The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city

Background and objective: Ageing period is a time to encounter the facts of life like the death. The acceptance of the reality for all of elders is not easy, but some of research evidences indicated that the two psychological elements including; the sense of humor and mindfulness can be reducing the...

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Main Authors:	Elahe Hosseinzadeh, Anahita Khodabakhshi-Kolaee
Format:	Article
Language:	Persian
Published:	Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-11-01
Series:	Savād-i Salāmat
Subjects:	humor mind Anxiety death ageing
Online Access:	http://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_10938_26e9647f4b659550f7c4215d239093e7.pdf

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spelling	doaj-art-c881a9e2aa714388a93b2e59cd6aeadc2018-09-05T05:30:29ZperMashhad University of Medical SciencesSavād-i Salāmat2476-47282476-47282017-11-012317718610.22038/jhl.2017.1093810938The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran cityElahe Hosseinzadeh0Anahita Khodabakhshi-Kolaee1MSc of counseling and guidance, Department of counseling, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.Assistant Professor of Counseling, Psychology and Education Department, Faculty of Humanities, Khatam University, Tehran, IranBackground and objective: Ageing period is a time to encounter the facts of life like the death. The acceptance of the reality for all of elders is not easy, but some of research evidences indicated that the two psychological elements including; the sense of humor and mindfulness can be reducing the anxiety of death. The main aim of this study was to assess the relationship between senses of humor and mindfulness with anxietyof death in elderly men. Methods:The current study is descriptive with Correlation .The statistical research community included; all elderly men of District 7 and the Jahandidegan (Ageing) centers of Tehran Municipality in 1394-95. The sample statistical of present research of 100 people between 65 to 75 years old of elderly men by “Available sampling method”.Data collection tools include mental state examination (MMSE), Screening subjects and Sense of Humor Questionnaire (SHQ), Mindfulness questionnaire and Templar Death Anxiety Inventory (DAS). In order to analyze data from tables’ descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and stepwise regression were used. Results: The results showed that between senses of humor and mindfulness there is a significant negative relationship with death anxiety. The results show that the total variable used to predict 28% of the variance in death anxiety. Humor also has higher effective rate on death anxiety of in elderly men prediction. Conclusion: The findings of present study revealed that the psychological components like; sense of humor and mindfulness can be reduce the anxiety of death in male elderlies. Therefore, elderly counselors and clinicians could be used these two elements for reduction most of anxiety including; the death. Paper Type:Research Article.http://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_10938_26e9647f4b659550f7c4215d239093e7.pdfhumormindAnxietydeathageing
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spellingShingle	Elahe Hosseinzadeh Anahita Khodabakhshi-Kolaee The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city Savād-i Salāmat humor mind Anxiety death ageing
author_facet	Elahe Hosseinzadeh Anahita Khodabakhshi-Kolaee
author_sort	Elahe Hosseinzadeh
title	The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city
title_short	The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city
title_full	The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city
title_fullStr	The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city
title_full_unstemmed	The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city
title_sort	relationship between senses of humor and mindfulness with anxiety of death in elderly men refer to jahandidegan center of seven region of municipality in tehran city
publisher	Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
series	Savād-i Salāmat
issn	2476-4728 2476-4728
publishDate	2017-11-01
description	Background and objective: Ageing period is a time to encounter the facts of life like the death. The acceptance of the reality for all of elders is not easy, but some of research evidences indicated that the two psychological elements including; the sense of humor and mindfulness can be reducing the anxiety of death. The main aim of this study was to assess the relationship between senses of humor and mindfulness with anxietyof death in elderly men. Methods:The current study is descriptive with Correlation .The statistical research community included; all elderly men of District 7 and the Jahandidegan (Ageing) centers of Tehran Municipality in 1394-95. The sample statistical of present research of 100 people between 65 to 75 years old of elderly men by “Available sampling method”.Data collection tools include mental state examination (MMSE), Screening subjects and Sense of Humor Questionnaire (SHQ), Mindfulness questionnaire and Templar Death Anxiety Inventory (DAS). In order to analyze data from tables’ descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and stepwise regression were used. Results: The results showed that between senses of humor and mindfulness there is a significant negative relationship with death anxiety. The results show that the total variable used to predict 28% of the variance in death anxiety. Humor also has higher effective rate on death anxiety of in elderly men prediction. Conclusion: The findings of present study revealed that the psychological components like; sense of humor and mindfulness can be reduce the anxiety of death in male elderlies. Therefore, elderly counselors and clinicians could be used these two elements for reduction most of anxiety including; the death. Paper Type:Research Article.
topic	humor mind Anxiety death ageing
url	http://literacy.mums.ac.ir/article_10938_26e9647f4b659550f7c4215d239093e7.pdf
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The relationship between senses of humor and Mindfulness with Anxiety of death in elderly men refer to Jahandidegan center of seven region of Municipality in Tehran city

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