Volume 25, Issue 124 (5-2015)                   J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2015, 25(124): 119-127 | Back to browse issues page

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Zakiei A, Rajabi Gilan N, Reshadat S, Ghasemi S R. The Role of Social Trust in Explaining Psychological Disorders in Kermanshah, Iran. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2015; 25 (124) :119-127
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Background and purpose: Social context that encompass individuals, are from the most important predictors of their health and well-being. This study was done with aim of surveying the relationship between social trust and psychological disorders in general population of Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was done in 476 people of Kermanshah city, winter 2013 and multistage sampling method was applied. Study tools were demographic scale, the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and social trust questionnaires. Data analyzed by SPSS-18 using Pearson and canonical correlation tests.Times New Roman (font size: 10) Results: Mean age of respondents was 30.33±9.72 and 57.6% of them were female. Results of Pearson correlation test showed that "trust to people" variable have had the most negative correlation with "paranoid ideation" and then "depression"subscales.Canonical correlation results showed that from predictor variables, the weight of "trust to government" subscale was equal 0.91 and have had the most relationship with first combined (latent) variable of dependent variables (psychological disorders subscales). The Willk'slambda was 0.871 that means about 13% of dependent variables variance was predicted by trust variables. Conclusion: The social trust variable, comprised from trust to government and trust to people variables, can explain mental healthsignificantly and is related withdecrease of psychological disorders. Therapists can consider trust issue in the treatment of psychologicaldisorders examined in this study.
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