Psychometric properties of the repetitive thinking questionnaire among Iranian patients with heart disease: validity and reliability assessment by Hamid Sharif-Nia, João Marôco, Esmaeil Hoseinzadeh, Jason W. Osborne, Lida Hosseini, Sima Hejazi, Safura Salehi, Fatemeh Miraqaei

“…Psychological factors such as anxiety and RNT play a significant role in the overall distress experienced by individuals with heart disease. …”
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Metabeliefs about worry, cognitive fusion, and acceptance: associations and mediations analysis by Francisco Sanchez-Escamilla, Francisco Sanchez-Escamilla, Marta Redondo-Delgado, Marta Redondo-Delgado, Antonia María Jímenez-Ros, Antonia María Jímenez-Ros, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Nieto, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Nieto

“…Recent research highlights the importance of metacognitive beliefs and acceptance-related processes in maintaining maladaptive RNT.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore metacognitive and acceptance-based variables in relation to RNT.MethodsThe sample consisted of 149 people (116 females), aged between 18 and 71 (M = 34.7; SD = 14.9) who answered the following questionnaires: PSWQ, The AAQ-II, The CFQ, The VQ, MCQ-30 and TCQ.ResultsThe mediation analysis reveals that cognitive fusion significantly mediated the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and worry, whereas acceptance had a weaker mediating effect.ConclusionBeliefs about the uncontrollability of worry appear to play a pivotal role in sustaining worry, primarily through their influence on cognitive fusion. …”
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The role of dimensions of social capital and sports participation in the social vitality of participants in public sports in Guilan by Parisa Saneie, Fatemeh Molaeifard Pileh Rood, Kazem Mehri

“…Results: The results showed that cohesion, acceptability, and social networks are at the first level, social norms at the second level, social trust at the third level, activity repetition and activity duration at the fourth level, social participation and individual motivation at the fifth level, activity intensity at the sixth level, social support, access, activity context, and level of participation at the seventh level, and finally, type of activity at the eighth level of social capital. …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting Interior Architectural Space Quality to Enhance Spatial Resilience and Human Productivity: An Application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Moharam Ghahremani Drvish, Farhang Mozafar, Ceyed bagher Hoseini, Fateme Mahdizadeye seraj

“…</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Methodology.3</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">In the present study, the data and information was collected through document analysis, in-depth semi-structured interviews and formation of a focus group. The sample selection was done using snowball sampling method. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Effectiveness of Media (Seda-va-Sima) Advertisement on the Extent of Consumers’ Urge to Consume National Commodities by Abolfazl Danaei

“…Since one of the roles of mass media is commercial advertising, it is expected to raise public awareness, assist in decision-making, foster healthy competition among producers, and facilitate economic activity (Salhi & García-Villoria, 2015; Prieler et al., 2015). Media plays a vital role in advertising, cultural, and supervisory functions by creating a mental framework for accepting the necessity of reform and revising the allocation and distribution of resources and income (Hayek, 2015). …”
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