Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University - Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Faculty member of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine the simple and multiple relationship between perfectionism, anxiety and depression with migraine headache in 300 students of Azad Islamic University of Ahvaz. In this research perfectionism, depression, trait-state anxiety considered as the predictive variables while migraine headache serves as criterion variable. The sample consisted of 150 girls and 150 boys that were selected by a random multistage methed from the Islamic University of Ahvaz. In this research four scales were applied that included Ahvaz Perfectionism Scale (APS), Ahvaz Migraine Headache Questionnaire (AMQ), Spilberger Anxiety Inventory (SM), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results of research indicated that perfec- tionism, anxiety and depression had positive and significant relationship with migranie headache (P <0/001). In addition, multiple correlation of perfectionism, anxiety and depression with migraine headache are statically significant.
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