Health Questionnaire-15, and a Self-Rating Scale of Religiosity. Religiosity did not predict disability, psychologic…
An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019
Most Muslim-majority countries had lower age-standardized suicide rates than the global average, which might reflect religious belief and practice or due to Muslim laws in their judicial and social structure which may lead to underreporting. This finding needs further in-depth country and region-specific study with regard to its implication for public policy
Evaluation and Comparison of Short Form Methadone Maintenance Treatment Training Courses Among Iranian General Physician and Psychologist Participants
The evaluation of the effectiveness of education plays an important role in the improvement of training processes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the short form training courses for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Iranian general physicians (GPs) and psychologists. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with 203 participants (91 GPs and 112 psychologists) in three 10-day short form MMT training courses at …
The development and validation of the Covid-19 Depression Scale (Covid-19DS): Association with the Perceived Health-Related Components Scale
The aims of the study were: (a) to develop, assess the psychometric properties and explore the factorial structure of the COVID-19 Depression Scale (COVID-19DS), (b) to explore correlations of the COVID-19DS scores with the Perceived Health-related Components Scale (PHCS) scores, and (c) to examine gender differences. A total sample of 313 Turkish students was selected. Cronbach's α was .92. Two factors were extracted and labeled Affective, Cogni…
Psychology (29 works) · Clinical Psychology (23 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (14 works) · Psychometrics (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Cronbach's alpha (13 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 works)