Designing a Causal Model Related to the Pessimism Personality Traits Through Mediating the Way of Stressors Perception with Hypochondria Syndrome Aamong Students of Bushehr Islamic Azad University

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Bahman Tofighi ¹
• Alireza Heydarie ²
• Farah Naderi ²
• Zahra Eftekhar ²

¹ Department of Psychology, Khouzestan science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad university, Ahvaz, Iran.

² Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad university, Ahvaz, Iran.

10.30495/jpmm.2023.32316.3835

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to survey the relationship between Pessimism Personality Traits(PPT) with mediating the perception way of stressors with Hypochondria Disorder.The population study composes of 11250 students studying in Islamic Azad of Bushehr Branch in 2016-17 academic year among which 371 persons were randomly selected according to stratified sampling method. Data was gathered via Carter’s Pessimism-Opptimism Questionnaire(2000), Sarasol’s Life Experience Evaluation Questionnaire(1987), and Klaner’s Attitude Scale towards Sickness(1985). Some appropriate statistical indices such as Factor Analysis, Regression,and SEM were applied to analyse the gathered data. Findings showed that there would be a significant and direct relationship between PPT(0.26), the perception way of Progress Stressors(0.43) with Hypochondria. Also, there would be an indirect and significant relationship between PPTs with Hypochondria Disorder(0.13). Results
gained via surveying the impact of mefiation based on Bootstrapping, showed that progress stressor perception would partially mediate the impact of pessimism variable on Hypochondria Syndrome.

Keywords

• Pessimism Personality Traits
• Perception Way of Stressors
• Hypochondria Disorder

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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