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of Michgan, USA, 2 Duke University, USA
This study was designed to fill gaps in the new field of positive psychology. Positive psychologists
have demonstrated various beneficial effects of optimism, especially in the face of life crises. Yet,
researchers have neither vigorously investigated the faith-based and secular contexts of positive
attitudes nor examined the subconstructs of hope and optimism simultaneously. Using data from
two sequential interviews, we examined the effect of faith-based and secular pathways among 226
middle-aged and older patients facing a major medical crisis--cardiac surgery. A structural
equation model showed differential effects of sociodemographic and faith-based factors on
subconstracts of hope and dispositional optimism.
5107.3 Comparing the effects of two types of communication methods on anxiety and
satisfaction in incubated patients after cardiac surgery, Zohreh Parsa Yekta 1 , Nahid Sharifi 2 ,
1 2
Nursing research centre nursing and midwifery school, Iran, nursing research centre Tehran
University of medical sciens
90 patients divided into two groups.Researcher met all patients preoperative and described their
speaking status in incubation period, also explained the picture board for the experimental group
and routine communication methods for the control group. Tool of data collection was a
questionnaire consists of: Demographic specification and clinical history, State section of
spielburger's questionnaire Visual analogue scale for patient satisfaction evaluation. The results of
the Chi-Square test and the Fisher's exact test showed significant difference between two groups in
the amount of patient's anxiety and satisfaction.
5107.4 Managing job stress and strains through inhibition-confrontation intervention, Abhai
Srivastava, Dept. of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, India
The study examined the effectiveness of "Inhibition-Confrontation" intervention in moderating the
degree of job stress and severity of consequent job (disssatisfaction) and health strains(symptoms
of anxiety, depression and somatisation)in a sample of 60 industrial employees. The participants
used "confrontational writing" technique to release their inhibited feeling and reactions to stressful
situations, twice a week for 12 weeks. The analysis of the obtained data indicated significant
decline in participants' job stress and severity of the symptoms of distress, and increase in job
satisfaction as compared to that noted before the intervention.
5108 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Ali-Reza Moradi, Iran
5108.1 School-based development and evaluation of stress management capabilities, Marcus
Stueck, Institute of Applied Psychology University of Leipzig, Germany
In Germany, teachers belong to a high risk for illness group. A 10-week stress management
training program for teachers was developed and evaluated at the University of Leipzig. With the
use of external and internal stress management techniques teachers learned methods of stress
reduction. A process and effect evaluation was carried out in an accompanying EG-CG study
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