Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PHD Student in Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Woman and Family Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Economics, Al Zahra University, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch,Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Imam Hosein University,Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
10.22098/jhrs.2022.11746.1079
Abstract
Objective The present study conducted to investigate the role of anxiety mediation in the relationship
between psychological capital and mindfulness in obese candidates for bariatric surgery.
Methods The study method was a descriptive correlational research. The statistical population of the
research includes all women candidates referred to Rasoul Akram Hospital in Tehran in the year 1400
(March 21, 2021 – March 20, 2022) for minimally invasive bariatric surgery. Among them, a number of
250 women were selected as samples through convenience non-random sampling. The research tools were
Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans et al. 2007), Freiburg’s Mindfulness Inventory - short form
(Wallach et al. 2006) and Beck Anxiety Questionnaire (Beck et al. 1993). Structural equation modeling was
used for analyzing the data. The gathered data were analyzed using two statistical analysis software SPSS
Version 26 and LISREL Version 8.8 was made.
conclusion the results showed that the fit indices are in acceptable level and the suggested model has
optimum fit index. Considering the important role of mindfulness and anxiety in predicting the
psychological capital, trainings and interventions aiming increase in mindfulness and decrease in anxiety
should be included in preoperative plans dedicated for bariatric surgery candidate
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