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Background & aim: Thalassemia is the most common hereditary blood disease, and patients with thalassemia major need continuous blood transfusions to survive. Continuous blood transfusion in these patients is associated with iron. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and iron overload in these patients. Methods: The present descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 thalassemia patients who were dependent on blood transfusion in the thalassemia department of Bu Ali Sina Hospital in Sari in 2021. The clinical and laboratory information of the patients were collected using the medical record. At that point, the patients answered the 5-factor neo personality questionnaire, which is a 60-question questionnaire. To analyze the collected data, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used in case of normal distribution of the main outcome, and median and IQR indices were used otherwise. Results: The results indicated that the personality characteristic of conscientiousness was more in people with regular visits than in people with irregular visits (P=0.021). In the study of the relationship between liver iron overload and the regularity of visits, it was perceived that iron overload had a significant relationship with the regularity of visits (P=0.018), so that moderate and severe iron overload was more in people who had irregular visits. But cardiac iron overload had no significant relationship with regular visits (P=0.910). The use of chelators had a significant relationship with the characteristic of neurosis (P=0.021), so that the score of neurosis in patients who took chelators was higher than those who did not use chelators. Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicated that there was no significant relationship between any of the personality traits with iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, except for conscientiousness, which was more in people with regular visits than in people with irregular visits.

Introduction: In the pandemic condition, especially the highly contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it is essential to follow the behavioral recommendations that reduce the infection risk. Humans' personality traits influence many of their behaviors. Knowing the relationship between personality traits and how individuals follow health guidelines is useful. Since it is possible to increase conformity to health guidelines by correcting maladaptive personality traits or strengthening adaptive personality traits, this study aimed to determine the relationship between health observance and the five personality traits. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 220 students studying in various fields at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad during the 2020-2021 academic year were selected voluntarily. They fulfilled NEO Five-Factor Inventory-Short Form and Health Observance Questionnaire. Data analyzed through regression statistical analysis and SPSS software version 26. Results: The results showed that the personality type explains 36% of the health observance and quarantine compliance in the Corona outbreak. The conscientiousness dimension had the highest correlation (r= 0.562, P< 0.05), and the openness to experience dimension (r= 0.268, P< 0.05) had the lowest correlation with health observance and quarantine compliance. Only the neuroticism dimension was inversely related to health observance and quarantine compliance (r= -0.320, P< 0.05). Conclusion: Researchers can use conscientious characteristics as a model in health education protocols. Conscientiousness, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and neuroticism predicted health observance and quarantine compliance, respectively. Based on the correlation results, the neuroticism dimension was inversely related to the following health observances and quarantine compliance.

Rapid development of new technologies has transformed many aspects of our lives, including shopping. Today, physical stores are no longer the only means of shopping goods thanks to the advent of online stores on the Internet. Intentions to shop from these stores are influenced by a wide variety of internal and external factors. In this paper, the impact of personality on these intentions is explored. In doing so, a total of 130 graduate and postgraduate students at the University of Isfahan were surveyed about their intentions of buying cellphone and computer accessories over the Internet. Structural equations modeling was used to analyze the data. Upon return, one hundred responses were acceptable and thus formed the basis for analysis. According to the results, the Judging dimension, with a coefficient of 70 percent, has the highest impact on online shopping intentions followed by Introversion and Thinking whose coefficients are 54 and 37 percent, respectively. Finally, the Sensing dimension has a coefficient of 27 percent, indicating a negligible impact on online shopping intentions.

Background and Aim: Considering the high role of psychological factors in somatic disorders, especially in dermatologic disorders, the prevalence of personality disorders in psoriatic patients was studied. Methods: Among patients referred to Dermatology Clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ardabil, 81 patients with psoriasis (case group) and 80 without skin disease (control group) were evaluated. The two groups were matched in terms of age and sex. The severity of psoriasis was determined based on the psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) index as mild, moderate and severe by the dermatologist. The traits and personality disorders were assessed and compared between two groups using MCMI-III questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference in depressive, dependent, obsessive and hystrionic personality traits or disorders between two groups. There was a reverse correlation between the severity were more common psoriasis and obsessive and dependent personality disorders, so they among mild and moderate psoriasis patients. Conclusion: This study emphasized the role of psychological factors in course of psoriasis. Better strategies for prevention and treatment of psoriasis will be achieved by a careful examination of the behavioral, cognitive and emotional patterns of cluster C personality. It is also necessary to provide psychotherapy services to these patients along with drug therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims: Post-traumatic stress disorder has negative consequences on physical, psychological health and marital satisfaction of veterans. Also, previous studies have suggested an association between personality and post-traumatic stress. The aim of present study was the comparison of personality trait and marital satisfaction in veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder. Materials & Methods: In this causal-comparative study, 200 veterans whose names were recorded in the Martyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs Administration of Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province were selected through cluster random sampling method. The tool that used was Lee and Ashton personality traits questionnaire; ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale and the demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analyzes of variance. Findings: Marital satisfaction and personality traits scores in the two veterans with and without post-traumatic disorders had significant difference (p

Abstract Background & Aim: General health is not determined just by disease and its treatment, but it depends on other psychological and social conditions. Among these conditions, personality trait, religiosity and happiness could be considered as the most important. This study aimed to determine the relationship between personality trait, religiosity and happiness with general health among nursing students. Material & Methods: It was a descriptive, correlational study. The research population included all nursing students of Islamic Azad University of Varamin-Pishva Branch in 2012-13 academic years. Totally 140 nursing students (96 females and 44 males) were selected by stratified random sampling. All of them completed the questionnaires including Costa and McCrae personality trait, Allport and Ross religiosity orientation, Argyle and Luo happiness and Goldberg and Hillier general health. Data was analyzed using Pearson correlation and stepwise regression using of SPSS-PC (v.19). Results: neuroticism (r=-0/42) had a negative significant relationship with general health and extroversion (r=0/27), agreeableness (r=0/31), conscientiousness (r=0/22), internal religiosity orientations (r=0/36) and happiness (r=0/27) showed a positive significant relationship with general health (P

Background: Employees in night shift experience sleep deprivation continuously. Stress-induced insomnia affects on fatigue and reduces maximum activity. During the shifts, hormonal changes affect on immunoglobulin M (IgM) operation. Individual differences in encounterring and adaptation with shift-induced stress can be effective to determine vulnerability. The aim of this research was to assess the relationship of personality traits, chronic fatigue and serum IgM level in patients with sleep deprivation. Methods: The study population was the shift employees in steel factories in Isfahan, Iran. A total number of 221 male employees were selected with random cluster sampling. Personality traits, (Eysnek and Freidman), and chronic fatigue (Barton et al.) questionnaires were used to assess research variables. IgM was determined with nephelometric method. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and structure equation modeling. Findings: Neurosis, introversion and A type personality correlated significantly with chronic fatigue (P < 0.01). Type A personality and neurosis correlated with serum IgM level, too (P < 0.01). Indirect effect of neurosis, introversion and A type personality on serum IgM level was significant (P < 0.01). Conclusion: This research argued employees with neurosis, A type personality, and introversion traits are talented for reducing serum IgM level.

Manager’s selective styles for conflict solution in organization have been affected by their unique characteristics like personality, attitudes and gender. The purpose of this study was investigation the relationship between personality traits and conflict management strategies which was done by field study on the 118 managers and assistants of physical education of Khuzestan’s physical education headquarter in 1388. Methodology of this research was descriptive analytical. Instruments for gathering data were short form of NEO personality traits inventory and, Robbins conflict management questionnaire. For data analyze descriptive statistic, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression (enter and stepwise) was used. The result indicated positive significant relationship between agreeableness, extraversion and neuroticism traits with non-confrontation and controlling strategies. Result of multiple regression analysis indicated conscientiousness trait was best predictor for non-confrontation strategy also extraversion and agreeableness were best predictor for solution- orientation strategy. Regarding to the result of study we suggest for choosing competent managers, must pay special attention to their personality traits.

Nowadays customer are confronted with plenty of choices of different brands with in a product category. But since they allocate limited cognitive capacity to different information process, they can maintain only a few numbers of brands in their memory as the shopping main set. Marketing researchers wanted to know how a brand highlight in the customers mind as a member of this limited set that come to a consumers mind for a final purchase decision. Studies in psychology indicate that personality is an important indicator in a decision process of an individual. So in this article the influence of five major personality traits on size of customers’ consideration set is studied. The product involvement also is considered as a moderating variable in this relation. The statistical population of the present study was students of University of Isfahan .The sample size has been estimated 156 and it is used RPII questionnaire and one else questionnaire for data collection.The results indicate that with in the population studied the Big Five has no significance effect on consideration set size. But cognitive dimension on product involvement has positive and direct relation with consideration set size.

Background: Employees in night shift experience sleep deprivation continuously. Stress-induced insomnia affects on fatigue and reduces maximum activity. During the shifts, hormonal changes affect on immunoglobulin M (IgM) operation. Individual differences in encounterring and adaptation with shift-induced stress can be effective to determine vulnerability. The aim of this research was to assess the relationship of personality traits, chronic fatigue and serum IgM level in patients with sleep deprivation. Methods: The study population was the shift employees in steel factories in Isfahan, Iran. A total number of 221 male employees were selected with random cluster sampling. Personality traits, (Eysenck and Freidman), and chronic fatigue (Barton et al.) questionnaires were used to assess research variables. IgM was determined with nephelometric method. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and structure equation modeling. Findings: Neurosis, introversion and A type personality correlated significantly with chronic fatigue (P < 0.01). Type A personality and neurosis correlated with serum IgM level, too (P < 0.01). Indirect effect of neurosis, introversion and A type personality on serum IgM level was significant (P < 0.01). Conclusion: This research argued employees with neurosis, A type personality, and introversion traits are talented for reducing serum IgM level. Keywords: Insomnia, Chronic fatigue, Shift work, Personality trait, Immunoglobulin M (IgM) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]